
Live at ViVE
S1 Ep9: Prioritizing Partnerships to Provide Health for All—featuring Rasu Shrestha
The pandemic exposed the cracks in the healthcare system. But how do we prioritize resources to maximize capabilities for the future?
By prioritizing partnerships.
Dr. Rasu Shrestha is Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and Executive Vice President for Atrium Health, one of the largest non-profit and leading academic health systems in the United States. Dr. Shrestha is responsible for Atrium Health’s enterprise strategy, including planning and tactical direction for the organization’s current strategic roadmap.
On this episode of Live at ViVE, Dr. Shrestha joins hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss his background and how he’s forging a path to the future by breaking down walls and building bridges to person-centered care enabled by technology.
We discuss the cracks exposed in our healthcare system during the COVID and how we can pivot to make the heroics displayed during the pandemic the blueprint of how we operate going forward.
Listen as Dr. Shrestha shares why social impact is such a big driver at Atrium Health and how they’re embracing their mission of health, hope, and healing for the future of healthcare.
Topics Covered
- How Dr. Shrestha’s personal experiences, combined with today’s healthcare climate, inform what he is doing at Atrium
- How the pandemic accentuated the cracks in the healthcare system
- How Atrium is creating a blueprint for collaborating in public-private partnerships
- Why human struggles mixed with a healthcare emergency and chaos in the healthcare field is the recipe for disaster
- How Atrium is using technology to leverage data to reach underserved communities
- How Atrium is thinking globally while acting locally in its program rollout
- An inside look at ‘The Pearl,’ Atrium Health’s innovative new medical school
- How Atrium is asking the right questions to overcome data blind spots
- Dr. Shrestha’s quest to prioritize Atrium Health’s mission of health, hope, and healing for all
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