Sg2 Perspectives

Community Hospital Optimization

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie talks to two Vizient consulting leads, Michael Lutkus and Amit Sharma, about why community hospital optimization is important for health systems. Michael and Amit cover some of the barriers to optimization (eg, M&A, care shifts), along with some strategies health systems can pursue, including engaging in change management work.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Trends in Obstetrics Care

Recently, there’s been a lot of news around closures related to obstetrics services. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, has a conversation with Sg2 OB experts Consultant Dionne Dela Cruz and Fellow Jeremy Miller, MD around the challenges and trends of obstetrics care. Dionne and Jeremy discuss options for organizations to maintain or close OB units and the impact of closures, as well as obstetrics care strategies for health systems.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

 

 

Where Payers Stand Today

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Associate Principal Joe Maher from Vizient's value transformation and payer provider alignment team. Joe is our expert on the payer side of health care, so in this episode, he’ll cover payers (eg, new entrants and models, partnership opportunities for health systems) and health plans (eg, Medicare Advantage, care delivery capabilities), as well as implications for 2025.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Sg2 Economic Index 2.0

Sg2 continuously monitors the margins and financial resiliency of our members across the country, so on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, talks to Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, Senior Consultant Sushma Narra and Director Ryota Terada about the latest iteration of Sg2’s Economic Index, which helps organizations anticipate where future financial headwinds and tailwinds may develop. Brian, Sushma and Ryota discuss the four domains of the Economic Index; how this tool can benefit not only providers but also life sciences companies; and their bold predictions for what will impact financial resiliency over the next couple years.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

The Bill Woodson Show: Looking to a Brighter Future at Vizient Health Executive Forum

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re excited to announce the first of our episodes we like to call “The Bill Woodson Show.” For these special editions, our host will be none other than Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson, who will chat with Sg2 experts and health care industry thought leaders about top-of-mind topics in the health care space. For this episode, Bill is joined by John Becker, SVP, Sales, Service & Insights Delivery for the Data & Digital business unit at Vizient. John recently attended the Vizient Health Executive Forum (VHEF), and he shares messages and themes he heard, including workforce solutions, transformation, AI, systemness and much more.

For more insights from VHEF, check out this article: The view from VHEF: 4 challenges that are top of mind — and what you can do about them

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Unpacking Post-Acute Care in Today’s Health Care Landscape

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, digs into post-acute care services with Sg2 Consultant Gurleen Sahota and Senior Consultants Nikita Arora and Rachael Zirkelbach, who share some insights from our recent post-acute care member survey. Gurleen, Nikita and Rachael discuss workforce and capacity challenges, telehealth utilization and policies, what to expect from the 2024 Impact of Change® forecast for post-acute care, and much more!

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

True Consumer Centricity Means Understanding Health Care Consumer Needs

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin talks consumer innovation with Sg2 Principals Yelena Bouaziz and Laurie Dowd—what members are asking and how health care providers can be more consumer centric. Yelena and Laurie cover the long-term vision for consumer innovation and where health systems are making progress, as well as how they’re addressing leakage.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

 

CFO Outlook: Five Common Themes of Top Performers

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Vizient VP, Member Networks, Michael Busch and Sg2 Principal Brian Esser to get an understanding of how CFOs are looking at 2024—where is there hope, where is there opportunity? Mike and Brian talk about where top performers are finding growth, the importance of data and analytics, and how CSOs can pitch effectively to CFOs.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

 

Sg2’s Digital Health Expert Is Over These Five Digital Health Cliches

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin gives Sg2 Director and digital health expert Andrew Rebhan space to share five often-said, often-heard cliches about digital health, and why Andrew wants to move away from using them. Andrew discusses cliches for telehealth, AI, big tech disrupters, “shiny new objects” and digital transformation.

 

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

The Ideal State for Rural Health Systems

Ever wonder what happens when the podcast host is put in the hot seat? Check out this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, where host Trevor DaRin is interviewed by Sg2 Senior Director Janelle Kwan! Both Trevor and Janelle have researched rural care continuums—which Sg2 calls Systems of CARE—so today, they discuss rural health systems, including workforce challenges, strategic partnerships and leaning in on digital health.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

2024 Health Care Strategy: Strengthen, Prioritize and Make Bold Bets

Every year in January, Sg2 provides its perspectives for the year to come in our popular webinar called The Year Ahead. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by webinar presenters Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, Senior Director Casi Roethler and Senior Principal Bill Woodson as they share their year-ahead thoughts with our podcast listeners. Brian, Casi and Bill discuss how financials will evolve, how capacity challenges will play out, what external growth opportunities exist, if partnership activity will increase, and much more!

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

A Sneak Peek Into Sg2’s 2024 Impact of Change® Forecast

Each year during this time, the Sg2 Intelligence team puts their heads down and develops our proprietary Impact of Change® (IoC) Forecast for the new year. So on this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Principal Chad Giese and Senior Director Tori Richie to talk all things IoC. Chad and Tori share what Sg2 is focusing on for our 2024 forecast and how innovation fits in this year, as well as how our members can best utilize the forecast.

 

Learn more about the Sg2 Impact of Change Forecast.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Making Sense of the Primary Care Landscape

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin sits down with Sg2 Senior Director Casi Roethler to talk all things primary care: what they're seeing, what they're hearing, what data they're tracking, and what may change about primary care in the near- and long-term. Trevor and Casi touch on the consumer shift, employed vs independent physicians, and what the primary care landscape could look like in 5 or 10 years.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Eliminating Bias in Health Care AI

Sg2 is frequently asked to talk about AI with our members, so this week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin is joined by Sg2 Director Andrew Rebhan to discuss the hot topic of bias in AI in the health care space. Andrew outlines some of the challenges of AI—how bias can affect health system health equity work, how to mitigate AI bias—as well as some of the positives, such as how AI can improve personalized medicine and care access.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

Innovation and Care Integration in the Behavioral Health Space

Over the past five years, mental health and substance use disorder have become top of mind, along with a lessening of the associated stigma. So this week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, is joined by Sg2 Consultant Caleb Bentley and Director Stephanie Snider, who lead our research and trends and our forecasts for behavioral health services, to talk about the behavioral health care space. Caleb and Stephanie cover access challenges and innovations, as well as care integration and care redesign.

 

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.