Sg2 Perspectives

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Principal Chad Giese, National Vice President of Intelligence Michael Humphrey, and Principal Rebecca Limestall for a rapid-fire discussion of recent health care news. They share insights on collaborations like Longitude Health's ambitious partnership, Mayo Clinic's advances in remote cardiac care, and evolving polices in state-level health care. The group also debates the future of pharmacy benefit managers, changes in site neutrality, and the impact of GLP-1 drugs on obesity management and bariatric surgery.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin catches up with Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson, who shares stories and insights from his recent travels. They discuss the varied priorities of health systems across the US including stabilizing growth initiatives, trends in value-based care, and the strategic decisions health systems face in adapting to economic and technological shifts.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Associate Principal Ryan Hallenbeck and Principal Melissa Threlkeld about the consulting approach to programmatic expansion. Ryan and Melissa discuss strategies for health care organizations to consider when planning for expansion. Key topics include setting goals, focusing efforts, filling gaps, defining centers of gravity, enhancing care coordination, improving access, and staying relevant.

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In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, you’ll hear a familiar voice as host Tori Richie talks to one of the podcast’s other hosts, Associate Principal Trevor DaRin, about the evolving role of the chief strategy officer in health systems. Trevor highlights the key skills and backgrounds necessary for the CSO role and how different market conditions influence their strategies.

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In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Senior Director Tony Guth and Principal Rebecca Limestall, who give a debrief from Sg2’s recent Strategy Exchange, which was all about the convergence of ambulatory strategy and capacity planning. Tony and Rebecca focus on ambulatory care, its management and future investments.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie chats with Sg2 spine experts Director Donnelle Jageman and Senior Director Kate Zentner, focusing on the development and operational aspects of spine programs, including workforce strategies, site of care shifts, and policy implications.

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This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we're focusing on Sg2 research and around outpatient portfolio and why this research is valuable to our members. Host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Principal Justin Cassidy PhD, and Senior Consultant Rachael Zirkelbach, who highlight the strategic frameworks developed by Sg2 to better understand and plan for the outpatient landscape.

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Earlier this year, Sg2/Vizient released a new monthly report series derived from Sg2 and Vizient data analytics, with the first report focused on critical care capacity. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, invited Sg2 experts Associate Principals Justin Cassidy, PhD, and Rhae Ana Gamber and Vice President Catherine Maji to share their insights on this topic. Justin, Rhae and Catherine discuss the challenges and strategies for managing ICU resources in various health care settings, including community hospitals, academic medical centers (AMCs) and children's hospitals.

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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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