The 229 Podcast

NYC Health + Hospitals Breach: The Biometric Data You Can't Take Back - 2 Minute Drill

In late 2025, cyber attackers slipped into New York City Health + Hospitals through a third-party vendor and stayed undetected for nearly three months. When they left, they took more than records and Social Security numbers. They took fingerprints and palm prints -- biometric data belonging to some of the most vulnerable patients in the country. You can cancel a credit card. You can get a new password. You can even navigate a stolen SSN. You cannot get new fingerprints. What walked out of that network in November is permanent. Drex uses this breach to ask a question every health system needs to answer right now: do you actually know where your biometric data lives, who can reach it, and what protections are in place? Badge readers, palm vein scanners, EHR workstations -- the collection has grown fast. The mapping hasn't kept up. Remember, Stay a Little Paranoid

Shadow AI, Shrinking Budgets, and the Agents Nobody Approved | Newsday

June 1, 2026: Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson bring back the highlights from three simultaneous healthcare summits in Destin, Florida, covering imaging leaders, CTOs, and children's CIOs. The conversations were connected by a few uncomfortable truths: four in ten health systems cannot measure the AI they have already deployed, most organizations have dozens of agents running on their networks without anyone knowing, and budgets are getting squeezed by rising RAM costs and what leaders are calling the AI tax. From data literacy gaps and ungoverned agents to the idea of onboarding AI like a new hire, this episode captures what healthcare's sharpest leaders are actually wrestling with right now. Key Points: * 00:46 Summit Takeaways Setup * 09:55 Agents and Governance Gaps * 18:18 Proving AI ROI * 22:31 Budgets, Vendors, and Wrap Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/ X: This Week Health [https://twitter.com/thisweekhealth] LinkedIn: This Week Health [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth] Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer [https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/3173454]

Healthcare at Home is Closer Than You Think | Flourish Rerelease with Asim Malik

May 29, 2026: Asim Malik [https://www.linkedin.com/in/asimamalik/], VP of Health System Partnerships at DispatchHealth [https://www.dispatchhealth.com/], joins Sarah to explore how high-acuity care is moving beyond traditional hospital walls. From pneumonia to COPD exacerbations, discover why this isn't just about convenience; it's about solving capacity constraints, improving margins, and giving patients back control. Asim breaks down the technology infrastructure, command center requirements, and clinical buy-in needed to make these programs succeed at scale. Key Points: * 02:01 Challenges and Solutions in Home-Based Care * 06:53 Technological and Operational Requirements * 09:46 Overcoming Barriers and Misconceptions Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/ X: This Week Health [https://twitter.com/thisweekhealth] LinkedIn: This Week Health [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth] Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer [https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/3173454]

The Shelf Life of Leadership Knowledge Is Shrinking; Here Is What Replaces It | Newday

May 25, 2026: Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson turn the episode into an informal review of Sarah's MIT AI Strategy and Leadership course, and the insights are worth the homework. From the surprisingly perfect parallel between today's AI resistance and the original Luddites, to the counterintuitive finding that the organizations succeeding with AI are the most operationally aligned, not the most technically advanced, this conversation cuts straight to what healthcare leaders actually need to know right now. Lead with curiosity, start with clean data and aligned people, and remember that the real AI differentiator is not automation. It is velocity. Key Points: * 02:27 Inside the MIT AI Class * 08:42 Trust and Leading Through Change * 18:41 Operational Alignment Wins * 22:52 Curiosity and X Teams * 26:17 Courage and Closing Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/ X: This Week Health [https://twitter.com/thisweekhealth] LinkedIn: This Week Health [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth] Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer [https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/3173454]

Innovating Beyond Frustration | UnHack the Podcast with Anahi Santiago and Krista Arndt

May 26, 2026: Krista Arndt [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearndt/], Associate CISO at St. Luke's University Health Network [https://www.slhn.org/], and Anahi Santiago [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anahi-santiago/], CISO at ChristianaCare [https://careers.christianacare.org/], join Drex DeFord for an unfiltered conversation about what it actually takes to lead healthcare security in 2026. From saving nearly 200 hours a month with Microsoft Security Copilot to building a team culture so strong that people rarely leave, Krista and Anahi pull back the curtain on AI adoption, mental health advocacy, and the intentional choices that separate thriving security leaders from burned-out ones. Key Points: * 03:27 Saving Time with Security Copilot * 12:15 Partners, Vendors, and AI Value * 15:09 Work Life Harmony and Community * 24:38 Lightning Round Hype Songs Wrap Keep up to date on the latest in health IT: https://thisweekhealth.com/news/ X: This Week Health [https://twitter.com/thisweekhealth] LinkedIn: This Week Health [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth] Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer [https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/3173454]