Making cancer care more affordable, accessible and home-centered is the goal of the partnership between Reimagine Care and CU Innovation Centers. This podcast episode highlights that partnership to show how digital technology solutions can revolutionize oncology care and bring it closer to the patient. And a leading expert from Sg2 weighs in on the latest trends that are moving toward new approaches in oncology.

Guest speakers:

Cory Jones, MBA

Clay Smith, MD

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:07] The state of the cancer service line and the move to the home setting

[06:08] Mission of Reimagine Care and the rationale for a new approach in oncology

[07:51] Strategic and financial challenges in the oncology service line

[09:46] Partnership of Reimagine Care and CU Anschutz

[10:45] Getting bone marrow transplant patients out of the hospital

Links | Resources:

Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: [email protected]

Website for Reimagine Care: www.reimaginecare.com

Aaron Gerber’s email: [email protected]

Clay Smith’s email: [email protected]

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This podcast episode continues our discussion with Emily Goetz of Bright.md, a leading provider of asynchronous care expertise and technology, and Matthew Warrens of UnityPoint Health Ventures, the innovation arm of a leading health care organization.

Guest speakers:

Matthew Warrens, MBA

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:57] Platform’s ease of use

[01:39] Reaching consumers and providers

[03:07] UnityPoint’s scaling plan: building the platform’s success

[04:44] Patient reaction

[05:55] What’s next

[07:27] Beyond urgent care

[09:29] Reimbursement

[10:07] Solving the staffing problem

Links | Resources:

Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: [email protected]

Bright.md: https://bright.md

Emily Goetz’s email: [email protected]

Matthew Warrens’ email: [email protected]

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Asynchronous health, which removes the need for direct patient-provider contact except when critical, has emerged as a care approach that improves efficiency for patients and providers both. This podcast episode features a leading company that provides technology and expertise for asynchronous care and its partnership with a leading health care organization.

Guest speakers:

Emily Goetz

Matthew Warrens, MBA

Moderator:

Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA

Show Notes:

[00:45] Background on Bright.md

[01:32] UnityPoint Health and the rationale for partnering with Bright.md

[03:45] UnityPoint’s direct investment fund

[05:40] Defining asynchronous care

[07:23] Higher-acuity patients and asynchronous care

[10:00] Benefits of the partnership

[11:20] Providing multiple access points

Links | Resources:

Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: [email protected]

Bright.md: https://bright.md

Emily Goetz’s email: [email protected]

Matthew Warrens’ email: [email protected]

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This is part four of our four-part series highlighting interviews from our Member-backed Ventures Summit. In this episode, we focus on how health care organizations can further their provider-patient experiences.

Guest speakers:

Kyle Kiser

Benton Barney

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:13] Srulik Dvorsky – trends creating a challenge for health care providers

[02:31] Guiding concepts: three pillars

[03:40] Kyle Kiser and Benton Barney – the days of providers not considering cost and coverage information while making care decisions are behind us

[02:24] Working with Gyant to help patient interaction

[04:51] Sitting between insurance and providers and how to make it work

Links | Resources:

TailorMed website: https://tailormed.co/

RxRevu website: https://rxrevu.com/

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This is part three of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit, featuring interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus on how both sides of the health care market – from start-ups to providers – can assert themselves as health care partners and leaders.

Guest speakers:

Mike Phillips, MD, MBA

Sefan Behrens, PhD

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:06] Niko Skievaski – trends accelerated by the pandemic

[01:47] Look internally in your organization before looking at the external market

[02:28] Mike Phillips – reaching patients where they are at a very low cost

[02:54] Working with Gyant to help patient interaction

[03:51] Stefan Behrens – consumer expectations and engagement with the health care providers and health plans have completely changed

[04:48] Need for automation to overcome challenges

Links | Resources:

Redox website: www.redoxengine.com

Intermountain Healthcare website: https://intermountainhealthcare.org

Gyant website: https://gyant.com

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Health equity has become a dominant and urgent undertaking in patient care, and investment in health equity is on the increase. This episode features one of the drivers of that investment, Health Enterprise Partners, and the discussion will range from defining health equity to describing the various undertakings and investments, along with the attendant challenges, happening in the field today.

