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Podcasts Hosted by Bill Russell, Sarah Richardson, and Drex DeFord
In-depth interviews with healthcare CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders. Bill Russell explores the decisions, strategies, and innovations shaping healthcare transformation.
Oct 3, 2025·Executive Interview
October 3, 2025: Healthcare leaders are sitting on a cybersecurity time bomb, and most don't even know it. Censinet CEO and Founder Ed Gaudet reveals that 80% of healthcare vendors have quietly AI-enabled their products while organizations still rely on outdated SOC 2 certificates for risk assessment. Drawing lessons from the Change Healthcare crisis, Ed explains why hope has become the default security strategy and how single points of failure are hiding throughout health system operations. Fro
Oct 2, 2025·2 Minute Drill
Healthcare security takes center stage as Ascension's 5.6 million patient data breach leads to prolonged legal battles, while OneBlood settles after a ransomware attack that rippled through the blood donation supply chain. Meanwhile, a potential government shutdown threatens to furlough 35% of CISA's workforce, and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 faces expiration, putting critical public-private threat intelligence partnerships at risk. Drex breaks down the operational, financi
Oct 1, 2025·Executive Interview
October 1, 2025: How does an 880-bed health system in rural Alabama transform from a Leapfrog safety grade of D to B in just two years while achieving CHIME Most Wired Level 9 recognition? DCH Health System's CIO, Billy Helmandollar , and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Faith Burkett , reveal the multidisciplinary approach that drove their remarkable turnaround. Discover how simple fixes like standardizing barcode scanners and addressing WiFi dead zones boosted medication scanning compliance
Sep 24, 2025·2 Minute Drill
The US Secret Service dismantled a covert communication network in New York City featuring 300+ SIM servers and over 100,000 SIM cards capable of overwhelming cellular networks. Drex explores the implications of this "fake telephone warehouse" discovered near the UN General Assembly, discussing how commodity hardware can create denial of service attacks against cellular infrastructure. Key takeaways include the need for healthcare organizations to develop cellular disruption scenarios in inciden
Sep 24, 2025·Solution Showcase
September 24, 2025: Amirah Centinario , EVP at Optimum Healthcare IT , dives into the hard truths and hacks to healthcare M&A. What separates the organizations that pull off lightning-fast integrations from those that crash and burn? Amirah reveals why some health systems are acquiring distressed entities at breakneck speed, the hidden costs that blow up budgets, and the one factor that can make or break a merger before it even starts. And what happens when the acquired hospital's technology
Sep 19, 2025·2 Minute Drill
Drex breaks down why AI models like ChatGPT sometimes fabricate confident-sounding but false information, calling it "bluffing" rather than hallucinating. He explores OpenAI's research on training gaps, alignment issues, and response pressure that cause this problem. For healthcare professionals, he shares practical strategies including setting explicit context rules, demanding source verification, and maintaining human oversight when using AI for InfoSec policies, alert triage, or patient care
Sep 17, 2025·Executive Interview
September 17, 2025: Healthcare is notorious for changing slowly, but does it have to be? Nishith Khandwala , Co-Founder of Bunkerhill Health , is breaking down the walls between an idea and life-saving reality. Nishith reveals how major health systems are now identifying thousands of at-risk patients through automated clinical workflows, including the story of a police officer whose dismissed "heartburn" led to emergency triple bypass surgery. Can healthcare finally match the breakneck pace of A
Sep 11, 2025·2 Minute Drill
Qantas made headlines by cutting all senior executive bonuses by 15% following a data breach affecting 5.7 million customers. This episode explores why cybersecurity accountability should extend beyond IT teams to the entire C-suite, and examines how this approach could transform healthcare cybersecurity investments. Drex discusses the potential impact of tying executive compensation to cyber performance and challenges healthcare leaders to consider putting "skin in the game" when it comes to se
Aug 22, 2025·2 Minute Drill
This week's cybersecurity updates cover three critical stories: Workday discloses a data breach connected to ongoing Salesforce compromises by the Shiny Hunters group, CEO impersonation scams using deepfake technology surge past $200 million in Q1 losses, and transcription service Otter AI faces a class action lawsuit over alleged mishandling of sensitive meeting data. Drex emphasizes the importance of security awareness training, multi-factor authentication, and establishing "trust but verify"
Aug 13, 2025·2 Minute Drill
Drex covers three critical cybersecurity trends: companies swapping full-time security staff for platform subscriptions (requiring premium salaries for contract managers), the rise of AI agents in both cyber defense and attacks, and voice phishing campaigns targeting CRM systems like Salesforce that have compromised major brands including Adidas and Victoria's Secret. Healthcare organizations face unique risks from PHI exposure and must balance automation with human oversight while training staf
Aug 6, 2025·2 Minute Drill
This episode covers three critical cybersecurity developments affecting healthcare organizations. First, FBI warnings about Scattered Spider ransomware group targeting employees through Slack and Microsoft Teams, including their alarming tactic of creating fake identities to join incident response calls and monitor remediation efforts. Second, leaked chat logs from the Conti ransomware group reveal these criminal organizations operate like structured tech startups with HR policies, management la
Jul 31, 2025·Solution Showcase
June 25, 2025: Sebastian Estades , Healthcare Lead of Google Chrome , and Andrew Morris , CTO and Executive Director of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles , explore the shift in healthcare to working on secure browsers. What makes Chrome OS particularly suited for healthcare environments transitioning to web-based applications? The conversation reveals how CHLA's strategic shift to Chrome OS devices not only improved clinical workflows and reduced support burdens but also positioned them for future
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