
This is Straight Outta Health IT, an unfiltered dialogue of healthcare leaders and influencers covering a wide variety of issues affecting healthcare & the health tech industry. Host Christopher Kunney covers tech in a fresh and candid way you won’t want to miss.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 96 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

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.
In this episode, Zach Lewis, CI... more
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.
In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpos... more
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. Harvey Castro, a physician, entrepreneur, and CEO of 8 free-standing ERs, a medical billing and physician staffing com... more
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. Shannon Decker, founder and CEO of VBC One, unpacks the good, t... more
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Chris invites awesome guests to share many ideas that can disrupt and transform healthcare. It’s a great resource and I highly recommend!
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A recurring series exploring how technology, policy, and leadership intersect in health IT and healthcare innovation. Conversations frequently center on AI, data interoperability, value-based care, cybersecurity, and the human realities of caregiving and postnatal support, with industry leaders, researchers, and founders sharing practical insights, battlefield stories, and forward-looking strategies for delivering better patient outcomes. Noteworthy angles include real-world governance and ethics in AI, the startup path in health tech, and the power of storytelling and credibility to cut through noise and accelerate adoption.
The show stands out for its candid, practitioner-focused approach—often weaving personal experiences with technical... more
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Recent guests on Straight Outta Health IT include:
1. Gil Bashe
2. Harvey Castro
3. Shannon Decker
4. Dr. Shannon Decker
5. Caron Leid
6. Sabrina Runbeck
7. Jeffery Heenan-Jalil
8. Chuck Brown
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