As host and head of content for Radio Advisory, Rachel (also known as “Rae”) plans and prioritizes episodes based on the most pressing challenges of the day. As host, Rae interviews industry experts, breaking down the top issues executives should be thinking about and eliciting the actionable next steps healthcare leaders should take.
Rachel (Rae) Woods has hosted 176 Episodes.
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76: Transparency and surprise billing: The biggest policies coming your way
May 25th, 2021 | 24 mins 34 secs
health policy and the biden-harris administration
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Rob Lazerow and Heather Bell to talk about how three new policies—hospital price transparency, payer price transparency, and surprise billing—will affect the health care industry.
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75: The Covid-19 outlook right now is good. And the media is missing it.
May 18th, 2021 | 30 mins 8 secs
covid-19
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Brandi Greenberg and Christopher Kerns to talk about the biggest misconceptions about Covid-19 that they've heard in the media and why the Covid-19 outlook is actually good.
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73: Nurses Week 2021: How to go beyond "thank you" and help nurses heal
May 11th, 2021 | 31 mins 35 secs
clinical workforce
Host Rachel Woods sits down with nursing experts Karl Whitemarsh and Maddie Langr to celebrate nurses week by talking about what health care leaders can do to make nurses truly feel valued and supported, beyond just thanking them.
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71: How CommonSpirit Health is using systemness to drive population health
May 4th, 2021 | 38 mins 9 secs
systemness, value-based care
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Dr. Alisahah Cole, system VP of population health innovation and policy at CommonSpirit Health, to talk about how one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the country uses systemness to drive its population health efforts.
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69: CEO Warner Thomas on 20 years of digital innovation at Ochsner Health
April 27th, 2021 | 42 mins 13 secs
strategy, technology
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health, to talk about the future of digital health and Ochsner’s long history of investing in the space.
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68: Seattle Children's approach to behavioral health
April 20th, 2021 | 41 mins 5 secs
behavioral health
Host Rachel Woods sits down with a team from Seattle Children's—Ginger Hines, executive director, Sheryl Morelli, medical director and CMO, and Larry Wissow, chair of pediatric psychology and behavioral medicine, to talk about the behavioral health issues children are facing in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic.
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67: An update on the physician landscape, one year later
April 13th, 2021 | 28 mins 9 secs
clinical workforce, physician landscape
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Sarah Hostetter and Daniel Kuzmanovich to look back at how the physician landscape has changed in the past year.
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66: There is no playbook: Why we can't compare the pandemic to the Great Recession
April 6th, 2021 | 29 mins 4 secs
covid-19
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Yulan Egan and Christopher Kerns to talk about why you shouldn't use the 2008-2009 recession as a proxy for the challenges we faced and will continue to face in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic why we need to throw out the recession playbook entirely.
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65: Your organization likely doesn't have enough women leaders—here's how to fix that
March 30th, 2021 | 45 mins 55 secs
clinical workforce, health equity and racism, leadership
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Erickajoy Daniels, SVP and chief diversity equity and inclusion officer at Advocate Aurora, to talk about how organizations can increase the number of women and women of color in senior leadership positions.
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64: Why Contessa's CEO believes hospital at home benefits everyone (including hospitals)
March 23rd, 2021 | 36 mins 26 secs
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Travis Messina, co-founder and CEO of Contessa, to discuss why he believes at-home care can be beneficial not only to patients, but to hospitals as well, and how Contessa has helped hospitals in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic.
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63: Vaccine hunters, shoppers, avoiders (oh my!)
March 16th, 2021 | 31 mins 51 secs
covid-19
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Brandi Greenberg to talk about where Covid-19 vaccine progress stands in the United States currently and what strategies health leaders can use to distribute vaccines more equitably.
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62: How Parkland is vaccinating Dallas County—and reducing health inequity
March 9th, 2021 | 47 mins 14 secs
covid-19, health equity and racism
Host Rachel Woods sits down with Fred Cerise, CEO of Parkland Health and Hospital System, and Steve Miff, president and CEO of Parkland's Center for Clinical Innovation, to talk about the role health systems play in reducing inequities in Covid-19 vaccinations and why building community trust should be the backbone of any vaccination campaign.