Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast

How can the learning capabilities of artificial intelligence algorithms be used to complement primary care doctors' training and analytical skills to produce the best outcomes for patients? Ziad Obermeyer, MD, a researcher at the University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health focusing on the interconnections between machine learning, medicine and health policy, explains.

Kamala Green, MA, social drivers of health program manager for National Government Services, discusses how her organization's work with social service agencies and nonprofits is producing better outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries.

Vivek Garg, MD, chief medical officer and senior vice president for primary care with Humana, explains how the company has integrated based payments at its CenterWell Senior Primary Care facilities to improve outcomes and reduce costs.

  

Jaime Bland, DNP, RN, CEO of CyncHealth, explains how doctors in Nebraska and Iowa now are able to exchange certain types of social health data on their states' HIEs, and what it could mean for improving patient outcomes.  

 Sanjay Rajagopalan, M.D., the Herman K. Hellerstein, MD, chair in cardiovascular research at University Hospitals, Cleveland, discusses the  evidence linking pollution to cardiovascular disease and strategies doctors can use for disease prevention. 

Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.

The Information Blocking Rule, which took effect in April 2021, was supposed to make it easier for Americans to get access to their health data. But many still find the process time-consuming and expensive. Deven McGraw, co-founder of the health data platform Ciitizen, sits down with Medical Economics to explain why, and why it matters to doctors.