Episode 81: Risks and Liabilities of Generative AI in Healthcare
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"Steve, I think in the near future, patients will need to be informed when doctors refuse to use AI—not WHEN they're using it." The "Red Hot" candor of today's guest, Dr. Robert Pearl. One of the most outspoken advocates for the use of generative artificial intelligence in healthcare. He pulls no punches when he states that ChatGPT and other generative AI tools will be as essential to medical practice as the stethoscope has been for centuries! It's another sizzling episode of , where we delve into cutting-edge topics, widely-felt challenges, and the latest innovation in...
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Episode 80: The Initiative to Improve Interoperability
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HIMSS recognizes Didi Davis as one of the most influential women in health IT. She serves as the vice president of informatics, conformance, and interoperability at , a non-profit organization selected as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). With over 30 years of healthcare experience, Didi is a nationally-recognized expert for healthcare standards, interoperability design and strategy for healthcare stakeholders, as well as vendors deploying health information technology to improve patient safety...
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Episode 79: Misalignments in Value-Based Care
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Value-based care (VBC) expert and healthcare transformation executive shares her insights on the common and costly misalignment between value program design and real-world operations. It's a crucial challenge that stakeholders must address, if VBC is ever to become more widely adopted and successful. Lisa shares a riveting conversation with show host on the importance of value-based care alignment across physician operations, stakeholder interests, consumerism, retail health entrants, secondary care services, and much more! In this interview: A history lesson of VBC: from the 1930's to...
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Episode 78: Digital health leader and best-selling author Rajeev Ronanki
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Host engages in a captivating back-and-forth dialogue with best-selling author and highly-esteemed digital health leader . They discuss, in just 20 packed minutes, topics including affordability in healthcare, ChatGPT, and the growing challenge of balancing healthcare transparency with physician time and autonomy. In this interview: The healthare challenge that's impacting 43% of American adults today Grading healthcare—through a key Gallup poll Rajeev's key prescriptives to help drive down high costs and waste The means to better scale blockchain in healthcare Guardrails or acceleration:...
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Episode 77: Healthcare's Taboo Topic
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On today’s show, host Dr. shared candid thoughts about one of the biggest taboo topics in healthcare. A subject that is rarely addressed by many in healthcare—at least, not in any public conversations. This topic is the growing epidemic of mass unaffordability in healthcare. A challenge existing at epidemic levels across America, and linked to systemic challenges such as pricing. Unaffordability happens in whispers, and it's a very real social determinant of health—a vulnerability impacting millions of people across race, age, including those with and without health insurance. ...
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Episode 76: BCG's Tibor Merey on the emerging Metaverse in healthcare
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Get ready for a dive into the metaverse and its potential impact on healthcare in this episode of Hot Takes. Join Steve Ambrose, your intrepid host, as he engages Tibor Méray, managing director and partner at , in a conversation that shatters misconceptions and opens up new possibilities. From improving access to care for underserved communities to driving down costs, Tibor Méray explains why the metaverse will be a part of healthcare and its evolving transformation. Tune in, as Tibor Merey shares: Why the Metaverse ≠ Meta How the Metaverse in healthcare goes far beyond Mark...
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Episode 75: Tom Foley's hot take on generative AI, value in FFS, and equal access to "cures"
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In this episode, Tom Foley, Chief Growth Officer of global virtual care provider dives in—sharing his hot takes and provocative views. Our first stop is generative AI—where Foley sees both the rainbows and the hurdles that lie ahead for this fast-growing technology in healthcare. Then we move into a contrarian view of fee-for-service, when it comes to adding value for patients and outcomes. Our last stop is health equity and care access. And tune in to hear Foley speaking plainly on leadership hypocracy, the need for equality in care levels and cure potentials, as well as access to "care...
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Episode 74: [Hot Take] with Dr. Apurv Gupta on empathetic automation, clinical variation, and throughput in healthcare
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In this episode of Hot Takes, host Steve Ambrose interviews Dr. Apurv Gupta, Vice President of care transformation at . Dr. Gupta shares real-life examples of how empathetic automation can benefit both doctors and nurses, the importance of transparency to consumers, and the ROI that providers can expect from reducing clinical variation. Apurv also discusses the human and technical aspects of improving throughput in hospitals. In this episode they discuss: The down and dirty "empathetic automation"—with two key examples How transparency between provider and employer drives clinical variation...
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Episode 73: [Hot Take] with Rohan Kulkarni on vertical integration, inequity, and the $600B snub
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Dr. Steve sits down for a fresh "hot take" with one of the top researchers and thought leaders in today's healthcare industry—Rohan Kulkarni of In this episode they discuss: The three different types of archetypes in today's healthcare vertical integration The role and aspirations of an "ecosystem connector" How an "orchestrator" addresses wellness and primary care needs? Why providers are missing a $600 Billion market and opportunity The importance of consumer-centric "disruptors" as major forces in healthcare transformation Jaw-dropping statistics on gun violence, SNAP, and diabetes care...
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Episode 72 - Her lessons reach millions
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With healthcare consumerism on the rise and more millennials entering the workforce, learning and company culture has become far more meaningful. On today's show, we have an internationally recognized thought leader in leadership, learning and development. Her work has been seen by over 9 million viewers on Lynda.com and LinkedIn learning. was formerly the Chief Learning Officer for Lynda.com. Her work embraces workplace culture, the neuroscience of learning & development, emotional intelligence and leading change management. Her clients are a who’s who in the Fortune 100. In this...
info_outlineToday, two out of three patients do not pay their bill in full. TransUnion Healthcare’s analysis projects that by the year 2020, the percentage of patients not paying their bills in full will rise to 95%. More than ever risk management, proper screening prior to treatment, as well as patient financial experience is key.
Growing debt and unpaid bills are becoming a significant issue for hospitals and health systems…and today we interview a leading expert, Jonthan Wiik of Transunion on the subject. This is an interview conducted on 3/5/2018 at HIMSS in Las Vegas.
Jonathan Wiik serves as a Principal at TransUnion, in the Healthcare Solutions Division. He has over 20 years’ experience in health care, and he has worked in both the acute care and insurance setting. He has spoken at several national and state events, and has developed several nationally‐recognized programs in Point‐of‐Service (POS) Collections, financial clearance, and sharing best practices in hospital operations.
This podcast outlines the following:
- New study shows significant increase in patient out of pocket costs
- Head-scratching numbers of the healthcare future of millennial payers
- The importance of the 501R Charity designation
- How health providers will acquire new patients while reducing medical debt
- The power of financial screening technology
- Ability vs. willingness to pay
- Jonathan's book and new look on consumer payer