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Leadership
Jonathan Bush on founding Zus Health, lessons from athenahealth and hospital cafeteria food
The outspoken veteran CEO discussed a range of topics from leaving athenahealth to the misguided metrics of patient experience.
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Mental/Behavioral Health
The opportunities and challenges of tele-behavioral health
Telehealth usage has leveled off across medicine broadly, but for mental health it continues to be a lifeline for patients in underserved areas. For this trend to continue post COVID, a few roadblocks need to be cleared.
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Affordability
Community health centers need more than just federal funding
Nearly half of community health centers operate in negative margins. Federal funds have helped but are not enough to support business functions such as accounting HR, legal, IT, and operations. But their survival is critical to the communities that need them, and their success can have a major impact.
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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.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Multi-omics, proteomics and more: Precision medicine tools beyond genomics
As health care organizations ramp up investments in genomics, some are going a step further by looking at multi-omics, proteomics and other “omics” that can believe will be used for even more precise precision medicine.
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Affordability
Biden’s actions on health care pricing keep the issue in focus
The Biden administration has kept lowering health care costs as a priority via executive order on prescription drug pricing and a proposed rule that would increase the fine hospitals pay for not publishing pricing information online. Here’s a break down of the two actions.
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Leadership
Gawande nominated for Biden administration role; Baylor Scott & White CEO stepping down
In the latest Health Care Executives on the Move, we monitor career changes across the payer, provider, life sciences, government and tech worlds in June and July.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Can genomics and precision medicine initiatives deliver in the post-COVID world?
COVID has driven consumer interest in genomics. Health systems are upping investments in precision medicine. Thirty years from the start of the Human Genome Project, can these breakthroughs find their way into clinical care?
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Affordability
As HHS publishes surprise medical billing rule, consumers are fed up with high health costs
Research shows that more than two-thirds of voters rank reducing health care costs as their top priority for the President and Congress.
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Health Equity
Sutter Health executives outline ambitious goals for Institute for Advancing Health Equity
After many years of health equity work, Sutter Health has formalized its efforts with the creation of the Institute for Advancing Health Equity. Sutter executives spoke with Health Evolution about advancing the science of health equity to generate knowledge that will make communities healthier across the nation.
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Health Equity
A Bon Secours housing project in Baltimore shows community health at work
The community health housing project is thriving in West Baltimore, even after the health system sold the local hospital to another organization. In this Q&A, George Kleb of Bon Secours explains why health systems should be making these kinds of investments.
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Next-Generation IT
With AI adoption increasing in response to COVID-19, new guidance on ethics and governance
As the World Health Organization shares new AI principles for health care, more organizations have adopted the technology in response to the COVID crisis.
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Mental/Behavioral Health
Data dive: Employers are missing the mark with mental health in the workplace
According to a recent survey, 80 percent of employers said their company culture has been more accepting of mental health challenges in the past year, but only 59 percent of workers agree. Here’s how employers can improve mental health support.
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Health Equity
Zing Health CEO Eric Whitaker on Medicare Advantage’s potential in reducing disparities
Whitaker, who spent four years as the Director of the Illinois Department of Health, says that Medicare Advantage addresses the social determinants of health in ways that traditional Medicare plans do not.
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Health Equity
How health care organizations can work to improve LGBTQ+ care
Health care organizations need to do a better job in creating a welcoming, inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ patients. Experts say they can do so through employee education, improving sexual orientation and gender identity data collection and getting buy in across the C-Suite.
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M&A
Health care M&A report: The deals are coming fast and furious
Reviewing some of the major mergers and acquisitions that occurred from March to June, in general the spring months saw numerous high-value deals across the provider, life sciences and health tech sectors.
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Affordability
In a competitive digital health landscape, it’s hard to stand out
With so much activity in the sector, how can innovators distinguish themselves? Among payers and providers, considerations often center on how the solution meets a strategic need, if it can generate ROI, how it differs from others in the marketplace and if it’s easy to integrate.
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Policy
Updated: Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act by 7-2 margin. Back when the case was being decided, Oscar Health and Centene chief executives were confident it would survive and continued to plan ahead in efforts to expand ACA marketplace plans.
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Leadership
Health care execs on the move: Former government officials find new landing spots
In this month’s edition, we spotlight recent movements by government officials, including former HHS Secretary Alex Azar and former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD.
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Health Equity
CityMD founder Richard Park on improving care for Asian Americans in NYC
With his latest venture, Rendr, the entrepreneur is working to apply the same self-advocacy, scalability and standardization concepts that worked well to improve care for Asian American populations.
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Health Equity
Less talk, more action: Health care has a long way to go post George Floyd
A year after the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent public calls for societal change, health care leaders still have considerable work ahead to improve equity. That starts by fulfilling commitments made in 2020, then deciding on what needs to be done next and delivering against those promises as well.
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Leadership
American health care cities: Houston, Texas
In the latest edition of American Health Care Cities, we feature Houston, Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas and in Houston, that includes the health care industry, says Taha Jangda, General Partner, HealthX Ventures.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA approval: 5 things to know
For the first time in nearly 20 years, FDA approved a drug that will treat Alzheimer’s disease. Here are five things for health care CEOs to know about the controversial drug approval.
