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DeviceTalks Podcast Network Ellingson Shares Solventum’s Next Steps, Baxter’s Mirza on its Connected Future, Wrap up of ADAIn this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, host Tom Salemi sits down with Rachel Ellingson, chief strategy and corporate development officer at Solventum, recorded live at DeviceTalks Minnesota. Ellingson shares a rare perspective on leading medical device companies through major transitions, drawing on her experience at Zimmer Biomet during the ZimVie spinout and now at the helm of a business spun out from 3M Healthcare. She compares the two experiences and outlines what’s ahead for Solventum. In our Future of MedTech Opportunities (FOMO) segment, Kayleen Brown speaks with Athar Mirza, VP of global infusion systems at Baxter Inte...

2025-06-281h 21

Inside Angle Care chronicles: A story on the slopes from Jared SorensenThis podcast details the healthcare experience of a boy in a ski accident from the perspective of his dad, who also happens to be a revenue cycle solutions specialist.

2025-06-1917 min

The Beat AI @ ViVE: Maximizing Ambient Clinician Documentation with SolventumIn this episode of The Beat, host Sandy Vance sits down with Solventum’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Travis Bias, to explore how ambient clinician documentation is transforming healthcare. As AI-powered solutions continue to evolve, clinicians are under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality care while managing growing administrative demands. Dr. Bias shares how Solventum is leveraging artificial intelligence to support ambient listening tools that streamline documentation, without replacing the human touch. Together, they discuss the technology’s accuracy, its role in clinical workflows, and why physicians who don’t adapt may find themselves falling behind. Tune in to learn...

2025-05-2218 min

Inside Angle What will it take to integrate behavioral and physical healthcare?Elizabeth Matney and Dr. Travis Bias talk about redesigning the behavioral health system on the Inside Angle podcast.

2025-03-2437 min

Inside Angle Navigating the never-static cybersecurity landscapeCybersecurity is vital in today's cloud-based world. Learn about the journey Solventum took to StateRAMP and FedRAMP certification.

2025-03-0730 min

Inside Angle Leaking revenue? Try looking upstreamDenials management should be proactive. Learn about an upstream approach.

2025-02-0706 min

Inside Angle Ambient technology: Going beyond the DictaphoneJourneying through new technology can be difficult, but new tools can increase care quality and reduce physician burnout.

2025-01-0617 min

Mommy Dentists in Business 295: Interview with Advanced Clinical Applications Specialist at Solventum, Jen Post RDH, MDHJen is a 1999 graduate of the University of South Dakota with degrees in Nursing, Psychology and Dental Hygiene. Jen received her master's degree in dental hygiene from the University of Minnesota in 2013. She was previously an adjunct professor of dental hygiene at the University of Minnesota where she lectured, worked hands on with dental, dental therapy and dental hygiene students and conducted research. Jen also spent time as an investigator for the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General specializing in investigations of health care providers. She has been a licensed dental hygienist since 1999. Jen joined 3M (now...

2024-12-1330 min

Inside Angle From basement job to cool kid: CIO 3.0Artificial intelligence and ambient solutions are on their way to transforming the way we provide healthcare. The conundrum? Using these tools for patient care while ensuring the security of patient data in the electronic health record (EHR). So, how do we advance our health system safely? CIO of Brooke Army Medical Center Chani Cordero gives her take.

2024-12-1210 min

Inside Angle Collaboration to combat burnoutPhysician burnout is a global concern, and health systems are searching for innovative ways to address clinician pain points. Emirates Health System (EHS) worked alongside physicians to identify solutions aimed at reducing burnout and administrative tasks. Join the global movement toward reducing physician burnout and find out more about the EHS technology implementation project from Dr. Yaser Abuhajjaj.

2024-11-1922 min

Inside Angle Sepsis education, preventive care and denials managementSepsis denials can be a challenge for organizations, but education can address denials and improve patient care.

2024-10-2409 min

Inside Angle Reclaiming breathing room with ambient technologyPhysician burnout is overwhelming clinicians, but ambient technology can help create time to care.

2024-10-0824 min

Inside Angle EHR and autonomous coding: Why both?What exactly does autonomous coding mean and how is it different from tools within the electronic health record (EHR)? Dive into the definition of coding automation with Diana Ortiz as she explains the ways EHRs and coding solutions work together to achieve complete and compliant documentation.

2024-08-2006 min

Leben mit Aktien | Der Podcast für Anleger mit Weitblick Spin-offs: Was tun mit den neuen Aktien? | Plus: 3M - Solventum, Unilever, KeringWirtschaftsWoche Leben mit Aktien Diese Woche in Leben mit Aktien: Das Ganze sehen: Der Kanzler im Kreuzverhör – was Olaf Scholz im Talk mit Horst von Buttlar (nicht) gesagt hat (ca. Min. 12). Das ausführliche Interview lesen Sie hier: https://www.wiwo.de/29715122.html Das liegt im Trend: Der Krisenkonzern 3M spaltet sein Gesundheitsgeschäft ab – welche Logik dahinter steht, was die neue Solventum-Aktie kann und ob Spin-offs sich für Aktionäre lohnen (ca. Min. 12) Eine Frage der Größe: Schmelzende Margen – warum Unilever nach Margarine und Tee auch das Eis-Geschäft um Ben & Jerry...

