Executive Uninterrupted

Healthcare data becomes more powerful when it helps people see where care, resources, and community support are needed most. In this episode, Dr. Juan C. “JC” Rojas, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at Rush University Medical Center, discusses his path from medicine and critical care to clinical informatics, public health, and AI-driven healthcare solutions. He shares how early experien...

Note: The views and opinions shared in this episode are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of their organizations. GI innovation is not just about new tools. It is about making better care easier to access, safer to deliver, and more patient-centered. In this episode, Dr. Austin Chiang, Chief Medical Officer of Endoscopy at Medtronic, and Dr. Nate Merriman, Medical Direct...

Population health works best when leaders stop chasing shiny tools and start building around what communities actually need. In this episode, Dr. Reshma Gupta, Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care at UC Davis Health, shares how her childhood experiences, clinical training, policy work, and leadership roles shaped her mission-driven approach to healthcare transformation. She explains why...

What if the biggest drivers of health outcomes aren’t happening inside the healthcare system at all? In this episode, Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of SDoH at Highmark Health, talks about how to operationalize social determinants of health at scale through an integrated payer-provider model. He shares how building a coordinated social care network with community organizations is improving outcomes while redu...

Healthcare works best when it meets people where they are, especially in the most vulnerable moments after care transitions. In this episode, Dr. Eugene Hsu, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Optum Home & Community Care Delivery, discusses how home and community-based care can improve safety, access, and outcomes for complex patient populations. He shares how his path from busine...

Healthcare reform works best when policy creates the right incentives and gives providers practical levers to deliver better care. In this episode, Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Deputy Administrator at CMS, shares how a deeply personal family experience with care coordination shaped his interest in healthcare reform and public service. He reflects on t...

Better healthcare gets easier when we can spot meaningful changes early, using trustworthy data people can actually act on. In this episode, Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Oura Ring, discusses his path from early curiosity about technology and medicine to hands-on work with web-based EHRs, clinical informatics, and the messy reality that innovation often looks like repeated failure bef...

Healthcare was built around hospitals, but the future starts at home. In this episode, Dr. Ami Bhatt, Chief Innovation Officer at the American College of Cardiology, talks about reimagining healthcare through a “first mile” model that begins with patients in their homes and communities. She explains how remote care, wearables, and digital tools are shifting power toward patient agency and earlier...

From late-night DJ to healthcare system disruptor. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, discusses reimagining healthcare by breaking rules, centering care on people, and shifting the system from “sick care” to true health. He shares how his unconventional path into medicine shaped his focus on empathy, women’s and pediatric hea...

From finance to frontline care, Dr. Rafid Fadul’s journey is anything but conventional. In this episode, Dr. Rafid Fadul, founder of Zivian Health and incoming Chief Medical Officer of ARPA-H, discusses how a late-college realization about equity and impact led him to leave finance and pursue medicine. He shares how, during his residency and MBA program, he was introduced to digital health through...

The biggest opportunity in healthcare today lies in honest, uninterrupted conversations between the people shaping payer and provider decisions. In this intro episode of the Executive Uninterrupted Podcast, Brian Urban, a healthcare leader, advisor, and adjunct professor, explains why the payer–provider ecosystem has reached a true inflection point and why progress requires understanding the human...