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Health System Resilience
Health Evolution's Top 5 articles in May
Here are our most-read articles in May 2021 and a look back at our coverage of health system resilience. Plus information on the upcoming Summit event.
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Next-Generation IT
Will digital health funding boom or bust? 5 experts weigh in
In part two of our series on digital health funding, we explore the essential question that many health care leaders are wondering: Will this trend continue along the same path, or will it be a bubble that bursts?
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Next-Generation IT
Can health apps become a household standard?
Appleton, Wisconsin-based ThedaCare invested in a startup to engage patients with a digital app that the provider is working to get into the homes of rural and urban patients alike.
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Health Equity
Arkansas BCBS exec: Vaccine disparities come from a mistrust of the health care system
When it comes to disparities in vaccine uptake among communities of color, there are a number of reasons that go beyond “hesitancy,” says Creshelle Nash, MD, Medical Director for Public Programs and Utilization Management at Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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Next-Generation IT
COVID lessons learned: How one community hospital tackled bed capacity amid surges
Managing bed capacity has never more of an issue for providers than it was during the past year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Parkview Medical Center, a non-profit, independent community hospital in Colorado, solving this challenge has meant leveraging AI.
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Next-Generation IT
Geisinger’s Karen Murphy on the integrated health system’s next step with digital health
Geisinger is starting the next step in its digital health journey with the launch of a new care delivery model, powered by remote patient monitoring.
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Policy
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure: 5 things to know about Biden’s CMS pick
Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to oversee the trillion-dollar agency. Here’s what health care CEOs need to know about the second most powerful health official in the Biden administration.
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Next-Generation IT
What's driving the surge of digital health funding?
To better understand what health care leaders should make of the money being poured into digital health, we interviewed five experts representing five different areas of the health care system. In part 1 of this three-part series, we look at the rise of incubators and investment funds.
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Innovations in Care
Data dive: Digital health making a surprising impact for older patients
For the longest time, inspiring older adults to use digital health technologies seemed to be fruitless. But the pandemic has already started to turn that around.
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Policy
New ONC Coordinator Micky Tripathi: The health care industry’s fragmentation means regulation is necessary
Health Evolution recently got a chance to speak with new ONC Coordinator Micky Tripathi about why regulation is needed to advance interoperability, building a public health infrastructure and more.
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Affordability
Northwell Direct CEO takes aim at the traditional model for health benefits
Nick Stefanizzi discusses why employers are tired of the traditional model of paying for benefits, why direct contracting is ripe for disruption and what Northwell Direct is doing in the space.
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Health System Resilience
With clinician burnout in the spotlight, ChristianaCare has operationalized work-life wellbeing
With COVID pushing many clinicians to the brink, it’s more important than ever for health care organizations to support their caregivers with wellness and mental health services. That’s what ChristianaCare has done with its Center for WorkLife Wellbeing.
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Leadership
Health care execs on the move: Two CEOs who championed health equity initiatives at their organizations
In the latest edition of Health execs on the move, we feature the retirement of Peter Slavin, MD, President of Massachusetts General Hospital. Also, Craig Samitt, MD, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is stepping down from that role but not retiring. Both are known for championing health equity initiatives. Plus, other major executive moves from payer, provider, life sciences and tech companies.
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Health System Resilience
Post pandemic, employers feel the urgency to address unsustainable health costs
Nearly 9-out-10 of employers say that within the next five years, the cost of providing health benefits will become unsustainable. As such, employers are looking to government intervention, direct contracting with health systems and other methods to reverse this trend.
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Policy
Pricing transparency elicits shrug from hospitals and a push forward from politicians
Research shows that many hospitals have not yet begun disclosing payer negotiated rates to the public. But politicians on both sides of the aisle are full-bore on the concept.
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Affordability
American health care cities: Nashville, Tennessee
In a new recurring feature at Health Evolution, we’re examining the health care market in different cities and regions across the country. First up is Nashville, Tennessee.
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Health Equity
Health Evolution's Top 5 articles in April
The following articles were the most popular with our readers during April 2021. And we also share what’s upcoming at Health Evolution.
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M&A
Is the FTC increasing scrutiny amid high M&A levels in health care?
Unprecedented levels of M&A activity are underway and expected to continue in 2021—if the FTC doesn’t step in to block some deals. Here’s what CEOs can expect from FTC enforcement in the Biden administration.
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Innovations in Care
Five practices for the next-generation primary care system
America's primary care system needs considerable work. The Health Evolution Forum Work Group on Reinventing Primary Care and Preventative Care Models recommends ways to improve.
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Next-Generation IT
Telehealth numbers leveled off but remained high for behavioral health
Telehealth remains the preferred method for behavioral health patients to meet with their doctors, according to a new analysis. Overall, nearly 80 percent of patients would like to have the option moving forward.
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Policy
In Biden administration, funding opportunities are emerging for affordability, health equity
Funding through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other Biden administration efforts will be a huge opportunity for health care organizations to address affordability and the social determinants of health, explained two policy experts at the Health Evolution Forum’s Town Hall event.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Despite implementation hurdles, precision medicine holds promise in post-COVID era
Coriell Life Sciences CEO Scott Megill recently spoke with Health Evolution about the top-level trends impacting precision medicine, the challenges payers and providers encounter when implementing precision medicine and more.
