Health Podcast Library
Season 3 • Episode 57

$2.8 Billion. Then Check If the Fire Is Still Going

Sep 30, 2026
16:31

Episode Description

September 30, 2026: Christopher Tyne, Chief Engineering Officer at Health Catalyst, sits with Bill Russell. Health systems are being sold AI that demos well and does not move an outcome. Chris puts $2.8 billion in validated outcomes on the table, then the test: do not just shine a flashlight at the fire. Hand them the extinguisher. Then check whether it is still burning.

Guest: Christopher Tyne (Health Catalyst)

Key Points:

  • 0:00 $2.8 billion. Did it do anything

  • 0:06 Chris Tyne, Health Catalyst

  • 2:04 AI without the healthcare lexicon

  • 4:03 Health Catalyst

  • 4:34 100 million Americans without primary care

  • 6:10 Mix of experts

  • 7:44 Coumadin

  • 10:00 The medical record starts giving back

  • 12:08 Clients, exploration, trained models

  • 13:48 Don't just shine a flashlight

  • 15:52 Close


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