v28 - Aug 2026 refresh (CareTalk added)

Voices shaping the future of medicine.

A curated guide to 27 podcasts on digital health, AI in medicine, healthtech innovation, and the future of clinical practice — featuring the innovators, founders, clinicians, and investors redefining health and medicine in the digital, connected, and AI age.

Curated by Daniel Kraft, MD.

27Curated podcasts
5Editorial categories
Aug 2026Last updated

Reading is the foundation. Conversation is where the field thinks out loud.

This curated directory gathers the podcasts shaping how the field talks to itself — on AI in medicine, the business of digital health, the founders building what’s next, the patient experience, and how digital health is unfolding around the world. Featured hosts include Eric Topol (Ground Truths), Harlan Krumholz (Health & Veritas), Christina Farr (Second Opinion / Lifers), John Driscoll & David E. Williams (CareTalk), Sanjay Juneja (AI and Healthcare, Tempus AI), Torie Bosch (First Opinion, STAT), and Jason Wolf (To Care Is Human, The Beryl Institute). Each entry links directly to the podcast’s home or Apple Podcasts.

01 · AI in Medicine

Where AI meets the clinic.

Conversations on artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical practice — from foundation models and diagnostics to AI ethics, safety, and real-world deployment.

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Best for: deep, substantive AI-in-medicine conversations from the NEJM editorial standard.

From NEJM Group. Informal conversations with leading experts at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and medicine — clinical practice, patient experience, and the people pushing for innovation. Guests include Zak Kohane, Vinod Khosla, Shiv Rao (Abridge), and Vijay Pande.

Listen on NEJM Group →
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Best for: rigorous, data-driven analysis of AI in medicine from one of the field's leading voices.

From Scripps Research founder Eric Topol — author of Deep Medicine and Super Agers. Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters with deep AI focus. 210,000+ subscribers across 210+ countries. Recent guests include Robert Wachter, Akiko Iwasaki, and Kate Crawford.

Listen on Eric Topol / Scripps Research →
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Best for: the Stanford perspective on AI deployment, with high-caliber industry guests.

Stanford professors Matt Lungren and Justin Norden explore the impacts and applications of AI in healthcare with top medical professionals, industry leaders, and academics. Recent guests include Eric Topol, Peter Lee (Microsoft), Kimberly Powell (NVIDIA), and Seth Hain (Epic).

Listen on Stanford Medicine →
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Best for: weekly news + analysis from two senior Yale physicians who don't pull punches.

Two Yale physician-professors discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise — with frequent deep dives on AI in medicine, clinical decision support, and the future of practice. 200+ episodes from Yale SOM and Yale School of Public Health.

Listen on Yale SOM →
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Best for: the oncology and clinical-AI deployment lens, with frequent new episodes from Tempus AI’s clinical leadership.

Mika Newton (CEO of xCures) and Dr. Sanjay Juneja (oncologist and VP of Clinical AI at Tempus AI) interview world-renowned leaders shaping the intersection of AI and medicine. Originally launched as TARGET: Cancer Podcast in 2021, the show has grown past 100 episodes as a comprehensive platform for AI-in-healthcare conversations, with strong oncology and clinical-AI focus.

Listen on Tensor Black →
02 · Industry & Investment

Capital, deals, and the business of healthcare.

The big-picture conversations on capital flows, M&A, IPOs, policy, and the business of digital health — from VCs, healthtech journalists, and operators in the trenches.

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Best for: the journalism-driven view from STAT, healthcare’s leading newsroom.

STAT’s weekly health and medicine podcast. First Opinion editor Torie Bosch interviews providers, researchers, patients, and others on the people, issues, and ideas shaping healthcare — from drug pricing to AI scribes to the corporate takeover of medicine. Distinct journalism-driven voice from one of healthcare’s leading newsrooms.

Listen on STAT →
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Best for: the VC perspective on what it actually takes to build durable healthcare companies.

From a16z Bio + Health. Veteran company-builders explore the real challenges and enormous opportunities facing entrepreneurs developing new medicines, tackling major diseases, and building healthcare infrastructure.

Listen on a16z Bio + Health →
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Best for: candid CEO conversations from someone who's covered this beat for over a decade.

Veteran healthtech journalist Chrissy Farr (former CNBC) talks with the CEOs and founders who’ve been in the trenches long enough to understand that healthcare doesn’t move at startup speed. Rebranded on Apple Podcasts as “Lifers with Christina Farr” in 2026, now 70+ episodes.

