Vital Conversations: Healthcare IT Podcast

Discover the Future of Healthcare Technology

In each episode of Vital Conversations, Tim Coan interviews influential executives of healthcare tech companies and esteemed healthcare practices, uncovering their unique paths, challenges, and triumphs.

Join us on an insightful journey as we explore the dynamic world of healthcare technology through engaging conversations with industry leaders.

Listen to ‘Vital Conversations’

Expert Insights: Gain valuable perspectives from top executives who are shaping the future of healthcare.

Inspiring Stories: Hear firsthand experiences of innovation and resilience in the healthcare tech sector.

Industry Knowledge: Learn how technology is transforming practices and improving patient outcomes, from everyday IT support to what practices do with their data.

About Our Host: Tim Coan

Tim Coan, the host of Vital Conversations, brings over 37 years of healthcare expertise to the podcast.

Renowned for his impactful work with physician practices, Tim has led as CEO of ALN Medical Management and Chief Revenue Officer at Health Prime.

Now Chief Strategy Officer at Focus Solutions, Tim delves into conversations with top healthcare techs, and physician practices, drawing out their unique journeys, insights, and the pivotal role technology plays in their success.

Through his engaging interviews, listeners gain fresh perspectives and practical strategies from the industry’s leading minds.

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Bridging the gap between data and patient care

Tim Coan and Dr. Jill Goldenberg talk about what actually works when presenting data to clinicians and why the numbers need a story behind them.

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The Unglamorous Side of AI: What Healthcare Organizations Get Wrong Before They Deploy

Healthcare IT veteran Dave Haight breaks down what provider organizations need to get right before deploying AI — from data governance and workflow to treating agents like employees.

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Rural Dialysis Care: How TeleNeph Keeps Kidney Patients Close to Home

How TeleNeph is helping rural hospitals keep kidney patients close to home — and why it matters for communities across America.

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Your Google Ads May Be Violating HIPAA Right Now — Here’s What to Do About It

What your practice’s Google Ads are doing with patient data right now, and the compliance risk most practice leaders don’t know they have.

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How to Get Physician Buy-In When You’re Leading Change in a Medical Practice

Learn how Denver Arthritis Clinic’s COO gets physicians to embrace change — even the resistant ones.

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AI is bringing cardiac care closer to patients

Tim Coan and healthcare consultant Ron Guillot get into the reality of cardiac care access in America and where things are headed.

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AI in Healthcare Billing: The Untold Challenges of Automating Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT veteran Dave Haight breaks down what provider organizations need to get right before deploying AI — from data governance and workflow to treating agents like employees.

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How Healthcare Leaders Can Use AI To Improve Productivity

In this episode of Vital Conversations, Tim Coan speaks with Jeff Freedman, the Director of Private Equity Engagement at ModMed, about the transformative impact of AI in healthcare.

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How to Avoid Revenue Leaks as a Private Equity-Backed Practice: Advice from a 30-Year RCM Leader

In this episode, Tim Coan sits down with Pete Martinez, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) at National Partners in Healthcare, to unpack what happens after an acquisition.

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Navigating Pediatric Leadership Challenges

What happens when a healthcare CEO never stops seeing patients? Dr. Kerry Fierstein shows us how staying close to the work creates stronger leadership, better decisions, and a deeper connection to care.

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Bringing People Together in Healthcare Leadership

In this episode of Vital Conversations, Tim Coan interviews Jim Haveman, who shares his extensive experience in healthcare management.

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Navigating the Complexities of Multi-Location Healthcare

In this conversation, Tim Coan speaks with Bill Duke, CFO of Connecticut Skin Health, about the complexities of managing a multi-location dermatology practice.

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Can Functional Medicine Fix Healthcare? Dr. Daniel Urcuyo Breaks It Down

They discuss the importance of nutrition and lifestyle changes, the role of technology, and the impact of political influences on the field.

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Doctors, Data, and the Future: How AI is Changing Healthcare

Explore how AI is transforming the doctor-patient relationship, streamlining medical documentation, and reshaping clinical research and education with Dr. Jensen.

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Automating Healthcare RCM: Lessons from InnoBot’s CEO Natasha Schlinkert

Natasha shares her journey in founding Innobot Health. Explore how combining domain expertise with advanced technology can transform operations, reduce inefficiencies, and improve outcomes.

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Reimagining EHRs for Collaborative Care: Healthie’s Innovative Approach

Hear Healthie’s start-up story and discover how Healthie’s clinician-first design streamlines workflows, supports hybrid care models, and sets it apart from legacy EHRs.

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House Calls Reimagined: Personalizing Senior Care

Explore how personalized, on-site care improves outcomes, reduces costs, and enhances patient compliance while addressing the challenges of value-based care.

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Building Better Healthcare – Process Excellence

Kelly provides insights into bridging gaps between clinical care and technology, overcoming implementation challenges, and fostering collaboration.

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Urology Alliance: A New Era of Collaboration

Explore how the uses of shared data analytics enhance patient care, reduce costs, and tackle key initiatives, like advanced prostate cancer care.

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Insights From Healthcare Technology Experts:

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Separating PHI From Business Data Before You Turn On AI

The short answer Separating PHI from business data for AI takes five steps. Find where PHI really lives, including the places it shouldn’t be. Classify and tag data by sensitivity. Wall the two apart with access controls at the data layer, so a tool reaches only what a user is already cleared to see. De-identify […]

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How to Govern AI Use Across a Healthcare Group

The short answer To govern AI use across a healthcare group, put 6 things in place before staff use AI tools at scale: a readiness assessment that finds where sensitive data sits, a data classification and tagging scheme, access controls that separate protected health information from business data, a named governance owner, an approval workflow […]

12 min read

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IT due diligence before you acquire a practice: how to spot a mess before you sign

When you’re rolling up practices, the technology environment you inherit is either a clean handoff or a hidden liability. Here’s how to know which one you’re buying, before the deal closes. Key takeaways When a group acquires a practice, the technology team is one of the first real touchpoints with that new practice, so a […]

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