Beyond the Buzz: Reimagining Cloud and Data Strategies in Healthcare

What Keeps You Up at Night? – Tales from the Digital Frontier 

Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Tim Lankes, Vice President of Healthcare at Rackspace, for a candid conversation on the realities behind cloud modernization in healthcare. Drawing on decades of experience leading large-scale healthcare technology and services initiatives, Tim shares how organizations are balancing innovation with security, cost, and continuity of care amid increasing regulatory and operational pressures.

Throughout their discussion, they explore what’s driving successful cloud and multicloud strategies today, including separating hype from practical value in AI adoption to scaling pilots into enterprise-wide impact.

Key Takeaways:

1. How digital health leaders can modernize infrastructure, strengthen data accessibility, and align technology with human adoption to deliver outcomes that matter.

2. Where multicloud strategies are creating the greatest operational value and what often gets overlooked.

3. What it takes to move cloud and AI initiatives from pilot projects to sustained, enterprise-wide platforms.

4. How AI is delivering practical benefits today by optimizing cloud environments and supporting data-driven decision-making.