# AI Costs, Vendor Strategy and the Future of Hospital Capacity with Laura Dyrda Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ai-costs-vendor-strategy-and-the-future-of-hospital-capacity-with-laura-dyrda Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ai-costs-vendor-strategy-and-the-future-of-hospital-capacity-with-laura-dyrda.md Podcast: [Becker’s Healthcare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089) Published: 2026-07-22T16:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.show/beckershealthcarepodcast/episode/154446040/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/ins.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/BKR_HC_Laura_Dyrda_P_7-22-26_RD1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/ai-costs-vendor-strategy-and-the-future-of-hospital-capacity-with-laura-dyrda Duration seconds: 862 ## Resource In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Becker's Healthcare, discusses how health system leaders are managing rising AI costs, evaluating vendor partnerships, and strengthening governance around new technologies. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/ai-costs-vendor-strategy-and-the-future-of-hospital-capacity-with-laura-dyrda/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/ai-costs-vendor-strategy-and-the-future-of-hospital-capacity-with-laura-dyrda.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.