From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Jim Jacobs, President and CEO of MediQuant. Together, they discuss MediQuant's role in the healthcare ecosystem, problems the company is solving for CIOs and clinical leaders, how clinical summaries and AI change the way legacy data supports care, why it's important for health systems to think about applications and archived data together, and much more.

Learn more about MediQuant at www.mediquant.com.

From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Eric Clauss, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at OmniTrust. Together, they discuss "hidden" security gaps in connected medical devices, how manufacturers should think about trust across the full device life cycle, what a secure update program looks like for medical devices, areas in which hospitals and manufacturers may disagree when it comes to security ownership, priority capabilities for health innovators in 2026, and much more.

Learn more about OmniTrust at www.omnitrust.com.

Recorded live at HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael sits down with Sagnik Bhattacharya, CEO of Rhapsody, about the infrastructure healthcare needs to support the next wave of AI innovation. Together, they discuss the debut of Rhapsody Axon, the industry's growing shift toward agent-driven workflows, why solving interoperability challenges remains essential to scaling AI across clinical and operational systems, and much more.

Learn more about Rhapsody at rhapsody.health.

From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Nihal Titan, Vice President of Claim.MD. Together, they discuss the role of clearinghouses in healthcare, the impact of the Change Healthcare cyber attack on the industry, what that attack led providers to realize about their billing infrastructure, what "strategic redundancy" is and why it's important in healthcare billing, blind spots in revenue cycle management, and much more.

Learn more about Claim.MD at www.claim.md.

Michael chats with David Cottingham, President of rf IDEAS. Together, they discuss how health systems can protect themselves from the rising threat of cyber attacks, especially in the fast-paced age of AI; how more secure authentication methods can transform healthcare workflows; how rf IDEAS empowers organizations across industries to elevate efficiency while simplifying security; and much more.

Connect with David and rf IDEAS at HIMSS at Booth #2258.

From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Conrad Gudmundson, Chief Commercial Officer at Lucem Health about how health systems are navigating growing financial and operational pressure, and where AI is beginning to make a measurable difference. Together, they discuss why organizations are partnering with Lucem to invest in earlier risk identification, what some health leaders may be underestimating when it comes to moving AI from pilot to practice, how organizations will separate themselves through AI success, and much more.

Learn more about Lucem Health at www.LucemHealth.com.

From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with John Kirkman, Vice President of Government, Healthcare, and Education at Island. Together, they discuss how CIOs and CISOs can show that their approach to AI governance is working; the playbook for securing AI-assisted workflows; overcoming the biggest "shadow AI" risk today; how CIOs are modernizing their systems while still relying on essential legacy applications; uncovering blind spots for managing third parties and contractor access; and much more.

From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Rafiq Ahmed, CEO and Co-founder of Serif Health. Together, they discuss how Rafiq uncovered the need to make healthcare pricing more transparent; his vision amid launching Serif Health and price transparency regulation; why price transparency data lacks accessibility; what's at stake if organizations aren't taking advantage of good transparency data; how Serif Health's approach to data quality sets it apart from other platforms; what the future of healthcare price transparency looks like moving forward; and much more.

From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer at DirectTrust. Together, they discuss DirectTrust's role in healthcare interoperability and trust; the biggest trust and interoperability challenges healthcare organizations are facing today; how the conversation around security and identity has shifted recently; how trust and governance fit into the healthcare AI landscape; and much more.

From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Kassaundra McKnight-Young, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra Technologies. Together, they discuss how Kassaundra's frontline clinical experience has shaped her approach to innovation at Zebra; workflow and patient safety challenges facing clinicians today; key features of Zebra's DS82-HC handheld scanner; how doctors, nurses, and other clinicians are using Zebra solutions in real-world settings and the impact on patient care; how Zebra's technologies can help reduce stress and support care teams under pressure; and much more.

Learn more about Zebra Technologies at https://www.zebra.com/us/en.html.