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CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. Visit us at www.CareTalkPodcast.com
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Send a text How should healthcare leaders approach AI without getting swept up in the hype? In our recent episode of CareTalk, "Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?", hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll break down why healthcare leaders need to stop avoiding the AI conversation and start engaging with it seriously. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Drisco...
Send a text Block just laid off 4,000 people and CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made it possible. The AI jobs story is dominating the headlines in fintech and tech, but what does it mean for healthcare, where hiring has been growing and we hear so much about clinician shortages. David Williams, President, Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman, UConn Health, discuss where AI is eliminating healthcare jobs, where it's creating new ones, and what leaders should be doing right now to navig...
Send a text How dangerous is loneliness to your health? In this clip from our episode “The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You”, host John Driscoll speaks with Zeke Emanuel about the data linking close friendships to longer life, including research showing significantly higher mortality among those with few close relationships. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ZEKE EMANUEL Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Co-Director of the Healthcare...
Send a text The wellness industry is booming, but is it actually helping people live better lives? With trillions spent on supplements, special diets, and longevity hacks, it raises a bigger question about what really matters for long-term health. Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Author, Eat Your Ice Cream joins CareTalk to discuss the wellness industrial complex, the health risks of loneliness, and why social connection, simple habits, and even ice cream may matter more than expensive longevity obsessions...
Send a text Are medical errors still one of healthcare’s biggest failures? In this clip from our episode “One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI”, host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of A Giant Leap, about how AI could help reduce diagnostic mistakes at scale Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ROBERT WACHTER Robert Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Author of 300 articles and 6 bo...
Send a text Healthcare has long promised a digital revolution, yet many clinicians feel more burdened than empowered. With AI now accelerating at a rapid pace, can this moment finally deliver on that promise? Dr. Robert Wachter, author of A Giant Leap, joins host John Driscoll to discuss how AI is evolving clinical workflows and decision-making, why "better than human" is good enough in our overburdened system, and the leadership choices that will determine whether AI reduces burnout or deep...
Send a text How can patients and providers trust AI in healthcare if they don’t understand how it works? In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare Access Truly Borderless”, HealthBiz Podcast host David Williams speaks with Dr. Sarah Matt, author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, about why explainability and trust matter when AI is used in care delivery. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT DR. SARAH MATT Sarah Matt, MD, MBA, is a surgeon turned health technology strat...
Send a text Healthcare access is often treated as a technology problem, but the real barriers run much deeper. Geography, cost, culture, trust, and digital readiness all shape whether patients can actually get the care they need. Without addressing the system as a whole, even the most advanced tools risk leaving people behind. Sarah Matt, Author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, joins the HealthBiz Podcast to discuss what it truly takes to break down geographic barriers in healthcare,...
Send a text Is being inactive more dangerous than we think? In this clip from our episode “Why Exercise Beats Longevity Hacks”, CareTalk host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author of The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies, about why movement may be the most powerful preventive medicine we have, even in the era of GLP-1s. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT JORDAN METZL Jordan D. Metzl, MD is a nationally recognized sports medicine physician, best selling author, and fitn...
Send a text The longevity boom is full of supplements, hacks, and expensive routines, but most of it ignores the simplest lever we already know works. If movement is the most studied “drug” for healthy aging, why are so many people still stuck on the sidelines? Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author of The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies joins CareTalk host John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, to discuss why exercise is the most powerful prescription for healthspan, how motivation can be built through...
Send a text Demand for GLP-1 medications has exploded in recent years. What started as a diabetes treatment has quickly become one of the most talked-about forces in healthcare, reshaping how we think about obesity, metabolic disease, access, affordability, and long-term care. But with rapid growth comes confusion: questions about safety, cost, supply constraints, and whether the current system is actually capable of supporting patients for the long haul. Dr. Myra Ahmad, Founder and CEO of ...
Send a text How deep into AI do clinicians really need to go? In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare Massively Better", CareTalk host John Driscoll speaks with Halle Tecco about why becoming AI-literate is the only way to build real guardrails as patients use tools like ChatGPT at scale. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT HALLE TECCO I’ve spent my career working to fix what’s broken in healthcare, and support those trying to do the same. I’ve been investing in the...
Send a text Healthcare innovation has never had more hype or more pressure to deliver real results. With AI accelerating and digital health entering a more mature phase, what does “better” actually look like in practice? Halle Tecco, Author of Massively Better Healthcare joins CareTalk host John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, to discuss what Silicon Valley gets right and wrong about healthcare, why innovators need to align incentives with outcomes, and how leaders should think abou...
Send a text Are GLP-1 drugs becoming a long-term foundation of healthcare? In this clip from our episode "What JPM Signals for Healthcare in 2026", CareTalk hosts David Williams and John Driscoll discuss why GLP-1s may be evolving beyond short-term weight loss treatments. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (Chairman, UConn Health) and David Will...
Send a text AI, GLP-1s, federal policy, and China. Those themes dominated last week’s JP Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco. But what, if anything are the implications for the broader healthcare world in 2026? Hosts David Williams, President of Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health discuss what stood out most at JPM, including why the GLP-1 wave may be entering a new phase, how Big Tech and AI are reshaping the healthcare landscape, and why China’s gr...
Send a text Will AI actually replace jobs in healthcare, or change what people work on? In this clip from our episode Top Insights From JPM Conference 2026, CareTalk hosts David Williams and John Driscoll discuss why concerns about job loss came up at JPM, and how industry leaders are instead focusing on the new kinds of work AI could enable Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare indust...
Send a text Unsurprisingly, AI dominated the headlines at this year’s JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, but there were some other exciting developments that shouldn’t be overlooked. CareTalk hosts, David Williams, President of Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, share their on-the-ground insights from JPM, including where AI is delivering substance over hype, why government partnership will play a larger role in health sector reform, and what’s driving a renewed...
Send a text What does truly personalized cancer care actually look like in the years ahead? In this clip from our episode “When AI Spots What Doctors Miss”, HealthBiz Podcast host David Williams speaks with Steve Brown, Founder and CEO of CureWise, about how AI and full-genome sequencing could enable truly individualized cancer treatment. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT STEVE BROWN Tech innovator and AI expert with a passion for creating impactful solutions. As a develop...
Send a text Referrals are meant to connect patients to the care they need, but in reality, they often become a source of delays, dropped handoffs, and administrative chaos. Between intake complexity, missing information, and outdated processes, too many patients get stuck between diagnosis and treatment. Trey Holterman, Co-Founder and CEO of Tennr joins CareTalk host John Driscoll to discuss why referrals break down so often, what makes intake workflows so hard to fix, and how health s...
Send a text Modern medicine generates more data than any one clinician or patient can reasonably process, and for people with rare or complex conditions, that gap can mean delayed diagnoses, missed options, and life-altering consequences. As precision medicine advances, the challenge is no longer just having information, but making it understandable and usable when it matters most. Steve Brown, Founder & CEO of CureWise, joins HealthBiz Podcast host David Williams to discuss how AI helpe...
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