Ingram Micro HIMSS Ep#9 How Vision AI Is Making Hospitals Safer Smarter and More Efficient

Hospitals want to be safe and open at the same time — welcoming to patients, families, and staff, but protected from weapons, wandering patients, drug diversion, and operational waste. That's exactly the problem Vision AI was built to solve.Recorded live at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas, this fireside chat features Matt Benetti, CMO at Vaidio, and Todd Larson, a consultant running the Transformation Center at Honor Health. Todd brings a rare combination of law enforcement experience and hospital innovation leadership to a wide-ranging conversation about how AI-powered cameras are moving from passive data storage to proactive operational intelligence.🔗 Learn more at vaidio.aiTopics covered:Why healthcare is in a state of flux — staffing shortages, payer mix shifts, and the need for transformationThe economics of a hospital and why you can't just grow your way out of the problemVision AI's three core use cases — safety and security, patient care, and operational efficiencyWeapons detection, fall prevention, wandering patients, and geofencingDrug diversion — the economic, reputational, and human cost and how Vision AI helps passivelyStaff satisfaction and how passive AI monitoring reduces administrative burdenRoom turnover, vendor management, and surgical OR efficiency with license plate recognitionEquipment tracking — wheelchairs, IV pumps, and the nurse workaround problemVisitor and vendor management with facial recognition and color-coded monitoringThe visionary future — hospital at home⏱️ YouTube Timeline0:00 — Introduction — Meet Matt Benetti from Vaidio and Todd Larson from Honor Health0:30 — The state of healthcare today — staffing shortages payer mix and the need for transformation1:44 — How hospitals actually make money and why the economics are under pressure3:24 — The reformation happening in healthcare — unity of command communication and operations6:05 — Introducing Vision AI and the three core use cases for hospitals7:02 — Use case 1 — safety and security weapons detection wandering and geofencing8:04 — Why cameras as data storage is reactive not proactive9:08 — The Las Vegas casino model — open secure and unintrusive10:56 — Fall prevention and how AI vision replaces physical restraints12:46 — Real world wandering calls from Todd's law enforcement days13:42 — Staff optimization and operational efficiency through Vision AI14:41 — Room turnover throughput and autonomous monitoring examples18:22 — Use case 2 — drug diversion and passive multifactor authentication21:14 — The full cost of drug diversion — economic reputational and regulatory25:32 — Staff satisfaction and the body camera parallel from law enforcement28:15 — Surgeon license plate recognition and OR efficiency gains32:41 — Equipment tracking wheelchairs IV pumps and the nurse workaround35:50 — Three practical Vision AI recommendations for hospitals today37:09 — Visitor and vendor management with color-coded real time monitoring40:32 — The visionary future — hospital at home in 10 to 20 years🔔 Don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the notification 🔔 ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/jonmyer/?sub_confirmation=1📱 Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JonMyerWebsite: https://jonmyer.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-myer/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wjJzdIwctq4o4pTXM2KSFLike my sounds? Here's my audio source: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/fj9o9k#aws #awscloud #podcast #podcasting #costoptimization #finops #cloudcost #cloudoptimization