Listen on Christina Farr et al →
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. podcast cover
Best for: a candid, no-nonsense weekly debate on US healthcare business and policy from two industry veterans.

An incisive, no-B.S. weekly take on the US healthcare industry. Co-hosts John Driscoll (Chairman, UConn Health; former President, U.S. Healthcare, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David E. Williams (President, Health Business Group) debate the latest in healthcare news, business, and policy — from Medicaid work requirements and health-system cybersecurity to AI in behavioral health — with regular CEO and founder guests. Running since 2017 with 400+ episodes, 8M+ streams, and a published editorial-independence policy.

Listen on CareTalk →
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Best for: daily volume and breadth across the healthcare leadership landscape.

A daily knowledge hub for healthcare’s toughest problems. Saul interviews leaders across the industry on improving patient outcomes and building successful healthcare businesses. Now past 2,000 episodes.

Listen on Outcomes Rocket →
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Best for: the long-view investor perspective on healthcare transformation.

Healthcare investor Stephen Krupa (CEO, Psilos Group) interviews innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs building the technology and tools to transform the country’s ailing healthcare system.

Listen on Psilos Group →
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Best for: operator-level depth on managed care, ACOs, and care-delivery business models.

Decades of clinical, administrative, managed-care, and PHO/MSO joint-venture insight applied to disruptive innovation business models — from ACOs to direct medical practice to the latest mHealth and consumer-facing digital health.

Listen on Health Innovation Media →
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Best for: the most-loved digital health podcast — A-list guests, sharp questioning.

2026 Webby Award winner and #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech all-time charts. Weekly conversations with the biggest names in digital health — founders, investors, and operators deconstructing the underlying problems in healthcare.

Listen on Halle Tecco et al →
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Best for: the academic-meets-industry view from a top business school's digital health club.

Sharing the stories of the healthcare leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives moving the digital health industry forward. A Wharton-led show featuring CEOs, founders, and investors on what's working, what's not, and what's next in health tech.

Listen on Wharton →
03 · Innovators & Founders

The builders at work.

Conversations with the entrepreneurs, technologists, and clinicians building what’s next — from digital therapeutics and EHRs to medical devices and AI deployment.

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Best for: global founder stories and a dedicated digital therapeutics track.

Spotlights global health innovation and the entrepreneurs daring to revolutionize healthcare. Part of the Health Podcast Network. Includes the DTx Podcast track hosted by Eugene Borukhovich on digital therapeutics.

Listen on Health Podcast Network →
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Best for: multi-stakeholder panel discussions on putting care back into healthcare.

Panel discussions with the brightest minds in healthcare. Collaborative conversations with clinicians, patients, scientists, technologists, and executives on putting the care back into healthcare.

Listen on Matt Cybulsky →
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Best for: weekly takes on AI, EHRs, and interoperability from veteran HIT journalists.

The pulse of healthcare IT. Topical takes on AI, EHRs, interoperability, the workforce, and the deals shaping the industry — recorded weekly with industry insiders.

Listen on Healthcare IT Today →
Data Book (Inside Digital Health) podcast cover
Best for: the bi-weekly executive briefing on healthcare data, AI, and cybersecurity.

Spotlights the best stories and insights in healthcare technology. Big data and AI are changing medicine — and innovation also brings real cybersecurity concerns. Bi-weekly, from MJH Life Sciences.

Listen on MJH Life Sciences →
04 · Patient Voices & Access

Patients at the center.

Centered on patients, caregivers, and the changing dynamic between providers and the people they serve — including the emerging question of how patients themselves are using AI.

Empowered Patient Podcast cover
Best for: daily, brisk dispatches on the doctor-patient dynamic and precision medicine.

A daily window into the latest in digital health, the changing dynamic between doctors and patients, and the emergence of precision medicine. 2,400+ episodes.

Listen on Karen Jagoda →
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Best for: the institutional patient experience perspective — conversations with chief experience officers, nurse leaders, and patient advocates from across health systems.

From The Beryl Institute, the leading global community committed to elevating the human experience in healthcare. Twice-monthly conversations with chief experience officers, nurse leaders, patient advocates, and clinicians on patient experience, ambient AI in care delivery, kindness in health systems, and the human side of medicine. Recent guests include Dr. Jamie Colbert (Commure), Anne Marie Hadley (NSW Health), and Laura Wood (Boston Children’s Hospital).

