Northwell Health CEO John D'Angelo, MD | The Next Operating System for Healthcare
Release Date: 06/02/2026
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info_outlineThe healthcare system we've built is remarkably good at treating disease. The question is whether it's designed to create health.
In this episode of Bright Spots in Healthcare, Eric Glazer sits down with Dr. John D'Angelo, President and CEO of Northwell Health, one of the largest health systems in the country, for a candid conversation about what healthcare leaders may be underestimating about the decade ahead.
Rather than focusing on individual trends, Dr. D'Angelo challenges some of healthcare's biggest assumptions, from the way we think about affordability, to the way we deliver care, to the role technology should play in helping people stay healthy before they become patients.
The discussion explores why affordability may ultimately be a prevention challenge, how healthcare can move from episodic encounters to continuous health management, what workforce shortages mean for the future of care delivery, and why building the right digital infrastructure may be one of the most important investments health systems make over the next decade.
If you're responsible for leading change inside a health system, health plan, physician organization, or healthcare company, this conversation offers a thoughtful perspective on what healthcare may need to become, not just what it needs to improve.
In this episode, you'll learn:
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Why Dr. D'Angelo believes healthcare can't "cut its way" to affordability What a more proactive and personalized healthcare system could look like
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How workforce shortages are forcing leaders to rethink traditional care models
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Why continuous health may become more important than episodic care
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How Northwell is building the digital foundation for the future of healthcare
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What healthcare leaders may be underestimating about the next decade
About Dr. John D’Angelo:
A physician first and foremost, Dr. John D’Angelo leads with compassion. With over 25 years of practical experience, he continues to transform health care operations with his recent appointment as president and CEO of Northwell Health, the Northeast’s largest nonprofit health system.
Dr. D’Angelo oversees a complex network of 28 hospitals and 106,000 employees, including over 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians with an operating budget of $22.6 billion. Northwell cares for more than 3 million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, western Connecticut and beyond.
Full bio: https://www.northwell.edu/sites/northwell.edu/files/2026-03/dangelo-john-newsroom-03-25-2026.pdf
Follow Dr. D’Angelo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-dangelo-md/
About Bright Spots Ventures:
Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation.
We help healthcare leaders discover what’s working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the “bright spots” in healthcare, proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.