165: Employer series: Is the cost of employer-sponsored insurance unsustainable?

June 6th, 2023  |  21 mins 7 secs

Guest host and Advisory Board Vice President and spokesperson Aaron Mauck invites health plan experts Sally Kim and Max Hakanson to discuss the state of and challenges around affordability in the employer market.

Encore: Revisiting our conversation on building ethical AI systems

May 30th, 2023  |  37 mins 32 secs

In this encore of our award-winning episode from Fall 2022, host Rachel Woods talks with thought leader and best selling author Tom Lawry – former director of AI for Microsoft – on how racial bias creeps into AI and what we all can do to create anti-racist intelligent systems.

164: Boston Medical Center's path to sustainability (and how they're funding it)

May 23rd, 2023  |  21 mins 5 secs

external guests, provider strategy and financial outlook

In this episode, guest host and Advisory Board environmental sustainability expert Miles Cottier talks with Bob Biggio, Senior Vice President of Facilities & Support Services at Boston Medical Center, about creating solutions for long-term cost savings that improve efficiency while reducing their environmental footprint.

163: How consolidation and corporate ownership are reshaping the healthcare industry

May 16th, 2023  |  26 mins 45 secs

industry consolidation

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board experts Paul Trigonoplos and Eliza Dailey to discuss their research on integration and consolidation in the healthcare industry, and how different stakeholders are thinking about diversification.

162: Addressing the workforce crisis: Insights from University Hospitals' leaders

May 9th, 2023  |  39 mins 58 secs

clinical workforce, external guests, leadership

Host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board's Chief Nursing Officer, Carol Boston, and two leaders from University Hospitals – Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, Peter Pronovost, and Chief Nursing Executive, Michelle Hereford - to discuss the complexity of grappling with the nursing shortage and its systemwide implications.

161: Unwavering purpose, the creation of Ballad Health

May 2nd, 2023  |  29 mins 52 secs

external guests, leadership, provider strategy and financial outlook

In part two of Advisory Board's leadership series, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Lisa Carter, the CEO of Ballad Health's Southern Market, to discuss navigating a complex merger, dealing with backlash from the community, and holding purpose sacred.

160: What navigating complexity can tell us about leadership

April 25th, 2023  |  38 mins 43 secs

external guests, leadership

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board's expert on executive development, Matt Cornner to discuss leading in times with complexity. We'll also hear leadership stories from Advisory Board's CEO, Adele Scielzo, and two leaders from UnitedHealth Group – Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson and chief sustainability officer Patricia Lewis.

159: Ozempic, Wegovy, and our questions on weight management drugs

April 18th, 2023  |  41 mins 5 secs

clinical innovation and affordability

Host Rachel Woods talks with researchers Kara Marlatt, Gaby Marmolejos, and Chloe Bakst about the questions healthcare leaders have about the growing demand and accessibility of new weight management drugs and what this could mean for the industry.

158: Advisory Board's spokespersons reflect on moments that changed healthcare

April 11th, 2023  |  28 mins 54 secs

leadership

Host Rachel Woods invites her Advisory Board co-spokespersons Ford Koles and Aaron Mauck to discuss their collective experiences in delivering healthcare insights to leaders.

157: Allyship in Action (Part 2): What leaders want allies to know

April 4th, 2023  |  28 mins 49 secs

external guests

In part two of Radio Advisory’s Allyship in Action series, Advisory Board's managing director of workplace culture Micha'le Simmons leads an open conversation with women in healthcare leadership about times they could have used an ally, and the message they have for organizations wanting to support and retain women leaders.

156: Allyship in Action (Part 1): Beyond Leaning In with Melanie Ho

March 28th, 2023  |  29 mins 15 secs

external guests

In part one of Radio Advisory's Allyship in Action series, Advisory Board's director of digital health research John League invites work equity expert Melanie Ho to talk about how bias shows up in the workplace, how to confront it, and what real allyship looks like.

155: Nursing homes are closing (and you should be paying attention)

March 21st, 2023  |  26 mins 23 secs

clinical workforce, provider strategy and financial outlook

Host Rachel Woods invites post-acute care experts Monica Westhead and Blake Zissman to discuss the reasons behind skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures and why all stakeholders in healthcare should be paying attention to this troubling trend.