Consumer-First Health Group

Why You Must Deliver On the Experience

Laila Waggoner continues our theme of building up the consumer muscles within healthcare organizations. Consumer transformation can feel daunting because it requires so much culture change, and Laila shares how to accelerate consumer-first innovation by living your brand differently. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s healthcare letter. What…

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Consumer Experience Success Stories Are Everywhere

Kathleen Ellmore from Engagys joins the show to continue the theme of building up the consumer muscles within healthcare organizations. Kathleen shares where providers and health plans are succeeding when it comes to consumer-focused innovation, and where they’re struggling. She also calls out the role of data as we assess how to engage with consumers….

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Medicaid Transformation: Past, Present, and Future with Alan Weil of Health Affairs

Medicaid Transformation. 1115 waivers. Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programs. Expansion. Contraction. We’ve been at this for a long time. Why isn’t Medicaid transformed already? Well… it turns out that this is really…

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How to Build Your Consumer Muscles

It’s a double-dose of awesome as Jared welcomes two guests: Alex Gray, Founder at Adapt Innovation Group, and Paul Backett, Co-Founder at Evolve Collaborative. Alex and Paul share in’s and out’s from the trenches about how to codesign consumer experiences, build the consumer muscles in your organizations, and coalesce as an industry to elevate that…

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How can health systems maximize operational efficiency using digital tools and minimize lost revenue? *Special Offer* in this episode for Health Systems.

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and John discuss healthcare financial challenges as they grapple with inflation, staffing shortages, and low margins.  85% of health system leaders expect staffing challenges to significantly impact 2023 strategies.  Vik and John discuss how do you mitigate these challenges.  One way is to maximize operational…

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Pharma’s Piece of the Consumer Puzzle

Amy West, Head of U.S. Digital Health & Innovation Strategy at Novo Nordisk, is an advocate for clinicians to embrace more human-centered approaches in treating patients, and she dives deep on how she’s seeing this in Pharma and digital therapeutics.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about VIVE. The tech and data infrastructure…

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Consumers Want Transparency, Consistency & Simplicity

Dr. Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, discusses reducing suffering by removing friction from the online experience. Press Ganey’s data show that when consumers have friction in their process of care, they question how much the provider cares about them. Dr. Lee also shares insights from his new book Healthcare’s Path Forward and what…

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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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