186: The new era of drugs is now

November 21st, 2023  |  26 mins 4 secs

clinical innovation and affordability

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board pharmacy experts Rachel Peroutky and Chloe Bakst to discuss how stakeholders should be preparing themselves for the new era of pharmaceutical drugs.

185: AI adoption: why you can't afford to "wait and see"

November 14th, 2023  |  26 mins 47 secs

provider strategy and financial outlook, tech and ai

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board digital health experts Ty Aderhold and Elysia Culver to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being an early mover or fast follower of AI, and how the industry needs to be thinking about AI adoption and integration.

184: Coverage whiplash: the headache of Medicaid redeterminations and how to respond

November 7th, 2023  |  32 mins 44 secs

health policy

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board health plan experts Chelsea Needham and Sally Kim to discuss Medicaid coverage changes, how health plans are responding, and why Medicaid redeterminations continue to be a headache following the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

183: John Muir Health and Optum reflect on what makes their partnership work

October 31st, 2023  |  35 mins 15 secs

external guests, leadership, provider strategy and financial outlook

Host Rachel Woods invites John Muir Chief Strategy Officer George Sauter and President of Optum’s Market Performance Partnership Chris Pass to discuss the qualities that make their business partnership a success.

182: Should your partnership strategy go global?

October 24th, 2023  |  26 mins 3 secs

provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board international experts Paul Trigonoplos and Isis Monteiro to discuss why global partnerships are accelerating, how organizations are leveraging these partnerships, and whether all health systems should be pursuing global partnerships.

181: Does healthcare's approach to obesity harm patients?

October 17th, 2023  |  34 mins 13 secs

health equity, service lines

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites health equity expert Darby Sullivan and pharmacy expert Chloe Bakst to discuss how the healthcare industry's traditional approaches to treating obese patients may be doing more harm than good.

180: Tom Lawry on why AI has a PR problem

October 10th, 2023  |  34 mins 16 secs

external guests, tech and ai

Microsoft's former head of AI, now managing director of Second Century Tech, Tom Lawry returns to Radio Advisory to discuss the buzz, fears, and opportunities around truly transformational generative AI technologies.

179: Future-proofing healthcare requires a tech-enabled workforce

October 3rd, 2023  |  28 mins 14 secs

clinical workforce, tech and ai

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board experts Allyson Paiewonsky and Jordan Peterson to discuss what organizations are getting wrong about technology, and why it has potential to sustainably alleviate the workforce crisis in the long term.

178: What the industry is (still) getting wrong about value-based care

September 26th, 2023  |  29 mins 27 secs

external guests, value-based care

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board value-based care expert Daniel Kuzmanovich and Optum Advisory Service's SVP of value-based care, Erik Johnson, to discuss the mindset shifts they think leaders should be making when pursuing a sustainable value-based care strategy.

177: Advancing equity in a world of innovation for some, costs for all: Live from the 2023 Clinical Innovation Summit

September 19th, 2023  |  52 mins 32 secs

clinical innovation and affordability, external guests

In this episode, live from Advisory Board's 2023 Clinical Innovation Summit, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Maia Laing, SVP of Health Equity for UnitedHealth Group, and Michael Mejia, Advisory Board's director of life sciences research, to discuss how leaders can think about deploying, designing, and financing new clinical innovations in an equitable way.

176: Test, fail, and test again: Morgan Health's approach to employer costs

September 12th, 2023  |  38 mins 54 secs

external guests

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board payer expert Max Hakanson and Morgan Health innovation lead Rivka Friedman to discuss what employers can do to rein in healthcare costs, both for themselves and their employees.

From the See You Now podcast: Reckoning with Racism (Part 1)

September 5th, 2023  |  55 mins 38 secs

This episode comes from See You Now, a podcast that shines a light on the real people changing the status quo in health. Host Shawna Butler, RN MBA and co-host Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, speak with Cheryl Peterson, MSN, RN about the American Nursing Association’s work in creating antiracist practices and policies in the nursing profession.