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Innovations in Care
New CMMI chief commits to alternative payment models
At a recent event, Liz Fowler, the new head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) acknowledged that health care is at a crossroads with alternative payment models.
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COVID
Walmart EVP describes how the retail giant is trying to help vaccinate America
With a huge presence in medically underserved areas, Walmart has an important role in vaccinating Americans. At Health Evolution’s virtual confab, Cheryl Pegus, MD, the company’s executive vice president of Health and Wellness, explained these efforts.
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Health Equity
For health care leaders, a fork-in-the-road moment in addressing health inequity
Throughout day two of the Virtual Confab 2021, leaders examined how the pandemic impacted communities of color, revealed current challenges with vaccine access, and looked towards the future with guarded optimism and an eye on improving inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
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Health System Resilience
Post COVID, Ascension is all in on ASCs, virtual care and agile working environments
Health Evolution talked with Eduardo Conrado, chief strategy and innovation officer at Ascension, the large $25 billion, Catholic health system based in the Midwest, about shifting its strategic priorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health Equity
To tackle inequity, health care leaders must understand the populations they are serving
Alice Hm Chen, CMO of Covered California, spoke with Health Evolution about the racism and inequities facing the Asian American community and what CEOs can do to improve health disparities in their communities.
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Health Equity
Data Dive: Transportation challenges plague dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients
Nearly half of dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients are putting off appointments, largely because of transportation challenges, a new survey found.
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Leadership
The hospital CEO who opened a school on campus for children of frontline providers
Judy Rich, CEO of Tucson Medical Center, spoke with us about the unique approach to addressing wellness now and in a post-pandemic environment and more.
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Leadership
Health care execs on the move: Abernethy departs FDA, other shakeups in the federal government
In this rendition of Health Care Execs on the Move, Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD announced she was stepping down as the Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration after two years.
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Leadership
Top 5 Health Evolution articles in March
Our most-read articles this month — plus a look at the upcoming Health Evolution Confab, what’s new in our Innovation Lab and relevant CEO reports.
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COVID
Data Dive: After a year of missed appointments, an increase in diagnoses is coming
Between March and August of last year, utilization of the health care system fell 23 percent, according to a research report. Here’s what that means for an increase in diagnoses across critical diseases.
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Consumerism
Deals Report: Early pharma M&A activity points to a busy 2021
Despite the hefty AstraZeneca-Alexion deal, 2020 was considered a slow year in terms of mergers and acquisitions in life sciences. Early activity in the winter signals that 2021 may be a different story.
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Leadership
Culture shift: Post COVID, employee wellness and safety must be a top priority
In the final part of our series on the future of the health care workforce, Health Evolution looks at how COVID has shone a light on the importance of employee wellness.
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Policy
$1.9 trillion stimulus: How does it impact the health care industry?
Health Evolution parsed through 600-some odd pages of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to determine the most important elements for payer, provider, and life sciences CEOs.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Can community health workers and empathy improve inequity and reduce disparities?
In part two of our series on the future of the health care workforce, we examine the potential role that community health workers—and the valuable skill of empathy—can play in reducing health inequities, both during COVID and beyond.
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Consumerism
One health system on the challenge of re-activating patients
The idea of activating patients to engage in their care, regardless of the technology used, was taking shape before the pandemic. But it has become even more critical in the year since the virus first emerged with many people having skipped critical care services out of fear of contracting COVID-19.
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Leadership
The future of the health care workforce: Virtual care, borderless recruiting and remote working
One year into the pandemic disrupting lives across America, we look at the rise of remote work, borderless recruiting, and virtual care and its impact on the industry. Organizations have been forced to recognize that the ability to thrive in a virtual environment must be a paramount skill for potential employees in the future.
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Affordability
The switch to value-based care is driving unique partnerships
Arrangements, such as the one between Monogram and Humana, are becoming increasingly common as payer and provider organizations shift towards value-based care to improve outcomes and lower costs for challenging patient populations.
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Next-Generation IT
Former Microsoft exec on bold goals with Truveta: ‘I’m not sure there have been efforts at this scale’
Terry Myerson, a long-time Microsoft executive, was recently named chief of Truveta, a collaboration that was launched between 14 large health systems. He spoke with Health Evolution on why he’s optimistic about the company’s plans to generate clinical insights through an AI-driven data platform.
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Affordability
As investments into ASCs soar, health care leaders must navigate a new landscape
Investing in ASCs is all the rage for health care organizations, according to recent survey data. But enterprises moving into the space must understand it’s not a walk in the park or an easy revenue stream.
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Policy
Data dive: An Affordable Care Act comeback on the horizon?
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch says Aetna will be re-entering ACA marketplaces next year. The announcement comes as the health law is seeing a comeback after four years of near deaths and decreased enrollment under the Trump administration.
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Policy
The path to success for employer-led coalitions is complicated
Employed-led coalitions don’t have the best track record in disrupting the health system. Here’s what future employer initiatives can learn from Haven and other failed attempts from the past.
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Leadership
Health care execs on the move: Frazier, Wichmann retiring
In this month’s edition of “Health care execs on the move,” three industry titans—Kenneth Frazier of Merck, David Wichmann of UnitedHealthcare and Susan DeVore of Premier—announced their retirements.