Listen on The Beryl Institute →
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Best for: the first-person patient view of using AI safely — which tools, which prompts, which safeguards actually matter.

A 2026 special series from Faces of Digital Health host Tjaša Zajc, exploring how real patients use AI to navigate their own care. Drawing on her own experience as a chronic-illness patient, Tjaša interviews patients across different countries and conditions on what they ask AI, which tools they trust, and where it has helped or harmed.

Listen on Faces of Digital Health →
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Best for: narrated condition-specific mini-series for patients and caregivers.

A library of narrated audio mini-series covering specific health conditions — Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, COPD, and more — with insights from health experts and people with firsthand experience.

Listen on Health Podcast Network →
05 · Global Perspectives

Beyond US borders.

International views on how digital health is unfolding outside the US — from Europe to Asia-Pacific, with regular reporting from HIMSS Europe and across Australasia.

Faces of Digital Health podcast cover
Best for: European digital health policy and HIMSS Europe coverage.

Explores how healthcare systems around the world adopt digital transformation. Tjaša brings sharp questioning and a global view from her base in Slovenia, with regular HIMSS Europe coverage. Also home to The Agentic Patient, her 2026 series on patient-side AI use — listed separately under Patient Voices & Access.

Listen on Faces of Digital Health →
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Best for: the Asia-Pacific and Australian healthtech ecosystem.

Conversations with clinicians, vendors, and policy-makers focused on the Australian healthtech ecosystem. Now at 600+ episodes covering digital health, medical devices, medtech, and aged care.

Listen on Talking HealthTech →
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Best for: the UK and NHS leadership perspective — weekly briefings on policy, finance, and digital from inside the NHS.

Weekly analysis of the biggest issues in NHS health policy and leadership, from HSJ’s expert journalists. The go-to place for independent, informed takes on UK health and care news — from NHS reorganisation and trust finances to AI deployment, the NHS App, and the long-term workforce strategy. 200+ episodes since 2019.

Listen on Health Service Journal →
Methodology

How this directory is curated.

This directory is maintained by Digital.Health, the curated platform for digital health solutions founded by Dr. Daniel Kraft and Parisa Vatanka, PharmD. Each podcast has been reviewed for relevance, recency, and audience: we include shows that are actively producing new episodes in 2025–2026, hosted by recognized voices in healthcare, and focused on the substantive intersection of medicine, technology, and AI.

Categories reflect editorial judgment about where each podcast spends most of its airtime. Some shows could fit multiple buckets — NEJM AI Grand Rounds covers business strategy as often as it does AI architecture, for instance — but we place each podcast where its center of gravity sits. New in this update: CareTalk, the weekly healthcare business and policy debate from John Driscoll and David E. Williams, and The Agentic Patient, a 2026 series from Faces of Digital Health exploring how patients themselves are using AI. Podcasts that go inactive are generally removed; new shows are added as they emerge. Last updated August 2026.

Two shows are featured at the top of this page because they are hosted or co-hosted by our founder, Dr. Daniel Kraft. We disclose this conflict openly. The other 25 podcasts in the directory are independently curated.

FAQ

Common questions.

Which podcasts cover AI in healthcare and AI in medicine?

Five podcasts in this directory focus specifically on artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical medicine: NEJM AI Grand Rounds (Raj Manrai, PhD & Andy Beam, PhD, NEJM Group), Ground Truths Podcast (Eric Topol, MD, Scripps Research), AI in Healthcare | Stanford Medicine (Matt Lungren, MD & Justin Norden, MD), Health & Veritas (Howard Forman, MD & Harlan Krumholz, MD, Yale), and AI and Healthcare (Mika Newton & Sanjay Juneja, MD, Tempus AI). They cover topics including foundation models in medicine, ambient AI scribes, clinical decision support, AI ethics and safety, oncology AI, and real-world deployment. For the patient-side view of AI use, see The Agentic Patient, a 2026 series from Faces of Digital Health host Tjaša Zajc.

Which podcasts focus on digital health investment and the business of healthcare?

The Industry & Investment category includes nine podcasts: First Opinion Podcast (Torie Bosch, STAT), Raising Health (a16z Bio + Health), Second Opinion / Lifers (Christina Farr et al), CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. (John Driscoll & David E. Williams), Outcomes Rocket (Saul Marquez), Breaking Health (Stephen Krupa, Psilos Group), This Week in Health Innovation (Gregg Masters), The Heart of Healthcare (Halle Tecco et al, 2026 Webby Award winner), and The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health.