2024-03-2745 min

Inside Angle How can we harness social determinants of health data?You may be familiar with social drivers of health (SDoH), but do you know how they are documented and shared as part of the medical record? Can sharing SDoH data ultimately improve care and close health equity gaps? Get answers from Lauren Riplinger, JD, and Priya Bathija as they describe what some health systems are doing to record SDoH and ideas for how we can do even more.

2024-03-1135 min

Inside Angle Prioritizing people to advance health equityHow can we infuse health equity into a system that wasn't originally created with that goal in mind? Dr. Melissa Clarke sat down with Dr. Aditi Mallick, acting director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) to discuss social drivers of health, risk adjustment and other factors that impact health equity. Discover CMS models that are currently being employed to advance health equity and dive into new models coming down the pipeline.

2024-02-0925 min

Inside Angle Is AI the new mother of invention?Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have revealed a world of ideas for new devices, vaccines and other inventions, but are those creations unpatentable? How can humans work collaboratively with AI to create an effective inventive system? Our guest Robert Plotkin, author and patent attorney at Blueshift IP, dives into the nuances surrounding AI and invention and how these tools are revolutionizing discovery as we know it.

2024-01-1132 min

Inside Angle Tech in health care and the digital black bagThere is no shortage of burnout in the health care industry today, but "ridiculous optimist" Dr. David Butler thinks there is hope on the horizon. He expands on the concept of the "digital black bag" and how generative artificial intelligence and emerging technologies like ChatGPT can increase health care access, decrease physician burnout and improve health outcomes.

2023-12-1430 min

Inside Angle Medicare Advantage: An origin storyMedicare Advantage has been around for decades, but how much do you know about this historic program? Learn directly from one of the driving forces behind Medicare Advantage, Tom Scully, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). He dives into the history of the program, how health plans have evolved over time and how value-based care models will shape the future of health care.

2023-11-1636 min

Inside Angle Taking action on health equity: Six levers of transformation for hospitalsThe landscape around health equity continues to evolve, and recent regulations and measures have been introduced to help address the issue, but what role can hospitals and health systems play in closing existing health equity gaps? Dr. Melissa Clarke sat down with two experts from the American Hospital Association (AHA), Joy Lewis and Akin Demehin, to explore equity-based best practices and actionable steps hospitals can take to strive toward greater health equity.

2023-10-3142 min

Inside Angle Looking back and moving forward: The Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment SystemForty years after its implementation, the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) has been a largely successful payment system. What led to this victory and what best practices can we take away on the road to value-based care? Take a step back in time with Rich Averill as he describes the history of IPPS and glimpse into the future of how this history could inform future programs.

2023-09-1133 min

Inside Angle Improving outpatient outcomes with the right data at the right time https://insideangle.3m.com/his/podcast-post/Outpatient procedures are growing in popularity due to cost effectiveness and convenience, and some procedures, like orthopedic surgery, are moving off the inpatient only list. How can we ensure the continued safety of these procedures outside of the hospital setting? Join our guest Miki Patterson, PhD as she describes how data from outpatient visits can be analyzed and applied to create time to care for clinicians and lead to cheaper, safer, more effective health care for patients.

2023-08-1031 min

Inside Angle The future is bright: Speech recognition and natural language understandingSpeech recognition technology has been around for longer than you might think. Discover how it has evolved and advanced over the years from Thomas Schaaf, principal research scientist at 3M HIS. He started his career in the speech recognition environment in the 1990s, working for companies like Amazon and Toshiba. Listen as he shares his insights into the future of the technology for health care and beyond.

2023-07-1817 min

Inside Angle From symbolic to deep learning: The evolution of AIArtificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing at a remarkable rate and there is a lot to consider when it comes to how applications like ChatGPT are used and regulated. In this episode, Prem Devanbu, distinguished research professor at UC Davis and renowned expert in empirical software engineering and AI, reflects on the evolution of large language models, deep learning, natural language understanding and more.

2023-06-1525 min

Inside Angle Evidence-based approaches to improving maternal health outcomesMothers in the United States face a reality of worsening maternal mortality and morbidity rates, especially mothers in the BIPOC community. What factors are contributing to these maternal health outcomes inequities and how can we reverse this negative trend? In this Inside Angle episode, Dr. Steven Calvin, board-certified OB-GYN and maternal-fetal medicine physician, shares his more than 40 years of experience caring for moms and babies, and discusses ways maternal outcomes could be improved.

2023-05-1122 min

Inside Angle More than grit: The tools for resilienceAll of us have experienced trauma in our lives. How has trauma shaped your life and what did you learn from that experience? For Allison Massari, navigating a life altering accident and its aftermath has taught her many lessons and continues to inform her unique perspective on resilience and healing. Hear Allison's story and don't miss her full keynote at the 3M Client Experience Summit, May 22-25 in Atlanta.

