Give Another Listen to the Best of June! As we wrap up a busy and insightful month on HealthcareNOW Radio, we’re highlighting the episodes that resonated most with our audience. From timely industry conversations to expert insights shaping the future of healthcare, these standout shows captured the most attention and engagement. In this post, we’re featuring the top two radio episodes and the top two podcast episodes with the highest plays in June—perfect picks if you’re looking to catch up or revisit the discussions everyone’s been talking about.
From Our Radio Shows
The AI Shift: Healthcare Automation Evolution with Mayank Pant
On this episode host Tom Foley invites Mayank Pant, EVP, Product & Innovation for IKS Health to discuss the shifting from traditional rigid automation to agentic AI in healthcare which prioritizes redesigned processes over simply automating existing inefficient workflows. IKS has recently launched My Care Hub prioritizing patient-centered engagement and utilizing agentic AI to drive measurable outcomes rather than focusing on technology implementation.
News You Can Use: End of May 2026 Burnout, Bots, and Bada Bing
Medical burnout isn’t caused by “the wrong people” entering medicine, the system itself is chewing people up and calling it resilience; AI “never skilling” may create doctors who can use the tools but never fully develop the skills behind them; Insurance companies love second-guessing physicians while avoiding accountability – if they deny care, they should own the liability too; LinkedIn recruitment scams are getting absurdly sophisticated, but “totallylegitrecruiter@gmail.com” is still a red flag; Raul Castro accidentally looking like Uncle Junior from The Sopranos confirmed that reality now has worse writers than HBO.
From Our Podcast Network
Healthcare Rap: Why Amenities Health Pivoted to Premium Memberships
Aasim Saeed, Founder of Amenities Health, joins Jared for real talk about building in the direct to consumer health space, why he doesn’t consider the current U.S. healthcare system to be patient-centric at all, and his pivot to powering health system-based concierge and premium offerings.
All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the new Google Health App and Fitbit Air. Do Google’s latest health products signal a battle for the consumer health operating system, and will they make good on the promise to make health and wellness personalized, preventive, and proactive?
Unscripted the AMCP Podcast: Payer & Provider Dynamics – Addressing Non-Medical Switching in Oncology for CLL/SLL
On this episode guest host Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, CPEL, Vice President of Pharmacy at Emory University and Emory Health Plan, Winship Cancer Institute, discusses the real-world impact of non-medical switching in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) with Timothy Mok, Manager of Clinical Utilization Intelligence at Kaiser Permanente and board-certified oncology pharmacist, focusing on the drivers behind switching, the risks of disrupting effective therapy, and how shared decision-making and dose modification can help maintain adherence and improve patient outcomes. Sponsored by Abbvie.
