Edge Perspectives

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie and Strategy Intelligence experts Jen Goff and Janelle Kwan explore how AI is transforming the behavioral health workforce. They examine three key areas where AI delivers impact: digital mental health treatments, AI-enabled clinical training, and AI-supported workflows, while addressing the risks of patient-facing AI tools. The conversation looks ahead to personalized treatment planning and earlier intervention across the behavioral health care continuum.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizienton LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Strategy Intelligence experts Rebecca Limestall and Sushma Narra to examine the growing crisis of vulnerable hospitals. They break down the distinction between distressed and vulnerable hospitals, reveal that nearly a quarter of U.S. hospitals fall into these categories and challenge the misconception that this is solely a rural issue. The conversation delivers strategic guidance for health system leaders on proactive market scanning, scenario planning, and community-centered stewardship when a vulnerable hospital enters their orbit.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizienton LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Vizient Strategy Intelligence experts Kate Zentner and Setu Shah to unpack the clinical innovations shaping the 2026 Impact of Change forecast. From in vivo CAR-T and personalized cancer vaccines to advances in neuromodulation, they explore the breakthroughs poised to transform care delivery across oncology and the neurosciences. The expert shares how they distinguish true signals from noise and what health systems need to do to turn emerging therapeutics into better patient outcomes.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizienton LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie explores the growing capacity pressures straining health systems with Strategy Intelligence experts Josh Aaker, PhD, Jen Goff, and Emily Fitt. The conversation unpacks where capacity strain shows up most acutely, from emergency department demand and lengthening readmission stays to procedural backlogs in operating rooms and cath labs. Together they discuss strategic responses across cardiovascular, medicine, and behavioral health service lines, including integrated care models, remote patient monitoring, AI enabled early detection, and workforce optimization.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizienton LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, unpacks decision rights as the critical link between enterprise strategy and service line execution. Strategy Intelligence experts Catherine Maji and Rebecca Limestall, along with Chad Giese, former Intelligence Vice President, break down a five-step approach to bridging the strategy-to-execution gap. Together, they examine who gets to make the call at each level of an organization—and why two-thirds of strategies fail not in design, but in execution.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizient on LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Strategy Intelligence experts Tony Guth and Danni Park to unpack all things ambulatory dashboarding. They explore the shift from a hospital first to an ambulatory first mindset, repositioning ambulatory as a standalone growth and margin engine rather than just a front door to the hospital. The conversation introduces a practical framework built on three levels of metrics, tactical, operational, and strategic, for organizing dashboard data into true decision spaces, and offers actionable guidance for ambulatory leaders on metric selection, governance, and knowing when less is more.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizient on LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Kelly Feldman, Principal; Kelsey Markovich, Associate Principal; and Marijana Karac, Associate Principal, from the Vizient Data & Analytics Services team to unpack the full dashboard development journey for health systems. Drawing on insights from a recent Vizient Executive Strategy Summit workshop, the conversation explores how to break the process into manageable stages, from assessing organizational readiness and stakeholder alignment to selecting the right metrics, designing for action, and driving sustained adoption. The team shares practical lessons on governance, tying KPIs to strategic goals and incentives, and building dashboards that drive decisions.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizienton LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie and Strategy Intelligence experts Emily Fitt, Dionne Dela Cruz, and Hailey Mulliner explore how consumer expectations are transforming healthcare demand. The conversation unpacks direct to consumer platforms, the "invisible market" of cash-based services, and the "Amazon culture" reshaping patient access across primary care, women's health, and obesity medicine. The experts share strategies health systems can use to compete.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizient on LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Strategy Intelligence expert Mahaya Walker, Senior Director, to share research on clinically integrated networks (CINs). Drawing from interviews with some of the country's most successful networks, they break down what they learned about governance, physician alignment, accountability mechanisms, and the variety in how CINs operate. The conversation challenges common assumptions and offers practical insight for strategic planning teams looking to get more value from their CINs.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizient on LinkedIn.

In this episode of Edge Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Strategy Intelligence expert Madeleine McDowell, MD, FAAP, to unpack the shifting children's healthcare landscape. Drawing on insights from the children's landscape panel at the recent Vizient Executive Strategy Summit, they explore declining pediatric inpatient volumes, rising patient acuity, and the far-reaching effects of birth rate declines and rural access gaps. The conversation also confronts pressing challenges from eroding public trust to provider burnout, offering pediatric leaders a data-driven roadmap for planning in an increasingly complex environment.

Note to our listeners: Sg2 Perspectives was recently renamed Edge Perspectives. Same great hosts, same great content, expanding to cover data-driven market intelligence, quality and operations insights from health care provider leaders. There is no action needed for you to keep this podcast in your subscriptions and feeds. But you will see a new logo and a new name. We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. Contact the hosts with your comments or episode ideas or visit The Leading Edge by Vizient on LinkedIn.