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COVID
Why COVID-19 vaccine deployment has struggled
Only 70 percent of vaccines that have been distributed have been administered. That’s not good enough. Here are seven reasons why vaccine deployment has been less than ideal and the U.S. is well behind its original goal.
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Consumerism
What’s next for Amazon health care?
With Bezos stepping down as CEO and Haven shuttered, here’s a look at Amazon’s grand visions across multiple fronts of the industry.
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Policy
Biden’s early action focuses on ACA, COVID-19, health equity
In the initial weeks of the new administration, President Biden has focused on revitalizing the Affordable Care Act, tackling the COVID-19 response from multiple angles and addressing health inequity.
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COVID
Ad Council exec on COVID-19 vaccine campaign: 'We are wired for crisis'
The Ad Council has been responsible for some of the most successful public service campaigns since the 1940s. Michelle Hillman, Chief Campaign Development Officer, discusses the organization’s efforts to educate the public about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Next-Generation IT
CVS Health, Highmark, Verily and Clarify Health execs share analytics advice
With analytics tools advancing at a rapid pace, what do organizations at the beginning of the journey have to know to be successful? Executives at four leading health care companies discuss analytics opportunities and challenges.
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COVID
Data dive: 15 percent of health care workers refuse to take vaccine
Lack of evidence about the effectiveness and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine is the most common reason that health care professionals have refused to take it, according to new data
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Health Equity
Lyft Healthcare exec shares strategy on COVID-19 vaccine access campaign
Lyft Healthcare vice president, Megan Callahan spoke with Health Evolution about a bold campaign to provide 60 million rides to COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
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COVID
Public health messaging 101: How to convince the vaccine skeptics
As the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations have begun across the country, it’s clear that not everyone is on board with inoculation. How can organizations tailor public health messages that will reach specific population groups in efficient manner?
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Leadership
Health care execs on the move
In this new feature, we will keep track of the career moves of the Health Evolution community in a regularly recurring feature. For the first edition, we’re looking at who’s been on the move in the last two months and the first couple of weeks of January.
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Leadership
Update: Political tension in the workplace: CEOs must address the challenge
How can health care CEOs and leaders navigate what’s sure to be a deeply divided population in their communities and within their own organizations? UMass Memorial CEO Eric Dickson, MD, shares advice in the wake of January 6th events.
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Health Equity
BCBS of Illinois exec on investing $100 million to reduce disparities of care
Chief Medical Officer Derek Robinson, MD, discusses what the COVID-19 pandemic exposed about racial disparities and why the payer launched two major health equity initiatives.
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Innovations in Care
2021 starts with a bang: Haven shutters, Optum buys Change Healthcare and more
The new year has already jolted U.S. health care with four major announcements in the first week of business. Here's a closer look at each one.
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Policy
Government enforcement agencies increasing focus on telehealth fraud
Regulators are already looking more closely than ever at potentially fraudulent activity within telehealth thanks to the uptick in usage during COVID-19. Legal experts share three steps to ensuring fraud does not become commonplace in an organization.
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M&A
Deals Report: Examining recent M&A activity in health care
As 2020 comes to an end, M&A activity in the health care sector will see an overall decline in deal volume and value. But while the pandemic has negatively impacted M&A, it hasn’t slowed down activity entirely. Here are some recent deals.
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COVID
Health Evolution’s most memorable quotes of 2020
If ever there was a year for health care leaders to come together, albeit virtually, share perspectives and learn from each other, this was it. Here’s a look at some of the most-telling quotations from the last 12 months.
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Next-Generation IT
Data dive: Training a new generation of doctors for telehealth
The “Fauci Effect” has led to an increase in medical school applications, which may be an opportunity to help guide future doctors in virtualized care.
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COVID
Ferring’s Brent Ragans on becoming a pharma president during the pandemic
Ragans spoke with Health Evolution about authentic leadership, the unique struggles of non-essential care, working toward what could become the first FDA-approved microbiome origin and more.
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Next-Generation IT
Measuring innovation, part 2: Geisinger and Children’s Orange County share philosophies
Geisinger’s Karen Murphy and CHOC’s Anthony Chang, MD share how they measure innovation, ensure it’s part of the culture, and what is on their innovation competency checklists.
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Leadership
Biden’s HHS secretary pick Xavier Becerra holds promise to reduce care disparities
Becerra’s nomination, along with Biden’s choices for other prominent federal roles, signals what could become a team highly-focused on addressing inequities to improve the health care system for underserved or vulnerable populations.
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Next-Generation IT
Data Dive: 20 cities ripe to become Amazon health hotspots
Evaluating area need, economics, market willingness and existing footprint, Array Advisors maps out where the tech giant could establish a presence with a variety of its health care services.
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COVID
The politicization of vaccines and public health illustrates the depth of inequities
In the midst of the worst pandemic in 100 years, trust in public health, science and vaccines is eroding. CEOs must take action to help reverse this damaging trend.
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Next-Generation IT
Why even innovators struggle to define and measure innovation
In the first of this two-part series, Peter Fleischut, MD of NewYork-Presbyterian and Sara Vaezy of Providence reveal what’s on their innovation checklists, which metrics they are successfully using, and the need to foster a culture to support transformation.
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Health System Resilience
How the Blues Antitrust settlement could shake up the health care industry
If approved by a federal judge, the case would have immediate short and long-term impacts for both payer and provider organizations and create a more competitive landscape.