2023-04-0627 min

Inside Angle Pushing the boundaries of AI in health careTechnology isn't a cure all for every problem facing the U.S. health care industry, but saving a doctor 30 minutes every day so they can spend more time with patients is something worth working toward. Thomas Polzin, director of natural language processing at 3M Health Information Systems, explores how natural language understanding, machine learning and artificial intelligence can work transform how clinicians deliver care.

2023-03-1623 min

Inside Angle Beyond the hype: Health care startups and venture capitalInterested in learning about health care startups and what they can bring to the table, but aren't able to attend technology conferences? Look past the colorful booths and swag and dig into true health care innovation with Chelsea Plant, an investment manager with 3M Ventures. She provides key insight on what many of these companies are focused on for 2023 and beyond, discussing factors that go into a successful startup and a successful partnership.

2023-02-1630 min

Inside Angle Wading through words: Finding the right health information at the right timeThe average patient chart contains thousands of words and those words add up fast when caring for multiple patients a day. Doctors everywhere can be overwhelmed with all this data, that is often scattered throughout emails, electronic health records (EHRs) and phone calls, but what is the solution to this information overload? How can we redesign EHRs and other health care tools to support the way doctors work today? Dr. Subha Airan-Javia, hospitalist for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and CEO and co-founder of CareAlign, proposes ideas to relieve the cognitive load placed on providers.

2023-01-2632 min

Inside Angle The role of risk adjustment in value-based careIs your health system considering taking on more downside risk? In this episode, join Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, global chief medical officer at 3M Health Information Systems, as he dives into key Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurer payment trends that will influence risk adjustment, quality and population health.

2022-11-2922 min

Inside Angle From science fiction to reality: Speech recognition evolutionIn this episode, AI evangelist Juggy Jagannathan, PhD, discusses the advancement of speech recognition technology with Detlef Koll, global vice president of research and development at 3M Health Information Systems. Travel along the timeline of speech recognition history, starting with isolated word speech recognition all the way to continuous word speech recognition and automatic transcription technologies that create time to care for physicians.

2022-10-2530 min

Inside Angle Striving for anti-racism in health care: Putting ideas into actionWhat does it mean to be an anti-racist health care organization? How can health systems move beyond buzzwords and check boxes to take real action toward achieving health equity? In this episode, host Dr. Melissa Clarke and guest DeAnna Minus-Vincent, executive vice president, chief social justice and accountability officer at RWJBarnabas Health System, explore how small change can drive systemic change and ultimately lead to more equitable care for all.

2022-09-2929 min

Inside Angle Strengthening care by focusing on health workforce retentionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers were hailed as heroes, but many have since decided to leave the health workforce. Why? In this episode, host Dr. Travis Bias and guest Dr. Bianca Frogner, professor in the family medicine department in the School of Medicine at University of Washington, take a closer look at issues affecting health care workforce retention and recruitment, like lagging wages, lack of coordination and workplace violence.

2022-08-2335 min

Inside Angle Digital empathy in the time of telemedicineTelemedicine is far from perfect, but during the COVID-19 pandemic it became an essential tool for delivering care. Will the trend towards telemedicine continue after the pandemic, or fall by the wayside? Dr. Matt Sakumoto, a virtualist primary care physician at Sutter Health in San Francisco, describes the concept of digital empathy in telemedicine and how it could help this technology be more than just a blip on the health care radar.

2022-07-1930 min

Inside Angle How value-based care does (and doesn't) improve health equityLet's face it: Value-based payment models are still a work in progress. How can we create value-based programs so that historically underserved populations, both rural and urban, can experience improved care outcomes? Dive into the topics of health equity, advanced payment model design and more with guest Dr. Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medical ethics and health policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

2022-06-1630 min

Inside Angle Transforming health care with UX designGreat user experience is paramount in our digital world. But it doesn't always translate to health care settings. With more than 20 years as a usability/user experience (UX) engineer and manager, Dr. Randolph Bias has spent his career helping software developers make human-computer interfaces "user friendly." Learn how these ideas can be applied to the medical world, including in the electronic health record (EHR) and for advancing telemedicine.

2022-05-1024 min

Inside Angle Meet our new Inside Angle podcast hosts: Dr. Melissa Clarke and Dr. Travis BiasIntroducing Dr. Melissa Clarke and Dr. Travis Bias, new hosts of the Inside Angle podcast! Dr. Clarke is senior medical director for health care transformation and health equity, and Dr. Bias is chief medical officer of the clinician solutions business at 3M Health Information Systems. In this episode, Melissa and Travis discuss everything from their time providing health care and training to physicians abroad, to how we can address physician burnout and incorporate technology to meaningfully impact care outcomes and payment models. Each month Melissa and Travis will talk to industry experts about the challenges they face...

2022-04-1927 min

Inside Angle Value-based conundrum: How to measure complexity and value in primary careGetting into health care somewhat accidentally as a child, Dr. Kyna Fong, CEO and co-founder of Elation Health, set out to create clinical first technology to bolster primary care. What is clinical first technology? Listen to Dr. Fong's perspective on the importance of health care innovation that supports the core of care: the physician patient relationship.

