Podcasts
Podcast Episode 116: Guiding a Path for Patient Centric Health Care, A Conversation with Path’s Kermit Farmer
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 August 18, 2023 Michael speaks with Kermit Farmer, founder and Chief Ethos Officer of Paths, a service that gives doctors and team members the ability to create and share educational material to help their patients in the journey from diagnosis…
Read MorePodcast Episode 115: Data – The Key to Addressing Health Disparities
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 August 11, 2023 From a recent WEDI Health Equity Workgroup meeting, a discussion with Mark Megerian, Technology Fellow with Optum. Visit United Health Foundation’s comprehensive data and SDOH tool, America’s Health Rankings (https://www.americashealthrankings.org/) to see some of the work United…
Read MorePodcast Episode 114: Collecting Physician Data to Improve the Patient Experience and Support Health Equity
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 August 4, 2023 From a recent WEDI Health Equity Workgroup meeting, we welcome Tammy Weaver, VP Physician Professional Data with the American Medical Association. Join the Health Equity Workgroup Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases…
Read MorePodcast Episode 113: The Patient Experience – Searching for Nirvana
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 July 28, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, 4 patient advocate professionals discuss how regulations and innovation are affecting patients. How close is the work of payers, providers and vendors to achieving “patient nirvana”. Panelists: Andrew Scholnick (AARP) Melissa Williams…
Read MorePodcast Episode 112: How AI Digital Assistants are Improving Capacity and Capability While Reducing Costs. Guest: Dr. Steven Waldren, AAFP
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 July 21, 2023 Dr. Steve Waldren, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer of the American Academy of Family Physicians discusses how AAFP’s Innovation Lab has embraced the power of artificial intelligence to aid their physicians with numerous functions and…
Read MorePodcast Episode 111: ”Health Care Does Not Use Enough AI.” How Vital’s Aaron Patzer is redefining artificial intelligence…in human terms
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 July 14, 2023 Matthew has a great conversation with Aaron Patzer, founder of AI-based health care company Vital, about how artificial intelligence is quickly evolving in the industry. The former founder of Mint.com discusses AI’s benefits, challenges and considerations as…
Read MorePodcast Episode 110: How CMMI Is Addressing the Primary Care Crisis. A Conversation with CMMI Director Liz Fowler
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 July 7, 2023 In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model – the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model – that will be tested under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in…
Read MorePodcast Episode 109: Understanding the Brave New World of Health Care AI with HCSC’s Derrick Higgins
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 June 30, 2023 Matthew chats with Derrick Higgins, Head of Enterprise Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). Derrick discusses how his organization is leveraging artificial intelligence, his…
Read MorePodcast Episode 108: Advancing Health Equity Through Alternative Payment Models. HCPLAN HEAT Co-Chairs
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 June 23, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference! The Health Care Payment and Learning and Action Network (HCPLAN) established the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) to help identify and prioritize opportunities to advance health equity through alternative payment models (APMs).…
Read MorePodcast Episode 107: Amplifying the Patient Voice! Jonathan Burow, Independent Health
Knowledge Center Episode 235: The Evolution & Challenges of Information Blocking. Part 2 of 2 June 16, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, Michael and WEDI Board Chair, Ed Hafner chat with Jonathan Burow, VP Customer Experience and Digital Transformation with Independent Health. Jonathan discusses best practices for measuring customer satisfaction across product lines and…
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