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COVID
Data dive: Patients’ confidence in the health system takes a COVID-related dip
One-third of patients feel less confident in the health care system than they did before the pandemic and many continue to delay care, according to new research.
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Policy
President-elect Biden’s challenges and opportunities to move past partisan gridlock
While experts are saying that in all likelihood it will be difficult for Biden to enact short-term policy changes, there are Trump administration moves he could roll back.
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COVID
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine: How will it be distributed and who will receive it first?
Now that its vaccine has demonstrated 90 percent efficacy in Phase 3 clinical trials, Pfizer SVP Peter Honig, MD discusses next steps, timelines for wide availability, and the work still ahead.
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COVID
Telehealth in the specialty world presents opportunities, challenges
The pandemic has pushed the health care industry forward on telehealth and not just for urgent and primary care either. Specialties, such as ob-gyn, that never would have been associated with telehealth are becoming more familiar with it as well.
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Policy
Trump vs. Biden on health care: What CEOs should know
The election is in the homestretch. Where do President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden stand on the most pertinent health care policy issues?
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COVID
Twin peaks: How COVID and flu hospitalizations may converge
Even if there’s a “good flu season,” hospital CEOs will have to be prepared to flex staff and manage capacity for triage and admission if COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to swing unpredictably.
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Leadership
Health care organizations need to do a better job promoting women to the C-Suite
Diana Allen, who is the President and CEO at SSI Group, discusses the gender gap in the health care C-suite and what can be done to fix it.
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Policy
Top 5 articles in October
From the election season to the public trust in the COVID-19 vaccine, here's what Health Evolution readers were interested in for the month of October.
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COVID
How COVID-19 reshaped innovation priority lists
While telehealth rose, revenue cycle management dipped but retained a spot, while supply chain proved offered a surprise twist. In this Q&A with UPMC’s Robert Bart, MD, he explains how COVID shifted health system innovation priorities.
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COVID
With public trust in COVID vaccines fading, CEOs must be trust amplifiers
What happens if a COVID vaccine comes along and no one wants to take it? Experts in the vaccine development process explain how health care CEOs can improve the public’s trust.
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Policy
The ACA faces an uncertain future: How can CEOs plan ahead?
No one can predict what will happen to the ACA when the Supreme Court rules on the law in November so CEOs should be prepared regardless of the case’s outcome.
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COVID
Contact tracing: CEOs must remain vigilant on patient privacy
With consumers hesitant to use contact tracing apps, CEOs must be transparent with their messaging, take advantage of the privacy frameworks available and earn public trust. We spoke with various experts on how CEOs can navigate the privacy challenges of contact tracing.
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Policy
Tom Daschle, Kavita Patel and Ezekiel Emanuel discuss what Biden’s health policy might look like
The trio of Washington insiders share perspectives on what a Joe Biden administration would mean for the ACA, a public option and value-based care.
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COVID
Health Evolution's Top 5 articles in September
The CEO of VillageMD talks with us about the changing primary care landscape. Female executives remember the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Here are a few popular articles we published in September.
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Next-Generation IT
The hype and human challenges of AI are top of mind for CEOs
CEOs and executives embedded in AI see a couple of roadblocks standing in the way of significant progress. They shared their concerns—and advice to CEOs on addressing those issues—with Health Evolution.
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Leadership
CEO turnover remains high in hospitals
Nearly 20 percent of hospital CEOs left their job in 2019, according to a new report from the ACHE. Deborah Bowen, CEO of ACHE, discusses the potential impact COVID-19 will have on CEO turnover in 2020.
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COVID
Four primary care disruptors discuss retail, COVID-19 and more
Health Evolution spoke with leaders at four different disruptor organizations to examine the changing primary care landscape. Use of tech, leveraging community partnerships, and advancing new models of care are a few of the ways these companies are driving growth.
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Health Equity
ACA, COVID-19's impact on uninsured Americans: Two steps forward, one step back
New data on uninsured rates illustrates that 6.7 million more people lost their health insurance during the pandemic from February to September—which is having a disproportionate impact in Black and Hispanic communities.
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Consumerism
Health care leaders share consumer engagement strategies for COVID and beyond
Executives from CVS Health, Change Healthcare, Collective Health, innovationOchsner and AdventHealth discuss how they are leveraging technology, focusing on preventive care, and improving vaccine outreach to engage consumers during the pandemic.
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Health Equity
One health system adopts ride sharing to address social determinants of health
After conducting a needs assessment under the ACA, Virtua Health instituted transportation services to reduce no show rates among underserved communities.
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Innovations in Care
VillageMD’s CEO Tim Barry: “Our health care system is failing the citizens of the U.S.”
Health Evolution talks with VillageMD CEO Tim Barry and CMO Clive Fields, MD, about the company’s three-year, $1 billion investment from Walgreens, the changing primary care landscape and more.
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M&A
Summer Deals Report: Looking at M&A in health care from June to August
In the initial installment of our deals report, Health Evolution looks at the proposed and finalized mergers and acquisitions in the industry that occurred over the preceding three months.
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Next-Generation IT
How a safety-net provider successfully implemented a virtual hospital
Can a safety-net hospital successfully virtualize care? Denver Health managed to build a program to monitor high-risk patients who didn’t meet admission criteria for COVID-19 hospitalization.