2022-03-1526 min

Inside Angle CDI program promise landWhen South Shore Hospital Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Director Kim Conner was tasked with analyzing the organization's existing CDI program, she decided it was time for big changes. In this episode, Kim shares how she worked alongside coding, quality and physician teams to ensure complete and accurate documentation of patient encounters. Physician buy in through positive, data driven feedback and education has been key to the organization's success, as well as recognizing physician burnout and working on ways to reduce it.

2022-01-2524 min

Inside Angle Bringing the consumer's voice to health careWhat are the fundamental drivers of high costs and low quality care in the U.S. health care system? In this episode, Sophia Tripoli, director of health care innovation at Families USA, describes her organization/s work on value initiatives that focus on re-orienting the health care system to deliver health. She also discusses forwarding consumer-focused policy agendas to improve health care delivery and payment systems.

2021-11-1529 min

Inside Angle How payment reforms address social determinants of healthMany states and health plans have adopted value-based payment models to address social determinants of health. How do these models work and are they working? In this episode, William Bleser, PhD at Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, digs into the details of some of these models, bringing to light key strategies for successful payment reform and pitfalls to avoid.

2021-10-2129 min

Inside Angle What makes a good doctor? The role of board certificationIn order to practice medicine, doctors have to take and pass board certification exams to prove they are current in their field. Dr. Richard Baron, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, reveals the importance of these exams beyond testing medical knowledge. He shares ideas about the future of primary care, quality measurement and what it truly means to be a good doctor.

2021-10-0533 min

Inside Angle A key solution to health care costs and quality is staring us in the faceWhen U.S. business leaders noticed that their employees in other countries were getting better care and outcomes for less cost than in the U.S., they knew something needed to change. Enter the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder organization dedicated to sharing best practices to support the growth of high performing primary care. Ann Greiner, president and CEO of the PCC, describes the organization's work and commitment to finding a solution to the current state of primary care in the U.S.

2021-09-1025 min

Inside Angle Reducing health care costs: You can't improve what you don't measureHow can we fix the U.S. health care system so that it is both less costly and provides better patient outcomes? It's a complicated question with no easy answer. One solution is to invest more in high quality primary care, with an emphasis on continuity of care that fosters a partnership between providers and patients. Chris Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, shares how the organization is working with public officials to improve the health of all populations and their work with states to set health care cost growth targets.

2021-08-1123 min

Inside Angle Professionalism and values in health careHave you ever created a bucket list? Has overwork and burnout prevented you from realizing those dreams? Ben Nemtin wrote the book "What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?" to remind us to step back from the day to day and focus on helping ourselves and others achieve lifelong dreams.

2021-07-2110 min

Inside Angle What does the future of health care look like?The health care industry is changing. Is your organization keeping up? Best selling author, inventor and technologist Nicholas Webb explores the trends disrupting the current state of health care and details three things that hospitals and clinics can do to prepare for survival.

2021-07-1910 min

Inside Angle Breaking free from the health care status quoEmployers are fed up with the current health care system. They recognize that high quality care means a healthier workforce and are looking to hospitals, health systems and health plans to move faster on health reform. Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health, discusses her organization's innovative work redesigning care delivery and driving affordability.

2021-07-0727 min

Inside Angle Never pay the first bill: Investigating the high cost of health careWhy are health care costs so much higher in the U.S. compared with other countries? In his new book "Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win," investigative reporter and author Marshall Allen shares stories from real people dealing with high medical bills and details concrete steps for how individuals and employers can challenge the system.

2021-06-2231 min

Inside Angle Standardized care or clinical flexibility? Finding the right balanceCare guidelines and protocols are designed to address discreet aspects of health, not necessarily the complexities of the human condition. When Dr. Elvin Geng of Washington University in St. Louis realized standard rules and practice were preventing him from addressing a complicated issue for a patient, he recognized the situation called for more discretionary decision making, evidence of what our second guest, author Michael Lipsky, discusses in his seminal book "The Street-Level Bureaucrat." Find out how this concept relates to health care and how it is now shaping the way care is delivered.

2021-06-0131 min

Inside Angle A return to relationship-oriented health careAt its core, health care is fundamentally about relationships. Yet, over the last several decades, care delivery has evolved into a transactional model reinforced by EHR tick boxes, shift work and the notion that clinicians are interchangeable. Dr. Christine Sinsky, Vice President for the American Medical Association, discusses her research on physician burnout and the connection between better patient outcomes and patient-clinician relationships based on trust and continuity.

2021-05-1826 min

Inside Angle When primary care fires on all cylindersOur nation's health care delivery system falls short when it comes to disease prevention and health promotion. Can we embrace the idea of health "holism" -- treating the whole person, not just the physical symptoms of a disease -- into our modern care delivery and payment systems? In this episode, Wayne Jonas, MD, describes how to bring primary care back to the forefront of the U.S. health care model.

