Edge Perspectives

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re bringing together all three of our podcast hosts—Trevor DaRin, Tori Richie and Jayme Zage, PhD—to review the discussions each are having with Sg2 members, whether that’s similar themes they’re hearing or surprising topics that are brought up. Trevor, Tori and Jayme talk about the bifurcation of health systems in terms of being proactive vs reactive, margin recovery and innovation, and the segmentation of primary care, as well as how life sciences companies are trying to create more value for health systems.

 We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Sg2 recently hosted one of its Strategy Exchanges, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin chats with Sg2 Senior Director Janelle Kwan and Senior Consultant Rachael Zirkelbach about what insights were gleaned from Sg2 member participants. Trevor, Janelle and Rachael discuss the common themes (eg, the importance of data and storytelling) and what are “musts” for strategy leaders (eg, balancing strategy with operational/financial responsibilities, driving transformation), as well as the evolving role of the VP of Strategy. 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie talks to two Vizient consulting leads, Michael Lutkus and Amit Sharma, about why community hospital optimization is important for health systems. Michael and Amit cover some of the barriers to optimization (eg, M&A, care shifts), along with some strategies health systems can pursue, including engaging in change management work.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Recently, there’s been a lot of news around closures related to obstetrics services. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, has a conversation with Sg2 OB experts Consultant Dionne Dela Cruz and Fellow Jeremy Miller, MD around the challenges and trends of obstetrics care. Dionne and Jeremy discuss options for organizations to maintain or close OB units and the impact of closures, as well as obstetrics care strategies for health systems.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Associate Principal Joe Maher from Vizient's value transformation and payer provider alignment team. Joe is our expert on the payer side of health care, so in this episode, he’ll cover payers (eg, new entrants and models, partnership opportunities for health systems) and health plans (eg, Medicare Advantage, care delivery capabilities), as well as implications for 2025.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Sg2 continuously monitors the margins and financial resiliency of our members across the country, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, talks to Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, Senior Consultant Sushma Narra and Director Ryota Terada about the latest iteration of Sg2’s Economic Index, which helps organizations anticipate where future financial headwinds and tailwinds may develop. Brian, Sushma and Ryota discuss the four domains of the Economic Index; how this tool can benefit not only providers but also life sciences companies; and their bold predictions for what will impact financial resiliency over the next couple years.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re excited to announce the first of our episodes we like to call “The Bill Woodson Show.” For these special editions, our host will be none other than Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson, who will chat with Sg2 experts and health care industry thought leaders about top-of-mind topics in the health care space. For this episode, Bill is joined by John Becker, SVP, Sales, Service & Insights Delivery for the Data & Digital business unit at Vizient. John recently attended the Vizient Health Executive Forum (VHEF), and he shares messages and themes he heard, including workforce solutions, transformation, AI, systemness and much more.

For more insights from VHEF, check out this article: The view from VHEF: 4 challenges that are top of mind — and what you can do about them

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, digs into post-acute care services with Sg2 Consultant Gurleen Sahota and Senior Consultants Nikita Arora and Rachael Zirkelbach, who share some insights from our recent post-acute care member survey. Gurleen, Nikita and Rachael discuss workforce and capacity challenges, telehealth utilization and policies, what to expect from the 2024 Impact of Change® forecast for post-acute care, and much more!

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin talks consumer innovation with Sg2 Principals Yelena Bouaziz and Laurie Dowd—what members are asking and how health care providers can be more consumer centric. Yelena and Laurie cover the long-term vision for consumer innovation and where health systems are making progress, as well as how they’re addressing leakage.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Vizient VP, Member Networks, Michael Busch and Sg2 Principal Brian Esser to get an understanding of how CFOs are looking at 2024—where is there hope, where is there opportunity? Mike and Brian talk about where top performers are finding growth, the importance of data and analytics, and how CSOs can pitch effectively to CFOs.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at [email protected], find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.