Latest Inequity Podcast Episodes

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214: Is Governance the answer to AI integration? Duke says yes.

Radio Advisory - June 25, 2024 05:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Generative AI is one of the most widely discussed topics in the industry today. There is continued excitement, mounting anxiety, and dozens of questions for health leaders to answer. While the healthcare industry has been working tirelessly to adapt to the almost unbelievable rate of change, man...

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213: Radio Advisory Live: Why "value" doesn't have to be zero sum, with Stacey Richter

Radio Advisory - June 18, 2024 05:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
The healthcare industry has been rocked by the pandemic and thrown headfirst into a new era of technological and therapeutic revolution. Yet, in the midst of all this change and uncertainty, healthcare leaders are expected not just to survive, but actually drive value for their organizations, pa...

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212: Lessons from the C-Suite: Google's Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo on healthcare's cognitive industrial revolution

Radio Advisory - June 11, 2024 05:15 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
The rise of generative AI has impacted healthcare in many ways – one of which is that it’s pushing Big Tech toward becoming not just a relevant, but a central player in the industry. And when we’re talking Big Tech, we have to include Google. Google’s activity in healthcare has been turbulent si...

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211: Pursuing financial sustainability in cell and gene therapy delivery

Radio Advisory - June 04, 2024 05:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
So far in our series on bespoke care and innovation, we’ve delved into the future of cancer care and the opportunities for equity in precision medicine. But we can’t conclude our series without talking about one of the most exciting developments in the field: cell and gene therapies. We’ve talke...

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210: How you approach precision medicine matters—for some patients more than others

Radio Advisory - May 28, 2024 05:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
It's no secret that healthcare is becoming more and more personalized – or “bespoke” – as increasingly sophisticated diagnostics and therapeutics continue to explode into the market. This vast pipeline is redefining the industry in several ways—but there is real risk associated if the stakeholde...

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209: Predicting what oncology will look like in 2030

Radio Advisory - May 21, 2024 05:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
There has been a lot of change in the oncology space in the last few years. These changes have brought new pressures, like workforce strain, increased competition, rising spend, and more. While many leaders are worried about the "right now," it is crucial to consider how you can best position yo...

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208: Authors Jim and Bob Rebitzer ask, "Why can't healthcare be better and cheaper?" (Live from The Players 2024 Championship)

Radio Advisory - May 14, 2024 05:15 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
According to economist Jim Rebitzer and healthcare consultant Bob Rebitzer, the healthcare industry has failed in achieving what many other sectors have accomplished – improving products, while simultaneously reducing costs over time. In this episode, recorded live at The Players 2024 Champions...

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207: Nurses Week 2024: Build care teams, not assembly lines

Radio Advisory - May 07, 2024 05:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Radio Advisory has commemorated Nurses Week every year since we started production in April 2020. A lot has changed since the early days of the pandemic, but the reality is that we’re still grappling with a workforce crisis defined by rising burnout, turnover, and shortages. Celebrating nurses j...

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206: 24th Secretary of HHS Alex Azar shares his vision on healthcare transformation

Radio Advisory - April 30, 2024 05:15 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
As healthcare leaders continue to contend with workforce shortages, technological shifts, and fragile financials it can be hard to predict what the future looks like for their organizations and the transformation that needs to happen to improve healthcare for all. In this episode, host Rachel (...

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205: Live from ViVE 2024: Four leaders on how technology is redefining clinical work

Radio Advisory - April 23, 2024 05:15 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
You might be burned out from talking about burnout. But the truth is, healthcare workers are still suffering from high administrative burden, reduced autonomy, and a cycle of turnover and retirements that we cannot escape. In response, industry leaders are looking to the latest and greatest tech...

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204: Unveiling "Bespoke Care": Healthcare's tailored future

Radio Advisory - April 16, 2024 05:15 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
High-cost drugs, generative AI, diagnostic testing – the pace and sophistication of healthcare innovation has been keeping our experts busy over the past several years. At some point, they realized there was something deeper going on – a sea change in what healthcare innovation is seeking to ach...

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203: Value series: Is the future of VBC in specialty care? Zing Health & Strive Health say yes.

Radio Advisory - April 09, 2024 05:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Last week, in part two of our series on value-based care, we talked about how CenterWell, Humana’s provider arm, turned to senior-focused primary care to grow their value-based strategy. But as the Medicare Advantage market gets larger, older, and sicker, it is becoming clear that a focus on pri...

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202: Value series: Why CenterWell (and Humana) is going all in on senior care

Radio Advisory - April 02, 2024 05:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Last week, in part one of our series on value-based care, we talked all about health systems taking on risk, and why that looks a bit different for everyone. This week, we're exploring an organization that embodies that principle. CenterWell, Humana's provider arm, is pursuing value-based care b...

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201: Value series: What does health system VBC adoption actually look like?

Radio Advisory - March 26, 2024 05:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
In a few weeks, Advisory Board will be convening leaders across the industry in New Orleans, Louisiana to talk about the meaning of "value" in healthcare. In anticipation of the Value Summit, Radio Advisory will be spending the next three weeks talking about one major expression of value in the ...

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200: Why 2024 is a make-or-break year for corporate medical groups

Radio Advisory - March 19, 2024 05:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
In the last five years, the health care industry has seen an explosion of corporate ownership over medical groups. It's been relatively smooth sailing for many of these groups so far—but in 2024, they may face the same challenges as incumbents. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites A...