2021-05-0430 min

Inside Angle Reducing inequities in health care deliveryHow do we provide physicians with the right resources to meet the needs of the people they serve? What will it take to ensure the best possible care when social factors hinder successful outcomes? In this episode, Dr. Bob Phillips, Executive Director of The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care with the American Board of Family Medicine, discusses the value of using community vital signs to identify at-risk populations, and advocates for payment redesign that accounts for social determinants of health (SDoH), which would enable more resources to meet the intensity of work for people with greater needs.

2021-04-2030 min

Inside Angle Financing U.S. health care to invest in the futureAmong the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: Whether it's gaps in our public health system or obstacles to adoption of telemedicine, the way we finance health care in the U.S. doesn't always match what we want from health care. Rebecca Etz, Ph.D., a cultural anthropologist with Virginia Commonwealth University and a leading expert on integrating mental and behavioral health into primary care practice, joins the Inside Angle podcast to discuss how outdated health care finance policies don't necessarily help people be well, prevent disease or avoid a hospital stay.

2021-04-0827 min

Inside Angle Seeing value from the patient's perspectiveWhat might a better value-based payment model look like and what tools do we need in order to create that model? Dr. Gordon Moore discusses a vision for the future of value-based care with Kenton Johnston, PhD, MPH, dissecting the topics of risk adjustment, quality measures, accountable care organizations and more.

2021-03-1825 min

Inside Angle Giving small physician practices a larger voiceHow can small physician practices be supported in their work? In what ways can practices grow their voice to get the attention of payers and ultimately realize the goals of value-based care? In this episode, Dr. Jen Brull discusses taking her practice in Plainville Kansas on a journey of continual improvement that led her to a national role as vice president of clinical engagement for Aledade, a company that helps geographically disparate primary care practices form accountable care organizations and deliver successful value-based care.

2021-03-0425 min

Inside Angle Empowering primary care with better access to trusted dataBetter patient outcomes depend on high quality primary care, but primary care providers often don't get the data they need to fully understand the unique needs of their patients. In this episode, Beth Bortz, president and CEO of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation, explores how the right data in the hands of PCPs can move the needle on payment and delivery system reform.

2021-02-1630 min

Inside Angle Helping patients navigate their unique health journeysFounded in 1963 as a health and beauty store, CVS has evolved over its 50-year history, but always maintained a focus on making health care local and accessible. In this episode, Dr. Dan Knecht of CVS Health discusses how the company's 2018 acquisition of Aetna is driving innovative, new programs where CVS clinical pharmacists are applying health plan data to identify gaps in care, improve medication adherence, and help patients manage chronic conditions like diabetes--all with the goal of helping people make progress on their unique health journeys.

2021-01-1419 min

Inside Angle Frailty Index: Predicting length of stay and complicationsHealth care procedures can be risky for certain cohorts of patients. How can we identify these patients are and weigh the benefits and risks of performing certain procedures? In this episode, Dr. Victoria Sharp explores the idea of a frailty index, which scores patients based on key frailty factors to determine good candidates for surgery or other procedures. Could a frailty index provide a more well rounded view of a patient's health, leading to better outcomes?

2020-12-1721 min

Inside Angle A COVID-19 silver lining? Overcoming roadblocks to innovationOne silver lining of these COVID-19 times? The willingness to be inventive, try new approaches and invest resources in improving care outcomes. In this episode, Samantha Olds Frey, CEO of the Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans, describes what happened when health plans came together with Illinois Medicaid to support members facing unprecedented challenges arising from the pandemic.

2020-11-2421 min

Inside Angle Super utilizers: A breakthrough approach to care managementNationwide, emergency departments struggle with super utilizers, those patients who come into the ED as often as once a day. How can hospitals reduce utilization to bring down costs and still improve outcomes? Jason Greenspan, MD, associate chief medical officer with Emergent Medical Associates describes a breakthrough approach to care management.

2020-10-1324 min

Inside Angle The role of health plans in addressing social determinants of healthWhat problems can be solved when health plans collaborate with each other rather than compete? In this episode, we explore Project Link, a new forum that brings health plans together to understand the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on their members. In this episode, Michelle Jester, Executive Director of Social Determinants of Health for America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), describes innovative approaches to solving SDOH challenges achieved through health plan communication and collaboration.

2020-09-2432 min

Inside Angle Telemedicine during the pandemic: Finding the right approachTelemedicine has been around for a long time, but many health care organizations made the first moves into telehealth with the COVID-19 public health emergency. Even before the pandemic, Washington DC-based Unity Health Care devised a telemedicine strategy that targeted underserved populations. How has the pandemic impacted Unity's program and will its current initiative become the new norm? Drs. Angela Diop and Andrew Robie discuss the present and future of Unity's telemedicine services and detail strategies your organization can use to bolster its telehealth efforts.

2020-08-2729 min

Inside Angle Planning for the future during a time of crisisAs health care organizations face unprecedented challenges brought on by the pandemic, how can they plan for a post-COVID-19 world? In this episode, Matt Eyles, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), discusses new approaches AHIP members are taking to ensure continued coverage and address surprise billing, while focusing on the big picture issues of social determinants of health and systemic racism -- all while working within state budgets that have been strained by the pandemic. What interventions will have the greatest impact, both today and in the future?

