

Radio Advisory
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A top podcast for healthcare leaders, with over one million downloads, Radio Advisory is your weekly download on how to untangle the industry's most pressing challenges to help leaders like you make the best business decisions for your organization.
From unpacking major trends in care delivery—like site-of-care shifts and the rise of high-cost drugs—to demystifying stakeholder dynamics, to shining a spotlight on priorities that may get overlooked, we're here to help. Our hosts and seasoned researchers talk with industry experts to equip you with knowledge to confront today's unanswered questions in healthcare. New episodes drop every Tuesday. | www.advisory.com
From unpacking major trends in care delivery—like site-of-care shifts and the rise of high-cost drugs—to demystifying stakeholder dynamics, to shining a spotlight on priorities that may get overlooked, we're here to help. Our hosts and seasoned researchers talk with industry experts to equip you with knowledge to confront today's unanswered questions in healthcare. New episodes drop every Tuesday. | www.advisory.com
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Nov 1, 2022 • 24min
139: The rise of the payvider
More and more health plans are shifting away from their traditional “risk aggregator” roles and ushering in a new era of payer-provider relationships. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites health plan, workforce and value-based care experts Mallory Kirby, Eliza Dailey, and Katie Everts to explain payvider relationships, why they’re becoming more common, and how to determine if becoming a payvider partnership is feasible for your organization.
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Ep. 127: How health insurers are reinventing themselves
As we emerge from the global pandemic, healthcare is restructuring. What decisions should you be making, and what do you need to know to make them? Explore the state of the healthcare industry and its outlook for next year by visiting advisory.com/HealthCare2023.

Oct 25, 2022 • 37min
138: Microsoft's head of AI on building ethical systems
Equity is top of mind for health leaders—but revelations about bias in artificial intelligence is giving increasing cause for concern. In this episode host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Microsoft’s Director for Artificial Intelligence Tom Lawry to discuss how bias creeps into AI. Together, they discuss the ethical principles leaders can adopt to ensure AI is used responsibly, and what we can all do to make intelligent systems more equitable.
Tom Lawry is the author of Hacking Healthcare, which details lessons learned from AI’s role during global pandemic and how to apply this knowledge to healthcare's other big challenges – including inequity.
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[Tom's book] Hacking Healthcare: How AI and the Intelligence Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing System
AI in healthcare
What does the future of AI in cancer care look like? Here are 3 global start-ups that we're watching to decide.
Prep for a new era of AI and analytics: 5 insights from Advisory Board's 2022 AI and analytics survey
Ep. 103: What an equitable organization looks like and how yours can get there
Our Technology playlist
Our Health Equity and Racism playlist
As we emerge from the global pandemic, healthcare is restructuring. What decisions should you be making, and what do you need to know to make them? Explore the state of the healthcare industry and its outlook for next year by visiting advisory.com/HealthCare2023.

Oct 18, 2022 • 39min
137: What you need to know about quiet quitting
More and more employees are rejecting hustle culture and embracing a workplace attitude called “quiet quitting” in which they meet the minimum requirements of their job. In this episode, Rachel (Rae Woods) talks with Joe Folkman, co-founder and President of the leadership and organizational development firm Zenger Folkman, about why he thinks quiet quitting is more of a reflection on leadership and not employees. Rae also talks with Advisory Board researchers Rachel Zuckerman and Allyson Paiewonsky about what quiet quitting could look like in clinical and non-clinical settings.
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Are your workers 'quiet quitting'?
Are your staff 'quiet quitting?' You need to build a better relationship with them.
'Quiet quitting' is happening in healthcare too
As we emerge from the global pandemic, healthcare is restructuring. What decisions should you be making, and what do you need to know to make them? Explore the state of the healthcare industry and its outlook for next year by visiting advisory.com/HealthCare2023.

Oct 11, 2022 • 24min
136: The ripple effects of Alzheimer's research fraud
For decades Alzheimer's research was centered around one theory, the amyloid-beta hypothesis. That theory is now being called into question after evidence of potential fraud. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) woods invites life sciences expert Nick Hula and senior care expert Miriam Sznycer-Taub to talk about what this means for the scientific and medical community, how to restore trust in medical research, and where the industry may look to next when it comes to memory care.
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Is a key Alzheimer's theory based on manipulated research?
Ep. 90: Aaron Carroll on how clinicians can combat medical misinformation
As we emerge from the global pandemic, healthcare is restructuring. What decisions should you be making, and what do you need to know to make them? Explore the state of the healthcare industry and its outlook for next year by visiting advisory.com/HealthCare2023.

