Beyond Cost per Meal – Food as Medicine. By Kevin Ryan, EVP The challenges related to nutrition and food insecurity (access and affordability) are systemic challenges for our most vulnerable citizens and they require a systemic solution. Millions of people with chronic conditions are having their health put at severe risk when [...]
Choosing the Best Point Solutions By Mark Stryker, EVP “Digital technology and innovation always run five years behind in healthcare.” So goes the axiom, and for those of us who’ve been around the health ecosystem, I think it used to be true. But is it still? It’s reasonably safe to say that, over [...]
Healthcare After COVID-19 Innovation Will Continue at a Faster Pace Than Ever By Roki Chauhan, M.D. From both clinical and political points of view, the COVID-19 pandemic is the most challenging medical problem in decades. Morbidity and mortality rates have been staggering, and the impact on individuals, families, businesses, and communities [...]
Though our industry has seen a flood of innovations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and no doubt will see more, old-fashioned human touch still plays a vital role in healthcare. By human touch we mean caring personal interaction with patients, whether or not it’s in-person. We also see its importance in COVID-19 [...]
Healthcare is transforming itself again, as the industry continues to make improvements in the transition from a fee-for-service model to one based on value. Correspondingly, the demand for measures of healthcare quality has grown. Innovative technologies that facilitate digital measurements of quality already exist, and now organizations such as the National Committee for Quality [...]
The Role of Chief Medical Officer Has Evolved Today’s CMO is a strategic partner positioned to effect system-wide change. By Roki Chauhan, M.D. Recently, I read an article from McKinsey & Company titled “The Rapid Evolution of the Payer Chief Medical Officer.”[1] The authors make the case that, as health plans [...]
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