Edge Perspectives

Sg2 Executive Summit 2024: A Pivotal Moment is taking place soon in Chicago, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Principal Brianna Motley and Senior Principal Bill Woodson to provide some background on our theme, as well as a preview of the health care insights and perspectives our experts will be sharing. Brianna and Bill discuss health system structure and...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin discusses outpatient rehab—an area that’s seeing significant growth—with Sg2 orthopedics expert Director Donnelle Jageman and neurosciences expert Senior Director Kate Zentner. Donnelle and Kate talk about the impact of disrupters and bundled payments on rehab—as well as the role of physical therapy in improving access and outcomes—and challenges an...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re closing out our 2024 Impact of Change® Forecast series by focusing on the pediatrics forecast. Host Tori Richie is joined by Sg2 pediatrics experts Senior Consultant Dionne Dela Cruz and Principal Karyl Kopaskie, PhD, to talk about the main trends and drivers of this year’s pediatrics forecast, along with the challenges and opportunities children’s hospitals ar...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is focusing on primary care in the context of our 2024 Impact of Change® forecast, with Sg2 Consultant Caleb Bentley, Associate Principal (and fellow host) Trevor DaRin and Director Stephanie Snider. Caleb, Trevor and Stephanie talk about primary care trends and challenges, the importance of preventive visits, opportunities for integrating behavioral...

We have an exciting episode for you this week, as this episode of Sg2 Perspectives was our first podcast recorded with a live (on Zoom) audience! Hosts Trevor DaRin, Tori Richie and Jayme Zage, PhD, chatted in real time with Sg2’s top thought leaders—Principals Brian Esser and Rebecca Limestall and Senior Principal Bill Woodson—about the pivotal moments and decisions that health systems face in cu...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is continuing the 2024 Impact of Change® (IoC) forecast conversation with Sg2 Director Gurmeet Bawa and Consultants Setu Shah and Emily Smith—this time, around the topic of innovation. Gurmeet, Setu and Emily talk about some of the key medical innovations in this year’s IoC forecast and their implications for health systems, as well as trends and adv...

As you already know, Sg2’s 2024 Impact of Change® Forecast was released last week—be sure to check out our previous episode for an overview. In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie dives into key stories from the forecast around the CV, orthopedics and neurosciences service lines with Sg2 service line experts Senior Directors Joshua Aaker, PhD, and Kate Zentner and Director Donnelle Jage...

This Week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie joins Sg2 Principals Chad Giese and Karyl Kopaskie, PhD, to talk about the Sg2 2024 Impact of Change® Forecast, which was just released today! Tori, Chad and Karyl discuss key trends in the new forecast and how health systems can use this forecast to inform their strategies. They also touch on some wild cards and innovations that could change the dem...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re bringing together all three of our podcast hosts—Trevor DaRin, Tori Richie and Jayme Zage, PhD—to review the discussions each are having with Sg2 members, whether that’s similar themes they’re hearing or surprising topics that are brought up. Trevor, Tori and Jayme talk about the bifurcation of health systems in terms of being proactive vs reactive, margin reco...

Sg2 recently hosted one of its Strategy Exchanges, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin chats with Sg2 Senior Director Janelle Kwan and Senior Consultant Rachael Zirkelbach about what insights were gleaned from Sg2 member participants. Trevor, Janelle and Rachael discuss the common themes (eg, the importance of data and storytelling) and what are “musts” for strategy leaders (eg,...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie talks to two Vizient consulting leads, Michael Lutkus and Amit Sharma, about why community hospital optimization is important for health systems. Michael and Amit cover some of the barriers to optimization (eg, M&A, care shifts), along with some strategies health systems can pursue, including engaging in change management work.   We are always ex...

