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| 221: How will health system growth look different in 2025 and beyond? | 03 Sep 2024 | 00:25:12 | |
When we talk about “health systems,” it can sound like we’re talking about a monolith. But in reality, the $1.4 trillion dollar health system sector is made up of a diverse range of players. Academics and safety nets; urban and rural systems; 1,000-bed systems and 25-bed critical access hospitals. The question is, especially as systems emerge from the financial hardships of the past few years, how do those differences translate to the ways systems are running at growth? In this episode, the third and final installment in our series leading up to Advisory Board’s Strategy Summit, host Abby Burns invites Advisory Board health system experts Elizabeth Orr and Marisa Nives to unpack how leaders across the health system sector are thinking differently about growing in 2025 and beyond. Links:
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| Behind the scenes: Our journey to four years, 1M downloads | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:31:29 | |
Radio Advisory first started production in April 2020 to deliver timely, critical messages to healthcare professionals navigating the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Four years, 200+ episodes, and one million downloads later, Radio Advisory continues to bring insightful conversations and valuable insights to listeners passionate about driving positive change in healthcare. To celebrate our millionth download, host Rachel (Rae) Woods and the Radio Advisory production team revisit some of their favorite episodes over the last four years, recollect the lessons learned, and reflect on how the healthcare industry has evolved alongside us. We owe this milestone to you, our listeners. Your support and engagement have fueled and enriched our episodes, and we look forward to bringing you many more insightful conversations. Thank you! Links:
How Cone Health added ATTR-CM screening to an existing care pathway: A TAVR example A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on radioadvisory.advisory.com. | |||
| 129: It's 2022, stop using these phrases | 23 Aug 2022 | 00:25:30 | |
Buzzwords and phrases like “equity”, “digital divide”, and “cultural competency” are used often health care. However, there’s no real consensus on their actual definitions, and that can be problematic. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with value-based care expert Daniel Kuzmanovich and health equity researcher Darby Sullivan to discuss why language has never been more important in the industry, and how to ensure that your vocabulary aligns with your organization’s intentions. Links: | |||
| 128: Cancer and Covid-19: What we still don't know about the pandemic effect | 16 Aug 2022 | 00:23:12 | |
During the peak of the pandemic an estimated 9.4 million cancer screenings were missed – which we know led to delayed cancer diagnoses. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites oncology experts Ashley Riley and Lauren Woodrow to discuss both the human and system-wide impacts of delayed cancer screenings and what health leaders can do to rebound. Links: | |||
| 127: How health insurers are reinventing themselves | 09 Aug 2022 | 00:28:34 | |
New policies and heightened competition are making payers re-consider their identities and roles in the health care industry. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health plan experts Mallory Kirby and Sally Kim to talk about why payers are positioning themselves as health solutions companies, the strategic moves in play, and why diversification may be necessary for survival. Radio Advisory is produced by Advisory Board, a division of Optum, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. | |||
| 126: [Bonus content] Commercial risk is possible—here's how | 02 Aug 2022 | 00:31:14 | |
(New/bonus content starts at 19:11. First part of episode originally aired June 7, 2022.) Medicare is slowly moving forward on risk, but commercial risk is more of a wild card and the health care industry has yet to land on a clear model for the population. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Clare Wirth and Alex Tallian to discuss their research into commercial risk and why they believe commercial risk is possible for the health care industry. Bonus links:
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| 125: It's not the great resignation, it's the great realignment | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:34:05 | |
It's no secret that health care is facing a workforce crisis. The good news is that workers aren't leaving the industry entirely, but instead moving on to other roles that enhance their quality of life – and it's not just about the money. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health care workforce experts Eliza Dailey, Monica Westhead, and Alex Polyak to discuss workplace qualities that have become more important to health care workers and what leaders can do to cement themselves as the employer of choice. Links: | |||
| 124: The decisions shaping the future of healthcare | 19 Jul 2022 | 00:31:18 | |
Advisory Board’s State of the Industry report gives healthcare leaders a view of what's happening around them and how various trends, actions, and forces will shape the industry's future. In this episode Rachel (Rae) Woods sits down with healthcare experts Ashley Antonelli and Natalie Trebes to talk about how the economy, workforce shortages, and policy shifts are impacting the industry and how healthcare leaders can shape the future despite these challenges. Links: To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC. Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing podcasts@advisory.com. | |||