2020-08-1329 min

Inside Angle Health care pricing: Why it's time to consider big changesIn his New York Times best-selling book "The Price We Pay," Dr. Marty Makary discusses the worsening crisis of high health care costs and the impact on quality of care. Is price transparency the answer? Listen to the latest podcast episode for Dr. Makary's perspective and hear about his work as a Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor of public health, where he is researching ways to bridge the divide between cost and quality.

2020-07-2833 min

Inside Angle Making things simple in user experience isn't always simpleElectronic health records give providers an enormous amount of information, but finding relevant patient information can be like finding a needle in a haystack. The result: cognitive overload for providers, leading to wasted time and physician burnout. In this episode, 3M User Experience (UX) Design Team Lead Anna Abovyan explores ways to reduce the cognitive load on physicians by designing technology that is intuitive, easy to use, and helps, not hinders patient care.

2020-07-1026 min

Inside Angle Bringing successful whole person care to high needs/high cost patientsThe COVID-19 pandemic has put extraordinary stress on state Medicaid budgets. Enrollment is increasing, along with direct and indirect costs, at a time of declining state revenues. What can be done to mitigate these issues? CareMore Health, an integrated health plan and care delivery system for Medicare and Medicaid patients, is moving away from fee-for-service incentives to provide comprehensive care to its high needs/high cost patients. In this episode, Dr. Theresa Brown and Dr. Vibin Roy discuss the success of the CareMore Health clinical model, where clinicians and community resources are aligned and coordinated as a team.

2020-06-2323 min

Inside Angle Telemedicine: Improving outcomes in the time of COVID-19During this time of COVID-19, we've seen a striking increase in the use of telemedicine services. The Inside Angle podcast revisits an episode featuring telemedicine pioneer Barb Johnston, co-founder and CEO of HealthLinkNow, a network of clinicians providing mental health services to patients online. With nearly two decades of experience in implementing telemedicine programs, including the creation of the California Telemedicine Network (CTN), she brings her veteran perspective to the table in discussing the regulations, payment policies and technology needed to achieve the well-documented benefits of virtual health care.

2020-05-2825 min

Inside Angle Patient care from home: Achieving optimal outcomesThere are thousands of wellness apps, devices, wearables and telehealth tools that can be used for chronic disease management and patient health monitoring at home. Although new technologies can lead to early identification of health concerns, they may also lead to unnecessary interventions that result in unintended complications and worse outcomes. In this episode, we reconnect with Juggy Jagannathan, PhD, AI evangelist for 3M, to consider which people are most likely to benefit from new care tools and strategies.

2020-05-1423 min

Inside Angle Serving the safety net communityImmigrant communities and underserved populations experience disparities in care due to high poverty, limited access, cultural or linguistic differences, and other concerns. In this episode, Dr. Gordon Moore talks with Iliana Gilman, the former chief executive officer of El Buen Samaritano, an organization serving the Latino immigrant community in Austin, Tex. With a team dedicated to breaking down barriers to care, El Buen Samaritano is improving outcomes by tackling social determinants of health.

2020-05-1333 min

Inside Angle Clinical documentation: Easing the burden on physiciansAs a palliative care physician, Dr. Beth Wolf experienced the complexity of communication. As she helped patients and families navigate issues related to pain or end-of-life care, she saw that the way clinicians communicate with each other was rich with opportunity for misunderstanding. So, how do we help physicians accurately document a patient's true burden of illness without disrupting the delivery of efficient and compassionate care? Now, as a documentation champion at Roper St. Francis Healthcare (and an advisor to 3M), Dr. Wolf trains physicians on how to incorporate accurate and concise clinical documentation into their work with patients.

2020-02-2626 min

Inside Angle Prevention vs. treatment: Investing in the health of communitiesWhen public health initiatives account for 90 percent of improvements in population health, what is the role of the care delivery system in addressing non-medical or social factors that drive outcomes? For Nico Pronk, PhD, President of the HealthPartners Institute and Chief Science Officer at HealthPartners, it means finding the right balance between caring for the urgent needs of a community and enhancing the vital conditions of a community, such as affordable housing, healthy food accessibility, and early childhood education. Based on the success of HealthPartners' Power Up 4 Kids program and other intiatives, Dr. Pronk discusses an approach that pays...

2020-02-1026 min

Inside Angle Medicaid: The backbone of U.S. health careAs the largest health insurance program in the country, providing the majority of mental health care and long-term services and support, Medicaid is an indispensable component of the U.S. healthcare system. Matt Salo, Executive Director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, works with state Medicaid agencies around the nation to improve quality, cost and the experience of care for patient populations that are most vulnerable. Our host, Dr. Gordon Moore sat down with Matt Salo to discuss the state of Medicaid in 2020 and beyond.

