Latest Inequity Podcast Episodes
#75 - Caregiving While Black - Dr. Fayron Epps & Karah Alexander
Reimagining Black Relations - December 08, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutesIn a compelling episode of Reimagining Black Relations, we welcome two exceptional guests, Dr. Fayron Epps and Karah Alexander, who are on a mission to enhance the quality of life for Black caregivers. Dr. Epps, with over two decades of experience in nursing and a wealth of knowledge in creating...
188: The business case for investing in women's health
Radio Advisory - December 05, 2023 06:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWomen experience healthcare differently compared to men – women consistently have worse outcomes when it comes to chronic diseases, feel unheard, and are oftentimes left out of education and research. Women's health also gets conflated with maternal health, but we know women's health is so much ...
#74 Unveiling the Forms of Racism in the 21st Century
Reimagining Black Relations - December 01, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutesIn a thought-provoking interview, Dr. Rob Eschmann, a multifaceted talent from Chicago, unveils the subtle yet pervasive forms of racism in the 21st century. Rooted in his academic journey that began in Chicago Public Schools and culminated in a PhD from the University of Chicago, Dr. Eschmann s...
187: ChristianaCare's comprehensive, CFO-approved approach to behavioral health care
Radio Advisory - November 28, 2023 06:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIt's no secret that the US is in the midst of a behavioral health crisis—and with the impacts of unmet need affecting every corner of the industry, many leaders are feeling powerless to sustainably address it. In this episode, guest host Abby Burns invites ChristianaCare's Chief Biopsychosocial...
#73 - The Digital Road to Wellness, Fearlessness, and Resilience - Van Williams
Reimagining Black Relations - November 24, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutesIn an eye-opening conversation that transcends the ordinary, Van Williams, the Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer for the University of California's sprawling $40+ billion-dollar enterprise, takes us on an inspiring journey through the complexities of...
186: The new era of drugs is now
Radio Advisory - November 21, 2023 06:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn the past few months, we have talked a lot about high-cost drugs. We've done episodes on new innovations, equity implications, the rise of weight management drugs and more. While there is a lot to be excited about, there is a lot to be anxious about too, like high costs and impending legislati...
185: AI adoption: why you can't afford to "wait and see"
Radio Advisory - November 14, 2023 06:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIt is no question that we are in an unprecedented era of technological change. Large language models and the rise of generative AI have dominated industry conversations in recent months, and for good reasons. It's clear that AI is here to stay, but what isn't so clear is how the industry should ...
Books on the Bus
End Book Deserts - November 13, 2023 19:15 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode of the End Book Deserts Podcast, Dr. Molly Ness interviews authors Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, who share their experiences and adventures during a year-long road trip to visit Title I schools in all 50 states. They discuss their mission to provide free books to under-resource...
184: Coverage whiplash: the headache of Medicaid redeterminations and how to respond
Radio Advisory - November 07, 2023 06:15 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsDuring the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the federal government and insurers implemented several measures to expand coverage options and better ensure ease of access to healthcare services. One of the most significant policies was the expansion of Medicaid programs and the requirement that i...
183: John Muir Health and Optum reflect on what makes their partnership work
Radio Advisory - October 31, 2023 05:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsAs healthcare organizations look for ways to weather financial hardships, many leaders are looking at strategic partnerships to sustain their business. The word "partnership" gets thrown around a lot in healthcare and can mean a lot of different things. But what defines a good partnership, and h...
182: Should your partnership strategy go global?
Radio Advisory - October 24, 2023 05:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn recent years the delivery system has been strapped, to say the least. Any opportunity for financial stabilization and revenue diversification are sitting top of mind for provider executives. One place organizations are searching for lifelines is overseas, as more and more health systems are p...
181: Does healthcare's approach to obesity harm patients?
Radio Advisory - October 17, 2023 05:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn recent decades, billions of dollars have gone towards programs aimed at curbing obesity in the U.S., yet the prevalence of obesity remains high. Weight management drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have come to public awareness recently, though these drugs are often expensive and hard to access, l...
180: Tom Lawry on why AI has a PR problem
Radio Advisory - October 10, 2023 05:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn last week's episode, we discussed why technology is a non-negotiable tool for alleviating the workforce crisis. While we talked about many technologies, we didn't talk much about one of the most transformational forces in the healthcare industry today: Artificial Intelligence. There is so muc...
179: Future-proofing healthcare requires a tech-enabled workforce
Radio Advisory - October 03, 2023 05:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIt's no secret that the industry is in the midst of a serious workforce crisis. For years, leaders have employed strategies primarily looking to mitigate the crisis with short-term solutions without addressing the root-causes of clinician burnout and workforce shortages. However, today we want t...
178: What the industry is (still) getting wrong about value-based care
Radio Advisory - September 26, 2023 05:15 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsValue-based care has been dominating industry conversations in recent years. Here on Radio Advisory, we talk a lot about best practices, how to make the right investments, and how to best prepare leaders for the future of value-based care. But given all this momentum, we want to spend time askin...
