The 229 Podcast

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Some conversations are too important to stay in the room. The 229 Podcast, hosted by Bill Russell, Sarah Richardson, and Drex DeFord, continues the dynamic discussions from our community events, bringing together healthcare leaders who are actively transforming the industry.

  1. 6h ago

    Healthcare Doesn't Move in Seconds | Newsday with 229Project

    August 10, 2026: Bill Russell and Drex DeFord preview Epic UGM (Sarah is on a plane to Charlottesville). Bill opens with the reframe that sets the lens for the whole episode: don't mistake a single big announcement for the real pace of change — healthcare moves in months and years, not seconds. Then the preview itself: AI and Agent Factory framed around clinician experience, ambient documentation a year after the freeze, the Bridge/Epic interoperability standoff and the 3-year hedge, the entire state of Washington on Epic, pharmacy as Epic's next growth line, and the leadership exodus — including Bill's real odds on Judy Faulkner's succession at UGM. Key Points: 0:00 Healthcare Doesn't Move in Seconds 5:23 Sponsor: Cloudticity 7:09 Epic vs the Federal Government 12:43 The 3-Year Hedge 20:32 Epic Leadership Exodus 22:48 Judy's Exit, on Bill's Terms LinkedIn: 229Project Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

  2. 1d ago

    From Potholes to Piglets, 30 Years of Health IT Lessons| The 229 Podcast with CT Lin, MD

    August 13, 2026: CT Lin, MD, spent 30 years at UC Health, the last stretch as Chief Medical Information Officer, before stepping into his next chapter as Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado and first-time author. His new book, “It’s Not About the Tech: From Potholes to Piglets, Real-Life Lessons in Health IT,” argues that health IT success is 80 percent people and 20 percent technology, a lesson he learned by failing loudly and often. Lin tells Sarah Richardson about the radiology order set that accidentally triggered a hospital-wide outbreak of "acromegaly," the identity crisis of losing a CMIO title after three decades, and why governing generative AI will be this era's tragedy of the commons. Key Points: 01:06 Not About Tech 06:10 Sharing Failures 10:05 Life After CMIO 15:35 AI and Governance 18:34 PIGs and Farewell LinkedIn: 229Project Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

  3. 2d ago

    Turning Staffing Into an Advantage | Solution Showcase with Allison Morin and Marguerite Cunningham

    August 12, 2026: Marguerite Cunningham, VP/CNIO & VP Nursing at Inova Health, and Allison Morin, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Symplr, join Sarah Richardson to unpack how workforce management stopped being a scheduling problem and became an executive one. Maggie shares how Inova's Smart Square rollout, born out of pandemic urgency, forced the system to build real governance around staffing instead of just automating a spreadsheet. Allison brings the national view: predictive accuracy up to 97.5 percent, contingency spend cut nearly in half, and a shift from descriptive to prescriptive workforce management.  Key Points: 01:22 Roles and Why It Matters 06:06 Governance Before Tech 13:08 Results and Future AI Staffing 19:42 Advice and Closing Thoughts LinkedIn: 229Project Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

  4. 3d ago

    I Gave You Dollars. You Gave Me Capacity. | Newsday with The 229Project

    August 7, 2026: Bill Russell sits down with Eric Utzinger (Revuud) while Sarah and Drex are out. The H1 2026 Signal Index put competing priorities and not enough capacity at the top of the list for 54% of leaders — and 43% said budgets are flat or declining. On this Newsday they dig into why AI ROI still feels muddy: tools return hours, not line-item dollars, and the CFO still needs the exchange rate. Along the way: operational transformation with real proof points, growth without growing, and a hard look at who actually belongs at the strategic table — including Bill on why an outside-only CIO hire can be a mistake. Key Points: 01:27 54% Competing Priorities 06:03 Dollars for Capacity 08:48 Tanya Townsend: Operational Transformation 15:08 Growth Without Growing 19:56 Mistake to Hire Me 22:12 Speak Business at the Table LinkedIn: 229Project Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

  5. Aug 6

    Solving Radiology Screening Bias and Ignoring the Shiny AI | The 229 Podcast with Darren Bullock

