Affordability
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Health System Resilience
Ransomware report: Factors shaping the next era of health data security
Imminent changes to information security will involve protecting sensitive data in increasingly virtualized workforces, a rise in third-party contracts, evolving rules of disclosure and new lawsuits against organizations that fall victim to cyberattacks.
Next-Generation IT
Current Health CEO on what’s exciting, and scary, about being acquired by Best Buy
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Health Equity
Kaiser Permanente CEO Greg Adams on addressing health equity: ‘We can't rest on our laurels’
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Leadership
Health Evolution CEO Reading List
Chief executives of providers, payers and life sciences organizations can look to this frequently updated list for articles and resources about health care and leadership.
COVID
Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom on being the first hospital to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for employees
Boom talks about the importance of leadership in making sure employees receive vaccinations and why his mandate was an unprecedented success.
Health Equity
How climate change poses a threat to health equity
Health care organizations face both obstacles and opportunities to change conditions for the better but that requires proper planning and action, according to experts in a range of fields from architecture to venture capital.
Next-Generation IT
ONC’s Micky Tripathi on data’s role in addressing health inequality
Micky Tripathi, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Greg Moore, MD, PhD, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Health recently spoke about data interoperability and its impact on health inequity.
Innovations in Care
2021 Outlook on Enabling Value-Based Decision Making at the Point of Care
This Outlook Report examines the obstacles and opportunities for delivering the most relevant information to providers and patients during the decision-making process to reduce costs and improve care quality.
Next-Generation IT
Vicarious Surgical’s Adam Sachs on winning over Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla and Eric Schmidt
Vicarious Surgical went public via a special purpose acquisition company in a $1.1 billion deal and has attracted some big-name investors. CEO Adam Sachs talks with Health Evolution about how the company convinced such investors to join.
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Kaiser Permanente CEO Greg Adams on addressing health equity: ‘We can’t rest on our laurels’
Greg A. Adams, CEO and Chairman of Kaiser Permanente and Mandy Cohen, MD, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) talk about addressing systemic racism within a health care organization.
"Ten years ago, a strategic decision was made to focus on health care equity and disparities. The work was done primarily around [Health care Effectiveness Data and Information Set] measures, and we did really great work with breast cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, medication adherence, etc. But we weren’t looking at outcomes or looking at outcomes in terms of race and ethnicity. During COVID, during the social unrest, there was a call for us to step up and do something."
Greg Adams, Kaiser Permanente
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