The Gist Healthcare Podcast

Six large health systems recently announced the launch of Evolve Health Alliance, a new collaboration to address workforce challenges and share insights from their respective systems. In this episode, Matt Kurth, Deputy Chief People Officer at Northwell Health, one of the alliance’s founding members, will discuss how the partner systems plan to work together.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new study builds on evidence of a link between covid infection and diabetes. States raise penalties for threats of violence against healthcare workers. And healthcare data breaches reached an all-time high in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moderna plans to ask regulators to greenlight its COVID vaccine for kids six months to under six years old. Contributing to hospitals filling nursing vacancies, state nursing boards are slow to approve new licenses. And new sickle-cell gene therapies are showing promising results, the next struggle will be getting patients to accept them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The criminal trial of a Tennessee nurse who committed a fatal medication error begins. Starting next month hospitals will no longer be reimbursed for caring for uninsured COVID-19 patients. And hospitals and states renew scrutiny on rising hospital prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The three largest credit companies are changing how they report medical debt. Fresenius, InterWell Health, and Cricket Health create a new kidney care company. And health officials expect COVID cases of the omicron sub-variant to start rising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Taki Michaelidis, Medical Director of the UMass Memorial Health Hospital at Home Program. The Worcester-based system has quickly scaled up its program, doubling capacity in just a few months.This episode was originally published in December 2021. hin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The White House taps Dr. Ashish Jha to replace Jeff Zients as White House COVID response coordinator. As many as 16 million people risk losing Medicaid coverage when eligibility checks resume. And a Harvard Business review article makes the case for collaboration in healthcare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pfizer and BioNTech ask regulators to approve a fourth COVID vaccine dose for seniors. And retail and primary care disruptors want to partner with health systems. And the pandemic continues to accelerate the shift from inpatient to outpatient care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Americans’ $195 billion medical debt burden is unevenly distributed. And six health systems join together to address workforce challenges. And a jury in Northern California finds that Sacramento-based Sutter Health did not use its market power to engage in anticompetitive contracting practices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nurses take their labor grievances to Washington. Delaware has success in narrowing racial disparities in cancer care with patient navigators. And why one industry is still doing business in Russia even after the invasion of Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.