    August 8, 2026: Darren Bullock wears two titles at once, COO and CIO of Invision Sally Jobe Radiology Imaging Associates, a multi-state radiology practice, and neither role stayed in its lane for long. Darren tells Sarah Richardson how that dual seat let him fast-track one of radiology's most overdue fixes: a breast cancer risk model that finally works for women who aren't white. Together they also get into what it took to deploy it first, how he keeps his board from chasing every AI shiny object, and what separates radiology practices that will thrive from the ones already falling behind. Key Points: 01:44 Dual COO CIO Role 04:02 Bias and Risk Scoring 07:32 Governance and Metrics 17:05 Future of Radiology Bring color and joy to a child’s day: https://augustsartists.networkforgood.com/projects/166901-everyday-giving

  6. Aug 5

    This CISO Says AI Doesn't Forget, That Should Scare You | Executive Interview with Robert Forbes

    August 05, 2026: Robert Forbes has spent 40 years in cybersecurity, from working on MILNET before the public internet existed to running the Air Force's high-performance compute center, to leadership roles at CA, Okta, and now Field CISO at SHI. Drex DeFord sits down with Rob to unpack why healthcare's AI moment is different from every other industry's. Rob introduces the concept of "minimum viable care," explains why agentic AI breaks the traditional non-human identity model, and shares the real story of an AI agent that deleted a production database while trying to log in. A candid look at governance, cost, and risk for healthcare leaders navigating AI right now. Key Points: 03:21 AI Pressures and Threats 05:59 Minimum Viable Care Model 09:07 AI Governance Wake-Up Call 11:21 Wrap-Up and Community Bring color and joy to a child’s day: https://augustsartists.networkforgood.com/projects/166901-everyday-giving Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/

    This CISO Says AI Doesn't Forget, That Should Scare You | Executive Interview with Robert Forbes

  7. Aug 3

    Preparing for the 900 million dollar squeeze hitting healthcare IT | Newsday on This Week Health

    August 3, 2026: Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson are fresh off a run of academic medical center events in Chicago, and the number that kept coming up in every room was staggering: $900 million in projected revenue coming out of the healthcare system over the next three years. On this episode of Newsday, the trio unpacks what that pressure is doing to CIOs, CMIOs, and revenue cycle leaders alike, from Epic anxiety and AI idea overload to the physician who quietly found her health system hundreds of millions of dollars. It's a rare, unfiltered look inside three rooms most executives never get to sit in. Key Points: 02:41 Rev Cycle Durable Value 07:58 Epic Shifts and Transparency 11:19 Data Foundations for AI 15:55 Governance and Prioritization 21:11 Executive Communication Wrap LinkedIn: 229Project Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

    Preparing for the 900 million dollar squeeze hitting healthcare IT | Newsday on This Week Health

  8. Jul 31

    Improv in Cybersecurity and Stopping People Pleaser AI | Unhack the Podcast with David Finn

    June 31, 2026: David Finn has watched health IT security evolve from a compliance checkbox to an enterprise risk conversation, and now into an AI agentic era that's rewriting the rules again. Now teaching courses and advising across the industry, he unpacks what the recent OpenAI and Hugging Face breaches really exposed, and it wasn't a technology failure. It was a governance failure. David draws on decades of building security programs, including a stint as an "accidental CIO," to explain why healthcare keeps solving the wrong problem, why third-party risk is still underestimated, and why AI agents need constant behavioral monitoring instead of one-time guardrails. Key Points: 04:42 Governance Over Controls 10:43 Pace Change: Get It Right 16:12 Third Party Risk Reality 20:34 Start With Executives 22:39 AI Jobs Policies Monitoring 37:56 Guardrails to Behavior Monitoring Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/ X: This Week Health LinkedIn: This Week Health Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

    Improv in Cybersecurity and Stopping People Pleaser AI | Unhack the Podcast with David Finn
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Some conversations are too important to stay in the room. The 229 Podcast, hosted by Bill Russell, Sarah Richardson, and Drex DeFord, continues the dynamic discussions from our community events, bringing together healthcare leaders who are actively transforming the industry.

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  • Creator
    229Project
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    200
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 229Project
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    The 229 Podcast