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Reimagine Care and CU Innovations – Part 1

Making cancer care more affordable, accessible and home-centered is the goal of the partnership between Reimagine Care and CU Innovation Centers. This podcast episode highlights that partnership to show how digital technology solutions can revolutionize oncology care and bring it closer to the patient. And a leading expert from Sg2 weighs in on the latest trends that are moving toward new approaches in oncology.
 
Guest speakers:Aaron Gerber, MD, MBAChief Executive Officer and Co-FounderReimagine Care
 
Cory Jones, MBAAssociate Principal, Sg2 IntelligenceOncology and Orthopedic Service LineVizient
 
Clay Smith, MDDirector, Blood Disorders and Cell Therapies CenterMedical Director, UCHealth and CU Innovation CentersUniversity of Colorado
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:07] The state of the cancer service line and the move to the home setting
[06:08] Mission of Reimagine Care and the rationale for a new approach in oncology
[07:51] Strategic and financial challenges in the oncology service line
[09:46] Partnership of Reimagine Care and CU Anschutz
[10:45] Getting bone marrow transplant patients out of the hospital
 
Links | Resources:
Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: mbv.info@vizientinc.com
Website for Reimagine Care: www.reimaginecare.com
Aaron Gerber’s email: agerber@reimaginecare.com
Clay Smith’s email: clayton.smith@cuanschutz.edu
 
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Bright.md and UnityPoint – Part 2

This podcast episode continues our discussion with Emily Goetz of Bright.md, a leading provider of asynchronous care expertise and technology, and Matthew Warrens of UnityPoint Health Ventures, the innovation arm of a leading health care organization.
 
Guest speakers:Emily GoetzVice President, CommercialBright.md
 
Matthew Warrens, MBAManaging Director, InnovationUnityPoint Health Ventures
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice President, Member Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[00:57] Platform’s ease of use
[01:39] Reaching consumers and providers
[03:07] UnityPoint’s scaling plan: building the platform’s success
[04:44] Patient reaction
[05:55] What’s next
[07:27] Beyond urgent care
[09:29] Reimbursement
[10:07] Solving the staffing problem
 
Links | Resources:
Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: mbv.info@vizientinc.com
Bright.md: https://bright.md
Emily Goetz’s email: emily@bright.md
Matthew Warrens’ email: matthew.warrens@unitypoint.org
 
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Bright.md and UnityPoint – Part 1

Asynchronous health, which removes the need for direct patient-provider contact except when critical, has emerged as a care approach that improves efficiency for patients and providers both. This podcast episode features a leading company that provides technology and expertise for asynchronous care and its partnership with a leading health care organization.
 
Guest speakers:
Emily GoetzVice President, CommercialBright.md
 
Matthew Warrens, MBAManaging Director, InnovationUnityPoint Health Ventures
 
Moderator:
Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[00:45] Background on Bright.md
[01:32] UnityPoint Health and the rationale for partnering with Bright.md
[03:45] UnityPoint’s direct investment fund
[05:40] Defining asynchronous care
[07:23] Higher-acuity patients and asynchronous care
[10:00] Benefits of the partnership
[11:20] Providing multiple access points
 
Links | Resources:
Vizient Member-Backed Ventures email: mbv.info@vizientinc.com
Bright.md: https://bright.md
Emily Goetz’s email: emily@bright.md
Matthew Warrens’ email: matthew.warrens@unitypoint.org
 
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MBV Summit Panel Part 4 - A new business strategy: the role of clinical and financial health in patient journeys

This is part four of our four-part series highlighting interviews from our Member-backed Ventures Summit. In this episode, we focus on how health care organizations can further their provider-patient experiences.
 
Guest speakers:Srulik Dvorsky, GMBAChief Executive Officer and Co-FounderTailorMed
 
Kyle KiserChief Executive OfficerRxRevu
 
Benton BarneyChief Commercial OfficerRxRevu
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:13] Srulik Dvorsky – trends creating a challenge for health care providers
[02:31] Guiding concepts: three pillars
[03:40] Kyle Kiser and Benton Barney – the days of providers not considering cost and coverage information while making care decisions are behind us
[02:24] Working with Gyant to help patient interaction
[04:51] Sitting between insurance and providers and how to make it work
 
Links | Resources:
TailorMed website: https://tailormed.co/
RxRevu website: https://rxrevu.com/
 
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MBV Summit Panel Part 3 - Entering the digital health transformation: how Vizient member organizations can engage thoughtfully and directly in the new technology-driven landscape

This is part three of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit, featuring interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus on how both sides of the health care market – from start-ups to providers – can assert themselves as health care partners and leaders.
 
Guest speakers:Niko Skievaski, MACo-Founder and PresidentRedox
 
Mike Phillips, MD, MBAPartner and Managing DirectorIntermountain Ventures
 
Sefan Behrens, PhDCEO and Co-FounderGyant
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:06] Niko Skievaski – trends accelerated by the pandemic
[01:47] Look internally in your organization before looking at the external market
[02:28] Mike Phillips – reaching patients where they are at a very low cost
[02:54] Working with Gyant to help patient interaction
[03:51] Stefan Behrens – consumer expectations and engagement with the health care providers and health plans have completely changed
[04:48] Need for automation to overcome challenges
 
Links | Resources:
Redox website: www.redoxengine.com
Intermountain Healthcare website: https://intermountainhealthcare.org
Gyant website: https://gyant.com
 
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Health Enterprise Partners

Health equity has become a dominant and urgent undertaking in patient care, and investment in health equity is on the increase. This episode features one of the drivers of that investment, Health Enterprise Partners, and the discussion will range from defining health equity to describing the various undertakings and investments, along with the attendant challenges, happening in the field today.
 
