This Week In Health Innovation

PopHealth Week on HealthcareNOW Radio features Thomas E. Dobbs, MD, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Melissa R. Stephens, MD, Associate Dean of GME and Population Health and Professor of Clinical Sciences at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine.  We discuss the intersection of population health with public health and the potential for systemic relief afforded by better alignement of public health 'infrastructure' with health system, health plan or risk bearing medical groups or physician networks as sponors of population health initiatives. We also address the value add of the John D,  Bower School of Population Health for clinicians who are expanding their interest in population level outcomes. In addition to his role as Dean, Dr. Dobbs serves as the executive director of the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities. He has a clinical position within the Division of Infectious

This episode of PopHealth Week with co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters featrures Enrique Estrada,Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions for VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all applications. Enrique weighs in on the qualities and characteristics that enable digital store fronts to potentially position retail footprints as 'medical homes' or health hubs (generically speaking) that mimic intergrated delivery systems (IDNs). ==##==  

On PopHealth Week, today's guest is Amelia Bedri, MHSA, Content Engineer & Policy Development Manager at NCQA (the National Committee on Quality Assurance). Serving as the subject matter expert for NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation programs, Amelia leads the development cycle and maintainence of the the core knowledge of the health care industry and regulatory environment to enhance NCQA's 'Standards and Guidelines'. She provides policy expertise to internal teams and external stakeholders including CMS, state Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, and care delivery organizations. We discuss the role of NCQA in advancing health equity via their traditional audience, health plans, and preview the accrediting entity's role in the health system or provider markerplace. ==##==

On today's episode of PopHealth Week our guests are Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, FAAP,Managing Partner, Social Innovation Ventures, and the Former US Medicaid Chief Medical Officer & Lisa Palko, PharmD, Vice President and Head of Medial Affairs at Akili. We discuss the ADHD landscape, prevalence in the population, care gaps, challenges and progress including trends, ouitcomes and Akili's digital therapeutics value proposition as the first FDA authorized prescription video game treatment. ==##==  

On today's episode of Health UnaBASHEd, our guest is Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA, (@RasuShrestha) enterprise executive vice president & chief strategy and transformation officer for Atrium Health, one of the largest non-profit and leading academic health systems in the US. In addition to his enterprise and transformational role he spearheads a renewed focus on innovation, launching new healthcare inventions, discoveries and ideas to benefit patients and the communities Atrium Health serves. Previously, Dr. Shrestha served as chief innovation officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he was responsible for driving UPMC’s innovation strategy, serving as a catalyst in transforming the payer-provider organization into a more patient-focused and economically sustainable system. In addition to leading innovation at UPMC, Shrestha also served as executive vice president of UPMC Enterprises.   ==##==  

On this episode of Health UnaBASHEd Executive Producer and co-host Gregg Masters takes the mic to interview principal host Gil Bashe for a season 1 look back, preview of season 2 and overview of Gil's recent medical mission to the Moldova adjacent warzone. We highlight some of the guests and key takeaways from season1 and gain additional insight to the man, the mission and the drive behind Gil's determination to make a ddiference in the public's health and wellbing including his role seeding a purpose driven culture at FINN Partners, a market leading global marketing and communications company. ==##==  

This edition of the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week features Eddie Martucci PhD, cofounder & CEO of Akili an innovative company getting to the root of cognitive impairment by creating personalized digital therapeutics engineered to directly improve cognitive impairments. Akili's medicines look and feel like high-end interactive action video games but, unlike typical video games, they are informed by decades of neuroscience research and built with proprietary technology developed to target and treat cognitive impairments at their specific sources in the brain. We discuss the Akili's vision, mission and progress as well as the first FDA authorized prescription video game treatment for cognitive impairments in patients with conditions including ADHD, multiple sclerosis, depression, autism and COVID brain fog. Enjoy! ==##==  

This episode of Health UnaBASHEd with Gil Bashe is featured on This Week in Health Innovation. Dr. Kate Merton is the executive director of ChicagoARC, an innovative company focused on leveling the playing field in health equities. Her background is in the life sciences having previously served as head of innovation at Johnson & Johnson JLABS Boston and NYC. We discuss the broader space of investment, acceleration and optimiization of entities and business models intent upon disrutping chronic health inequities. ==##==  

  On PopHealth Week, our guest is arguably the 'father' of poplation health David Nash MD MBA, founding dean emeritus of the college of population health at Jefferson University, Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters engage Dr. Nash in his new book 'How COVID Crashed the System'. We discuss the propsects for healthcare transformation and identify reasons for both optimism and concern.