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Next-Generation IT
Why the Teladoc-Livongo merger is a wake-up call for CEOs on consumer health
The combined companies put health care on the path to a digital-first future. For payer and provider CEOs, the importance of the deal can’t be overstated.
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Next-Generation IT
Longtime Intermountain CIO to health care CEOs: ‘Don’t go backward’ with innovation after COVID-19
The “burning platform” of COVID-19 broke down silos between IT, operations and other business functions. Now, it’s up to CEOs to lead the enterprise into a digital future by continuing to invest in innovation, according to Marc Probst.
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COVID
By the numbers: The financial impact from COVID-19
Individual health systems and hospitals are reporting the impact of COVID-19 on their finances. For some, it's a sign of the pandemic's damaging impact. For others, it hasn't been as bad.
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COVID
Could the cost of prescription drugs go up during COVID-19?
The hotly contested drug pricing debate rages on as research suggests Americans are concerned about higher medication costs, health care leaders face people who are angry or scared, and progress remains unlikely in an election year.
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Health Equity
The trust factor: Why life sciences companies must go all in on SDOH
Ramona Sequeira, President of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A, talks with Health Evolution about why the life sciences world can’t be the forgotten sector when addressing social determinants of health.
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Affordability
Partnerships are enabling Humana, Highmark to transform during COVID-19 and beyond
Humana’s Alan Wheatley and Highmark’s David Holmberg talk about the importance of strategic partnerships in developing virtual health capabilities, advancing new models of care and more.
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Next-Generation IT
Data dive: Private health plan telehealth usage during COVID-19
New data from Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) highlights how private health insurers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID
ATA CEO Ann Mond Johnson: “Technology saved the health system from collapse”
Johnson spoke with Health Evolution about the role telemedicine has played in saving the health system, as well as what needs to be done to keep the momentum going.
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Policy
Breaking down Trump’s executive orders on drug pricing
Experts discuss their skepticism about three of the rules and why a forthcoming additional one could ultimately be effective.
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COVID
Envisioning the “next norm” of health care
Rasu Shrestha, MD, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Atrium Health, spoke with Health Evolution about what long-term projects are underway at Atrium in response to the COVID pandemic and to share some of the lessons they’ve learned in the last few months.
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COVID
Taking on social determinants of health in the COVID era
COVID-19 has further exposed the country’s massive health disparities. That’s why health care organizations like Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ are using data analytics, partnerships, investments in housing and other strategies to tackle the problem.
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COVID
Infographic: Where did all the patients go?
Preliminary data has shown just how much COVID-19 has potentially affected emergent medical, surgical and obstetric hospitalizations, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and nationally.
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Policy
Biden’s health care plan: 5 things to know
Former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats outlined proposals to disrupt the health care system if elected in November. On the table? A public option added to the ACA, taking on the pharma industry to lower prescription drug prices and revamping the health care workforce.
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Next-Generation IT
COVID-19 rapidly accelerated telehealth adoption. Now what?
eVisit CEO Bret Larsen talks with Health Evolution about how COVID-19 has changed the game for telehealth and what steps CEOs need to take to ensure this isn’t a missed opportunity.
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COVID
Hospitals stockpiling what they can—but critical supplies remain backordered
A recent survey from Premier reveals that 90 percent of health care providers are contributing to stockpiles of critical medical supplies and drugs intended to last as long as 90 days.
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Consumerism
Survey reveals most patients think health system is needlessly complex
A new survey of consumers reveals that more than 60 percent say the health system is confusing and not a single task related to care is effortless.
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Next-Generation IT
Indiana’s Jennifer Sullivan on the Hoosier state's public health turnaround
Jennifer Sullivan, MD, the Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, talks with Health Evolution about how the state’s Healthy Opportunities initiative has tackled social determinants of health in the Hoosier State.
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COVID
10 health care leaders on lessons from COVID-19
David Feinberg, MD of Google Health, Peter Fine of Banner Health, Amy Abernethy, MD of the FDA and other health care leaders and influencers share their thoughts what they’ve learned thus far from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID
M&A, digital health investments move forward despite pandemic recession
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to many health care organizations, it hasn’t had a major impact on mergers and acquisition or digital health investments thus far.
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COVID
Edwards Lifesciences CEO Mike Mussallem on cross-industry collaboration during COVID-19
Mussallem discussed forging unique partnerships with UPS and others in response to pandemic, moving forward amid revenue declines and his advice for other CEOs to succeed despite the COVID-19 chaos.
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Next-Generation IT
Health care pricing transparency: The laws have been upheld, but will it work?
A look at the arguments for and against the price transparency rules for health care providers and payers.
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COVID
New Jersey health system dives into real-world evidence and COVID-19
In a state that was hit hard by the virus, Hackensack Meridian Health used data tools to generate real-world evidence on how certain therapies mitigate COVID-19. Here’s what the system learned.
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COVID
The 20 rural areas most vulnerable to COVID-19
New analysis from the Surgo Foundation reveals a list of 20 rural health communities that are the most vulnerable “testing deserts” in the nation. These are areas without a testing site and the most deaths per capita.
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COVID
How payers can be the saviors of the primary care pandemic
How can payers sustain primary care both during and after the pandemic? Our panel of experts dig into this question in part two of our series on COVID-19’s impact on primary care.
