As host and head of content for Radio Advisory, Rachel (also known as “Rae”) plans and prioritizes episodes based on the most pressing challenges of the day. As host, Rae interviews industry experts, breaking down the top issues executives should be thinking about and eliciting the actionable next steps healthcare leaders should take.
Rachel (Rae) Woods has hosted 190 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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175: We need to talk about maternal health in America [Bonus content]
August 15th, 2023 | 41 mins 14 secs
behavioral health, health equity, service lines
This week Radio Advisory is featuring an encore of "We need to talk about maternal health in America," recorded in Oct. 2021. Advisory Board health equity expert Darby Sullivan and women's health expert Gaby Marmolejos also give an update on why maternal and women's health outcomes have only gotten worse since this episode first aired.
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172: Build a value-based enterprise: Live from 2023 Value-Based Care Summit
July 25th, 2023 | 50 mins 49 secs
external guests, leadership, value-based care
In this episode, live from Advisory Board’s 2023 Value-Based Care Summit, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Rob Mayer, senior vice president and GM of Optum Insight Clinical Solutions; Laurie Sicaeros, Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Care Health System; and Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Iora Health, to discuss exactly what it takes to build a successful value-based enterprise and what defines success.
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171: Data privacy in the wake of Dobbs
July 18th, 2023 | 23 mins 8 secs
provider strategy and financial outlook, tech and ai
In part three of Radio Advisory’s series on consumer data, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board experts Ty Aderhold and John League to discuss how conversations around data privacy, particularly with reproductive data, have shifted in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision.
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170: Data privacy and the FTC: Who is working to protect your data?
July 11th, 2023 | 26 mins 38 secs
industry consolidation, tech and ai
In part two of Radio Advisory’s consumer data series, host Rachel (Rae) woods invites Advisory Board experts Ty Aderhold, Sara Zargham, and Paul Trigonoplos to discuss what you need to know about the FTC’s recent actions to regulate consumer data sharing and what this means for data privacy.
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169: Innovative or invasive? How consumer data is changing healthcare
July 4th, 2023 | 28 mins 33 secs
industry consolidation
In part one of Radio Advisory’s new series on consumer data, host Rachel (Rae) woods invites Advisory Board experts Solomon Banjo and Ty Aderhold to discuss how healthcare stakeholders should be thinking about the opportunities and threats associated with the rising use of consumer data.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.