IKS Health

Thank you, Dallas Innovates, for covering our news about our two new executives, Chief Marketing Officer Kathryn Weismantel and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Christi Braun. We are excited for their strategic leadership and insights as we continue our work to transform healthcare. Welcome to the team! Read the full article here: https://hubs.la/Q03VshCh0

We’re excited to welcome Kathryn Weismantel as our new Chief Marketing Officer and Christi Braun as our new Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at IKS Health. Kathryn brings 20+ years of marketing leadership across healthcare and professional services, most recently serving as Americas Head of Marketing for Oliver Wyman, where she elevated the firm’s C-suite presence and led marketing for its Health & Life Sciences practice, including its Health Innovation Center. Christi joins us with deep experience across healthcare legal operations, compliance, and regulatory strategy. She previously served as Deputy General Counsel at ScionHealth and has held senior legal roles at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Florida, following early work at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. We’re thrilled to add two exceptional leaders whose expertise will help strengthen our foundation and accelerate our mission. Read more here: https://hubs.la/Q03VcSsw0

We’re proud to share that the Digital Health Awards have recognized IKS Health’s growing influence in healthcare thought leadership. The awards program highlights the best digital health content in the industry, honoring assets that are credible, clear, and current. In the digital health media and publications category, our clinical leaders won two awards for their published articles. Grace Terrell MD MMM, chief medical officer, won a Bronze award for her byline Physicians Must Innovate and Focus on Medicine’s Core, Not Chores. Her article focuses on the redesign of care delivery models so that clinicians focus on the core of medicine, not its chores. https://hubs.la/Q03TNsSZ0 Ben Crocker, MD, senior vice president of care design and innovation, won a Silver award for his byline AI-Led Virtual Care Teams: Restoring Clinician and Care Team Purpose in Healthcare Innovation. His article details how tech-enabled virtual care teams including ambient scribes and inbox management help alleviate workforce shortages and clinician administrative burdens. https://hubs.la/Q03TNstx0 We received a Merit award for our blog Changing the Healthcare Revenue Cycle Workflow to Improve Efficiencies with a New Preactive Paradigm. The blog explores the challenges of revenue cycle management and explains how a preactive, unified RCM workflow that includes reinvented patient access, precise clinical document, audit-ready coding, and preactive denials managements are critical to organizational sustainability. https://hubs.la/Q03TNyk70 Thank you, Digital Health Awards, organized by the Health Information Resource Center, for these recognitions!

The Executive Summit, co-hosted by our strategic partner, the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), in Palm Springs, opened with a powerful keynote from Dr. Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, on leveraging AI to reduce administrative burdens and move toward smarter, more sustainable care. From there, we shared insights on keeping AI honest, why connected systems outperform point solutions, and how to identify a truly accountable vendor partner. A big focus for the health systems in the room was the road ahead for health systems as ambient AI and broader AI programs reshape care delivery. One key takeaway stood out: health systems move forward when technology and people operate as a single, connected system. Thank you to AMGA, our guests, and the IKS Health team for driving such meaningful dialogue. Grace Terrell MD, Joe Benardello, Srinivasan Madabushi, PhD, Jerry Penso, Ajai Sehgal, Dr Barbara L Hodne, Sam Zebarjadi, Sarah Bennight, Amy Fowler Stadler

Our clinical experts Ben Crocker, MD and Christina Johns, MD, MEd, FAAP attended the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Health Equity Forum in Maryland this week, where all things health equity were discussed including access, community involvement, digital literacy, and enabling care teams to offer more tailored care for the communities they serve. We're proud to sponsor this important event.

In this exclusive interview, our co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Joe Benardello sits down with Becker's Healthcare Healthcare to discuss how accountable AI partnerships and agentic AI are transforming healthcare delivery. This wide-ranging interview covers: - Why an accountable partner with more than just capabilities is critical - The importance of knowing your patients not just clinically, but also behaviorally and financially - Why building a trust pipe creates meaningful relationships - Why 2026 is the year of responsible and accountable AI Listen to the podcast here: https://hubs.la/Q03SNMMt0

This Veterans Day, we salute the heroes who have served our nation with strength and compassion. Your commitment reminds us of the power of service and purpose in all that we do at IKS Health.

We're excited to attend the APTA Private Practice event this week in Orlando and hope to connect! Kristin Shadick

In this new byline, Christina Johns, MD, MEd, FAAP, IKS senior vice president of care transformation, writes about the importance of making healthcare healthy. She writes about modernizing healthcare and notes, "While the human touch must always remain central to healthcare even in the wake of AI, rising costs and shrinking margins make it imperative to find new ways to improve care—for clinicians, for patients, and for the health system as a whole." Read her article here: https://hubs.la/Q03SrNjL0

We're excited to be a part of American Medical Group Association (AMGA)'s executive retreat in Palm Springs focusing on reimagining care delivery. Our EVP Srinivasan Madabushi, PhD shared thoughts on driving change through human + AI collaboration, and the importance of empathy and intelligence converging for better outcomes.