The Next Big Thing in Health

How Tech Can Deliver a Whole-Patient View | Inovalon

Robert Traynham, chief business officer at AHIP, sat down with Kathryn Eshelman MD, MPH, vice president of medical informatics at Inovalon, for an in-depth discussion about how new technology can help providers and health care plans deliver value-based care.

Treatment Through the Digital Front Door: Melissa Perry, MD & Demetrios Marousis MA, MBA, LPC | Highmark Inc.

The fear of judgment or disapproval is one of the biggest hurdles people face when seeking mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Highmark Inc., a Blue Cross Blue Shield health and wellness organization, is helping break that stigma with innovative solutions. One of those solutions is a "digital front door," which allows members to interact with their benefits privately, assess their symptoms, and connect with care providers virtually.  Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Melissa Perry and Demetrios Marousis, director of behavioral health at Highmark, Inc., join us to share their insights into Highmark's mission and its efforts to address the pressing issues in mental health and substance use disorder treatment through technology, partnerships, and compassionate care.   Watch to learn about Highmark’s work to improve care for patients who struggle with substance abuse, the challenges of care delivery, the importance of health care literacy, and why they think technology is the biggest opportunity in health care.

Innovative Health Care by Design: Bon Ku, MD, MPP | Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

What if doctors could think like designers? Can that change the way we deliver health care services in terms of products, services, and spaces? Long before he joined the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), Dr. Bon Ku was an expert in health care design, combining creativity with scientific rigor and advocating for doctors to think like designers.  At ARPA-H, a new federal agency aimed at pioneering ambitious health care initiatives, Dr. Ku is focused on addressing the crisis in rural health care through the PARADIGM program. The goal is to deliver advanced hospital-level care to every rural county in the United States by shifting from traditional hospital settings to advanced mobile health unit vehicles.    Watch to learn more about the PARADIGM program and challenges in rural health care, Dr. Ku’s philosophy on health care design, and how health insurance plans and providers can collaborate to improve technology, communication, and access.

Strategies for Social Impact — Inside The Ad Council’s Mental Health Initiatives: Anthony Signorelli | The Ad Council

For more than 80 years, The Ad Council has addressed significant social issues in the United States through powerful communication strategies. From Smokey Bear to “Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk,” the Ad Council has brought together marketers, advertisers, nonprofits, and government agencies to address critical social issues.  The nonprofit organization is also focused on mental health, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and existing social inequities. Anthony Signorelli, head of corporate partnerships at The Ad Council, joins us to share insights from the group’s various mental health initiatives, such as Seize the Awkward, which addresses youth suicide prevention, and Sound It Out, which helps parents talk to middle-schoolers about mental health.  Watch to learn more about The Ad Council’s approach to mental health partnerships, including significant findings from recent campaigns, the cultural barriers that still exist when it comes to getting support, and the importance of changing the narrative around mental health.   Check out the initiatives from the episode:  https://seizetheawkward.org/  https://sounditouttogether.org/   https://loveyourmindtoday.org/

We Are Partners in Care: Susan Dentzer | America’s Physician Groups

The mission for America’s Physician Groups (APG) is “taking responsibility for America’s health.” Not only is APG’s mission bold and aspirational, but so is APG President and CEO, Susan Dentzer.   One of the nation’s most respected health policy thought leaders and journalists, and a frequent speaker and commentator on television and radio, Dentzer joins us to talk about her work and APG’s commitment to value-based care. The organization advocates for patient-centered, coordinated, integrated health care, as well as the collaboration between physicians and health insurance providers.   Watch to learn how accountability in terms of cost and quality is important to APG’s physician members, how Dentzer and her team use video to communicate the importance of value-based care, and why the next big thing in health is using technology to eliminate waste in the system.    Check out APG’s “The Value of Value-Based Health Care” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzzPES9kCGw.