How is this list curated and how often is it updated?

This directory is curated by Digital.Health and reviewed regularly. Every podcast included is verified to be actively producing new episodes in 2025–2026. Shows are evaluated on host credibility, audience reach, recency, and substantive coverage of digital health, AI in medicine, or healthcare innovation. Podcasts that go inactive are generally removed; new shows are added as they emerge. The directory was last updated in August 2026.

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Digital.Health Podcasts Directory - Full List

Digital.Health curates 27 essential podcasts across five editorial categories: AI in Medicine, Industry & Investment, Innovators & Founders, Patient Voices & Access, and Global Perspectives. Two shows are hosted or co-hosted by Digital.Health founder Dr. Daniel Kraft. Last updated August 17, 2026.

Hosted by Our Founder (2)

  • Tech Nation Health / BioTech Nation — Moira Gunn, PhD & Daniel Kraft, MD. Dr. Daniel Kraft is Chief Health Correspondent for the long-running NPR program. Each weekly segment reimagines the future of health and medicine with new technologies and breakthrough science.
  • Healthy Conversations — Daniel Kraft, MD. Dr. Daniel Kraft hosts open conversations with experts on timely topics in healthcare — uncovering clinical insights and the emerging innovations transforming the industry in real time.

AI in Medicine (5)

  • NEJM AI Grand Rounds — Arjun (Raj) Manrai, PhD & Andrew Beam, PhD. From NEJM Group. Informal conversations with leading experts at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and medicine — clinical practice, patient experience, and the people pushing for innovation. Guests include Zak Kohane, Vinod Khosla, Shiv Rao (Abridge), and Vijay Pande.
  • Ground Truths PodcastEric Topol, MD. From Scripps Research founder Eric Topol — author of Deep Medicine and Super Agers. Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters with deep AI focus. 210,000+ subscribers across 210+ countries. Recent guests include Robert Wachter, Akiko Iwasaki, and Kate Crawford.
  • AI in Healthcare | Stanford Medicine — Matt Lungren, MD & Justin Norden, MD. Stanford professors Matt Lungren and Justin Norden explore the impacts and applications of AI in healthcare with top medical professionals, industry leaders, and academics. Recent guests include Eric Topol, Peter Lee (Microsoft), Kimberly Powell (NVIDIA), and Seth Hain (Epic).
  • Health & Veritas — Howard Forman, MD & Harlan Krumholz, MD. Two Yale physician-professors discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise — with frequent deep dives on AI in medicine, clinical decision support, and the future of practice. 200+ episodes from Yale SOM and Yale School of Public Health.
  • AI and Healthcare — Mika Newton & Sanjay Juneja, MD. Mika Newton (CEO of xCures) and Dr. Sanjay Juneja (oncologist and VP of Clinical AI at Tempus AI) interview world-renowned leaders shaping the intersection of AI and medicine. Originally launched as TARGET: Cancer Podcast in 2021, the show has grown past 100 episodes as a comprehensive platform for AI-in-healthcare conversations, with strong oncology and clinical-AI focus.

Industry & Investment (9)

