Innovation in healthcare exploded during the pandemic.

But many hospitals don’t have the infrastructure to take advantage of this emergent technology. And many people don’t have the devices or connectivity they need to manage their care.

So, how do we promote technological equity (also known as techquity)? How do we bridge the digital gap for underserved populations?

Gary Lynch is Global Practice Lead & CTO for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Verizon Business, where he manages a team of innovation principals, healthcare strategists and solution architects across the healthcare ecosystem.

Gary has over 20 years of experience leading transformation within the healthcare space, with a focus on accountable care, population health, revenue cycle, operations and business development.

On this episode of The Beat, recorded live at ViVE 2024, Gary joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Gautam Gulati to discuss how telecom companies like Verizon will play a crucial role in the future of healthcare delivery.

Gary shares strategies for leveraging purpose-built technology to make healthcare more proactive and improve patient engagement in the process.

Listen in for Gary’s insight on providing access to care in non-traditional settings and learn how Verizon is partnering with UC Davis Health to improve health outcomes via tech equity!

Topics Covered

• Why telecom companies will play a big part in the future of healthcare delivery
• Gary’s quadruple aim of improving health outcomes, lowering costs and improving the patient and clinician experience
• How Gary thinks about keeping pace with expanding points of access to healthcare
• Gary’s take on the third-party payment system in healthcare
• Verizon’s partnership with UC Davis to promote health equity via digital inclusion
• Gary’s strategies for leveraging technology to make healthcare proactive
• How Verizon is improving access to care through purpose-built tech
• Improving the patient experience and engagement by way of gamification
• How innovation in the healthcare space accelerated during COVID
• Verizon’s aim to help hospitals build the infrastructure to take advantage of emergent tech

Connect with Gary Lynch

• Health Care IT & Digital Solutions at Verizon
• Gary on LinkedIn

Connect with Dr. Gautam Gulati & Dr. Jessica Shepherd

• ViVE
• HLTH
• Dr. Shepherd on Twitter
• Dr. Shepherd on LinkedIn
• Dr. Gulati on Twitter
• Dr. Gulati on LinkedIn

Resources

• Heartbreak in the Heartland
• Verizon’s Partnership with UC Davis Health
• Affordable Connectivity Program
• Medivis