Gabriel Perna
Senior Manager, Digital Content
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?
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
New Entrants
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
Curative Therapies
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
Curative Therapies
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
AI & ML
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.
Read More
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?
Read More
AI & ML
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
Social Determinants
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.
Read More
AI & ML
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
AI & ML
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
New Entrants
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
New Entrants
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
New Entrants
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.
Read More
AI & ML
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.
Read MoreRecent Articles
COVID-19: A letter to America’s courageous clinicians
- David Brailer
