About the show

Radio Advisory is your weekly download on how to untangle healthcare's most pressing challenges, powered by 40 years of Advisory Board research.

Whether it's workforce shortages, industry disruptors, or health equity strategy, we're here to help. Host and seasoned researcher Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with industry experts to equip you with knowledge to confront today’s unanswered questions in healthcare. New episodes drop every Tuesday. | www.advisory.com

Episodes

  • 189: A preview of Advisory Board's 2024 research

    December 12th, 2023  |  24 mins 57 secs
    clinical workforce, strategy, technology, value-based care

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites 11 Advisory Board experts to discuss what's on their radar – and what should be on yours, too – as we approach 2024.

  • 188: The business case for investing in women's health

    December 5th, 2023  |  32 mins 34 secs

    Host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board's Gaby Marmolejos, Kara Marlatt, and Ellie Wiles to discuss the financial imperative and opportunities of investing in holistic women's health.

  • 187: ChristianaCare's comprehensive, CFO-approved approach to behavioral health care

    November 28th, 2023  |  36 mins 19 secs
    behavioral health

    In this episode, guest host Abby Burns invites ChristianaCare's Chief Biopsychosocial Officer, Erin Booker, to discuss how Erin is driving—and making the case for—a comprehensive and holistic behavioral health care strategy.

  • 186: The new era of drugs is now

    November 21st, 2023  |  26 mins 4 secs

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board pharmacy experts Rachel Peroutky and Chloe Bakst to discuss how stakeholders should be preparing themselves for the new era of pharmaceutical drugs.

  • 185: AI adoption: why you can't afford to "wait and see"

    November 14th, 2023  |  26 mins 47 secs
    technology

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board digital health experts Ty Aderhold and Elysia Culver to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being an early mover or fast follower of AI, and how the industry needs to be thinking about AI adoption and integration.

  • 184: Coverage whiplash: the headache of Medicaid redeterminations and how to respond

    November 7th, 2023  |  32 mins 44 secs

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board health plan experts Chelsea Needham and Sally Kim to discuss Medicaid coverage changes, how health plans are responding, and why Medicaid redeterminations continue to be a headache following the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

  • 183: John Muir Health and Optum reflect on what makes their partnership work

    October 31st, 2023  |  35 mins 15 secs
    leadership, strategy

    Host Rachel Woods invites John Muir Chief Strategy Officer George Sauter and President of Optum’s Market Performance Partnership Chris Pass to discuss the qualities that make their business partnership a success.

  • 182: Should your partnership strategy go global?

    October 24th, 2023  |  26 mins 3 secs
    strategy

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board international experts Paul Trigonoplos and Isis Monteiro to discuss why global partnerships are accelerating, how organizations are leveraging these partnerships, and whether all health systems should be pursuing global partnerships.

  • 181: Does healthcare's approach to obesity harm patients?

    October 17th, 2023  |  34 mins 13 secs

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites health equity expert Darby Sullivan and pharmacy expert Chloe Bakst to discuss how the healthcare industry's traditional approaches to treating obese patients may be doing more harm than good.

  • 180: Tom Lawry on why AI has a PR problem

    October 10th, 2023  |  34 mins 16 secs
    technology

    Microsoft's former head of AI, now managing director of Second Century Tech, Tom Lawry returns to Radio Advisory to discuss the buzz, fears, and opportunities around truly transformational generative AI technologies.

  • 179: Future-proofing healthcare requires a tech-enabled workforce

    October 3rd, 2023  |  28 mins 14 secs
    clinical workforce, technology

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board experts Allyson Paiewonsky and Jordan Peterson to discuss what organizations are getting wrong about technology, and why it has potential to sustainably alleviate the workforce crisis in the long term.

  • 178: What the industry is (still) getting wrong about value-based care

    September 26th, 2023  |  29 mins 27 secs
    value-based care

    In this episode, host Rachel Woods invites Advisory Board value-based care expert Daniel Kuzmanovich and Optum Advisory Service's SVP of value-based care, Erik Johnson, to discuss the mindset shifts they think leaders should be making when pursuing a sustainable value-based care strategy.