Healthcare Strategies

Headlines: AI Detects Heart Failure, Surgical Uses of Telehealth

FDA approves an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identifies heart failure in seconds, the American College of Surgeons shares the best uses for telehealth in surgical practices along with guidelines for integration, and more on today's episode.

Navigating the Complex Realm of Medical Device, Drug Litigation

In this episode, Janpaul Portal, Esq, Managing Director of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation at MSP Recovery Law Firm, sheds light on the complex realm of recent legal challenges surrounding medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. With a particular focus on sleep apnea devices and insulin pricing, Portal provides valuable insights into the intricate litigation landscape within the healthcare industry.

Industry Perspectives: Rich Birhanzel, Senior Managing Director at Accenture

In this episode, Rich Birhanzel, senior managing director and global health lead at Accenture, shares the highlights from HIMSS 2024. Specifically, he dives into workforce management and generative AI trends which were the main topics of conversation at the conference.

Headlines: Some Diabetes Tools Don’t Deliver, Epic Adds Ambient Intelligence

Diabetes management tools attract a lot of physician and patient attention, but some do not live up to their promises. Epic is adding ambient intelligence to its EHRs. Medicaid disenrollments rocket past HHS projections. A proposal in the Senate would offer financial relief to providers affected by cybersecurity crises.

Engaging Community Partners to Create a Public Health Database

In this episode, we talk to Kayla Monfort, the co-director of Activate Allen County, a public health initiative in Ohio that created a database to fuel its health improvement efforts. Monfort discusses how to use data for public health and engage local partners to pool community health data.

Industry Perspectives: Michelle Flemmings, MD, Industry Exec Director at Oracle Health

Is healthcare technology helping or hurting provider burnout? And what can healthcare systems do to offer healthcare professionals more opportunities for work-life balance? These are the million-dollar--or more--questions that healthcare leaders face as they work with a shrinking pool of providers and heavy administrative burdens. Michelle Flemmings, MD, industry executive and market development director for healthcare in North America’s cloud infrastructure at Oracle Health, addresses these questions and shares what brings her hope amid these challenges.
 
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Headlines: Change Healthcare Cyberattack, AI App for Ears

A cyberattack at Change Healthcare has crippled large segments of the healthcare industry. Also, a new AI app might detect a certain pediatric ear infection better than humans.

Breaking Down the Relationship Between Payers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Pharmacy benefit managers and payers have a lot of influence over prescription drug affordability, but does their traditional working model actually benefit health plan members? Alison Lum, vice president of pharmacy services at Blue Shield of California, shares what needs to change about the PBM-payer relationship to improve prescription drug costs and access to care.

Using Risk Stratification to Drive Suicide Prevention Efforts

The mental health crisis in the United States has contributed to an increase in suicide deaths in recent years. Kimberly Roaten, PhD, ABPP, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and associate chief quality and safety officer for Behavioral Health - Parkland Health, and Jacqueline Naeem, MD, senior medical director at Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), share how health systems can help prevent suicides in their populations using a data-informed risk stratification approach.

Exploring Male Birth Control Development in a Post-Dobbs World

In this episode, Stephanie Page, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute, Robert B. McMillen Professor of Medicine in Lipid Research and head of the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, discusses the role of male birth control in the global unplanned pregnancy epidemic. Page describes existing and developing male contraceptive methods with Healthcare Strategies.