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The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareAbridge — From AI Scribe to the Operating System for MedicineIn this new Innovation & Startups series, we break down Abridge — one of the fastest-growing AI startups in healthcare today.📧 Connect with Host Host Deepti Kalghatgi : https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepti-kalghatgi/🌐 Visit: https://idaahub.comWe cover the real founding story (it started with a cardiologist, a patient, and one sentence about dignity), how Abridge grew faster than long-standing incumbents like Nuance, what just happened with Abridge's Nvidia and Eli Lilly partnerships, and why this isn't really a scribe company anymore — it's trying to become the operating system for how care gets delivered and paid fo...
2026-06-2516 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareWho Owns Your Health Data? LLMs, Data Access & Venture Capital with Dr. Timothy Martens (Part 2)15 years ago, getting your medical records meant visiting the hospital, signing forms, and walking out with a photocopied stack of 5,000 pages. Today you can import the same data into an LLM and ask it what's wrong with you. That shift — and everything in between — is what Part 2 of this conversation is about.In this episode, IDAAHub Podcast host Deepti continues her conversation with Dr. Timothy Martens — congenital heart surgeon at Northwell Health, Director of Data Strategy & Innovation at Cohen Children's Medical Center, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and General Partner at Picap Fund — picking up at the question of patie...
2026-06-0223 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareHealthcare Is NOT About Care - Part 1 with Dr Timothy MartensWhat if the healthcare system was never built to make you healthier?In Part 1 of our conversation with Dr. Timothy Martens — congenital heart surgeon at Northwell Health, Director of Data Strategy & Innovation at Cohen Children's Medical Center, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and General Partner at Picap Fund — we get into the structural truth most clinicians won't say out loud: the current system is optimized for billing, not care.Dr. Martens breaks down why episodic 15-minute visits can't move the outcome needle, how wearable technology and direct-to-consumer biomarker testing are converging to create a parallel care laye...
2026-05-2628 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareWhy Credit Unions Choose a Startup Over a Big Vendor? - Part 2 with NupurBig vendors have the brand name.The sales team.The client list.So why credit unions walk away from all of that — and bet on a startup instead?Because brand names don't customize for you.Startups do.In Part 2 of this IDAA Hub Podcast episode, host Deepti and Nupur Daruka — credit union tech executive with 20+ years in fintech — pull back the curtain on the vendor decisions, ROI frameworks and future predictions that every financial services leader needs to hear but rarely does.📌 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Why credit unions are increasingly turning t...
2026-03-1016 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareCredit Unions vs Banks: How Big is the AI Adoption Gap?, Part-1 with Nupur DarukaBanks are years ahead of credit unions in AI adoption — but why? And what does it actually take for a credit union to catch up? In this episode of the IDAA Hub Podcast, host Deepti sits down with Nupur Daruka — a credit union technology executive with 20+ years spanning fintech, e-commerce, and banking — to answer exactly that. From a crisis-driven legacy code migration to building real-time fraud detection powered by AI, this is the ground-level story financial services leaders need to hear.📌 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Why credit unions are structurally slower than banks at adopting AIHow...
2026-03-1022 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareWhat Moats Matter for AI Startups? - Part 3 with SvetlanaWhat makes an AI startup truly defensible in 2026?Not your tech stack. Not your prompts. Not your UI.In this episode, AI strategist Svetlana Makarova — who built and scaled AI solutions at Mayo Clinic — breaks down the only three competitive moats that actually matter for AI startups and why most founders are unknowingly building on quicksand.If you're building an AI company or thinking about starting one, this is the framework you need before you write another line of code.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - The big question: What actually makes an AI startup defensible?00:2...
2026-02-1230 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareAI Adoption is SOARING, But, Where's the ROI?- Part 2 with SvetlanaIf you've invested in AI and you're wondering why your P&L isn't showing the gains you expected, this episode is for you.Svetlana Makarova, AI strategist who scaled solutions at Mayo Clinic, breaks down the biggest paradox in enterprise AI: Why 90% of companies report AI adoption while 95% see NO measurable P&L impact.She reveals the truth about MIT vs. Wharton reports, introduces you to Solow's Paradox (history repeating from the PC revolution), and explains exactly what you need to do differently to see real returns.⏱️ KEY TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - The ROI Question: AI a...
2026-02-1011 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareEx-Mayo Clinic AI Strategist Reveals: How to Scale AI Solutions Across EnterprisesJoin us as Svetlana Makarova, AI strategist and former Mayo Clinic leader, shares her incredible story of breaking into healthcare AI and achieving remarkable success in one of the most regulated environments on earth.🎯 What You'll Learn:How to enter AI/healthcare AI without a technical backgroundThe exact framework used to scale an AI solution Why healthcare's regulatory barriers are actually advantagesHow to go from proof of concept to full deployment in record timeThe critical mindset shift that separates successful AI leaders from everyone else⏱️ KEY TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Introd...
2026-02-0533 min
The IDAA Hub Podcast: AI in Finance & HealthcareClaims, Denials & Out-of-Network Nightmares: Will AI Replace RCM Jobs?AI in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management: With Claims, Denial management and out-of-network nightmares, Will AI replace jobs?Is AI really transforming healthcare revenue cycle management, or is it just another buzzword? In this episode, we sit down with Elizabeth Daley, VP of Out of Network at Revco Solutions, who brings 20 years of hands-on experience in healthcare RCM.Elizabeth shares insider insights on:- Why denials remain the #1 challenge (and how AI is helping)- Real-world AI applications delivering measurable results- The truth about AI "replacing" healthcare jobs (spoiler: it's not)...
2025-12-1018 min