| 123: Is private equity healthcare's bad guy? | 12 Jul 2022 | 00:36:22 | |
Private equity tends to get a bad rap when it comes to healthcare. Some see it as a disruptive force that prioritizes profits over the patient experience, and that it’s hurting the industry by creating a more consolidated marketplace. Others, however see it as an opportunity for innovation, growth, and more movement towards value-based care. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board’s Sarah Hostetter and Vidal Seegobin to discuss the good and bad elements of PE and what leaders can do to make it be a valuable partner to their practices. Links: To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC. Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing podcasts@advisory.com. | |||
| 122: The 5 root causes of behavioral health inequity | 05 Jul 2022 | 00:28:47 | |
U.S. health care has made some strides in making behavioral health treatment more accessible by pouring more money into services like telebehavioral health. So why are we still seeing significant increases in mental health conditions and drug overdose deaths? Are we putting our money in the right places? In this episode Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board’s Darby Sullivan and Rachel Zuckerman to discuss the root causes of behavioral health inequity and the progress that has – and has not – been made in addressing the issue. Links:
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| 121: Researchers react: Roe is overturned | 27 Jun 2022 | 00:31:03 | |
Rae invites Advisory Board experts to share their perspective on the biggest impact that overturning Roe v. Wade will have on providers, purchasers, and life sciences companies. Plus, experts share what they are watching for as the health care industry adapts to a post-Roe reality. Links: | |||
| 120: Open Mic: The latest IPPS proposal could be a game-changer for health equity | 21 Jun 2022 | 00:04:51 | |
In early May, CMS released the inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2023. In this year’s proposal CMS introduced several policies aimed at addressing health equity. Among those is a data collection condition that would require a provider to attest that their organization is capturing SDOH measures. Eric Fontana, Vice President of Client Solutions at Optum Life Sciences, has spent much of his career helping health care leaders make sense of data and regulations. In this special Open Mic edition of Radio Advisory, Eric shares his thoughts about why this could be a game-changer for researchers. Interested in sharing your thoughts about health care on an Open Mic? Pitch us your idea by emailing podcasts@advisory.com. Links: Advisory Board is a subsidiary of Optum. All Advisory Board research, expert perspectives, and recommendations remain independent. | |||
| 214: Is Governance the answer to AI integration? Duke says yes. | 25 Jun 2024 | 00:31:32 | |
Generative AI is one of the most widely discussed topics in the industry today. There is continued excitement, mounting anxiety, and dozens of questions for health leaders to answer. While the healthcare industry has been working tirelessly to adapt to the almost unbelievable rate of change, many organizations struggle with how to ethically implement and scale Artificial Intelligence. This week, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Duke University Health System's Chief Information Officer, Dr. Eric Poon, to discuss how Duke has approached ethical implementation of AI—and how their efforts started long before ChatGPT existed. Throughout the conversation, they discuss the early challenges Duke faced, offer tactical guidance for successful implementation, and explain why proper governance is critical to ethical AI adoption. Links:
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| 119: How health leaders can address climate change | 14 Jun 2022 | 00:24:16 | |
We know that climate change is a public health problem – and now, health care leaders are getting a better understanding of how their own organizations are contributing to the problem. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Miles Cottier to discuss the state of the climate change problem and why health care leaders shouldn’t wait for government action to start making progress. Links:
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| 118: Commercial risk is possible—here's how | 07 Jun 2022 | 00:19:41 | |
Medicare is slowly moving forward on risk, but commercial risk is more of a wild card and the health care industry has yet to land on a clear model for the population. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Clare Wirth and Alex Tallian to discuss their research into commercial risk and why they believe commercial risk is possible for the health care industry. Links:
To explore Advisory Board's latest thinking on the future of value-based care, visit advisory.com/VBC. | |||
| 117: 4 ways to prevent a physician shortage | 24 May 2022 | 00:19:57 | |
There have been plenty of headlines sounding the alarm over a physician shortage, but how valid are those concerns? In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Daniel Kuzmanovich and Sebastian Beckmann to talk about the existence of a physician shortage and the solutions health care leaders can take to prevent one. Links:
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| 116: The ripple effects of overturning Roe v. Wade | 17 May 2022 | 00:25:46 | |
Regardless of moral, religious, or ethical opinion, abortion is a health care procedure, and changes to the accessibility and legality of that procedure will have implications nationwide. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Rebecca Willman, membership director of Abortion Care Network, to talk about the clinical and operational ramifications the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that would potentially overturn Roe v. Wade. Links:
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| 115: How nurses (and nursing) make a difference | 10 May 2022 | 00:25:00 | |
It's Nurses Month, which means there are a lot of conversations being had right now about the nursing profession, and most of them involve the word crisis. In this episode, Rachel Woods has a different type of conversation about nursing and sits down with Advisory Board's Carol Boston-Fleischhauer and Lauren Rewers to talk about how health care leaders can bring joy back to nursing. Links:
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| 114: The evolving world of clinical evidence | 03 May 2022 | 00:34:53 | |
The life sciences part of health care isn't just drugmakers and medical device companies—data and evidence coming from life sciences is critical to the entire health care ecosystem. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Solomon Banjo and Pam Divack, and SVP of Optum Life Sciences Lou Brooks, to talk about the evolving role of evidence and how evidence impacts all parts of the health care ecosystem. Links:
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| 113: What it will take to get to meaningful risk | 26 Apr 2022 | 00:29:41 | |
Value-based care and risk-based payment are two things on the forefront of everyone's mind in the health care industry, but is the industry read to move forward towards meaningful risk? In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Daniel Kuzmanovich and Clare Wirth to talk about what it will take for the health care industry to move towards meaningful risk, the biggest concerns leaders have about risk, and how one executive took action towards meaningful risk at her organization. Links:
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| 112: Defining digital transformation beyond buzzwords | 19 Apr 2022 | 00:29:55 | |
There's a lot of buzz about digital health right now, with many organizations wanting to get their piece of the digital health pie, but what is the end goal of digital transformation? In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's John League to talk about what digital health actually means and what the goals behind it are. Links:
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| 111: Beyond Covid-19: What Stop the Spread can teach us about all health challenges | 12 Apr 2022 | 00:30:09 | |
The crisis phase of the pandemic is starting to wane, giving the health care industry time to reflect and think about the lessons learned from the pandemic. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Dr. Kavita Patel, former director of policy in the Obama administration and advisor to Stop the Spread, to discuss what lessons Covid-19 has taught the health care industry and how the industry can apply those lessons to other health care challenges. Links: Visit advisory.com/seniors for Advisory Board’s latest research on how to build a better health care model for America’s aging population. | |||
| 110: Site-of-care shift is a global (and accelerating) trend | 05 Apr 2022 | 00:27:14 | |
Advisory Board has been tracking site-of-care shifts in the health care industry for many years, but it's important to remember those changes aren't just happening in the United States, but worldwide. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Colin Gelbaugh and Paul Trigonoplos to talk about how site-of-care shift trends are changing worldwide and why those shifts are happening. Links:
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| 213: Radio Advisory Live: Why "value" doesn't have to be zero sum, with Stacey Richter | 18 Jun 2024 | 00:41:25 | |
The healthcare industry has been rocked by the pandemic and thrown headfirst into a new era of technological and therapeutic revolution. Yet, in the midst of all this change and uncertainty, healthcare leaders are expected not just to survive, but actually drive value for their organizations, patients, and communities. The problem is, “driving value” is not only complex, but it’s also ambiguous. Leaders who talk about value across the industry may not even be talking about the same thing. So, how should the industry think about driving value and what does it take to get this right? In this episode, live from Advisory Board’s 2024 Value Summit, host Abby Burns invites Stacey Richter, healthcare entrepreneur, co-president of Aventria Health Group, and host of the Relentless Health Value podcast, to break down what “value” in healthcare actually means, where organizations go wrong, and how we can work to improve value across the industry. Links:
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| 109: Senior care: Why the next 10 years are critical | 29 Mar 2022 | 00:20:21 | |
As the baby boomer generation has aged, how providers approach senior care has changed, and the Covid-19 pandemic has altered that approach even further. In this episode, Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Yulan Egan to talk about how senior care has changed as a result of shifting demographics, politics, and the Covid-19 pandemic. Links:
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| 108: Supporting RNs by changing the structure of nursing | 22 Mar 2022 | 00:28:20 | |
As we enter year three of the battle against Covid-19, the nursing workforce is in a dire state. But there is something health leaders can do. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Monica Westhead and Carol Boston-Fleischhauer to discuss what health leaders can do to support their nurses and why changing the structure of nursing is essential. Links:
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| 107: Health policies we're watching in 2022 | 15 Mar 2022 | 00:18:15 | |
It’s been more than a year since President Biden took office–and now—we’ve heard the President’s first State of the Union address. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health care expert Christopher Kerns to share the policies we’re watching in 2022. Together, they explore the health care priorities that are ripe for congressional or regulatory action and discuss some of the cases pending in the courts that could have significant implications for the industry. Links: | |||
| 106: Two years later: What surprised us most about Covid-19 | 08 Mar 2022 | 00:25:13 | |
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago, many health experts were making predictions about what the future may hold, including Advisory Board's experts. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Christopher Kerns and Amanda Berra to discuss what we got right, what we got wrong, and some of the most surprising ways the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the health care industry. Links: Get the Daily Briefing newsletter in your inbox. Subscribe now. | |||
| 105: How do we define value? Here's what we learned from our cross-industry summit. | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:29:38 | |
Understanding value and value-based care is one of the biggest issues facing the health care industry today. In this episode, host Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Solomon Banjo and Katie Schmalkuche to discuss what we learned when we convened senior decision makers from across the industry. Leaders from pharma, med device, health systems, physician groups, employers, tech companies, and more came together to discuss what value means for their sector of the industry and unpack why different stakeholders struggle to agree on what value-based care means. Links:
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| 104: How physician partnership is changing | 22 Feb 2022 | 00:24:53 | |
The physician landscape is constantly changing, and now there are more partners than ever before. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Eliza Dailey to talk about the changing physician landscape and why you should be talking about "physician partnership" rather than "alignment." Links:
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| 103: What an equitable organization looks like and how yours can get there | 15 Feb 2022 | 00:27:12 | |
Addressing the social determinants of health and health equity in a community may be one of the biggest challenges for health care organizations. In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Darby Sullivan and Solomon Banjo to talk about why organizations have trouble with health equity and what they can do to be more equitable. Links: | |||
| 102: Which country performed best against Covid-19? | 08 Feb 2022 | 00:36:17 | |
One of the most commonly-asked questions of health care experts is—which country has the best health care system? In this episode, host Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Vidal Seegobin to try and answer that question by looking at how different countries around the world have handled the Covid-19 pandemic and what that says about the quality of their health care system. Links: | |||
| 101: Redefining the physician landscape | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:30:20 | |
The physician landscape has changed a lot, especially over the past couple of years. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Sarah Hostetter and Prianca Pai to get a look at what the physician landscape looks like right now and offer a new way to view physicians. Links:
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| [Rerun] How changing demographics will affect the future of healthcare | 25 Jan 2022 | 00:30:16 | |
Episode 81 was originally released on June 29, 2021. As we come towards the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, it's time to start looking at how the pandemic, alongside other big market forces, will shape healthcare in the future. In this episode, Rae sits down with Advisory Board's Nick Cericola to talk about how changing demographics could affect the healthcare industry in the next 10 years—and why younger generations have the potential to change healthcare in the most surprising ways. | |||
| 212: Lessons from the C-Suite: Google's Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo on healthcare's cognitive industrial revolution | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:45:59 | |
