Episode S03 E13: Improving Interoperability, Intraoperability Nationwide Through FHIR Data Standard Implementation

As healthcare systems move toward greater interoperability, they have leveraged various strategies including cloud-based technology implementation and stakeholder partnerships. Nevertheless, they continue to confront barriers in their efforts. Kristian Feterik, medical director of interoperability and clinical associate professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), explains how widespread adoption of FHIR would advance the healthcare industry's interoperability--and intraoperability--goals as well as how cloud-based technologies factor into this effort.

Episode S03 E12: Managing Today’s Top Medical Device Security Challenges

Medical device security vulnerabilities have the potential to impact patient safety and serve as an open door to hackers. Elizabeth Butwin Mann, Americas Life Sciences and Health Cybersecurity Leader at EY, explains what makes medical devices so susceptible to security vulnerabilities, and what healthcare organizations can do to mitigate risk.

Episode S03 E11: Introducing Virtual-First Health Plan Models to Lower Costs, Boost Access

Virtual-first health plans have the potential to improve quality of care, patient experience, and access to care, but they can present complications as they involve typically-siloed technologies and care teams. Donna O'Shea, MD, national chief medical officer and vice president of population health and value-based care at UnitedHealthcare, dives into the benefits of virtual-first health plans and how payers can effectively implement virtual-first models.

Episode S03 E10: Pursuing Access, Affordability, Simplicity During Medicare Open Enrollment

Each year during Medicare open enrollment season, payers face both challenges and opportunities as they seek to address beneficiaries' individual needs and provide the best assistance to enrollees. Christopher Ciano, president of Aetna Medicare, divulges the key aims that payers should keep at the center of their strategies around Medicare open enrollment season and how Aetna tackles each of these goals.