Oliver Wyman Health Podcast

Only 30 percent of C-suite healthcare leadership teams are female, according to this year's Oliver Wyman Women in Healthcare Leadership report (read our full report at health.oliverwyman.com/womeninhealthcare). Florida Blue — part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association — is above industry norm with 40 percent female C-suite representation. In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Julie Murchinson, CEO of Health Ev... Read more

Illness (not wellness) drives the U.S. healthcare delivery system. But some are trying to flip the status quo upside down, building models designed to keep patients out – not in – hospitals and clinics. In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Sam Glick, a partner in Oliver Wyman’s Health & Life Science practice, chats with Dr. Gaurov Dayal, ChenMed’s President of New Markets and Chief Growth Officer. ChenMed is a primar... Read more

What if social emotional health was taught in schools, just like reading or math? What if children experiencing trauma were taught mindfulness and about their brains? In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast recorded in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Bryce Bach, Principal in the Health & Life Sciences practice at Oliver Wyman, chats with the Momentous Institute’s Jessica Trudeau, Executive Director, and Laura Vog... Read more

So many new solutions promise to change the world. Here's how to focus on impact, not just "cool" factor, when partnering. In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Sam Glick, Partner in the Health & Life Sciences practice at Oliver Wyman, chats with Michelle Conger, the Chief Strategy Officer for OSF HealthCare, about how a dual focus on virtual reality and medical training is shaping the future state of innovation. For... Read more

Hawaii. A vacation destination known for its vibrant beaches, world-class surfing, and now a population health partnership to redefine healthcare innovation. In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Jacqueline DiChiara, Oliver Wyman Health's Podcast Producer and Editor, caught up with Dr. Stuart Baker, Executive Officer and President of Navvis, and Mike Stollar, President and CEO of the Hawaii Medical Service Association... Read more

Marcus Osborne, Walmart’s Vice President of Health Transformation, shares his views on consumer purchasing behavior, examines some fascinating data on healthcare waste tied to Walmart’s Centers of Excellence Program - Mayo Clinic, and explains how apples became one of Walmart's most purchased items. Marcus says since over half of Americans step foot inside a Walmart every week, Walmart may be one of the most impactful entities in t... Read more

In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Mudit Garg, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Qventus, talks about healthcare waste, healthcare efficiency, and artificial intelligence and machine learning’s greatest opportunities for the healthcare industry. For more information on our podcast, follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor, visit our online healthcare publication at health.oliverwyman.com, and see our full gue... Read more

Just like that old pair of bell bottoms buried in the back corner of your closet, the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is rigidly stuck in the 1960s. But a new push from the government to radically digitize a system in dire need of a modern makeover is promoting consumer centricity and is making prevention a key care delivery focus. So say our guests on this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast. Tom Robinson, a San Fra... Read more

In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Niyum Gandhi, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer of Mount Sinai Health System, shares how Mount Sinai is providing value to its healthcare customers and creating consumer-centric healthcare services. For more information on our podcast, follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor, visit our online healthcare publication at health.oliverwyman.com, and see our fu... Read more

It’s our first female-only episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast. We’re taking this opportunity to spark conversation about what it means to be a female healthcare leader, and to also examine some of the latest advancements addressing social determinants of health. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Karen DeSalvo, a primary care physician, Professor of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Texas at Austin Dell... Read more

Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney, the former (and very first) US Chief Technology Officer appointed by former US President, Barack Obama, and a keynote speaker at this year's Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit, shares his perspective on data sharing in healthcare, his excitement for the Apple Health movement, his views on Health Level Seven International, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, and more. For more inf... Read more

Dr. David B. Nash, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, and Dr. Stuart Baker, Executive Officer and President, Navvis, discuss the next wave of population health management programs. David and Stuart talk about their new joint professorship devoted to advancing population health management. For more information on our podcast, follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor, visit our online healthcare publication at health.oliverwy... Read more

John Halamka, MD, Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Healthcare System, and International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School discusses how healthcare providers can harness the true potential of innovative technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain. For more information on our podcast, follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor, visit our online healthcare publicati... Read more

Sam Hanna, Professor of Healthcare Management, Policy, and Strategy at George Washington University, discusses harnessing precision medicine’s power and potential. He predicts voice recognition devices like Amazon’s Alexa -- who already knows so much about our daily lives -- may bridge precision medicine’s past and future. For more information on our podcast, follow us on Twitter @OWHealthEditor, visit our online healthcare public... Read more

Julie Murchinson, Chief Executive Officer of Health Evolution, examines how healthcare leaders’ perceptions are shifting away from the status quo, and discusses why healthcare’s ongoing transformation parallels Copernican Theory where unconventional thinking triggered an avalanche of innovative discovery. She also discusses how to build a community of leaders that drives the industry forward and accelerates change. Julie also chats... Read more

Independence Health Group and Comcast announced a unique partnership to create an innovative patient-centered technology and communications platform. Here, Helen Leis, sits down with Brian Lobley, President of Commercial and Consumer Markets at Independence Blue Cross, and Don Mathis, General Manager of Growth at Comcast NBCUniversal, to discuss why two companies from such different ends of the spectrum came together, and what it’s... Read more

Jeremy Powell, Chief Executive Officer of Acclivity Health, chats about how his company's machine learning and deep learning solution is helping physicians deliver appropriate palliative care. Jeremy shares some of his top solutions for better care delivery and explains what’s being done to ensure patients die on their own terms. For more information about today's episode, visit http://health.oliverwyman.com/transform-care/2018/06... Read more

Sam Hanna, Professor of Healthcare Management, Policy, and Strategy at George Washington University, chats about how protecting patient information will advance patient care. Cybercriminals in healthcare are stealthy. From being able to turn off someone’s pacemaker without warning, to secretly changing someone’s prescription dosage without a pharmacist’s knowledge, cyberattacks can be devastating for health consumers.

Dr. Cory Kidd, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Catalia Health, who holds a PhD in human-robot interaction from the MIT Media Lab, discusses how robotics and artificial intelligence are advancing aging and chronic disease management. Cory shares how his company’s solving real world healthcare challenges with interactive technologies. For more information on today's episode, visit http://health.oliverwyman.com/drive-innovatio... Read more