Oct 4, 2022 • 39min
135: Henry Ford Health on nursing shortages and the real supply chain issue
One of the biggest challenges healthcare leaders are grappling with is the workforce shortage, particularly in nursing. This isn’t a new problem, so why haven't we found real solutions? Host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Henry Ford Health System's Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Lisa Prasad and Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Eric Wallis to discuss why we need to look at the nursing shortage as a supply chain issue and what can be done both in short-term and long-term.
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US workforce could be short 2.1 million nurses by 2025
Why 67% of nurses want to quit—and what would make them stay
Our Clinical Workforce playlist
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Sep 27, 2022 • 22min
134: Can Mark Cuban solve our drug cost problems?
Celebrity entrepreneur Mark Cuban wants to make buying drugs less complicated and more affordable, and an online pharmacy he recently invested in aims to do just that. So how does this work, and is it enough to solve the drug pricing problem in America? Host Rachel (Rae) Woods talks with pharmacy experts Gina Lohr and Chloe Bakst about this business model and drug pricing reforms in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act.
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Can Mark Cuban lower Medicare drug costs? A deeper dive into the headlines
Could cost plus drug pricing save Medicare billions?
Ep. 131: Healthcare disruptors: Why Walgreens wants to partner—not compete
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Sep 20, 2022 • 36min
133: Healthcare disruptors: How afraid of Amazon should you be?
Radio Advisory is rounding out its healthcare disruptor series with an episode about possibly the biggest disruptor of all – Amazon. Their acquisition of One Medical is among the biggest investments in care delivery by a non-healthcare entity. The acquisition has kicked off an arms race for physicians, with organizations like CVS announcing their own massive deals. In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites digital health experts John League and Ty Aderhold to discuss why Amazon’s investments – and failures – are a catalyst for the rest of the industry (and where they are going next).
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Amazon is buying One Medical for $3.9B. Here's our take.
Who wins: Exploring Amazon’s One Medical acquisition and what it means today (Part 1)
3 scenarios: Exploring Amazon’s One Medical acquisition and what it means for the future of healthcare (Part 2)
Amazon Care is shutting down. What's next?

Sep 13, 2022 • 30min
132: Healthcare disruptors: Best Buy's big move into healthcare [Bonus content]
(New/bonus content starts at 22:09. First part of episode originally aired November 2, 2021.)
There's been plenty of talk about companies being disruptive in the healthcare industry, from Amazon to Walmart, but a company you might not be thinking about is also making moves into the healthcare world—Best Buy. In this episode, host Rachel Woods sits down with Advisory Board's Miriam Sznycer-Taub to talk about how Best Buy is moving its way into the healthcare world and what that might mean for the healthcare industry.
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Ep. 131: Healthcare disruptors: Why Walgreens wants to partner—not compete
Ep. 130: Healthcare disruptors: Don't discount retailers
FDA's new final rule opens up hearing aids to millions of Americans
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Why you shouldn't rush into home-based care (and what to consider before entering)
Home-based care market scan

Sep 6, 2022 • 33min
131: Healthcare disruptors: Why Walgreens wants to partner—not compete
This episode was recorded on August 5, 2022.
In part two of Radio Advisory’s disruptor series, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Walgreens Health Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Sashi Moodley to discuss the obstacles of being a disruptor in a crowded competitive field, building longitudinal relationships with patients instead of transactional, and Walgreens’s goal of becoming an equal player in the value-based care industry.
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Ep. 130: Healthcare disruptors: Don't discount retailers
Is 'Big Retail' the next big healthcare disruptor?
3 reasons why pharmacy support is critical in an 'everywhere care' world
Why the boom in digital pharmacies represents a crossroads for retail pharmacy

Aug 30, 2022 • 26min
130: Healthcare disruptors: Don't discount retailers
It seems like we’re always hearing about new disruptors and competitors aiming to shake up the way healthcare is designed, delivered, and paid for. Perhaps the most notable are the retail disruptors, like Walgreens Health or CVS Health. But how do you know if something is a potential threat that could have a real impact on your business? In this episode, Rachel (Rae) Woods invites healthcare strategy and planning experts Colin Gelbaugh and Gina Lohr to discuss retail disruptors and growing competition in the healthcare industry, and what leaders should be looking for in the future.
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Is 'Big Retail' the next big healthcare disruptor?
3 reasons why pharmacy support is critical in an 'everywhere care' world
Why the boom in digital pharmacies represents a crossroads for retail pharmacy


