Until It's Fixed

We all want the same thing: a health care system that has the best outcomes for the patient. But across the country, multiple health care providers and payers all have different ideas and expectations about what that means, and the sheer amount of patient variables makes it hard to actually achieve that goal. It’s a challenge - so how do stakeholders create usable information to actually help pati...

The behind-the-scenes, administrative business of health care is an enormously complex -- and enormously expensive -- part of our health care system. Why do these processes form such a large portion of the cost of our system? How can we make this part of the system simpler, more cost-effective, and frictionless for providers, health plans, and the everyday public?    

In this episode Optum explains how data is gathered, how it’s used to offer insight and how it fits into health care work flows to drive change in a consumer’s health outcome. Additionally, Optum illustrates how they creates a complete picture of health using SDoH criteria when employing data analytic solutions. 

Managing health extends beyond hospital doors. In an age where technology innovations are king, providers and patients are all asking the same question, "Why is this so hard!?". Until it's Fixed tackles the current problems, tough questions and highlights how health care technology is reshaping the health care system.

Introducing "Until It's Fixed". A podcast about innovation in health care. Join us for this 10-part series hosted by acclaimed author of 'Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care', Susan Dentzer. Coming fall 2020.