The rise of generative AI has impacted healthcare in many ways – one of which is that it’s pushing Big Tech toward becoming not just a relevant, but a central player in the industry. And when we’re talking Big Tech, we have to include Google. Google’s activity in healthcare has been turbulent since it entered the space nearly two decades ago, but it’s impossible to deny the significance of the contributions it’s made to the industry. Now with the rapid growth of genAI, Google is refining its healthcare strategy to drive maximum impact in the areas it’s best positioned to – places like consumer, therapeutics, diagnostics, and more. At the forefront of this work is Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Google’s Chief Health Officer. This week, guest host Eric Larsen, President Emeritus of Advisory Board and President of Towerbrook Advisors sits down with Dr. DeSalvo to unpack the seemingly boundless opportunities of generative AI to evolve healthcare and the unique—and scoped—role Google is playing in helping advance that evolution. Links:
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| [Rerun] Seattle Children's approach to behavioral health | 18 Jan 2022 | 00:41:45 | |
Episode 68 was originally released on April 20, 2021. Much has been said about the behavioral health crisis lurking in the background behind the Covid-19 epidemic, but much of that talk has been regarding behavioral health in adults, despite the fact the issue is significantly worse among children. In this episode, Rae sits down with a team from Seattle Children's—Ginger Hines, executive director, Sheryl Morelli, medical director and CMO, and Larry Wissow, chair of pediatric psychology and behavioral medicine, to talk about the behavioral health issues children are facing in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic. Links:
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| [Rerun] Why you have to embrace telework (and how to get it right) | 11 Jan 2022 | 00:29:43 | |
Episode 59 was originally released on February 16, 2021. Much of the United States has been working from home either full-time or part-time since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic leading many companies to change their policies on telework going forward. In this episode of Radio Advisory, Rae sits down with Advisory Board's Serena Bernthal-Jones and Rachel Zuckerman to discuss how the Covid-19 epidemic has changed perspectives on telework and how managers can still keep their staff engaged while working from home. Plus, Rae rounds up the health care news that Advisory Board researchers are keeping an eye on. Links: | |||
| 100: Omicron—what it means for healthcare policy | 05 Jan 2022 | 00:23:21 | |
This episode was recorded on January 4, 2022. The omicron variant is continuing to spread rapidly throughout the United States, leading to record numbers of new Covid-19 cases in many areas. In this episode, Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Pam Divack to talk about the healthcare industry implications of the omicron variant, including what the political and policy responses to the variant mean for the healthcare world. Links:
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| 99: Part 2: What healthcare CEOs need to know in 2022 | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:25:46 | |
The year is coming to an end, so what's in store for healthcare executives in 2022? In this episode, host Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Yulan Egan for part two of their discussion on the state of the union in healthcare, looking at the major trends shaping the industry in the future and what healthcare CEOs need to know for 2022. Links:
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| 98: Part 1: What healthcare CEOs need to know in 2022 | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:20:39 | |
As 2021 comes to an end, what is in store for healthcare executives next year? In this episode, host Christopher Kerns sits down with Advisory Board's Yulan Egan to discuss the major trends shaping the healthcare industry in the future and what healthcare CEOs need to know for 2022. Links:
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| 97: How technology will impact health care over the next decade | 16 Nov 2021 | 00:30:12 | |
Technology changes fast, and what the healthcare landscape looks like today may be completely different in a year. But what about in a decade? In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's John League and Nick Cericola to talk about the role of technology in the future of healthcare and what the next decade might look like in the healthcare industry. Links: | |||
| 96: Why the headlines are wrong about physician shortages | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:33:28 | |
There's been plenty of talk about the shortage of nurses in the United States, but is there—or will there be—a shortage of physicians as well? In this episode, Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Sarah Hostetter and Daniel Kuzmanovich to talk about the misconception that the United States is facing a physician shortage and what the state of the physician workforce actually is. Links:
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| 95: Best Buy's big move into healthcare | 02 Nov 2021 | 00:22:14 | |
There's been plenty of talk about companies being disruptive in the healthcare industry, from Amazon to Walmart, but a company you might not be thinking about is also making moves into the healthcare world—Best Buy. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Miriam Sznycer-Taub to talk about how Best Buy is moving its way into the healthcare world and what that might mean for the healthcare industry. Links: | |||
| 94: Where CMMI is headed—according to its director | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:40:25 | |
