168: Having the tech isn't enough: the future of clinical decision making

June 27th, 2023  |  30 mins 51 secs

clinical innovation and affordability, external guests, tech and ai

Guest host and Advisory Board life sciences expert Solomon Banjo invites his colleague Amanda Okaka and Optum’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Innovation Dr. Kevin Larson to discuss their predictions for the future of clinical decision making and how organizations can integrate new innovations into clinician workflow.

167: How nervous should we be about high-cost drugs?

June 20th, 2023  |  24 mins 5 secs

clinical innovation and affordability

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board pharmacy experts Gina Lohr and Chloe Bakst to discuss how industry stakeholders are thinking about the rise of high-cost drugs.

166: Employer series: The role of employers in value-based care

June 13th, 2023  |  20 mins 1 sec

value-based care

In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board experts Daniel Kuzmanovich and Sophia Hurr to discuss the opportunities and challenges of value-based care for the employer market.

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.