{"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":"📣 Digital Health Download: July 2026","slug":"digital-health-download-july-2026","published_at":"2026-06-29T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/digital-health-download-july-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e8453f8b-20c2-43c9-abde-6976cff07002.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e8453f8b-20c2-43c9-abde-6976cff07002.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"July marks five years of The Heart of Healthcare, and we're grateful for every listener who's tuned in. If you've enjoyed the show, please show your love by leaving us a review! This month, Steve and Halle take stock of an industry where capital is concentrating, incumbents are making big bets, AI is moving from promise to early proof points, and a public health crisis is quietly building in the background. We cover: The digital health funding numbers that just dropped, and what they reveal about where the money is really going A $12 billion deal that has the RCM world buzzing The Nature study that has clinical AI companies on edge A new entrant into medical imaging that nobody saw coming The public health crisis that sports betting built, and why healthcare isn't talking about it enough Early data out of Utah that could change how we think about AI in clinical settings Links: IPO Watch List: https://halletecco.substack.com/p/the-digital-health-ipo-watchlist Ensemble Health / Thoreau deal: https://hitconsultant.net/2026/06/18/thoreau-makes-strategic-investment-in-ensemble-health/ Nature Medicine AI study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04431-5 Midjourney Medical: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952011/midjourney-medical-ai-ultrasound-scan Doctronic pilot outcomes: https://commerce.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Doctronic-Outcomes-May-2026.pdf —  📍 Connect with us: Heart of Healthcare website LinkedIn YouTube   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"July marks five years of The Heart of Healthcare, and we're grateful for every listener who's tuned in. If you've enjoyed the show, please show your love…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2059,"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/digital-health-download-july-2026/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/digital-health-download-july-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}