The world of health care has changed a lot in the past decade, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has been behind a lot of that change. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Liz Fowler, director of CMMI, to talk about what innovations CMMI has worked on in the past decade and where it's heading next. Plus, policy and strategy expert Ben Umansky debriefs with Rae to share his take on the agency’s next steps. Links:
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| 93: Beyond burnout: Moral exhaustion in the clinical workforce | 19 Oct 2021 | 00:31:08 | |
Amid the surge of the delta coronavirus variant, many clinicians are being forced to make difficult and potentially even unethical decisions when their resources are scarce. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Cynda Rushton, a Hastings Center Fellow and professor of clinical ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing, to talk about those decisions, what role leaders and administrators play in protecting frontline clinicians from those decisions, and what it means for those delivering care. Links:
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| 211: Pursuing financial sustainability in cell and gene therapy delivery | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:28:41 | |
So far in our series on bespoke care and innovation, we’ve delved into the future of cancer care and the opportunities for equity in precision medicine. But we can’t conclude our series without talking about one of the most exciting developments in the field: cell and gene therapies. We’ve talked about these therapies on the pod before—but like everyone else, we’ve primarily focused on the payment side of the equation and looked at how purchasers and pharma can work together to ensure patient access. These conversations miss the voice of a key stakeholder: providers. What is the role of the provider organizations in realizing the value of cell and gene therapies? To answer that question, in the final episode of our series leading up to Advisory Board’s Clinical Innovation Summit: Revolutions in Specialty Care, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board pharmacy experts Gina Lohr and Chloe Bakst to unpack how providers are grappling with how to get these life-changing treatments to those that need them. Links:
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| 92: The biggest crisis of 2021 isn't Covid-19—it's nursing shortages | 12 Oct 2021 | 00:32:04 | |
Covid-19 has been on the forefront of everyone's minds for over a year now, but the biggest crisis for health care providers in 2021 might not be the pandemic—it may be nursing shortages. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board CNO Carol Boston-Fleischhauer to talk about the nationwide shortage of nurses and what hospitals can do now to address some of the bigger problems nurses face today. Links:
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| 91: We need to talk about maternal health in America | 05 Oct 2021 | 00:27:12 | |
Health equity is a topic long talked about in health care circles, but there's one specific area of health equity the United States is woefully behind in—maternal health. In this episode, Rae sits down with Callie Chamberlain, co-director of social responsibility at Optum and a trained birth doula, and Advisory Board's Darby Sullivan, to discuss the dire state of maternal health in America and the role the entire industry plays in supporting pregnant people. Radio Advisory is produced by Advisory Board, a division of Optum, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. Links:
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| 90: Aaron Carroll on how clinicians can combat medical misinformation | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:42:46 | |
Medical misinformation has been a significant problem for a long time, but amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the problem has become even more widespread. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Dr. Aaron Carroll, author, professor, and Indiana University chief health officer—to discuss what all clinicians should do to combat medical misinformation. Plus, Advisory Board experts Solomon Banjo and Pam Divack offer their take on clinician’s role in online spaces (with patients and with each other) and translate those same principles for the rest of the industry. Links:
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| 89: The unanswered vaccine questions you should be tracking | 21 Sep 2021 | 00:29:53 | |
This podcast was recorded on September 16, 2021. The Covid-19 landscape is constantly shifting, including the status of vaccination, and it can all be a lot to keep track of. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Pam Divack and Regina Lohr to talk about some of the questions regarding Covid-19 vaccines that still need to be answered—including mandates, outstanding approvals, dosing, and how to balance a national vs. global vaccination effort. On Friday September 17, FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended offering Pfizer booster shots for people ages 65 and older and for "high risk" individuals over the age of 16. It also voted against recommending boosters for all eligible adults, citing lack of more robust data on the younger age groups. This recommendation is not binding, and an official FDA decision is still to come. On Monday, September 20, Pfizer released new data showing lower doses of its Covid-19 vaccine are safe and shows 'robust' antibody response for 5- to 11-year-olds, without any serious safety issues. Pfizer expects to file for EUA soon, and experts say the shot may be authorized for kids by Halloween. Links:
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