CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.
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
Episodes
361 episodes
Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken w/ Zeev Neuwirth, Rezilient Health
Primary care is on life support. Administrative burden is crushing physicians, employer healthcare is broken, and decades of reform efforts have barely moved the needle. So what does real transformation actually look like?Zeev Neuwirth,...
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Why Now Is the Time for AI in Healthcare
Is this AI moment in healthcare really different from all the hype that came before?In this clip from our episode “A Brief History of AI in Healthcare”, Lekan Wang, Partner at JSL Health Capital, makes his case for why the data is final...
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Why High-Acuity Care Is Moving Home w/ Lon Hecht, CEO, Care2U
Every year, millions of Americans end up in emergency rooms and hospital beds for conditions that could be treated just as well, and far more safely,in their own homes. So why does care still default to the most expensive, most disruptive setti...
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A Brief History of AI in Healthcare w/ Lekan Wang, Partner, JSL Health Capital
AI has been promising to transform healthcare for decades. So what's actually different this time? From Palantir's early data integration work to the frontier of AI-driven drug discovery, the evidence for optimism is growing and so is the urgen...
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The Two AI Strategies That Will Fail
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 s...
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Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?
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 clin...
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How Loneliness Hurts Your Health
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 rese...
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The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You w/ Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Author, Eat Your Ice Cream
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.D...
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Can AI Reduce Medical Errors?
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 redu...
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One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI w/ Dr. Robert Wachter, Author, A Giant Leap
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 Le...
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The Trust Problem With Healthcare AI
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...
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Making Healthcare Access Truly Borderless w/ Dr. Sarah Matt, MD, MBA
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 sys...
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Inactivity Is as Dangerous as Smoking
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 m...
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Why Exercise Beats Longevity Hacks w/ Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author, The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies
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 sidel...
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Building Better GLP-1 Care at Scale w/ Dr. Myra Ahmad, CEO & Founder, Mochi Health
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...
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Clinicians Need AI Literacy Now
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 g...
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Making Healthcare Massively Better w/ Halle Tecco, Author of Massively Better Healthcare
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 ...
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GLP-1s Are Not Just for Weight Loss
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-...
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What JPM Signals for Healthcare in 2026
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, Presi...
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Will AI Replace Healthcare Jobs?
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 cam...
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Top insights from JPM Conference 2026
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, a...
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How AI Can Unlock Personalized Cancer Care
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 CureW...
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The Messy Reality of Healthcare Referrals w/ Trey Holterman, Co-Founder & CEO, Tennr
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 pa...
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When AI Spots What Doctors Miss w/ Steve Brown, Founder & CEO, CureWise
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 medi...
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