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Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. John Halamka, CIO for Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where he has launched a new endeavor: the Health Technology Exploration Center. The lab is an incubator for studying emerging technologies in health care such as telemedicine, genomics, blockchain, wearables and smart speakers like Alexa that could potentially improve clinical workflow, data sharing and outcomes.

Host David Harlow talks with Micky Tripathi of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative about the future of interoperability on FHIR, including the broader availability of record finding across both the CareQuality and CommonWell networks.

Host Justin Barnes aka @HITAdvisor, speaks with Paul Ketchel, Founder/ CEO of @MDSave about the driving force of consumerism and how many are disrupting healthcare to improve quality and lower costs!

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dan Hawkins, Sr. VP for Public Policy and Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), which supports the thousands of CHCs providing care for 27 million underserved Americans. They discuss the care model that embeds behavioral and dental care within primary care, the growing reliance on Nurse Practitioners as front line clinicians, and the training, innovation and quality care the nation's health centers provide.

Host Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick talks about incremental improvements in telehealth with Dr. Til Jolly, Chief Medical Officer at SOC Telemed (@SOCTelemed), the largest provider of acute care telemedicine to US hospitals through Neurology, Psychiatry, Critical Care, & Enterprise Platform Solutions.

Host Jim Tate continues his blockchain series with guest Aman Quadri the CEO of AMSYS Blockchain and AMCHART Medical Record.

Host Matt Ferrari talks with Betsy Keenan Brown, VP of Clinical and Population Health Analytics at Fairview Health Services and Brita Hansen, CMO of LogicStream Health. The three discuss Population Health, optimizing clinical process improvement with best practices from Fairview Health’s network of 4,000 doctors and providers in partnership with LogicStream Health, a clinical process improvement and control software.

Host Carol Flagg's guest is the CEO and founder of Clarity Quest, Chris Slocumb. The two discuss mergers and acquisitions: how a well-planned, thought out marketing acquisition strategy can keep a company on track and preserve corporate image, reputation and even financial well-being.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Samuel Sternberg who co-wrote “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” with Jennifer Doudna. He’s a leading expert on CRISPR technology.

Host David Harlow talks with Adrian Gropper who advocates patient control of health data and has devised a mechanism to enable it: The HIE of One.

Host Matt Fisher chats with David MacLeod, Chief Information Officer and CISO, Welltok about background on collaborative security efforts, issues presented by emphasis on consumers and future developments.

Host Catherine Short (@1sthcc) talks with Allyson Britton DiRocco, attorney at Morris James LLP, about “ADA: Important Issues and Trends for Employers.” We will discuss important issues employers face when handling #ADA issues with their employees and provide insight into the legal analysis of ADA claims. There will also be information regarding what is protected and what qualifies as a disability under the ADA, how to assist employers in handling a request from an employee for a reasonable accommodation, and how to provide employers with insight concerning the legal analysis of an ADA claim by an employee.

Host Jeff Lin (@JeffBLin) is joined by Lew Trowbridge, former President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nevada. Lew shares his insights for how the healthcare industry can improve the payments model and create a better experience for all stakeholders.

Host Jim Tate's guest is Dr. Robert Laidlaw, a neurosurgeon from Australia who is the and Founder & Executive Director of Secure Health Chain.

Host Carol Flagg talks with Gerry Blass, Founder of ComplyAssistant and John Gomez, Founder of Sensato about the growing concerns over medical device security in the age of cyber attacks.