Podcasts

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 115: Data – The Key to Addressing Health Disparities 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 and Optum…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 114: Collecting Physician Data to Improve the Patient Experience and Support Health Equity 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…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 113: The Patient Experience – Searching for Nirvana 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 (National Patient Advocate…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 112: How AI Digital Assistants are Improving Capacity and Capability While Reducing Costs. Guest: Dr. Steven Waldren, AAFP 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…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 111: ”Health Care Does Not Use Enough AI.” How Vital’s Aaron Patzer is redefining artificial intelligence…in human terms 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…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 110: How CMMI Is Addressing the Primary Care Crisis. A Conversation with CMMI Director Liz Fowler 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…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 109: Understanding the Brave New World of Health Care AI with HCSC’s Derrick Higgins 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…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 108: Advancing Health Equity Through Alternative Payment Models. HCPLAN HEAT Co-Chairs 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).…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 107: Amplifying the Patient Voice! Jonathan Burow, Independent Health 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 engagement channels…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 106: The Need to Incorporate Intersectionality and SDOH with Gregg Church, President, 4medica 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.…