Guest speaker:

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:30] Defining health equity

[02:37] Care that is not culturally competent is inferior care

[03:37] Omnipresence of fee-for-service

[04:20] Challenge of tracking data

[05:15] Challenge of finding an ROI

[06:18] Solutions

[09:20] Where investment is headed

[11:16] Considerations for investment

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Health Enterprise Partners website:

www.hepfund.com

Ezra Mehlman’s email:

[email protected]

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This is part two of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit, featuring interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus reducing the fragmentation of care delivery and empowerment of consumer-patients through digital solutions. These solutions provide autonomy to the consumer and an advantage to health care organizations who use them.

Guest speakers:

Meghan Robb

John Bardis

Adrian Lawrence

David Harvey

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:22] Kristen Valdes – the rules have changed; new opportunities are emerging

[03:34] Health care is missing a necessary layer of technology

[05:36] Meghan Robb – digital technologies and the consumer

[07:36] John Bardis – a time that has never existed before

[07:47] Clinical economic philosophy

[09:03] A prospective process

[10:11] Adrian Lawrence – consumer environments have more of an impact on health than care received

[13:40] David Harvey – patients are not constrained by loyalty or proximity

Links | Resources:

Member Backed Ventures Summit Panel Keynote – Kristen Valdes Click here

b.well Connected Health website: www.icanbwell.com

ShareMD website: https://sharemd.com/

Panda Health website: https://panda.health/

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This is part one of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit and interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus on the need for organizations to deliver digital health care in this era of heightened consumer/patient expectations. COVID-19 accelerated these expectations, and our panel relates how their digital solution companies, working with member health care organizations, deliver this needed transformation in care delivery.

Guest speakers:

Derek Streat, BA

Chief Executive Officer

DexCare Health

Pippa Shulman, DO, MPH

Chief Medical Officer

Medically Home

Brooke LeVasseur, BA

Chief Executive Officer

AristaMD

Glen Olson

Vice President

Business Development

AristaMD

Moderator:

Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA

Vice President

Member Backed Ventures

Vizient

Show Notes:

[01:30] Derek Streat – consumers expect it all; providers need to be more nimble

[06:22] Dr. Pippa Shulman – two major care shifts providers need to understand

[07:36] Patients are comparing their office visit to their experience with Amazon

[09:33] Brooke LeVasseur – being consumer- and physician-friendly

[12:21] Glen Olson – supporting the primary care physician

[13:55] Gigantic network of specialists – digital access is critical

Links | Resources:

Member Backed Ventures Summit Panel Keynote – Kristen Valdes Click here

DexCare Health www.dexcarehealth.com

Medically Home www.medicallyhome.com

AristaMD www.aristamd.com

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This episode continues the discussion around the benefits of b.well Connected Health, a digital solution that minimizes the fragmentation patients usually experience when accessing health care. It gives them the ability to create and customize their access and allows them to pull in their data from across the spectrum of care.

Guest speakers:

Kristen Valdes

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

b.well Connected Health

Imran Andrabi, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer

ThedaCare

John Lock

Chief Digital Transformation Officer

MedStar Health

Moderator:

Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA

Vice President and General Manager

Digital, Virtual and Ventures

Vizient

Show Notes:

[00:43] The b.well team

[02:15] Consumers as custodians of their own data

[03:27] Need for industry core knowledge

[05:15] Adapting to needs fostered by COVID

[09:10] The ThedaCare experience

[10:14] The MedStar Health experience

[11:30] Patient over a hundred years old using b.well

[12:20] What’s next?

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b.well Connected Health Click here

ThedaCare Click here

MedStar Health Click here

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When Kristen Valdes learned her daughter had a significant autoimmune condition, it started a long, arduous journey through the health care system to find diagnosis and treatment. This experience formed the basis for b.well Connected Health, a health care solution that allows individual patients to take control of their care experience. This episode will feature a discussion about the b.well platform and how it integrates data, insights and partners into a single, customized solution for patients and providers.

Guest speakers:

Kristen Valdes

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

b.well Connected Health

Imran Andrabi, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer

ThedaCare

John Lock

Chief Digital Transformation Officer

MedStar Health

Moderator:

Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA

Vice President and General Manager

Digital, Virtual and Ventures

Vizient

Show Notes:

[01:37] Bailey’s story: the origin of b.well Connected Health

[04:07] Healing fractured, fragmented care: why organizations work with b.well

[07:32] The b.well experience for patients and providers

[13:38] How to engage with the platform

[16:12] Vetting the platform: seamlessness and interoperability

[17:28] The business model

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b.well Connected Health Click here

ThedaCare Click here

MedStar Health Click here

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