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In this episode of Healthcare On Air, Dr. Monica Soni of Covered California dives into the real-world economics of preventative care, emphasizing that innovation must address affordability, not just add cost. She explores how wearables, digital tools, and rural health investments can extend care access, but only if thoughtfully implemented within existing workflows and local realities. The conversation highlights a core truth in healthcare: while technology evolves rapidly, what patients value most remains unchanged - time, trust, and human connection at the bedside.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, Dr. Monica Soni of Covered California dives into the real-world economics of preventative care, emphasizing that innovation must address affordability, not just add cost. She explores how wearables, digital tools, and rural health investments can extend care access, but only if thoughtfully implemented within existing workflows and local realities. The conversation highlights a core truth in healthcare: while technology evolves rapidly, what patients value most remains unchanged - time, trust, and human connection at the bedside.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, Dr. Reshma Gupta of UC Davis Health explores the evolving business case for preventative care and the critical role of data, partnerships, and policy in making it scalable. From wearable-driven insights to population health strategies, she highlights how health systems can shift upstream to detect and manage disease earlier—if data can be effectively integrated and activated. The conversation underscores the need for new funding models, smarter deployment of digital tools, and collaboration between health systems and technology partners to expand access—especially across large, diverse, and rural populations.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, Dr. Reshma Gupta of UC Davis Health explores the evolving business case for preventative care and the critical role of data, partnerships, and policy in making it scalable. From wearable-driven insights to population health strategies, she highlights how health systems can shift upstream to detect and manage disease earlier—if data can be effectively integrated and activated. The conversation underscores the need for new funding models, smarter deployment of digital tools, and collaboration between health systems and technology partners to expand access—especially across large, diverse, and rural populations.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, recorded live at ViVE 2026, Sanford Health CIO Brad Reimer shares how rural healthcare is driving some of the most practical and impactful innovation in the industry. Covering a vast geographic footprint, Reimer highlights how technologies like virtual care, ambient AI, and intelligent automation are bridging access gaps, extending scarce provider resources, and improving care delivery at scale. The conversation explores how AI is rapidly moving from back-office efficiency into supervised clinical applications, while also becoming a critical factor in workforce recruitment and retention. From infrastructure and connectivity to data quality and workforce development, Reimer emphasizes that the future of healthcare—rural or urban—depends on building a strong digital foundation and an AI-enabled workforce ready to meet growing demand.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, recorded live at ViVE 2026, Sanford Health CIO Brad Reimer shares how rural healthcare is driving some of the most practical and impactful innovation in the industry. Covering a vast geographic footprint, Reimer highlights how technologies like virtual care, ambient AI, and intelligent automation are bridging access gaps, extending scarce provider resources, and improving care delivery at scale. The conversation explores how AI is rapidly moving from back-office efficiency into supervised clinical applications, while also becoming a critical factor in workforce recruitment and retention. From infrastructure and connectivity to data quality and workforce development, Reimer emphasizes that the future of healthcare—rural or urban—depends on building a strong digital foundation and an AI-enabled workforce ready to meet growing demand.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, leaders from Geisinger Health System explore the clinical realities and workforce implications of AI at the bedside. The conversation dives into ambient listening, virtual nursing, and mobile-first care models as emerging expectations for the next generation of clinicians, shifting these tools from “nice to have” innovations to recruitment and retention essentials. From AI-assisted medication renewals approved at the state level to computer vision-enabled hospital rooms and remote monitoring in rural communities, the discussion unpacks how technology is moving from documentation support to true clinical augmentation.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, leaders from Geisinger Health System explore the clinical realities and workforce implications of AI at the bedside. The conversation dives into ambient listening, virtual nursing, and mobile-first care models as emerging expectations for the next generation of clinicians, shifting these tools from “nice to have” innovations to recruitment and retention essentials. From AI-assisted medication renewals approved at the state level to computer vision-enabled hospital rooms and remote monitoring in rural communities, the discussion unpacks how technology is moving from documentation support to true clinical augmentation.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, leaders from Geisinger Health System explore the clinical realities and workforce implications of AI at the bedside. The conversation dives into ambient listening, virtual nursing, and mobile-first care models as emerging expectations for the next generation of clinicians, shifting these tools from “nice to have” innovations to recruitment and retention essentials. From AI-assisted medication renewals approved at the state level to computer vision-enabled hospital rooms and remote monitoring in rural communities, the discussion unpacks how technology is moving from documentation support to true clinical augmentation.

In this episode of Healthcare On Air, leaders from Geisinger Health System explore the clinical realities and workforce implications of AI at the bedside. The conversation dives into ambient listening, virtual nursing, and mobile-first care models as emerging expectations for the next generation of clinicians, shifting these tools from “nice to have” innovations to recruitment and retention essentials. From AI-assisted medication renewals approved at the state level to computer vision-enabled hospital rooms and remote monitoring in rural communities, the discussion unpacks how technology is moving from documentation support to true clinical augmentation.