2020-01-0928 min

Inside Angle Can AI help solve the challenge of physician burnout?How can artificial intelligence help physicians who are overloaded with quality measures and administrative tasks that pull them away from patient care? Can AI help address the alarming increase in exhaustion and depression among clinicians? In his second Inside Angle podcast episode, Juggy Jagannthan, Ph.D., research director and AI evangelist at 3M MModal, explains how AI can ease the administrative burden by capturing the clinician/patient interaction in real time.

2019-11-0723 min

Inside Angle Searching for better outcomes and lower costs: The challenges facing state Medicaid directorsState Medicaid agencies are under enormous pressure to reduce costs while maintaining quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries. In this podcast episode, Dr. Gordon Moore talks with Billy Millwee, former Texas Medicaid director and now consultant to Medicaid programs across the U.S. Mr. Millwee discusses his work to help state agencies understand value-based payment, pursue waivers, and address social determinants of health. Each state brings different ideas to the table. Which approach works best? By creating the right incentives, state Medicaids can bolster innovation to improve outcomes and lower costs.

2019-10-2926 min

Inside Angle Biking 3,255 miles to talk health careWhat is your opinion of U.S. health care? That's the question Dr. Paul Gordon asked of average Americans he met while biking coast to coast on a three-month sabbatical from his family medicine practice. His goal? Amplify the voices of those in rural areas and small towns to help clinicians be better practitioners---and listeners---when it comes to their patients.

2019-10-1430 min

Inside Angle Lowering readmission rates by breaking down silosIn 2016, BayCare Health System took on its high readmission rates by launching seven different programs to lower readmissions. The problem? The programs were in silos, so overall results didn't meet objectives. In this episode, Teri Sholder, BayCare Health Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, describes how the BayCare team used data analytics to break down silos and consolidate initiatives into "power combos" that help BayCare Health better achieve its goal of reducing readmissions.

2019-08-2727 min

Inside Angle Measuring what matters in health careIn part one of his podcast episode, Dr. John Wasson, Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth Medical School, suggests U.S. health care could learn a few lessons on quality improvement from the world of organized crime. This time around, Dr. Wasson dives into the issue of clinician burnout caused by "quantophrenia"---a condition he describes as measurement for its own sake without real benefit to patients or providers. The solution to quantophrenia? Just seven simple measures.

2019-08-1533 min

Inside Angle Sorting through a sea of data: AI in health careProviders are increasingly overwhelmed by administrative work that takes them away from patient care. How can clinicians leverage AI solutions to optimize and modernize care without adding to already taxing levels of burnout? AI Evangelist V. Juggy Jagannathan, PhD, shares his expertise on artificial intelligence, deep learning and more in this episode.

2019-07-2528 min

Inside Angle Confronting the opioid crisisIn this episode, Dr. Eugene Christian of Bon Secours Mercy Health System describes a new approach to solving the opioid addiction crisis. By reforming opioid prescription practices, creating new, non-narcotic regimens that tackle pain, and tracking metrics across its health system, Bon Secours is guiding physicians through a workflow that promotes patient safety.

2019-07-1625 min

Inside Angle Lessons from organized crime for improving health careWhen Dr. John Wasson was in medical school, he worked at an east coast resort that hosted well-known members of organized crime families. Reflecting back on this experience after a full career as a primary care physician and geriatrician, and as a member of the faculty at Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Wasson sees lessons from organized crime that can be applied to a disorganized U.S. healthcare system: Don't damage the host, protect the brand and adapt aggressively. How can these lessons position the patient as the most important part of care delivery?

2019-06-2029 min

Inside Angle Social determinants of health: The whole person model of careWhat challenges do high-needs patients face when seeking care? This was the question Dr. Melissa Clarke encountered as she and her colleagues worked towards a "whole person" model of care at a Washington DC addiction clinic. Working to achieve health equity, the clinic introduced new and innovative programs that helped transform not only the patient, but also the caregiving process.

2019-06-0632 min

Inside Angle Searching for the holy grail of mental health careImagine going to your primary care clinic and along with a blood test, they also took a "sample" of your language. The brain is too complicated for typical lab tests, but in the future a test like this may help diagnose mental health disorders more accurately. In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Resnik discusses how we can break down silos across areas of specialization and use technology to foster collaboration between mental health professionals and primary care physicians.

2019-03-2632 min

Inside Angle Good intentions and unintended consequences: A look at healthcare policyIn attempting to improve healthcare delivery, policy makers have tried a top-down approach to effect change. In this episode, Harold D. Miller, President and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform advocates for a bottom-up style of reform, focusing on reinvigorating primary care and fostering healthcare transformation at the local level.

2019-03-0532 min

Inside Angle In search of innovation: The role of the CMIODr. John "Rick" LeMoine's job is unique among chief medical information officers (CMIOs). He has no direct reports at CMIO for Sharp HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in San Diego County. Instead, he is tasked with seeking out new ideas and breakthrough improvements that may fit into the complex environment in which he works. In this episode, Dr. LeMoine discusses what it takes to spark innovation within healthcare organizations and how a sense of curiosity can enhance the role of the CMIO.

