{"podcast":{"title":"The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast","slug":"the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107","podcast_index_feed_id":4062107,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-heart-of-healthcare","website_url":"https://www.heartofhealthcarepodcast.com/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/08/1b/d6/92/081bd692-3de1-47e0-8dea-f5df57735e79/a59d0ef5ad4c2db2cf3ee2e8b13f930450e607997e665411885eb022e43bf55f849eb5bc803da97cc499471b4972bde9e6a85279b2a201d1728298c8949e46f2.jpeg","author":"Massively Better Healthcare","episode_count":230,"summary":"🏆 2026 Webby Award-winning podcast. Join us every Monday for conversations with the biggest names in healthcare. Hosted by health tech veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus. Learn more and submit your ideas for the show at the Heart of Healthcare website.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T12:17:59.600663+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107"},"episode":{"title":"Building the Largest Health Data Ecosystem in the US | Datavant CEO Kyle Armbrester","slug":"building-the-largest-health-data-ecosystem-in-the-us-datavant-ceo-kyle-armbrester","published_at":"2026-01-26T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/building-the-largest-health-data-ecosystem-in-the-us-datavant-ceo-kyle-armbrester","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/230589a5-b408-44a7-946e-d0c9f7ff80a6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/230589a5-b408-44a7-946e-d0c9f7ff80a6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"It has been said that we don’t have “big data” in healthcare, but instead a large amount of “small data.” In this episode, Halle speaks with Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Datavant and former CEO of Signify Health (acquired for $8B), about why healthcare data still moves the way it did decades ago and what it will take to modernize it at scale. Kyle reflects on building and leading large health tech companies and explains how fixing data flow could reduce administrative waste, improve security, and make care easier for patients and providers alike. We cover: Why healthcare billing still happens after the fact and how that fuels administrative waste How missing data standards led to fax-based workflows and brittle systems Why healthcare data is such an attractive target for cyberattacks How clinical data can be shared digitally without being owned or resold Leadership lessons from scaling companies through IPOs and acquisitions — About our guest:  Kyle Armbrester is Chief Executive Officer of Datavant, a healthcare data platform company with a mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible, and actionable. Datavant operates the largest and most diverse health data exchange in the U.S., connecting more than 70 percent of the 100 largest health systems, all U.S. payers, and 300 plus real world data partners. Previously, Kyle served as CEO of Signify Health, where he led more than 200 percent revenue growth, took the company public in 2021, and guided its acquisition by CVS Health in 2023 for approximately $8 billion. He later served on the CVS Health executive management team, overseeing healthcare delivery strategy and interoperability. Earlier in his career, Kyle was Chief Product Officer and Head of Corporate Development at athenahealth, where he helped scale…","meta_description":"It has been said that we don’t have “big data” in healthcare, but instead a large amount of “small data.” In this episode, Halle speaks with Kyle Armbrest…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/episodes/building-the-largest-health-data-ecosystem-in-the-us-datavant-ceo-kyle-armbrester/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/building-the-largest-health-data-ecosystem-in-the-us-datavant-ceo-kyle-armbrester.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}