{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Scaling Practice Management by Talkie.ai","title":"Why Your EHR Can No Longer Block the Software You Want | Brendan Keeler","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/00bf0a3d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3020,"description":"Most independent practices assume they're stuck with whatever their EHR ships with - the default scribe, the default CRM, the default everything. Brendan Keeler says that's no longer true.\nKnown to many as the \"Health API Guy,\" Brendan leads the interoperability practice at HTD Health and has seen the EHR world from nearly every angle - 5.5 years inside Epic, plus stints at Redox, Zus Health, and Flexpa. He joins Jakub Grajcar to explain why independent practices have more power over their technology than they realize.\nWe dig into:\n🔌 Brendan's #1 tip - lean on interoperability to get big-system efficiencies without giving up your independence\n⚖️ Why the 21st Century Cures Act means your EHR can't just block the software you want to use\n🏛️ How practices are winning against Epic, PointClickCare, and Henry Schein in court - and what it means for you\n🧩 Point solutions vs. the EHR bundle - why the specialist tool is usually better, and how to force integration\n🤖 Copilots vs. agents - the two kinds of AI, and why scribes took off first\n🗺️ How to actually choose AI: map your workflows, find the bottleneck, then know your own buying priorities\n📞 Why the AI front desk is the next wave after the scribe - lower clinical risk, faster efficiency gains\nResources mentioned:\n👤 Guest: Brendan Keeler\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-keeler\nNewsletter - Health API Guy: https://healthapiguy.substack.com\nX: https://x.com/healthapiguy\n🏢 Companies & Tools\nHTD Health: https://htdhealth.com\nHealth information exchange on-ramps: Particle Health, Health Gorilla, Zus Health\nIndependent-practice-focused HIE tools: Connective Health, Abstractive Health\n🏛️ Regulation & bodies mentioned\n21st Century Cures Act (information blocking)\nOffice of the National Coordinator (ONC)\nOffice of the Inspector General (OIG)\n📚 Book\nEssentialism by Greg McKeown\n⚖️ Court cases referenced\nInformation blocking suits against Epic, PointClickCare, and Henry Schein\n🎥 See how Talkie.ai works - AI medical...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cDl0t9jFckOl-1_LgMnmIWyXNTKcvr8hPfqwaY9KYeg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNGEx/NWRhMDYxMDUxMjE3/MWIyMGU3MjZiZGZl/NjIxNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}