Simpler Healthcare

Join Dr. Palma as he discusses the new law and what it changes for healthcare management — with a focus on the elements of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and its pros and cons.

Thank you for listening to this episode of The Simpler Healthcare Podcast. I’m here again today with Dr. George Palma, and we’re going to talk to you about a topic that gets talked about a lot, and that’s big data.

Today once again I’m here with Dr. George Palma. Today we’re gonna talk about an opportunity he had recently to attend the population health colloquium in Philadelphia.

Welcome to the podcast today. Today I’m talking with Dr. Paul DeChant, who’s the former CEO of Sutter-Gould Medical Foundation, and also a senior advisor and executive coach for Simpler Consulting.

John Gallagher and Dr. George Palma tackle the tough subject of palliative care. Why are we so hesitant to talk about it? How does it fit into the overall continuum of care? What can healthcare providers do to get patients more involved in palliative care decisions?

The goal of the shift to value-based payments is to help healthcare organizations achieve the IHI Triple Aim. But is it working? John Gallagher and Dr. George Palma discuss the challenges of moving to a value-based system, and how a Lean perspective can help hospitals and health systems improve — regardless of the payment model they use.

Retail medicine is here to stay, and traditional healthcare organizations need to understand the threat that poses to their businesses. In this episode, John Gallagher and Dr. George Palma discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to retail medicine to examine how the healthcare industry must change in order to compete.

What is individual health? What is population health? What does effective population health management look like? John Gallagher and Dr. George Palma explore the answers to these questions and investigate the four major barriers healthcare organizations face in providing quality population care.

John Gallagher and Dr. George Palma talk about the progress being made by accountable care organizations (ACOs), from both a financial and a quality perspective. They break down the five main indicators that ACOs are succeeding in achieving the IHI Triple Aim, and discuss how Lean management can give healthcare organizations the agility to adapt to constant changes.