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  • Reimagine Care and CU Innovations – Part 1

    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:

    Aaron Gerber, MD, MBA
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    Reimagine Care

     

    Cory Jones, MBA

    Associate Principal, Sg2 Intelligence
    Oncology and Orthopedic Service Line
    Vizient

     

    Clay Smith, MD

    Director, Blood Disorders and Cell Therapies Center
    Medical Director, UCHealth and CU Innovation Centers
    University of Colorado

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    14 min
  • Bright.md and UnityPoint – Part 2

    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:

    Emily Goetz
    Vice President, Commercial
    Bright.md

     

    Matthew Warrens, MBA

    Managing Director, Innovation
    UnityPoint Health Ventures

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President, Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    13 min
  • Bright.md and UnityPoint – Part 1

    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

    Vice President, Commercial
    Bright.md

     

    Matthew Warrens, MBA

    Managing Director, Innovation
    UnityPoint Health Ventures

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA

    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    14 min
  • MBV Summit Panel Part 4 - A new business strategy: the role of clinical and financial health in patient journeys

    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:

    Srulik Dvorsky, GMBA
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    TailorMed

     

    Kyle Kiser

    Chief Executive Officer
    RxRevu

     

    Benton Barney

    Chief Commercial Officer
    RxRevu

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    6 min
  • MBV Summit Panel Part 3 - Entering the digital health transformation: how Vizient member organizations can engage thoughtfully and directly in the new technology-driven landscape

    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:

    Niko Skievaski, MA
    Co-Founder and President
    Redox

     

    Mike Phillips, MD, MBA

    Partner and Managing Director
    Intermountain Ventures

     

    Sefan Behrens, PhD

    CEO and Co-Founder
    Gyant

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    7 min
  • Health Enterprise Partners

    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:

    Ezra Mehlman, MBA
    Managing Director
    Health Enterprise Partners

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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

     

    Links | Resources:

    Health Enterprise Partners website:

    www.hepfund.com

    Ezra Mehlman’s email:

     

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    15 min
  • MBV Summit Panel Part 2 - Pulling the lever: influencing patient activation and engagement through data interoperability

    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:

    Kristen Valdes
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer
    b.well Connected Health

     

    Meghan Robb

    Vice President
    Sg2 Product Management
    Vizient

     

    John Bardis

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    ShareMD

     

    Adrian Lawrence

    Chief Technology Officer
    ShareMD

     

    David Harvey

    Chief Executive Officer
    Panda Health

     

    Moderator:

    Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
    Vice President
    Member Backed Ventures
    Vizient

     

    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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    17 min
  • MBV Summit Panel Part 1 - A catalyst for change: COVID and the digital health necessity

    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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    16 min
  • b.well Connected Health – Part 2

    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?

     

    Links | Resources:

    b.well Connected Health Click here

    ThedaCare Click here

    MedStar Health Click here

     

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    18 min
  • b.well Connected Health – Part 1

    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

     

    Links | Resources:

    b.well Connected Health Click here

    ThedaCare Click here

    MedStar Health Click here

     

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    20 min

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