Edge Perspectives

In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by special guests Dr. Eric Monday, executive vice president for finance and administration and co-executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Kentucky, and Jeff Moser, senior vice president for partner strategy at Compass One Healthcare. Eric and Jeff focus on unique partnerships between health care providers and supply organizations, discussing the partnership between their organizations and exploring how they collaborate to achieve mutual goals in health care services and infrastructure.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin chats with two experts from our emerging strategies practice, Senior Consultant Nikita Arora and Senior Director Andrew Rebhan, about the concept of the hospital of the future. Nikita and Andrew discuss smart hospitals and their potential benefits—especially in the context of post-pandemic recovery and technological advancements—as well as share examples of smart hospital implementations.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by two experts on the Vizient/Sg2 consulting team, Principal Heidi Pandya and Senior Principal Mike Strilesky, to talk about care delivery transformation in health care. Heidi and Mike discuss capacity and workforce challenges, innovative solutions, and the integration of technology and partnerships.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by two Sg2/Vizient consultants, Associate Principal Ryan Hallenbeck and Principal Melissa Threlkeld, to talk about the resurgence and strategic importance of service line planning in health care systems. Ryan and Melissa explore the evolution, key components and strategic approaches to service line management, while emphasizing leadership, infrastructure and physician involvement.

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This past July, Sg2 held its annual flagship event, the Sg2 Executive Summit, with the theme of “A Pivotal Moment.” So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson to talk about the big takeaways from the event and how they resonated with our attendees. Bill discusses the key themes of leadership synchronization, economic challenges, and strategic pivots in health care, while highlighting the importance of adaptable leadership, the economic realities facing health care systems, and strategies for growth and innovation.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, discusses the Vizient Research Institute (VRI) study on consumer needs and access barriers in health care with Sg2 Senior Analyst Victoria Beal and VP, Strategic Research, Erika Johnson. Victoria and Erika share their research findings and surprising highlights, along with recommendations for health systems.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re doing the first installment in another special edition of the podcast with Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson as the host—welcome to The Bill Woodson Show! In this episode, Bill talks to Ken Kaufman, Chair at Kaufman Hall, about the financial challenges faced by hospitals post-pandemic, the evolving role of CFOs, the impact of private equity, and the complexities of mergers and acquisitions in the health care sector.

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In this episode of Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin discusses health systems' efforts to understand and improve network integrity and physician alignment with guests Tammy Tiller-Hewitt, FACHE, President/CEO of Tiller-Hewitt HealthCare Strategies LLC, and Sg2 Associate Principal Christine Sasser-Perry. Tammy and Chris delve into the challenges and solutions health systems face, emphasizing the importance of data, strategic partnerships and effective communication.

Explore these related case studies: Lake Charles Memorial Health System and Memorial Medical Group and Archbold Medical Center

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In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Associate Principal Justin Cassidy, PhD, to discuss what’s going on in the cell and gene therapy space. Justin talks about the increasing approvals of gene therapies and their primary barriers and challenges, as well as who should be involved in the decisions about receiving these therapies and how providers and manufacturers can gain patients’ trust. 

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Sg2 recently hosted another Strategy Exchange, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin chats with Sg2 Senior Director Janelle Kwan and Senior Consultant Rachael Zirkelbach about what common themes and challenges were shared from Sg2 member participants. Trevor, Janelle and Rachael discuss the top priorities and emerging relationships for strategy leaders and how strategy leaders not only coordinate with health system CEOs and AI teams, but also how they collaborate with other stakeholders.

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