The Gist Healthcare Podcast

As the debate around employers requiring workers to get the COVID-19 vaccination continues, another system announced a mandate. Greensboro, NC-based Cone Health and Norfolk, VA-based Sentara Healthcare call off merger plans. And Nevada legislators send a public option bill to the governor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Bryan Kibbe, a clinical ethicist at Marietta, GA-based Wellstar Health System discusses factors systems are considering as they decide whether to make the COVID vaccine mandatory for employees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Boom discusses how the health system decided to become the first in the nation to require its workforce to receive the COVID vaccine. Boom says the requirement was intended to get to the “last mile” of full vaccination, and now more than 98 percent of the system’s staff are immunized.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 is getting a surprising amount of support from centrist Democrats. Many employers are encouraging employees to get vaccinated but stopping short of mandates. And Colorado is offering to pay hospitals to close free-standing emergency rooms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JPMorgan launches its own health business unit. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is confirmed as the head of CMS. And Google partners with Nashville-based HCA Healthcare to develop algorithms using millions of patient records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The pandemic is causing women to leave the workforce at higher rates than men, leading some to call this economic downturn the 'shecession'.  Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, a cognitive neurologist at Rush University Medical Center and the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the American Medical Women's Association discusses how this pullback is impacting female physicians. This episode was originally published in January 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two former competitors, a rural North Dakota critical access hospital and community health center, joined forces to rationalize care and better serve their community. We explore this unique collaboration and whether it can be replicated in other underserved communities.   This episode was originally published in March 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Co-founder and CEO of DispatchHealth Dr. Mark Prather discusses how the Denver-based company is expanding from its roots in on-demand urgent care home visits to provide home-based services across the full continuum of care, including hospital-level care through a new partnership with Humana.  This episode was originally published in February 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bremerton, Washington-based Peninsula Community Health Services is working with church and other community leaders to connect with individuals who are hesitant to get the shot.   This episode was originally published in March 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nevada lawmakers are debating a public option-style health plan. Google unveils another AI tool, this time for skin conditions. And now that patients have more access to their medical records as part of new federal rules, doctors are navigating how to handle it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.