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COVID
CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean on social disparities, COVID
Health Evolution interviewed CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean on the racial inequalities of COVID-19, leadership lessons he has learned from the pandemic and more.
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COVID
How COVID-19 has taken a toll on primary care
In part 1 of a two-part series, we discuss with a panel of experts the struggles of primary care during COVID-19 and the potential positives that could emerge.
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COVID
AMA’s Patrice Harris on health care’s double crisis: COVID-19 and clinician burnout
AMA President Patrice Harris, MD, talks with Health Evolution about how health care CEOs can address this looming issue.
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COVID
Infographic: The mental health impact on COVID-19 frontline providers
What kind of mental health impact could COVID-19 have on frontline providers? Early research from China is quite revealing.
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COVID
Supporting COVID-19’s mental health crisis for frontline providers
The mental health toll of this pandemic will linger well beyond the coronavirus itself. Here are some of the ways CEOs can provide mental health support for frontline providers.
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COVID
As states reopen, CEOs and #OpenSafely initiative emphasizes safety protocols and messaging
Health care thought leaders outline measures to help communities reopen states from the first phase of COVID-19 in a deliberate and phased approach.
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COVID
Cleveland Clinic shares its digital health playbook
The system went from less than 2 percent of patient care being done virtually to 75 percent in a matter of days and now it is circulating its play book to educate other health care executives.
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Next-Generation IT
Remote care: Four areas where health care is succeeding
As CEOs increasingly look to virtualize care services amid COVID-19, these programs have proven to be successful from a cost and outcomes perspective.
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COVID
Livongo’s Glen Tullman: After COVID-19, we can’t go back to the old, broken health care system
Livongo Executive Chairman Glen Tullman spoke with Health Evolution about the impact of COVID-19 on digital health adoption and why it’s imperative that health care CEOs use this circumstance to rapidly evolve their organizations.
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Leadership
How CEOs are supporting frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Grocery stores, hotels, and compassion crews. CEOs are doing whatever it takes to make sure their frontline caregivers are being supported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Next-Generation IT
COVID-19 cancellations hit every specialty and region
New studies from the CommonWealth Fund and Luma Health illustrate the pandemic’s impact on patient’s keeping their appointments.
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COVID
Rural health CEO on the financial struggles of COVID-19
Steve Barnett, CEO of McKenzie Health System, talks with Health Evolution about financial challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Policy
Hospitals’ finances plunged in March thanks to COVID-19
From a financial perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic was painful for hospitals in March, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall.
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Next-Generation IT
COVID-19’s cybersecurity crisis cannot be ignored by CEOs
Security experts discuss where chief executives should focus efforts to protect sensitive data during the pandemic.
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Policy
COVID-19, struggling economy threaten ACOs
New data from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Association of ACOs suggest Accountable Care Organizations could face financial hardship.
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Health Equity
10 COVID-19 data resources
These tools can be used to track the spread of the virus by geographical region, understand surge capacity, view community data and more.
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Next-Generation IT
Klasko, Khosla look at the future of AI in health care post COVID-19
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, was joined by Steve Klasko, MD, President & CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health at the Health Evolution Executive Briefing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to talk about the future of AI. Will AI be able to predict who is going to get a viral disease during a pandemic?
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Next-Generation IT
COVID-19: A turning point for AI regulation in health care
Whether building AI in-house or partnering with technology vendors, CEOs and executives driving hard to deploy AI to fight the pandemic have to focus on fundamentals, according to experts at the Health Evolution Executive Briefing: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
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Consumerism
How CVS, Teladoc and Google Health view consumerism during COVID-19
CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic, and Google Health VP David Feinberg, MD talked about changing consumer habits at the Pandemic Response virtual gathering. What are the lessons they are learning in real time?
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Policy
Health care leaders share biggest fears, hopes amid COVID-19
CEOs and stakeholders from government, provider, payer and life science organizations shared insights about the pandemic at Health Evolution’s Pandemic Response: A Public-Private Call to Action webcast.
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Leadership
HSS CEO Lou Shapiro on reallocating 85% of resources to battle COVID-19
The Hospital for Special Surgery chief executive discusses suspending non-essential care to help other New York City hospitals battle COVID-19.
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COVID
6 ways to increase ICU capacity amid COVID-19
Need space? Here's a look at how some health care organizations are already expanding ICU capacity to deal with the pandemic.
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Policy
The current and coming costs of coronavirus (INFOGRAPHIC)
Health insurance companies, providers, and consumers will all pay—one way or another—for the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a look at some recent financial analyses that paint a no-so-pretty picture.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Health care executives put aside competitive differences to fight back COVID-19
In Washington State, New York City and points between, health system leaders are engaging in uncommon collaborative efforts as coronavirus sweeps across the nation.
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Leadership
Coronavirus: Health care accelerates innovation in pandemic response
Across, the board—providers, payers and other stakeholders—are working to immediately meet the increasing demands and capacity that is being caused by coronavirus.
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Policy
7 things CEOs should know about the final interoperability and patient access rules
Health Evolution found these top takeaways for CEOs of health care providers and payers in the new rules from HHS.
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Medical Breakthroughs
Taiwan’s impressive efforts to thwart coronavirus
Despite being so close to China, where the COVID-19 outbreak began, Taiwan responded quickly by using data, analytics and proactive testing to slow down spread of the disease.
