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Healthcare Rap

Healthcare Rap

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Healthcare Rap is the leading podcast about consumer-centered care, a.k.a. how the frontiers of digital, retail, and traditional care can work together to make healthcare easier for everyday people. It ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally, has been named a Top 20 Healthcare Podcast, and is one of the longest-lasting shows in the industry, with more than 380 episodes and 6 years on the air.

Join provocative thinkers Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail as they profile disruptors and trends that are impacting the consumer experience of healthcare.

The podcast reached new heights in 2024:

  • 380+ episodes
  • 250k downloads
  • 2024 Top Healthcare Podcasts (Bright Inventions)
  • #2 on 30 Best Healthcare Innovation Podcasts (Feedspot)
  • 16 Healthcare Podcasts You Shouldn’t Miss (b2Cast)
  • Multiple episodes on Healthcare Now Radio's Top 10 Episodes of the Year

Topics for 2025:

  • Connected fitness
  • GLP-1's / weight loss
  • Food as medicine / nutrition
  • Sleep management
  • Mental and behavioral health
  • Preventive health and wellness
  • Nontraditional care models - direct primary care, retail care, health at home, digital health, functional health, concierge medicine, etc.
  • How those nontraditional care models can work together with traditional health systems
  • Consumer-facing digital health
  • All other consumer-facing aspects of healthcare

Topics that we don't cover:

  • Clinical leadership
  • Cybersecurity
  • Health information management
  • Interoperability
  • Revenue cycle
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Episodes
  • Let’s Change the Food-Buying Environment Ft. Foodsmart CEO Kurt Knight (#432)
    Jul 8 2025

    Kurt Knight, CEO of Foodsmart, helps us understand food-as-medicine beyond the buzzwords, what "eating well made simple" actually looks like, and where he sees GLP-1’s fitting into the nutrition conversation.

    All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Walmart and Soda Health’s new personalized nutritional guidance program. What leads us to believe that the program can gain traction, and what can healthcare leaders learn about converging AI, benefits, and behavior change?

    JOIN THE COMMUNITY

    This show is produced by the Healthcare Rap Community, the home for bringing together the voices of healthcare leaders and health consumers. Whether you're actively working to make healthcare more consumer-centered or just want to learn about cool new care models and innovations, this community is for you! (#434)

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    28 mins
  • GREATEST HITS: Health Tech Staffing Trends with David Clark (#433)
    Jul 7 2025

    (Originally airing in August 2023) Executive recruiter David Clark shares keys for approaching staffing, tips for job seekers, and traits that make a good healthcare executive in today’s up-and-down environment.

    JOIN THE COMMUNITY

    This show is produced by the Healthcare Rap Community, the home for bringing together the voices of healthcare leaders and health consumers. Whether you're actively working to make healthcare more consumer-centered or just want to learn about cool new care models and innovations, this community is for you! (#433)

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    27 mins
  • Aaron Watkins & Chris Pace Talk Careers & Leadership (#432)
    Jul 1 2025

    In one of the most candid conversations ever on the show, Aaron Watkins and Chris Pace join Jared to discuss careers and leadership at the intersection of healthcare, marketing and technology. As the three of them recently found themselves in career transitions at the same time, they don't hold back as they talk stages of grief, how to evaluate new opportunities, encouraging and discouraging aspects of career transitions, the unique formula for leadership in this field, and what they think the future holds.

    All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Current Health being reacquired by its original co-founder. What do we know about Best Buy Health’s restructuring, and is this an isolated incident or will reacquisition of digital health players gain traction?

    JOIN THE COMMUNITY

    This show is produced by the Healthcare Rap Community, the home for bringing together the voices of healthcare leaders and health consumers. Whether you're actively working to make healthcare more consumer-centered or just want to learn about cool new care models and innovations, this community is for you! (#432)

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    36 mins

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