  • First Opinion Podcast — Torie Bosch. STAT’s weekly health and medicine podcast. First Opinion editor Torie Bosch interviews providers, researchers, patients, and others on the people, issues, and ideas shaping healthcare — from drug pricing to AI scribes to the corporate takeover of medicine. Distinct journalism-driven voice from one of healthcare’s leading newsrooms.
  • Raising Health — Vijay Pande, Julie Yoo, Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde. From a16z Bio + Health. Veteran company-builders explore the real challenges and enormous opportunities facing entrepreneurs developing new medicines, tackling major diseases, and building healthcare infrastructure.
  • Second Opinion / Lifers — Christina Farr, Ash Zenooz MD, Luba Greenwood JD. Veteran healthtech journalist Chrissy Farr (former CNBC) talks with the CEOs and founders who’ve been in the trenches long enough to understand that healthcare doesn’t move at startup speed. Rebranded on Apple Podcasts as “Lifers with Christina Farr” in 2026, now 70+ episodes.
  • CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. — John Driscoll & David E. Williams. An incisive, no-B.S. weekly take on the US healthcare industry. Co-hosts John Driscoll (Chairman, UConn Health; former President, U.S. Healthcare, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David E. Williams (President, Health Business Group) debate the latest in healthcare news, business, and policy — from Medicaid work requirements and health-system cybersecurity to AI in behavioral health — with regular CEO and founder guests. Running since 2017 with 400+ episodes, 8M+ streams, and a published editorial-independence policy.
  • Outcomes Rocket — Saul Marquez. A daily knowledge hub for healthcare’s toughest problems. Saul interviews leaders across the industry on improving patient outcomes and building successful healthcare businesses. Now past 2,000 episodes.
  • Breaking Health — Stephen Krupa. Healthcare investor Stephen Krupa (CEO, Psilos Group) interviews innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs building the technology and tools to transform the country’s ailing healthcare system.
  • This Week in Health Innovation — Gregg Masters, MPH. Decades of clinical, administrative, managed-care, and PHO/MSO joint-venture insight applied to disruptive innovation business models — from ACOs to direct medical practice to the latest mHealth and consumer-facing digital health.
  • The Heart of Healthcare — Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, Steve Kraus. 2026 Webby Award winner and #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech all-time charts. Weekly conversations with the biggest names in digital health — founders, investors, and operators deconstructing the underlying problems in healthcare.
  • The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health — Wharton Digital Health. Sharing the stories of the healthcare leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives moving the digital health industry forward. A Wharton-led show featuring CEOs, founders, and investors on what's working, what's not, and what's next in health tech.

Innovators & Founders (4)

  • Digital Health Today 360 — Dan Kendall. Spotlights global health innovation and the entrepreneurs daring to revolutionize healthcare. Part of the Health Podcast Network. Includes the DTx Podcast track hosted by Eugene Borukhovich on digital therapeutics.
  • The Digital Health Roundtable — Matt Cybulsky, PhD. Panel discussions with the brightest minds in healthcare. Collaborative conversations with clinicians, patients, scientists, technologists, and executives on putting the care back into healthcare.
  • Healthcare IT Today Podcast — John Lynn, Colin Hung. The pulse of healthcare IT. Topical takes on AI, EHRs, interoperability, the workforce, and the deals shaping the industry — recorded weekly with industry insiders.
  • Data Book (Inside Digital Health) — Chief Healthcare Executive. Spotlights the best stories and insights in healthcare technology. Big data and AI are changing medicine — and innovation also brings real cybersecurity concerns. Bi-weekly, from MJH Life Sciences.

Patient Voices & Access (4)

  • Empowered Patient Podcast — Karen Jagoda. A daily window into the latest in digital health, the changing dynamic between doctors and patients, and the emergence of precision medicine. 2,400+ episodes.
  • To Care Is Human — Jason Wolf, PhD & team. From The Beryl Institute, the leading global community committed to elevating the human experience in healthcare. Twice-monthly conversations with chief experience officers, nurse leaders, patient advocates, and clinicians on patient experience, ambient AI in care delivery, kindness in health systems, and the human side of medicine. Recent guests include Dr. Jamie Colbert (Commure), Anne Marie Hadley (NSW Health), and Laura Wood (Boston Children’s Hospital).
  • The Agentic Patient — Tjaša Zajc. A 2026 special series from Faces of Digital Health host Tjaša Zajc, exploring how real patients use AI to navigate their own care. Drawing on her own experience as a chronic-illness patient, Tjaša interviews patients across different countries and conditions on what they ask AI, which tools they trust, and where it has helped or harmed.
  • Health Unmuted — Dan Kendall. A library of narrated audio mini-series covering specific health conditions — Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, COPD, and more — with insights from health experts and people with firsthand experience.

Global Perspectives (3)

  • Faces of Digital Health — Tjaša Zajc. Explores how healthcare systems around the world adopt digital transformation. Tjaša brings sharp questioning and a global view from her base in Slovenia, with regular HIMSS Europe coverage. Also home to The Agentic Patient, her 2026 series on patient-side AI use — listed separately under Patient Voices & Access.
  • Talking HealthTech — Peter Birch. Conversations with clinicians, vendors, and policy-makers focused on the Australian healthtech ecosystem. Now at 600+ episodes covering digital health, medical devices, medtech, and aged care.
  • HSJ Health Check — HSJ Editorial Team. Weekly analysis of the biggest issues in NHS health policy and leadership, from HSJ’s expert journalists. The go-to place for independent, informed takes on UK health and care news — from NHS reorganisation and trust finances to AI deployment, the NHS App, and the long-term workforce strategy. 200+ episodes since 2019.