Consumer-First Health Group

Why Transportation Matters In the Consumer Health Experience

Andy Auerbach shares how SafeRide Health partners with Lyft and other rideshare services to provide non-emergency transportation to health plan members, and how it decreases no-show rates and call center volumes. Join Andy and host Jared Johnson as they discuss how access, availability, and reliability all play a role in the member experience. All that,…

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Making Brands Competitive In the Modern Marketplace

Paul Fahey from Smith & Jones discusses the evolution of healthcare brands as they strive to be competitive in a consumer-first marketplace. Join Paul and host Jared Johnson as they share opportunities for healthcare leaders to evolve the strategy conversation, because we weren’t the ones who created the siloed business systems, we’re still responsible for…

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Why Firefly’s Employer Model Is Gaining Traction

Guest host Mitch Holdwick joins Jared to profile Firefly Health and evaluate their disruptive potential in the employer space.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Dispatch Health’s ED-to-Home program. Can their transition program ease hospital overcrowding, and how can we encourage more partnerships between traditional and nontraditional healthcare?  This show is produced…

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Current Health’s CEO On Best Buy’s Care At Home Roadmap

Chris McCann, CEO and Co-Founder of Current Health, dives into Best Buy’s healthcare strategy and how care at home plays an important part in creating amazing consumer experiences. Current Health was acquired by Best Buy in November 2021 for $400 million. What does that mean for consumers?  All that, plus the Flava of the Week…

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Setting the Table for Consumer Innovation

Ashley Conger gives us a roadmap for designing consumer experiences that address real people. Professionals involved with consumer-centered design seem to have many different titles and live in many different departments, so we need to prop the door open and set a big table in order to build up the community.  All that, plus the…

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Aledade’s $1 Billion in Primary Care Savings

Guest host Mitch Holdwick joins Jared to profile Aledade, the physician-led ACO that has saved independent primary care providers more than a billion dollars.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the bigger picture that’s being revealed by CVS’ acquisition of Oak Street Health. What could happen if hospitals and health systems finally…

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Should Patients Be Charged for Messages to their Doctors?

Cleveland Clinic recently announced that they would begin . This flies in the face of everything the industry is talking about when it comes to patient engagement and value-based care. At the same time, it is quite unreasonable to think that a doctor…

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Freeing up clinical staff from diagnosing and reporting system issues to focus on patients

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, we welcome Johnathan Klaus to cohost the episode. John is an experienced nurse and has worked in large academic medical center for many years in the cardiac department. He brings wealth of clinical knowledge to the team and we welcome him to cohost the podcast. Jimmy…

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Can Consumers, Medicine & Digital Health Coexist?

Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at University of Rochester Medical Center, gives insights into the ecosystem where digital health startups, consumers, and academic medicine intersect for the good of a population. Join him as he discusses using technology to increase access to care and how he gave up his clinical practice in pursuit of…

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An Inside Look at Epic Cheers

Sam Seering gives an inside look at Epic Cheers, Epic’s CRM platform. He gives a tour of how technology enables better consumer experiences and provides the groundwork for personalizing health journeys. Go beyond the buzzwords and hear straight from the source.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Harvard Medical School withdrawing from…

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