HITshow Daily: September 17, 2025 (Wednesday)

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Today on HITshow:

Sutter Health rolls out conversational AI across 3.5 million patients, Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial move forward with a new academic health center, and Aegis Ventures adds three health systems to its growing digital consortium. We’ll also look at Amazon’s billion-dollar investment to reduce employee healthcare costs — and close with a conversation between Peerbridge Health CEO Chris Darland and our Voices reporter Jalen Cross on the future of proactive cardiac diagnostics.

HOST: RHONDA BROOKS

📍 Innovation & Technology — Logan Stokes
Sutter Health rolls out conversational AI across 3.5 million patients and 13 million visits a year, aiming to cut wait times, reduce burnout, and improve access.

📍 Providers & Education — Nate Collier
Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare move forward with a new academic health center, expanding specialty care, medical training, and regional research.

📍 Strategy & Transformation — Anika Shah
Aegis Ventures adds Yale New Haven, Keck USC, and Hartford HealthCare to its digital health consortium, now 14 systems strong and preparing to launch two AI-powered startups this fall.

📍 Employers & Workforce — Jade Romero
Amazon commits one billion dollars to reduce employee healthcare costs, lowering premiums and primary care copays for hundreds of thousands of workers.

📍 Voices Interview — Jalen Cross with Chris Darland
Peerbridge Health CEO shares how the company’s new cardiac monitoring device, recent funding, and board expansion are driving a shift from reactive to proactive heart care.

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