Recently, there’s been a lot of news around closures related to obstetrics services. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, has a conversation with Sg2 OB experts Consultant Dionne Dela Cruz and Fellow Jeremy Miller, MD around the challenges and trends of obstetrics care. Dionne and Jeremy discuss options for organizations to maintain or close OB units and the impact of closures...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Associate Principal Joe Maher from Vizient's value transformation and payer provider alignment team. Joe is our expert on the payer side of health care, so in this episode, he’ll cover payers (eg, new entrants and models, partnership opportunities for health systems) and health plans (eg, Medicare Advantage, care delivery capabilities),...

Sg2 continuously monitors the margins and financial resiliency of our members across the country, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, talks to Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, Senior Consultant Sushma Narra and Director Ryota Terada about the latest iteration of Sg2’s Economic Index, which helps organizations anticipate where future financial headwinds and tailwinds may develop. Br...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re excited to announce the first of our episodes we like to call “The Bill Woodson Show.” For these special editions, our host will be none other than Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson, who will chat with Sg2 experts and health care industry thought leaders about top-of-mind topics in the health care space. For this episode, Bill is joined by John Becker, SVP, Sal...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, digs into post-acute care services with Sg2 Consultant Gurleen Sahota and Senior Consultants Nikita Arora and Rachael Zirkelbach, who share some insights from our recent post-acute care member survey. Gurleen, Nikita and Rachael discuss workforce and capacity challenges, telehealth utilization and policies, what to expect from the 2024 Impact of...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin talks consumer innovation with Sg2 Principals Yelena Bouaziz and Laurie Dowd—what members are asking and how health care providers can be more consumer centric. Yelena and Laurie cover the long-term vision for consumer innovation and where health systems are making progress, as well as how they’re addressing leakage.   We are always excited to get i...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Vizient VP, Member Networks, Michael Busch and Sg2 Principal Brian Esser to get an understanding of how CFOs are looking at 2024—where is there hope, where is there opportunity? Mike and Brian talk about where top performers are finding growth, the importance of data and analytics, and how CSOs can pitch effectively to CFOs.   We are al...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin gives Sg2 Director and digital health expert Andrew Rebhan space to share five often-said, often-heard cliches about digital health, and why Andrew wants to move away from using them. Andrew discusses cliches for telehealth, AI, big tech disrupters, “shiny new objects” and digital transformation.     We are always excited to get ideas and feedback f...

Ever wonder what happens when the podcast host is put in the hot seat? Check out this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, where host Trevor DaRin is interviewed by Sg2 Senior Director Janelle Kwan! Both Trevor and Janelle have researched rural care continuums—which Sg2 calls Systems of CARE—so today, they discuss rural health systems, including workforce challenges, strategic partnerships and leaning in on d...

Every year in January, Sg2 provides its perspectives for the year to come in our popular webinar called The Year Ahead. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by webinar presenters Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, Senior Director Casi Roethler and Senior Principal Bill Woodson as they share their year-ahead thoughts with our podcast listeners. Brian, Casi and Bill discuss how fi...

Each year during this time, the Sg2 Intelligence team puts their heads down and develops our proprietary Impact of Change® (IoC) Forecast for the new year. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Principal Chad Giese and Senior Director Tori Richie to talk all things IoC. Chad and Tori share what Sg2 is focusing on for our 2024 forecast and how innovation fits in...

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin sits down with Sg2 Senior Director Casi Roethler to talk all things primary care: what they're seeing, what they're hearing, what data they're tracking, and what may change about primary care in the near- and long-term. Trevor and Casi touch on the consumer shift, employed vs independent physicians, and what the primary care landscape could look lik...

Sg2 is frequently asked to talk about AI with our members, so this week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Director Andrew Rebhan to discuss the hot topic of bias in AI in the health care space. Andrew outlines some of the challenges of AI—how bias can affect health system health equity work, how to mitigate AI bias—as well as some of the positives, such as how AI can improve...

Over the past five years, mental health and substance use disorder have become top of mind, along with a lessening of the associated stigma. So this week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Consultant Caleb Bentley and Director Stephanie Snider, who lead our research and trends and our forecasts for behavioral health services, to talk about the behavioral health care space....