With Chief Executive Officer, Tori Bayless, at the helm, Luminis Health’s leadership has had health equity and diversity and inclusion at the forefront of their strategic priorities for some time. Their journey has yielded incredible progress both inside the organization and through their commitment to improving disparities across the communities they serve.

In this podcast, A&M’s Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., and Managing Director, Keith Ghezzi, M.D., FACEP, talk with Ms. Bayless as she shares the path she has led Luminis Health down to address these critical issues. She describes how close partnerships with community groups and internal colleagues, use of metrics to measure progress, as well as a concerted effort to hold themselves accountable and provide transparency have aided to the tremendous strides they have taken to aim to solve for inequities in care and foster inclusive diversity across the organization.

In the latest episode of A&M’s What’s Your Moonshot? A Podcast Series, Marc Harrison, M.D., President and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, reveals his multiple moonshot quest, as he continues his journey to make big, meaningful strides of improvement in Healthcare. A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s co-Head, Managing Director, Martin McGahan and Ninth Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and A&M Healthcare Industry Group Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., talk with Dr. Harrison to learn more about his ambitious leadership and tremendous improvement he has afforded his community.Dr. Harrison shares Intermountain Healthcare’s passion for making healthcare affordable for all and the many ways they have worked toward making this possible. He also discusses the importance of partnerships, how he aims to balance quality and affordability, and explains actions and strategic plans his organization has taken to address disparities in healthcare and the COVID-19 vaccine roll out.

With a patient network spanning more than 45,000 square feet, Susan Turney, M.D., MS, FACP, FACPME, Chief Executive Officer of Marshfield Clinic Health System, faces daily challenges in providing rural healthcare. COVID-19 further exacerbated existing issues but that did not deter her from continuing to put patient needs and care at the forefront. Through her ambitious moonshot of enriching the lives of those in her communities, Dr. Turney has implemented new care models in an effort to extend care beyond her hospitals’ physical walls.

Join A&M’s David Shulkin, M.D., Senior Advisor, and John McLean, Managing Director, as they sit down with Dr. Turney to hear how she has leveraged her systems’ capabilities and data to most efficiently and effectively meet the needs of her patients. This discussion brings to light how Dr. Turney has truly impacted the lives of her patients and continues to be a leader in continuing to further the quality of rural healthcare.

Gary S. Kaplan, M.D., co-CEO, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, set out on a quest over 20 years ago to transform his health system. Looking outside of healthcare, he implemented Toyota’s management system and has been reaping the benefits ever since. Dr. Kaplan innovated and courageously challenged the way his health system operated to get closer to a “perfect patient experience, every time.”

Join A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s John McLean, Managing Director, and David Shulkin, M.D., Ninth Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as they talk directly to Dr. Kaplan about the journey of his moonshot.

As moonshots skew toward bold and audacious, we talked with Maulik Joshi, Dr.P.H., about his organization’s quest to lose one million pounds in their community. Prior to COVID-19, his leadership developed a 2030 Bold Goals strategic plan, inclusive of the goal of eliminating one million pounds from the community.

In this podcast, Dr. Joshi discusses Meritus Health’s weight loss quest, provides an overview of their progress and shares further about where they hope to go as an organization and continue to serve as a valuable institution in the community.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the healthcare industry to face previously unimagined challenges. Hospital and Health System leaders were on the front lines fighting the pandemic, while innovating and endeavoring to care for their patients, employees and communities during unprecedented times.

We witnessed Operation Warp Speed, leveraging science and speed, to show the world the type of modern innovation that is possible through the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine in just months. Operation Warp Speed also inspired A&M Senior Advisor, Dr. David Shulkin, to develop the RAPID SPRINT methodology to enable Health Systems to adapt and achieve bold, audacious goals, at a greater speed than ever before.

In our What’s Your Moonshot? Podcast Series, we seek to uncover big problems in Healthcare and talk to the leaders that are working to solve them. The series will feature Health System Chief Executive Officers, including, Marc Harrison, M.D., President and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, Gary S. Kaplan, M.D., FACP, FACMPE, FACPE, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Chairman, Maulik Joshi, Dr.P.H., of Meritus Health, and others, discussing large, complex problems they are working to conquer in their communities.

Have you thought about how to eliminate one million pounds in your community? Revolutionize your organization’s management system? Or, improve the environment by expanding your digital health capabilities? We identified leaders who have – come listen!