Meet the Writers
End Book Deserts - September 25, 2023 13:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe kick off the new season with New York's Meet the Writers! Meet the Writers has reached more than 45,000 students citywide and distributed 25,000 books signed by visiting authors. Their collaboration with schools helps to create a culture of literacy and reading.
177: Advancing equity in a world of innovation for some, costs for all: Live from the 2023 Clinical Innovation Summit
Radio Advisory - September 19, 2023 05:15 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWith so many clinical innovations abound, it's easy to get excited about groundbreaking drugs, consumer technologies and even possible cures for rare diseases. However, the industry must recognize its own limitations in order to make these advancements accessible and equitable. At the end of Au...
176: Test, fail, and test again: Morgan Health's approach to employer costs
Radio Advisory - September 12, 2023 05:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWith rising costs and tightening margins, the industry is continually looking for ways to "bend the cost curve" while maintaining, or even increasing, quality and performance. One stakeholder in particular, employers, are feeling significant pressures from inflation, hospital consolidation, the ...
From the See You Now podcast: Reckoning with Racism (Part 1)
Radio Advisory - September 05, 2023 05:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThis week’s episode comes from one of our favorite healthcare podcasts, See You Now, which shines a light on the real people changing the status quo in health, created in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson and the American Nurses Association. Racism in America remains pervasive. It’s led to s...
[Rerun] Senior Care (Part 2): The rapid growth of Medicare Advantage
Radio Advisory - August 29, 2023 05:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThis week, we are revisiting episode 2 of our "Senior Care Series" from February 2023. This episode is still very relevant, but we do have some important updates that we’ve included at the beginning. Medicare Advantage is a public-private hybrid health plan that allows eligible seniors to recei...
[Rerun] The dire state of hospital finances (Part 1: Hospital of the Future series)
Radio Advisory - August 22, 2023 05:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThis week, we are revisiting episode 1 of our "Hospital of the Future series” which was initially released all the way back in November 2022. The majority of hospitals are predicted to have negative margins in 2022, marking the worst year financially for hospitals since the beginning of the Cov...
175: We need to talk about maternal health in America [Bonus content]
Radio Advisory - August 15, 2023 05:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings(New/bonus content starts at 24:11. First part of episode originally aired October 5, 2021.) This week, Radio Advisory is bringing you an encore of Ep. 91: We need to talk about maternal health in America, where host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board Expert Darby Sullivan and Optum Dire...
174: Quest's vision for genomics at scale
Radio Advisory - August 08, 2023 05:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn recent years, there has been a major influx of new genetic tests that have hit the market. While these tests promise to revolutionize diagnostics and treatment decision-making, the industry needs to overcome a variety of reimbursement and logistical barriers to achieve any goals for genomics ...
GELF & Scholastic team up in Tennessee
End Book Deserts - August 03, 2023 17:11 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe revisit the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation working to end book deserts in Tennessee, with support from Scholastic.
173: 4 ways to prevent a physician shortage [Bonus content]
Radio Advisory - August 01, 2023 05:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings(New/bonus content starts at 19:50.) This week, Radio Advisory is bringing you an encore edition of 4 ways to prevent a physician shortage, which originally aired in May 2022. Host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board experts Daniel Kuzmanovich and Sebastian Beckmann to discuss the threats...
172: Build a value-based enterprise: Live from 2023 Value-Based Care Summit
Radio Advisory - July 25, 2023 05:15 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWhile value-based care has been at the forefront of industry conversations in the last decade, there are still a lot of questions about how to successfully create and thrive as a value-based enterprise. At the end of June, around 300 healthcare leaders gathered at Advisory Board’s Value-Based C...
171: Data privacy in the wake of Dobbs
Radio Advisory - July 18, 2023 05:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn the last two weeks, we discussed the use of consumer data and how the FTC is using its power to respond to data privacy concerns. While there are stakeholders who are taking action in response, we wanted to explore a key question: what happens when the concerns raised are left unchecked? Foll...
170: Data privacy and the FTC: Who is working to protect your data?
Radio Advisory - July 11, 2023 05:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn the last episode, we discussed how different industry stakeholders are taking advantage and navigating the challenges of the use of consumer data in healthcare. While the industry wrestles with some concerns about data privacy, the question remains: who is working to protect the data of consu...
169: Innovative or invasive? How consumer data is changing healthcare
Radio Advisory - July 04, 2023 05:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsFor years, consumers have felt the effects of the increased use of their data. From receiving targeted advertisements to personalized recommendations online, it is no secret that giants in various industries are taking advantage of complex consumer data. But how does this look in the healthcare ...
New Worlds Reading Initiative
End Book Deserts - July 03, 2023 13:49 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFind out how the state of Florida is earmarking funds in recent legislation to #endbookdeserts.
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