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199: Why can't providers and plans just get along?

Radio Advisory - March 12, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Producers' note: We know a lot of organizations have been and are being affected by the major cyberattack of Change Healthcare systems and resulting outages. We won't be addressing it in this episode, but if you have questions or are looking for more information please go to https://www.unitedhe...

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198: PE firm General Catalyst is buying a hospital — here's our take

Radio Advisory - March 05, 2024 06:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Corporate entities like health plans, retail companies, and PE firms have aggregated large, diverse portfolios of care delivery assets over the past decade – with one notable exception: no one was buying hospitals. But in January, venture capital firm General Catalyst bucked that trend and anno...

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197: Lessons from the C-Suite: Demystifying generative AI with Dr. John Halamka, President of Mayo Clinic Platform

Radio Advisory - February 27, 2024 06:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Artificial intelligence has been rocking industries across the world, and healthcare is no exception. But what impact will it have exactly on physicians? Health systems? Data sovereignty? In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods passes the microphone to Eric Larsen, President Emeritus of Adviso...

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196: The future of surgery (no, it's not just robots)

Radio Advisory - February 20, 2024 06:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Headlines about the future of surgery often focus on robots in the operating room– but innovation in surgical care and operations goes beyond robotics. In reality, the solutions to surgery leaders' problems – like inefficiency and dwindling margins – may be less futuristic than you'd think. In ...

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195: Site-of-care shifts: It's time to go on offense

Radio Advisory - February 13, 2024 06:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
The data doesn't lie: site-of-care shifts are accelerating. Health systems rely on surgical volumes as a major revenue driver, but as more procedures take place outside of the hospital, systems are not necessarily positioned to capture the shift in volumes – or revenues. So, what should health s...

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195: Site of care shifts: It's time to go on offense

Radio Advisory - February 13, 2024 06:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
The data doesn't lie: site-of-care shifts are accelerating. Health systems rely on surgical volumes as a major revenue driver, but as more procedures take place outside of the hospital, systems are not necessarily positioned to capture the shift in volumes – or revenues. So, what should health s...

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Exploring Scholastic's Impact on Literacy

End Book Deserts - February 06, 2024 20:21 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Exploring Scholastic's Impact on Literacy and Book Access In this episode of End Book Deserts, the podcast discusses book access and literacy culture with Judy Newman, the Chief Impact Officer of Scholastic. Newman shares how Scholastic, a member of the National Book Access Association, is adv...

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194: The patients are not all right: Unpacking the quality crisis with The Joint Commission's Dr. David Baker

Radio Advisory - February 06, 2024 06:15 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
We've all seen headlines about decreasing quality in U.S. healthcare. In an industry battling with workforce shortages, rising health needs, missed prevention, workplace violence, and rising healthcare needs, it's no wonder quality is falling and adverse events are rising. The fact is: in 2024, ...

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194: The patients are not all right: Unpacking the quality crisis with the Joint Commission's Dr. David Baker

Radio Advisory - February 06, 2024 06:15 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
We've all seen headlines about decreasing quality in U.S. healthcare. In an industry battling with workforce shortages, rising health needs, missed prevention, workplace violence, and rising healthcare needs, it's no wonder quality is falling and adverse events are rising. The fact is: in 2024, ...

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193: Is health system growth still possible?

Radio Advisory - January 30, 2024 06:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Between high labor costs, inflation, workforce shortages, and a host of other challenges, the past couple of years have been some of the most straining financial times for health systems in recent memory. Though the tides may be starting to turn, it is critical that health systems do not get com...

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192: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 2)

Radio Advisory - January 23, 2024 06:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Last week, in the first part of our series on what CEOs need to pay attention to in 2024, we discussed several of the seismic changes that have emerged in the healthcare industry. In particular, we discussed where care is delivered, and how the healthcare industry is shifting from hospital-first...

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191: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 1)

Radio Advisory - January 16, 2024 06:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
As we step into 2024, there is no denying that the healthcare industry is vastly different than it was 5 years ago, 1 year ago, maybe even one month ago. As the immediacy of the pandemic has ebbed, several other seismic changes have emerged that promise to transform the core of the healthcare in...

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190: Behind the scenes with Rae & AskAdvisory

Radio Advisory - December 19, 2023 06:15 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Every year, Advisory Board receives thousands of questions from healthcare leaders about what's happening in the industry and how their organizations should respond. The team who answers these questions is called AskAdvisory – and today we're giving listeners a behind-the-scenes look at how thes...

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#76 Understanding the Evolving Nature of Racism in the Digital Age - Dr. Rob Eschmann

Reimagining Black Relations - December 15, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes
In a compelling return to the Reimagining Black Relations podcast, Dr. Rob Eschmann fearlessly delves into the stark realities of growing up under the pervasive influence of racial bias and the constant specter of police violence. He shares the deeply moving experience of having to give his own ...

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189: A preview of Advisory Board's 2024 research

Radio Advisory - December 12, 2023 06:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
With the new year just around the corner, we wanted to take some time to reflect on everything we've researched in the last twelve months and set our research agenda for the year ahead. In 2023, we spent a lot of time focusing on how to overcome a difficult financial landscape, what AI means for...