Dan Pelino takes us into a journey exploring equitable health access and leadership in healthcare.   Dan is the author of Trusted Healers, the book ranked number one in Healthcare Policy by Amazon, founder of Everyone Matters and past executive of IBM's global Healthcare and Life Sciences Business.  He is a regular contributor to the discussion on healthcare, citizen based services on CNN, Bloomberg, the BBC and other media outlets. Links: TRUSTED HEALERS: Dr. Paul Grundy and the Global Healthcare Crusade Everyone Matters, founded by Dan Pelino 

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Inclusive Healthcare Access with Dan Pelino

Alexis Miller has one of the rarest backgrounds I've met in the industry - in her past life, she worked for UPMC, a large healthcare insurance and healthcare provider, and in her new role, she works at Schell Games, an entertainment company.  The crucial link?  Gamification.  Today, she takes us into the curious world of design, healthcare and motivation, helping us better understand how we can nudge patients towards better, healthier habits.

Gamification in Healthcare with Alexis Miller

Amy is author, academic and professional - making her a wealth of knowledge when it comes to healthcare changes!  Her work has taken her to various organizations and countries, including Mad*Pow (current work), CVS Health, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions and Big Communications.  She also writes a delightful blog which is both informative and entertaining, and which we share with great enthusiasm with you! Amy Bucher's Book, Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change : https://www.amazon.com/Engaged-Designing-Behavior-Amy-Bucher-ebook/dp/B084WPQNRR Amy Bucher's Blog Posts:   https://www.amybucherphd.com/ 

Changing Behaviours With Amy Bucher, PhD

How does innovation happen in a system with multiple payers - and the government as active stakeholder?  Chief Strategist Jay Srini takes us behind the scenes with important debates regarding healthcare.  This episode was recorded prior to COVID. Host: Corina Paraschiv https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinamihaelaparaschiv/ https://atdesignresearch.com/ Guest Biography: Jay Srini former Chief Innovation for UPMC Health Plan/VP emerging technologies at UPMC can help with understanding value chain in health care and help with product evolution, business strategy and partnership development.  Currently Chief Strategist at SCS Ventures.

Government, Employers & SDOH with Jay Srini

What do these three topics have in common?  In this episode, we invite you on an exploratory tour, as we dip our toes into healthcare innovation. Host: Corina Paraschiv https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinamihaelaparaschiv/ https://atdesignresearch.com/ Guest Bio: I am currently the Executive Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health at CMU. I have been involved with invention and innovation in applied computing for over 30 years in multiple contexts (academic, corporate, entrepreneurial) and multiple industries (defense, computers, electrical equipment, media & entertainment, marketing, healthcare). I did my undergraduate and graduate work at  Harvard University. My areas of expertise include AI, human-computer interaction, and computer graphics.

Disney, Design Thinking & Black Markets with Joe Marks

In this episode, we explore how our healthcare system prepares itself for an ageing population, with guest Dr. Steven Albert. Host: Corina Paraschiv https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinamihaelaparaschiv/ https://atdesignresearch.com/ Guest Bio: Steven Albert is Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health.  He holds the Hallen Chair of Community Health and Social Justice. He has nearly 30 years of research experience in public health, aging, neurologic disease, and health behavior.  He served as principal investigator on three NIH R01 efforts (AG18234, Cognitive and Physical Basis of Disablement, 2001-06; MH62200, Depression and End of Life Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2000-07; and NR012459, End of Life in the Very Old, 2010-15). he currently directs or co-directs the Clinical and Population Outcomes Core of the University of Pittsburgh NIA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 AG024827) and the U Pitt CDC Prevention Research Center (PRC U48 DP001918). He recently co-directed the HRSA Public Health Social Work Leadership training program (6G05HP7841) and U Pitt NIMH Advanced Center for Intervention Services Research for Late Life Depression Prevention (MH090333).  He has also completed an extensive array of CDC-funded research, including an evaluation of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s statewide falls prevention program (SM Albert, PI, “Comparative Effectiveness of Community-Based Falls Prevention in Pennsylvania,” CDC ARRA U48 DP002657, 2010-13) that established the evidence base for the program. Our efforts led to important changes in these programs to support effectiveness and dissemination, as well as certification as an evidence-based program for Title-IIID ACL/AoA funding.  He has also led the community health needs assessment (CHNA) for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s 40-hospital network.  He has mentored doctoral (15+), postdoctoral (10+), visiting fellows (4), and junior faculty (6) across a number of academic fields. Diving Further: Prohaska TR, Anderson L, Binstock RH. Public Health for an Aging Society, Johns Hopkins Press, 2012. Albert, SM & Freedman VA.  Public Health and Aging, Springer Publishing Company, 2nd Edition, 2010.

Aging and Public Policy with Dr. Steven Albert

SDOH have been front and center for America's healthcare for some time now, often highlighting the needs.  But what are ways which can help us find the funds necessary to run the community programs that make a difference?  In this episode, guest John Gorman, Founder and Chairman of Nightingale Partners, shows us a new financing model to tackle SDOH. Host: Corina Paraschiv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinamihaelaparaschiv/ Portfolio: https://www.meetcorina.com/  Guest: John Gorman John is the Founder and former Executive Chairman of Gorman Health Group, at the time the industry’s leading consulting practice which spawned almost a dozen entrepreneurial ventures in government health programs. John’s work focuses on Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act strategy, governance, and turnaround of distressed health plans. Prior to founding the firm, John served as Assistant to the Director of Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA, now CMS) Office of Managed Care, where he provided day-to-day management and served as the external liaison for the Medicare and Medicaid managed care programs. During the 1993 debate on national health care reform, John was chief lobbyist on health care financing issues for the National Association of Community Health Centers, an organization of federally-funded primary care clinics for the medically underserved. John’s career in Washington began as Press Secretary and Staff Director for U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), then Chairman of the Government Operations Committee. John serves on the Board of Directors of Henry Ford Health System’s Health Alliance Plan in his birthplace of Detroit, MI, and serves as a Senior Advisor to Premier, Inc., the hospital purchasing cooperative, on Medicare Advantage and Medicaid matters.

Financing SDOH with Guest John Gorman

Dr. Bob Uslander talks about the human experience behind terminal diagnosis and how care is slowly evolving to make endings more humane and gentle.

Re-Imagining End of Life Care with guest Dr. Bob Uslander

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