EP258: Areas of Promise, With Seven Health Care Thought Leaders

In this episode, Stacey Richter talks with seven health care thought leaders — Kimberly Noel, MD, Eric Weaver, Suzanne Delbanco, Sue Schade, Naomi Fried, Joe Grundy, and Adrian Rubstein — about the areas of promise they see in health care heading into 2020.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

✅ Why inclusive innovation matters as AI moves from hype into real application

✅ Why relationship-driven, team-based primary care keeps coming up as an area of promise

✅ How employers are seeking out high-value health care in nontraditional ways

✅ Why eliminating clinician burnout and improving patient engagement are linked areas of promise

✅ Where AI, CRISPR gene editing, and virtual/augmented reality show up as emerging bright spots

WHY THIS MATTERS

Seven thought leaders spanning health systems, payers, pharma, IT, and consulting each name where they see genuine promise in health care for 2020. Common threads emerge across very different vantage points: AI moving past the hype cycle into real applications, primary care shifting toward relationship-driven and direct models, employers demanding better data and higher-value care, and a shared push to break down silos so all stakeholders — including pharma — work toward better patient outcomes together.

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00:00 Introduction.

02:41 Dr. Kimberly Noel and her thoughts on areas of promise.

02:53 Advocacy for inclusive innovation.

04:01 Why inclusive innovation is an area of promise in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI).

04:52 "Who is most likely to be disadvantaged?"

05:27 Eric Weaver's thoughts on areas of promise.

05:42 Relationship-driven, team-based primary care.

07:14 What investors are focused on right now.

07:34 Where the tipping point is in value-based care.

08:03 AI as another trend that will help improve health care.

08:48 Incorporating social determinants into primary care and the transformative potential of AI.

11:07 Suzanne Delbanco of Catalyst for Payment Reform and her thoughts on areas of promise.

11:26 Employers making the health care space work better for them as an area of promise.

11:52 Employers seeking out high-value health care in nontraditional ways.

13:10 Where to look to seek high-value health care.

14:37 Employers bringing in really good data.

16:15 Sue Schade's thoughts on areas of promise.

16:32 How leveraging electronic health records is an area of promise.

16:58 Why eliminating clinician burnout is also part of this area of promise.

17:26 Patient engagement and the patient journey as another area of promise.

18:08 "You have to approach all of these from a partnership between digital, IT, and operations."

18:30 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) as a third area of focus/promise.

19:01 AI as an area of promise and an area of hype.

19:48 Naomi Fried's thoughts on areas of promise in health care.

20:02 Digital health developments from the pharma perspective.

22:15 The digital health start-up world as another area of interest and promise.

22:37 The importance of data and the importance of validating those data for digital health solutions.

23:02 Personalized medicine and digital health.

24:32 More jobs in digital health within clinical-grade solutions.

25:01 Joe Grundy's thoughts on areas of promise in health care.

25:06 The direct primary care model as an area of promise.

26:08 "Questioning the very validity of our understanding of 'quality' in health care."

28:01 Adrian Rubstein's thoughts on areas of promise in health care.

28:08 AI in emergency medicine as an area of promise.

28:53 CRISPR gene editing as an area of promise.

29:59 Virtual reality/augmented reality as another area of promise in health care.