Creating a New Healthcare

Friends, You are going to hear a remarkable case study about a successful and sustained philanthropic initiative focused on educating disadvantaged youth. Although outside of the strict domain of healthcare delivery, this initiative is actually about the health & well-being of our communities and our country - education being a significant social determinant of health outcomes. Joining us in this...

Friends, The focus of this interview is on a solution created by Yale Economists to address the rising & unsustainable costs of healthcare in our country. Most of us are aware that healthcare costs are a problem, but our guest today argues the cost of healthcare is actually devastating to American workers & families. The approach he and his colleagues are taking to solve this massive problem is un...

Friends, What if I told you that I just learned of a completely doable and replicable approach to reducing the costs of healthcare by 30 - 50% while increasing quality outcomes simultaneously?  In this interview we’ll be speaking with an employer that has been achieving this for years. Corporate America - which pays for 50% of all healthcare costs - has been the “sleeping giant” of healthcare. But...

There aren’t many people who have the breadth of perspective and the depth of accomplishment that this week’s guest brings to the table. Dr. Tony Slonim doesn’t just wear multiple hats. He has lived in multiple healthcare worlds - having earned a nursing degree, a medical degree, a subspecialty board certification, a doctorate in public health; and having served in the public health service as wel...

Friends, Our topic this episode may be one of the most misunderstood and challenging issues in healthcare delivery - with significant potential for lowering costs and improving outcomes. The topic is employer-based healthcare; and as many of you know, employers pay for 50% of all the healthcare costs in the US. Escalating healthcare costs over the past few decades have imposed a major strain on co...

Friends & Colleagues,  There are a few healthcare delivery enablers which will catalyze the transformation of healthcare delivery over the coming years. In our dialogue today, we’ll be focusing on one of them - virtual care. Our guest this week has spent years directly leading the charge in virtual healthcare redesign and deployment.  Dr. Tom Hale is the Chief Medical Officer of VirtuSense where h...

Friends, Welcome to the first ‘Creating a New Healthcare’ podcast episode of 2021. The major themes we’ll explore in this episode are two sides of the same coin: the strategic, market-driven imperative for transformation in healthcare; and the financial and operational challenges of disrupting one’s own healthcare organization.   Our expert guest in this interview refers to this phenomena as the “...

Friends & Colleagues,  The focus of this episode is of immediate importance to all of us. It’s especially important right now, in the month before the inauguration of President-elect Biden & VP-elect Kamala Harris. (Of note, this interview was recorded in late August, so we were unaware of the election outcomes).  The topic is ‘fixing’ healthcare and our guest today is Dr. Vivian Lee, the Presiden...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a new light on the deep-rooted disparities and inequities that are built into the fabric of our American healthcare system. Triggered in part by the pandemic, as well as a number of deeply disturbing episodes of racist police brutality, and the  Black Lives Matter  movement, we’re experiencing a national re-awakening of concern regarding systemic and institutional r...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, Welcome to episode #106 of Creating a New Healthcare. This week has been a historic one for our country. As votes continue to be counted at the time of this writing, I want to turn our attention to what will undoubtedly be a key component of POTUS’ work over the next four years - our national healthcare policy agenda. This is the first time we’ve posted during a presiden...

Welcome to episode #105, Season 4 of Creating a New Healthcare . Today we welcome one of the most prolific and influential healthcare policy experts of our era. Professor Ezekial Emanuel is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Org...

Welcome to Episode #104 (Season 4) of Creating a New Healthcare. I’m delighted to welcome back to this podcast Dr. Don Berwick - one of the leading authorities on healthcare quality & improvement over the past few decades.   Dr. Berwick is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an organization that he co-founded and led as President and CEO for 18 y...

Welcome to episode #103, Season 4 of Creating a New Healthcare. In this episode we are welcoming back to the podcast Dr. Mandy Cohen, the Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services. Dr. Cohen and her administration have been critical in responding to the current pandemic. Over the past 3 1/2 years, they have also been hard at work, developing and deploying a cutting-edg...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, Welcome back to the Fall 2020 season of ‘Creating a New Healthcare’.  We are now entering the 4th year of our podcast, with over 250,000 downloads this year to date!  It’s clear that the issue of reframing healthcare has never been more important than it is at this moment.  So, if you find value in listening to the podcast, I would urge you to share it with friends and c...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare. You can find the introductory episode here .  During this series, I interviewed forward-thinking, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way we’re...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I’ve been interviewing visionary, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs -  asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you ar...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs,  asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you are...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders, entrepreneurs, and practitioners - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you are...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you are...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing and courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you a...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introductory episode here .  In this series, I am interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you are...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introduction episode here .  In this series, I’ll be interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you’r...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introduction episode here .  In this series, I interview future-facing, courageous, healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - to ask two questions:  (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you are deliv...

Dear Friends & Colleagues, On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introduction episode here .   Our guest this week is Dr. Chris Chen, who is the CEO of ChenMed.  Dr. Chen is a board-certified cardiologist and internal medicine physician. HIs professional journey and the story of ChenMe...