On today's episode, our guest is: Mark Clements MD PhD, Chief Medical Officer of market leading Glooko, Inc, a digital health platform supporting real time diabates management.. In addition to his role at Glooko, Dr. Clements is also a clinical researcher of new diabetes treatments and technologies, having served as a principal investigator or co-investigator in more than 30 clinical studies and patient registries. We discuss the impact of diabetes on the nation's public health and how a digital platform can enable the behavior change required for mitigation and management of this chronic condition, Do follow his work on Twitter via @DrDrMark and @GlookoInc respectively and on the web via www.glooko,com.   ==##==

On PopHealth Week, our guest is Oraida Roman, vice president of value-based strategies for Humana. She leads the organizational advancement of innovative payment models that enable Humana to support providers as population health managers in value-based care relationships. The value-based strategies organization develops, supports and deploys the best programs, practices and capabilities that assist Humana’s provider partners and internal customers to successfully achieve enterprise value-based goals. Ms. Roman’s career with Humana spans more than 20 years. She has held various management roles, including regional president, director of operations and director of provider contracting. Prior to being vice president for Humana, Ms. Roman worked for several years with DaVita Medical Group as COO of the Florida market and market president for Colorado. She holds a master’s degree in health administration from University of South Florida and an undergraduate degree in biology from Florida State University. Do foll

On PopHealth Week, our guests are Weill Cornell Medicine faculty: Dr. Louis Aronne and Dr. Katherine Saunders, co-founders of Intellihealth, a company fighting the global obesity epidemic. They also host the podcast Weight Matters. Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP is the Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and Past Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine. Katherine H. Saunders, MD, DABOM is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Do follow their work on Twitter via @ljaronne and @Intellihealth1 and on the web at Comptehensive Weight Control Center or at Intellihealth. ==##==

On this episode Gil and Gregg welcome Reed Omary MD, MS, physician, scientist, innovator and climate activist to Health UnaBASHEd. Dr. Omary presents with a unique blend of academic talent including Professor and Chair of Radiology at Vanderbuilt University Medical Center with an appointment as Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Vanderbuilt University. His passion is climate science and the pursuit of a sustainable healthcare ecosystem. Among the thought provoking questions he poses is ; 'what's the carbon footprint of a diagnosis?' While my co-host Gil Bashe posits 'climate health' is public health. Join us for a fascinating conversation! Join us! ==##==  

Global health thought leader and host Gil Bashe (@Gil_Bashe) and #publichealth advocate, producer & co-host Gregg Masters (@GreggMastersMPH) engage the Chief Medical Officer of @WebMD, and recent author of "Take Control of Your Cancer Risk" Dr. John Whyte @drjohnwhyte. We discuss the current state of the innovation economy, it's principal headwinds, tailwinds and opportunities. In his role as chief medical officer of WebMD, Whyte leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration.   ==##==  

On this episode of Health UnaBASHEd co-hosts Gil Bashe and Gregg Masters welcome physician-scientist and master curator of digital health innovation content Daniel Kraft, MD. Dr Kraft is a technology enthusiast, theorist and practitioner. We discuss bench-to-beside innovation that matters, the proliferation of digital health apps, and the need for curation that facilitates the onramp of tech into care delivery best practices including key trends, tailwinds, and likely headwinds. For more information or to access our library of on-demand broadcasts, go the Health UnaBASHEDshow page at HealthcareNOW Radio. For more information on Dr. Kraft's work in digital health apps curation click here.   ==##==    

PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) is brought to you by Health Innovation Media and candidly explores population health management strategies sourced from leadership at health systems, physician enterprises, legacy and provider sponsored health plans, regulators and aligned vendor/supplier ecosystem with indusrty veteran hosts Fred Goldstein MS and Gregg Masters, MPH. On this episode we feature patient engagement with Abner Mason @AbnerMason, Founder and CEO, ConsejoSano Health @ConsejoSano_US, a digitally empowered patient engagement initiative focused on promoting health equity and reducing healthcare outcomes disparities. Before creating ConsejoSano, Abner was Founder and CEO for the Workplace Wellness Council of Mexico, now the leading corporate wellness company in Mexico.From 2003-2008, Abner was founder and Executive Director of AIDS Responsibility Project, leading efforts to create CONAES and JaBCHA, the first business councils on HIV/AIDS in Mexico and Jamaica.He previously served as a member of the Pre

On this week's episode of PopHealth Week our guest is Joseph Webb, D.Sc., MSHA, FACHE, CEO of Nashville General Hospital, a 150-bed academic system with more than 22 clinics. Nashville General is proud to serve as the teaching hospital of the historic Meharry Medical College. Tune in to hear their discussion on the role of safety net hosptials in a market heavily dominated by both for profit and non-profit health systems that primarily serves underserved commubities. Dr. Webb weighs in on the pandemic and value proposition of academic medical centers in the overall healthcare ecosystem, and the role of social determinants of health driving healthcare disparities. Since joining the hospital in 2015, Dr. Webb has successfully led efforts to improve patient outcomes, enhance the patient experience and grow revenues. During his tenure, Nashville General has earned multiple accreditations from its evidence-based measures and practices that provide quality healthcare. These include The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal

On Health UnaBASHEd our guest is Yele Aluko MD MBA, Chief Medical Officer at Ernst & Young @EY_US @EYnews. Lead host Gil Bashe (@Gil_Bashe) engages Dr. Aluko in the profound significance and impact of the social determinants of health, and its slow uptake by the acute care health system, noting missed opportunities - decades in the making - to rightfully mitigate health disparities and equity. Dr Aluko speaks candidly, with global insight proferring a balanced perspective unique to his leadership vision as a prominent national voice in the conversation. We also discuss innovation writ large and the imperative healthcare leaders face under the current strain of the pandemic. Follow Dr. Aluko's and E&Y's work on Twitter via @YAluko, @EY_US and @EYNews, respectively. ==##==    

PopHealth Week (@PopHealthWeek) is produced by and brought to you by Health Innovation Media. We engage thought leaders, entrepreneurs, health plan, health system and physician enterprise leaderhip in population health strategies with your hosts and subkect matter experts Fred Goldstein & Gregg Masters. On this episode their colleague Nick van Terheyden MD aka 'Dr Nick' (@DrNic1) joins them for a quarterly update on the pandemic. Tune in to hear their discussion on a wide range of topics from vaccine boosters, to a growing portfolio of therapeutics to potential 'lessons learned' from widespread disruption in the healthcare and financing sectors and the hope for health system reform & possible alignment of acute health system with #publichealth infrastructure and policy. Follow them on twitter via @DrNic1, @fsgoldstein and @GreggMastersMPH.or the show @PopHealthWeek.   ==##==  

On this special edition of PopHealth Week recorded LIVE in the HealthcareNOW Radio studio produced by Health Innovation Media our guest is Vik Krishnan, General Manager, Intrado Digital Workflows (a Life & Safety business) at Intrado. A results-oriented, collaborative leader Vik's major focus is on unlocking value (revenue acceleration, profitability) at large companies through management of special programs, and advising private equity investors on deal acquisition. Commercially-focused with sales experience. Experience leading consultant (BCG, Bain & Co.) and client teams. Track record of success in commercial and general management roles in lean environments. In this interview on PopHealth, Intrado's Digital Workflows General Manager details why large healthcare organizations are lagging on adopting patient engagement as an outcomes and revenue generating tool. Vik dives into on point solution vs platforms and explains the value of EHR integrated solutions that leverage augmented AI. For more in