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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121: Researchers react: Roe is overturned
June 27th, 2022 | 31 mins 3 secs
health policy
Hear eight ways that health care business will change as abortion becomes more difficult to access in the United States – straight from Advisory Board researchers.
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119: How health leaders can address climate change
June 14th, 2022 | 24 mins 16 secs
strategy
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Miles Cottier to discuss the health care industry’s impact on climate change and why leaders need to take action.
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118: Commercial risk is possible—here's how
June 7th, 2022 | 19 mins 41 secs
value-based care
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Clare Wirth and Alex Taillian to discuss their research into commercial risk and why they believe commercial risk is possible for the health care industry.
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117: 4 ways to prevent a physician shortage
May 24th, 2022 | 19 mins 57 secs
clinical workforce, physician landscape
Host 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.
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116: The ripple effects of overturning Roe v. Wade
May 17th, 2022 | 25 mins 46 secs
external guests
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Rebecca Willman, membership director of Abortion Care Network, to talk about the potential ramifications of the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that would potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
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115: How nurses (and nursing) make a difference
May 10th, 2022 | 25 mins
value-based care
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Carol Boston-Fleischhauer and Lauren Rewers to celebrate Nurses Month and talk about how health care leaders can bring joy back to nursing.
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114: The evolving world of clinical evidence
May 3rd, 2022 | 34 mins 53 secs
external guests, value-based care
Host 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.
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113: What it will take to get to meaningful risk
April 26th, 2022 | 29 mins 41 secs
value-based care
Host 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.
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112: Defining digital transformation beyond buzzwords
April 19th, 2022 | 29 mins 55 secs
clinical innovation and affordability, tech and ai
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.
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111: Beyond Covid-19: What Stop the Spread can teach us about all health challenges
April 12th, 2022 | 30 mins 9 secs
covid-19, external guests
Host 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.
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110: Site-of-care shift is a global (and accelerating) trend
April 5th, 2022 | 27 mins 14 secs
provider strategy and financial outlook
Host 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.
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108: Supporting RNs by changing the structure of nursing
March 22nd, 2022 | 28 mins 20 secs
clinical workforce, value-based care
Host 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.