On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive spoke with Charlotte Lee, MBChB, of Big Health, a digital therapeutics company.

We discussed how the country of Scotland is taking steps to make a digital therapeutic solution for anxiety and insomnia available nationally to all residents, the importance of improved access to mental health care, reducing perceived stigma for mental health care and more.

In this episode of Healthy Bottom Line, we spoke with Joe Polaris, senior vice president of product and technology at R1 RCM, a revenue cycle management company providing technology-based solutions to improve the patient experience and the financial performance of healthcare organizations.
We discussed the effect that concerns over healthcare costs can have on patients’ willingness to seek out care and how price transparency can help. We also talked about CMS’ recent hospital price transparency rule as well as other avenues health systems can take to address cost concerns. 

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive spoke with Tomer Shussman and Hila Glick of OneStep, a physical therapy app. We discussed the challenges with traditional physical therapy, how OneStep improves the proportion of patients who complete their therapy, as well as future uses for the technology being utilized in the app.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive spoke with Ira Tauber, president of Triose, which works with health systems and hospitals on supply chain solutions. We discussed the supply chain issues that emerged at the beginning of the pandemic and how they were addressed, as well as potential upcoming supply chain issues at hospitals and health systems with an aging U.S. population.

Several problems exist with current programs that address social determinants of health (SDOH); however, a new social model aims to combat these issues and improve the programs’ effectiveness.

Several problems exist with current programs that address social determinants of health (SDOH); however, a new social model aims to combat these issues and improve the programs’ effectiveness. 

On this week's episode of Data Book, Clay Ritchey, CEO of Verato, a next-generation patient-matching solution for healthcare, speaks with Chief Healthcare Executive. He discusses how patient-matching technology can alleviate stress for providers and improve patient care. He also talks about the financial benefits this technology can have for hospitals and health systems, as well as potential data privacy concerns.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive spoke with Terri Casterton, Director of Healthcare Product and Strategy at Bottle Rocket, a consultancy that provides business strategy, product, design and technology services. We discussed the latest Apple Watch features, the use of patient supplied data in healthcare and the use of technological innovations in healthcare.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive spoke with Steve Wigginton, CEO of Icario, platform that promotes health action to connect everyone to better health. We discussed how value-based care and artificial intelligence to helping health systems and health plans to provide more personalized care and to address social determinants of health.

On this episode of Healthy Bottom Line, Barry Sample, PhD, director of science and technology at Quest Diagnostics, discusses the rise in drug positivity rates among healthcare professionals over the course of 2020 and the consequences of drug use among employees in healthcare settings. He also talks about the role that marijuana legislation has played a role in this increase as well as some solutions to reduce positivity rates.