The 229 Podcast

May 5, 2026: Pain is the number one reason patients access healthcare, yet objective pain data is virtually absent from claims systems and EHRs. Martha Lawrence, CEO and co-founder of AccendoWave, explores how her company is building benchmark databases that correlate brainwave activity with pain perception, addressing both the clinical and financial gaps that leave health systems exposed. They also dig into the changing vendor-to-health-system sales landscape, de-risking innovation adoption, and how emerging CMS models like TEAM are creating new urgency around pain data.
Originally aired on Flourish, This Week Health's leadership-focused podcast. Flourish has joined The 229 Project Podcast — bringing these conversations to a wider audience of healthcare IT leaders.
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Key Points:
03:56 Objective Pain Data

08:44 Selling Innovation Today

13:43 UCLA Innovation Engine

22:25 CMS Models And Pain

30:13 De Risk And Wrap Up

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May 1, 2026: In this inaugural episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, Sarah Richardson sits down with Tyler Barhydt, a seasoned technology executive who led a remarkable cloud transformation journey. Tyler shares how his organization, Envision Healthcare, went from 11 data centers to nearly zero, the unexpected benefits of the Broadcom/VMware situation, and why he believes every cloud migration needs a dedicated FinOps team. Through candid discussion about getting board buy-in (spoiler: it took 12-20 rounds), building trust through transparency, and empowering teams, Tyler provides a roadmap for healthcare IT leaders considering their own cloud journey.
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Key Points:
00:16 Meet Tyler Barhydt: Cloud Transformation Leader

01:03 Key Considerations for Cloud Strategy

01:49 Board Engagement and Cost Transparency

04:08 FinOps and Operational Readiness

06:41 Navigating Industry Challenges

15:33 Leadership Insights

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April 29, 2026: Bill Russell sits down with Jim Jacobs, President and CEO of MediQuant, to confront one of healthcare's most expensive and underappreciated problems: runaway application complexity. Jim makes the case that software rationalization isn't an IT to-do list item; it's a board-level imperative. With health systems carrying $60 million in unwanted software spend and cyber risks piling up in legacy systems that no one is maintaining, the urgency has never been higher. And with AI demanding clean, accessible data, the cost of delay is about to get a lot steeper.
Key Points:
03:01 Rationalization Playbook

07:14 Simplicity Security Resilience

11:02 Headless Software and Wrap Up

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April 28, 2026: Female rivalry in the workplace is more than interpersonal drama — it's a culture problem with real consequences for teams, retention, and patient care. Dr. Amber Tichenor, organizational psychologist and author of “Behind Frenemy Lines”, joins Sarah Richardson to unpack the psychology behind workplace rivalry, why it's especially prevalent in nursing and other high-stakes environments, and what leaders can do to build cultures grounded in psychological safety, allyship, and mutual support.
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Key Points:
02:32 Why Women Rivalry Happens

09:10 Self Love and Sisterhood Skills

11:32 Psych Safety and Leader Playbook

17:02 Brain Based Conflict and Closing

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April 24, 2026: In this conversation, healthcare tech entrepreneur Kristen Schmidt and her 11-year-old daughter Harper explore what it means to prepare the next generation for a world shaped by AI. Harper's definition of AI — insightful beyond her years — anchors a candid discussion about the growing gap between AI's rapid advancement and youth readiness. For healthcare IT leaders, the episode raises an urgent question: are we building the right foundation for the leaders who will inherit these systems?
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Key Points:
01:07 Teaching AI At School

03:39 Raising Female AI Leaders

12:20 Harper On Hollow AI

17:36 Wrap Up And Call To Action

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