Podcasts
Podcast Episode 109: Understanding the Brave New World of Health Care AI with HCSC’s Derrick Higgins
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato 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…
Read MorePodcast Episode 108: Advancing Health Equity Through Alternative Payment Models. HCPLAN HEAT Co-Chairs
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato 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…
Read MorePodcast Episode 107: Amplifying the Patient Voice! Jonathan Burow, Independent Health
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato 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…
Read MorePodcast Episode 106: The Need to Incorporate Intersectionality and SDOH with Gregg Church, President, 4medica
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato June 9, 2023 The concept of intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to create unique dynamics and effects.…
Read MorePodcast Episode 105: Changing the faces of clinical trials with Clincierge’s Scott Gray
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato June 2, 2023 Michael welcomes Scott Gray, CEO of Clincierge, a patient concierge services provider in clinical trials. The two discuss the current state regarding diversity in clinical trials and how the need for minority participation can help…
Read MorePodcast Episode 104: Provider and Payer Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato May 26, 2023 From WEDI’s recent Spring Conference, a conversation on the importance of data, partnership, and health equity buy-in and bake-in with prominent health equity leadership from UnitedHealth Group and Mayo Clinic. Panel: Michael Currie, Chief Health…
Read MorePodcast Episode 103: Health and Well-Being for All – Dr. Melissa Perry, Dean, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato May 19, 2023 Responding to the commonwealth’s public health and workforce needs, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) launched the first and only College of Public Health in Virginia. Michael chats with Dr. Melissa Perry, Dean of the College,…
Read MorePodcast Episode 101: Improving the Patient Experience with AI; A Conversation with Elevance Health CTO Geeta Wilson
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato May 5, 2023 We chat with Elevance Health Chief Technology Officer, Geeta Wilson about how her company is embracing artificial intelligence to improve and enhance the patient experience. Podcast Episode 101: Improving the Patient Experience with AI; A…
Read MorePodcast Episode 100: Celebrating our 100th episode with Former HHS Secretary (And WEDI Founder) Dr Louis Sullivan
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato April 28, 2023 To commemorate our 100th episode, WEDI welcomes our founder, former HHS Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan. 30 years ago, Dr. Sullivan founded WEDI in an effort to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of health care…
Read MorePodcast Episode 99: No More Binders!!! Digitizing Patient Data and Improving the Patient Experience with Chronically Simple’s Kristy Dickinson
Knowledge Center Episode 249: The Long Game: AI, Patient Identity, and Trust in Healthcare. Rachel Blum, Verato April 21, 2023 Michael spends some time with Kristy Dickinson, founder of Chronically Simple, a health care app that hopes to end the fragmented healthcare experience and allows patients and caregivers to proactively manage their health data. Learn…
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