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Policy
The health system CEO who supports Medicare For All
UMass Memorial CEO Eric Dickson, MD, discusses why he openly backs Medicare for All, how he handles negative responses to the idea, and more.
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Consumerism
Are digital tools in health care creating a better patient experience?
A new survey from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) reveals that health systems are not getting a lot of bang for their buck when it comes to digital health tools for patients.
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Leadership
CEOs are divided on speaking out in polarizing times
A recent survey found that 92 percent of employees say CEOs should speak out on issues of the day. Some CEOs agree and have made their thoughts on gun violence, Medicare for All, and other divisive topics publicly known. Others don’t think it’s a good idea. Here’s a look at both sides.
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Next-Generation IT
Rural hospitals are facing more closures than ever
New data reveals that 2019 saw a record-setting number of rural hospital closures. It could get even worse in the 2020s. Here’s an infographic that shows the problem at large and what variables are driving this unfortunate trend.
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Consumerism
Surprise billing impacts one-in-five Americans
Surprise billing is one of the most hotly debated issues in health care policy, thanks to competing legislative bills in the House and ongoing rhetoric from the White House. Just how prevalent of a problem is this in the health care system?
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Next-Generation IT
Providence St. Joseph executives on the ‘3 As of AI in health care’
Aaron Martin and Maryam Gholami discuss the biggest opportunities for AI in health care, what they’ve discovered through investments and more.
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Leadership
Physician burnout: 5 steps CEOs can take to fix the problem
Clinician burnout is costing the industry $4.6 billion every year— and that means you’re already spending more on the problem than you might think. Here’s how much burnout is taxing your organization and what CEOs can do about it.
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Health Equity
ProMedica CEO on evolving beyond the hospital and finding commonalities in China
ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra and Kathleen Krueger, President of ProMedica International, chatted with us about the organization’s efforts in China, how ProMedica has evolved in a post-acute world, finding similarities between the two countries, dealing with coronavirus and more.
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Next-Generation IT
AI and machine learning: By the numbers (Infographic)
The era of artificial intelligence and machine learning has arrived. Investments are being made, partnerships formed and use cases developed. Here's a look at the numbers.
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Policy
The 2020 Health Evolution Impact Circle will focus on price transparency, consumerism, election year policies
The Impact Circle is an invitation-only gathering of CEOs, select policymakers and investors to accelerate a positive future for health that takes place at the Health Evolution Summit.
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New Entrants
Is China the land of opportunity for U.S. health care?
The recent trade war between America and China hasn’t stopped the American health care industry from a different kind of exporting — looking eastward for expansion opportunities. Here’s why UPMC and others are investing in China.
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Leadership
CEOs on leading through increased public scrutiny
Several underlying forces are turning up the heat on health care executives. How to survive and thrive? It starts with changing your mindset about the role you play as CEO.
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Policy
Hotspotting: Research reveals it's not yet proven
While hotspotting has received praise, new research from the New England Journal of Medicine shows it may not be as effective as once thought.
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Leadership
2019: The year in health care quotes
As we head into 2020 with existing and new challenges abound, here’s what the industry's leading executives had to say to Health Evolution in 2019.
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Leadership
Gender disparities in leadership: What health care CEOs are doing to turn the tide
Women make up the majority of the industry's workforce but only a small sliver of its leadership. Here’s a look at some of the proactive executives making small, but notable, strides in diversification.
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Next-Generation IT
Four ways AI is making an impact in health care
No longer the realm of futuristic science fiction, artificial intelligence and machine learning are already making a variety of in-roads in health care. Here are four examples.
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Leadership
Rural health care CEOs are thriving in transformative times
More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010 and approximately 700 more are currently in danger of following suit. How do rural CEOs survive? By looking ahead.
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Leadership
How Project Adirondack came to fruition
Maureen O’Connor, President of Whiterabbit.ai and formerly an executive with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina, and Rob Coppedge, CEO of Echo Health Ventures, recall how Project Adirondack emerged.
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Consumerism
Many CEOs say pricing in health care is too complex to be transparent
Reaction from the health care industry to the recent rules on health care pricing transparency has been mostly negative and cynical. Here’s why some CEOs are saying pricing is too complex to be transparent and the rules could even create higher prices.
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Health Equity
Entrepreneurial health care CEOs are finding inspiration abroad
Academic researchers suggest that innovation from other countries could cut care delivery costs by up to 50 percent. Some CEOs are taking this to heart and employing lessons learned abroad here in the U.S.
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Leadership
Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler on removing inefficiencies within health care
Penny Wheeler says that the 80% of care the health system provides could be “done in other settings.” Here’s how she thinks these inefficiencies can be addressed.
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Leadership
Is big tech outpacing health care for top talent?
Technology titans are no longer entirely new to health care. Yet now more than ever, CEOs find themselves competing with big tech for personnel. Provider CEOs and recruiters offer advice about attracting talented employees even with fewer resources than large vendors.
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Next-Generation IT
Eric Schmidt and John Doerr discuss the compromise big tech and health care need next
The legendary investor and technologist join David Brailer in a conversation about Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft and others’ big potential but challenges to match as the new entrants continue their march into the realm of providers, payers and life sciences.
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