About the show
A top podcast for healthcare leaders, with over one million downloads, Radio Advisory is your weekly download on how to untangle the industry's most pressing challenges to help leaders like you make the best business decisions for your organization.
From unpacking major trends in care delivery—like site-of-care shifts and the rise of high-cost drugs—to demystifying stakeholder dynamics, to shining a spotlight on priorities that may get overlooked, we're here to help. Our hosts and seasoned researchers talk with industry experts to equip you with knowledge to confront today's unanswered questions in healthcare. New episodes drop every Tuesday. | www.advisory.com
Episodes
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80: Whitman-Walker's commitment to vulnerable communities is more than just a mission statement
June 22nd, 2021 | 25 mins 17 secs
external guests, health equity, leadership
Host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board's Matt Cornner to discuss his interview with Naseema Shafi, CEO of Whitman-Walker Health, including their approach to equity in Washington, D.C.'s most vulnerable communities.
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79: Why racism is (still) a healthcare issue
June 15th, 2021 | 38 mins 47 secs
health equity, leadership
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Karl Whitemarsh, Micha'le Simmons, and Darby Sullivan to take a look at where the healthcare industry stands in its effort to combat racism and improve equity and how far the industry has left to go.
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78: Who's making money in 2021? A look at hospitals and health plans after Covid-19.
June 8th, 2021 | 35 mins 25 secs
covid-19, provider strategy and financial outlook
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Natalie Trebes and Christopher Kerns to talk about the financial outlook for health systems and health plans for the rest of 2021 and beyond.
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77: Open Mic: Service members earn a recovery period after a tour of duty. Now clinicians should, too.
June 1st, 2021 | 10 mins 6 secs
clinical workforce
In the final iteration of Radio Advisory’s open mic, Radio Advisory’s own Rae Woods offers her take on how leaders can provide the clinical workforce a meaningful recovery period. After their service in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, Rae offers an analogy to military service.
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76: Transparency and surprise billing: The biggest policies coming your way
May 25th, 2021 | 24 mins 34 secs
health policy
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Rob Lazerow and Heather Bell to talk about how three new policies—hospital price transparency, payer price transparency, and surprise billing—will affect the health care industry.
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75: The Covid-19 outlook right now is good. And the media is missing it.
May 18th, 2021 | 30 mins 8 secs
covid-19
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Brandi Greenberg and Christopher Kerns to talk about the biggest misconceptions about Covid-19 that they've heard in the media and why the Covid-19 outlook is actually good.
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74: Open Mic: Health systems can perform better: Covid-19 shows them how.
May 13th, 2021 | 7 mins 41 secs
covid-19, systemness
In the third iteration of Radio Advisory's open mic, Dave Willis, VP of Service Delivery at Advisory Board shares his thoughts on the industry's movement towards systemness – and offers his take on the steps leaders should take next.
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73: Nurses Week 2021: How to go beyond "thank you" and help nurses heal
May 11th, 2021 | 31 mins 35 secs
clinical workforce
Host Rachel Woods sits down with nursing experts Karl Whitemarsh and Maddie Langr to celebrate nurses week by talking about what health care leaders can do to make nurses truly feel valued and supported, beyond just thanking them.
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72: Open Mic: It's getting harder to justify special privileges for your top donors
May 6th, 2021 | 6 mins 56 secs
In the second episode of Radio Advisory’s open mic, philanthropy expert Nick Cericola shares his thoughts on how hospitals can justify the special privileges they give to top donors, while also pursuing health equity.
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71: How CommonSpirit Health is using systemness to drive population health
May 4th, 2021 | 38 mins 9 secs
external guests, systemness
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Dr. Alisahah Cole, system VP of population health innovation and policy at CommonSpirit Health, to talk about how one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the country uses systemness to drive its population health efforts.
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70: Open Mic: A letter to telehealth patients
April 29th, 2021 | 9 mins 44 secs
In the first episode of Radio Advisory’s open mic, telehealth expert John League shares his thoughts on the industry’s progress (or lack of progress) in making telehealth work for all stakeholders.
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69: CEO Warner Thomas on 20 years of digital innovation at Ochsner Health
April 27th, 2021 | 42 mins 13 secs
clinical innovation and affordability, external guests
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health, to talk about the future of digital health and Ochsner’s long history of investing in the space.