2019-02-1922 min

Inside Angle Analyzing human language for social goodCan the use of language on social media reveal information about a patient's mental health? Can human language, with all its ambiguities and complexities, be analyzed to identify behavioral issues? And what's the boundary, ethically, of tapping into language sources? In this episode, Dr. Gordon Moore speaks with Philip Resnik, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, about the intersection of machine learning, natural language processing and mental health. Resnik details the work he and other researchers are doing to research human language connections by building a secure cloud enclave of language data where scientists are granted access, allowing...

2019-01-2925 min

Inside Angle Physician payment and performance measurement: Is it fair?How much time does it actually take for primary care physicians and specialists to deliver care, and should time be considered when determining payment? When it comes to physician performance, are we measuring what's truly important or just analyzing quality data that's readily available? Will new CMS rules governing E/M coding help or hinder the practice of medicine? In this episode, Dr. Gordon Moore talks with self-proclaimed healthcare contrarian Dr. Robert Berenson, a Fellow with the Urban Institute, about how to reform our current inefficient healthcare delivery system.

2019-01-1730 min

Inside Angle Finding a common language: Documentation and quality improvementAtrium Health's Dr. Geoffrey Rose and Heather Joyner describe their work with clinicians to find a common language for documentation in the medical record. The result? Better quality scores and fewer denials.

2018-11-2725 min

Inside Angle Payer-provider collaboration: What's in it for consumers?Imagine having to pay for a car piece by piece, shopping for a steering wheel, brake system and transmission all as separate purchases. Not a great idea, right? Now imagine shopping for health care that way, down to every doctor visit, lab test or procedure. Yet, that describes the many confusing and complex choices facing U.S. consumers as they try to manage their health care. In this episode, Mike Fay, Vice President for Health Networks and Innovation at Wellmark, describes what happens when health plans collaborate with providers to offer consumers more transparency about healthcare quality and pricing.

2018-10-2927 min

Inside Angle Analyzing unstructured data to unmask cognitive impairmentWhat if clinicians could use technology to find indicators of cognitive impairment hidden in the medical record? Dr. Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi of UW-Madison explains how EMR free text can be used to identify patients with early signs of dementia.

2018-10-1623 min

Inside Angle Social determinants: Changing our view of the patientIn the mid-1980s, Dr. David Buck developed clinics for the indigent population of Houston, Texas where he learned first-hand that his patients needed social and behavioral supports outside of the traditional medical domain. His work led him to join forces with data scientist Kallol Mahata and together they founded Houston's Patient Care Intervention Center (PCIC) to improve care for the city's vulnerable populations. Buck and Mahata developed a technology platform that integrates social data – from jails, shelters, food banks and other community service organizations – with medical data to provide a holistic view of the patient. Always based on the pati...

2018-09-1422 min

Inside Angle Getting credit for great work: Helping physicians improve documentationIf quality outcomes for length of stay, readmissions and other measures are higher than industry norms, is it a question of poor clinical care? When Dr. Gene Christian, CMO for St. Mary's Hospital, Bon Secours discovered that physicians weren't documenting completely and accurately in the medical record, he became a disciple of clinical documentation improvement.

2018-08-1521 min

Inside Angle Why patient engagement mattersAt age 31, when Dr. Alan Glaseroff learned he had Type 1 diabetes, he began collaborating with his diabetes patients on new ways of self-managing the condition. His pioneering work in patient engagement led him to Stanford University, where today he helps individuals with multiple chronic conditions believe it's not where you start, but where you end up that matters.

2018-07-3127 min

Inside Angle Making the move from volume to valueAre we at a tipping point in making the move from volume to value? Does your organization have the right mindset to be successful? Mark Sonneborn of the Minnesota Hospital Association discusses new data initiatives that help providers better understand risk and reduce avoidable care.

2018-07-0231 min

Inside Angle Data analytics: Extracting the signal from the noiseBy 2020, medical knowledge will double every 73 days. Can machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) help clinicians drowning in information? Dr. John Cromwell of the University of Iowa discusses his efforts to bring these technologies to the frontlines of medicine.

2018-05-2125 min

Inside Angle Physician Burnout: How Can We Improve the Work of Care?When a physician's work day includes two hours of EHR and desk work for every one hour of direct face time with patients, the work of care can seem insurmountable. Dr. Christine Sinsky of the AMA describes new ways to help clinicians find joy and meaning in work.

2018-04-1825 min

Inside Angle Caring for the CaregiversWhen it comes to the health of the healthcare workforce, how can we help caregivers care for themselves? Population health leaders with the SEIU 775 Benefits Group describe efforts to improve the health of homecare workers in Washington State and what they learned gets between people and better health outcomes.

2018-03-3029 min

Inside Angle On the Frontlines of Collaborative CareWhen a patient's chronic conditions are compounded by depression, it's a recipe for adverse outcomes and high healthcare costs. Dr. Paul Ciechanowski, a national leader in developing evidence-based models of collaborative care describes a new way forward.

2018-02-0825 min

Inside Angle So Many MeasuresHow do we develop quality measures that help improve care outcomes without creating more work for physicians? Dr. Michael Barr of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) discusses the drive to create measures that are timely and relevant.

2018-02-0230 min