Guest speaker:Ezra Mehlman, MBAManaging DirectorHealth Enterprise Partners
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:30] Defining health equity
[02:37] Care that is not culturally competent is inferior care
[03:37] Omnipresence of fee-for-service
[04:20] Challenge of tracking data
[05:15] Challenge of finding an ROI
[06:18] Solutions
[09:20] Where investment is headed
[11:16] Considerations for investment
 
Links | Resources:
Health Enterprise Partners website:
www.hepfund.com
Ezra Mehlman’s email:
emehlman@hepfund.com
 
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MBV Summit Panel Part 2 - Pulling the lever: influencing patient activation and engagement through data interoperability

This is part two of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit, featuring interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus reducing the fragmentation of care delivery and empowerment of consumer-patients through digital solutions. These solutions provide autonomy to the consumer and an advantage to health care organizations who use them.
 
Guest speakers:Kristen ValdesFounder and Chief Executive Officerb.well Connected Health
 
Meghan RobbVice PresidentSg2 Product ManagementVizient
 
John BardisChairman and Chief Executive OfficerShareMD
 
Adrian LawrenceChief Technology OfficerShareMD
 
David HarveyChief Executive OfficerPanda Health
 
Moderator:Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHAVice PresidentMember Backed VenturesVizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:22] Kristen Valdes – the rules have changed; new opportunities are emerging
[03:34] Health care is missing a necessary layer of technology
[05:36] Meghan Robb – digital technologies and the consumer
[07:36] John Bardis – a time that has never existed before
[07:47] Clinical economic philosophy
[09:03] A prospective process
[10:11] Adrian Lawrence – consumer environments have more of an impact on health than care received
[13:40] David Harvey – patients are not constrained by loyalty or proximity
 
Links | Resources:
Member Backed Ventures Summit Panel Keynote – Kristen Valdes Click here
b.well Connected Health website: www.icanbwell.com
ShareMD website: https://sharemd.com/
Panda Health website: https://panda.health/
 
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MBV Summit Panel Part 1 - A catalyst for change: COVID and the digital health necessity

This is part one of our four-part series highlighting our Member-backed Ventures Summit and interviews with our distinguished panel of digital health entrepreneurs. In this episode, we focus on the need for organizations to deliver digital health care in this era of heightened consumer/patient expectations. COVID-19 accelerated these expectations, and our panel relates how their digital solution companies, working with member health care organizations, deliver this needed transformation in care delivery.
 
Guest speakers:
Derek Streat, BA
Chief Executive Officer
DexCare Health
 
Pippa Shulman, DO, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Medically Home
 
Brooke LeVasseur, BA
Chief Executive Officer
AristaMD
 
Glen Olson
Vice President
Business Development
AristaMD
 
Moderator:
Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
Vice President
Member Backed Ventures
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:30] Derek Streat – consumers expect it all; providers need to be more nimble
[06:22] Dr. Pippa Shulman – two major care shifts providers need to understand
[07:36] Patients are comparing their office visit to their experience with Amazon
[09:33] Brooke LeVasseur – being consumer- and physician-friendly
[12:21] Glen Olson – supporting the primary care physician
[13:55] Gigantic network of specialists – digital access is critical
 
Links | Resources:
Member Backed Ventures Summit Panel Keynote – Kristen Valdes Click here
DexCare Health www.dexcarehealth.com
Medically Home www.medicallyhome.com
AristaMD www.aristamd.com
 
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b.well Connected Health – Part 2

This episode continues the discussion around the benefits of b.well Connected Health, a digital solution that minimizes the fragmentation patients usually experience when accessing health care. It gives them the ability to create and customize their access and allows them to pull in their data from across the spectrum of care.
 
Guest speakers:
Kristen Valdes
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
b.well Connected Health
 
Imran Andrabi, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
ThedaCare
 
John Lock
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
MedStar Health
 
Moderator:
Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
Vice President and General Manager
Digital, Virtual and Ventures
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[00:43] The b.well team
[02:15] Consumers as custodians of their own data
[03:27] Need for industry core knowledge
[05:15] Adapting to needs fostered by COVID
[09:10] The ThedaCare experience
[10:14] The MedStar Health experience
[11:30] Patient over a hundred years old using b.well
[12:20] What’s next?
 
Links | Resources:
b.well Connected Health Click here
ThedaCare Click here
MedStar Health Click here
 
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b.well Connected Health – Part 1

When Kristen Valdes learned her daughter had a significant autoimmune condition, it started a long, arduous journey through the health care system to find diagnosis and treatment. This experience formed the basis for b.well Connected Health, a health care solution that allows individual patients to take control of their care experience. This episode will feature a discussion about the b.well platform and how it integrates data, insights and partners into a single, customized solution for patients and providers.
 
Guest speakers:
Kristen Valdes
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
b.well Connected Health
 
Imran Andrabi, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
ThedaCare
 
John Lock
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
MedStar Health
 
Moderator:
Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA
Vice President and General Manager
Digital, Virtual and Ventures
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:37] Bailey’s story: the origin of b.well Connected Health
[04:07] Healing fractured, fragmented care: why organizations work with b.well
[07:32] The b.well experience for patients and providers
[13:38] How to engage with the platform
[16:12] Vetting the platform: seamlessness and interoperability
[17:28] The business model
 
Links | Resources:
b.well Connected Health Click here
ThedaCare Click here
MedStar Health Click here
 
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