Straight Outta Health IT
An IOTECH Consulting Podcast Sponsored by WellLink
An unfiltered dialogue of healthcare leaders and influencers covering a wide variety of issues affecting healthcare & the health tech industry.
Host
Christopher Kunney, FHIMSS, eFACHDM, MSMOT
Managing Partner, IOTech Consulting
Christopher Kunney is a distinguished healthcare strategist, technologist, and advocate who has dedicated over 25 years to transforming healthcare through people-first, purpose-driven innovation.
The Full Picture: Why Fragmented Data is Healthcare's Most Expensive Problem
In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Philip Wickline, cofounder and CTO at Zus Health, talks about how fragmented patient data continues to limit care quality, increase costs, and create unnecessary risk across the healthcare system.
Right-Sized: How Unified Communications Can Transform the Small Healthcare Practice
What if the biggest risk to patient care isn’t clinical, but simply the inability to reach someone?
The Quiet Revolution: How Stillness, Mindfulness & Visioning Are the Most Underrated Leadership Tools in Healthcare
Bemene Piaro shares that her work is rooted in a lifelong commitment to service shaped by her experiences with displacement, inequity, and community support. Through a diverse career in public health, education, and nonprofit leadership, she consistently focused on helping others thrive.
The Clinical Unicorn: Designing Healthcare Systems Where Clinicians Can Thrive
What if the biggest threat to patient safety is not a lack of technology, but the daily friction and noise we have normalized inside care teams?
Locked Up: Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons from a Real-World LockBit Ransomware Response
Cybersecurity in healthcare is no longer just an IT issue. It is a leadership, operations, and trust issue that can disrupt care, expose sensitive data, and test whether an organization is truly prepared for a crisis.
Why People Matter - Healing The Sick Care System
The American healthcare system has extraordinary talent, advanced technology, and unmatched spending, yet it too often fails the very people it is meant to serve.
Your Doctor, Delivered: How AI & Satellites Are Reinventing Healthcare Access
AI could become the greatest equalizer in healthcare if we use it the right way. In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Dr.
The Real Talk on Value-Based Care: Why Most Organizations Are Still Faking It
Value-based care can improve outcomes and lower costs, but only when the incentives, workflows, and data all pull in the same direction. In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Dr.
The Caregiver's Voice: Technology, Advocacy, and the Human Side of Alzheimer's Care with Dr. Caron Leid
Caregiving for Alzheimer’s isn’t just hard; it’s isolating, invisible, and full of grief that never gets a clean ending. In this episode, Dr.
