Podcasts about Atrius Health

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Leading as a Verb: Doing the Work. We are talking with Dr. Aaron Hoffman, the Chief Clinical Innovation Engineer at Atrius Health and the Harvard Center for Primary Care.Our conversation explores leading from a place of experienced knowledge, incentivizing clinicians to transform care delivery, and defining the difference between management and leadership.Being a doctor is your calling because you couldn't imagine doing anything else. Let's talk about your career goals in medicine. Connect with us and tell us how you dream of practicing medicine. Want to learn more about how we do healthcare? Visit our resource center and check out how we are transforming healthcare. Don't forget to subscribe to ChenMed Rx to receive the latest news and articles from ChenMed.

A strategy and tactical tips to reduce your EHR inbox and save time. Atrius Health has reduced EHR inbox volume by 25%. Joining us to share how they did it is the physician who led the effort, Jane Fogg, MD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

In this episode, our guest is Dr. Patrick Carroll, a member of the Hims & Hers board and is Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Carroll oversees all matters pertaining to provision of care, clinical outcomes, patient safety, healthcare information systems and strategic initiatives and programs to enhance the Hims & Hers care model. In addition, Dr. Carroll is instrumental in managing relationships with health systems and collaborating with the executive team in the development of new clinical programs.Prior to joining Hims & Hers in June of 2019 Dr. Carroll was the Group Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Walgreens. Over his 5 year tenure he oversaw retail clinics, healthcare strategy, health system collaborations, quality programs as well as the development of the Walgreens Neighborhood Health Destination initiative. Prior to joining Walgreen's in May 2014, Dr. Carroll served as the Chief Medical Officer of Integrated Care Partners, Hartford HealthCare's clinical integration organization. He was also the Medical Director for Hartford HealthCare's Medicare Shared Savings Program which currently has over 20,000 patients in a Medicare/CMS shared-risk pilot program. He played a key role in leading the Hartford HealthCare's efforts in the transition to value-based care in a time of a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.From 2010–2012, Dr. Carroll served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Granite Medical Group in Quincy, Massachusetts. Granite Medical Group is a 40-provider Multi-specialty/Primary Care Group which is part of Atrius Health, a 1000 Medical Provider Group. Dr. Carroll received his bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his residency training at Middlesex Hospital in family practice, where he served as Chief Resident.Dr. Carroll is Board Certified in Family Practice and in Adolescent Medicine.Topics to discuss -- Career Background: Dr. Carroll's experience at Walgreens and his journey to being Chief Medical Officer of Hims & Hers. Additionally, he can share insights from his decades of experience in private practice and how that showed him many of the challenges of the traditional system. Overview of Hims & Hers + growth of telemedicine:  Providing a high-level description of Hims & Hers, plus the company's mission and vision to reshape the healthcare system and expand access to high-quality care. Additionally, he can share a brief description of how consumers access care through the Hims & Hers platform. Discussing Hims & Hers' journey as a company, including its recent growth -- especially since the pandemic -- and expansion from ED and hair loss, to primary care, mental health, dermatology and other services. Discussing how the pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption more broadly and why both asynchronous and synchronous telehealth modalities can provide people with a safe, trusted and a convenient way to get care. How Hims & Hers builds trust and ensures patient safetySharing some high-level points about Hims & Hers' homegrown EHR and how the company ensures care quality. The future of medicine + Hims & Hers' focus on personalized treatments Discussing Pat's view on why the healthcare system is at a critical inflection point where patients are looking for new front doors to care for a wide variety of conditions. Discussing, at a high level, how Hims & Hers is focusing on personalized healthcare treatments. How telehealth companies like Hims & Hers can integrate with the traditional healthcare system -- and why that's great for patient experience, continuity of care and ultimately better outcomes.Dr. Carroll can share how providers on the Hims & Hers platform can support a wide variety of conditions, but when care is needed that is not supported, Hims & Hers has partnerships with many well-known, high-quality health systems (e.g. Privia, Ochsner, ChristianaCare, Carbon Health, etc.) Guest - Dr. Patrick Carroll is a member of the Hims & Hers board and is Chief Medical OfficerHost - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBAwww.hillaryblackburn.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-blackburn-67a92421/  @talktoyourpharmacist for Instagram and Facebook @HillBlackburn Twitter ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cynthia Collin and Dr. Ben Schlechter join the show Cynthia was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2017 when she was only 35. She had two young children at the time, her son was 8 and daughter was 6,  Given her age, cancer was the last thing she suspected. She wasn't feeling well, had stomach pain and was unexpectedly losing weight. She went to her doctor and kept following up with them because she knew something was off. Eventually after having some tests, she was shocked to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  She had a surgery known as a Whipple procedure and then was monitored to see if the disease came back. In November 2020 she found out the cancer came back and she underwent another surgery.  She has been in remission for the last year. Her kids are now ages 14 and 11.  Cynthia says that she feel lucky because early in her cancer journey she felt lucky because she had symptoms that she didn't ignore. Many people with pancreatic cancer don't experience symptoms at all.  She works as a regional manager at Atrius Health.  Dr. Ben Schlechter  He is a medical oncologist who specializes in gastrointestinal cancers including colorectal cancer, anal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and neuroendocrine cancers, among others. He is a former intern, resident, chief resident and fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as well as a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School.  In the past he was the Director of Inpatient Hematology and Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as well as the Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. His work at Dana-Farber focuses on providing excellent patient care while trying to advance the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer patients. 

Hey Uncommon leaders, welcome back!.   This week I place a coaching client directly in the interview spotlight and you are going to love this story!  My guest is  Kellianne Thayer, the Director of Primary Care Access Operations at Atrius Health in Boston, MA.  I so appreciate chatting with Kellianne about her Uncommon leadership journey from being a young child  and “afraid to  share her thoughts” to leading a team of over 200 at one of the largest Physician practices in the Northeast. Kellianne articulates her passion for personal growth and team growth and her story is sure to inspire you as well.  Connect with Kellianne on LinkedIn

Welcome back to the Uncommon Leader Podcast.  I'm excited to share with you a recent interview that I recorded with a lifelong learner,  Keith Murphy. He is the executive director of Strategy Deployment,  Organizational Development and Marketing at Atrius Health in Boston, MA.Keith has a great story to tell today. I love how he links together a  challenge he had when he was young and how he has actually turned it into a strength of his today. He also talks about the disciplines he's implemented to help him to 'get into the groove' and overcome some of the languishing that has been a challenge for so many during the pandemic we've been going through the past couple of years.He also talks about some of the challenges of his diverse role in leading down, across and up in his organization, all skills that require different techniques to be effective.Stay in touch with Keith on LinkedIn.Leadership and Self-Deception on AmazonIf you're not already a subscriber, I encourage you to visit www.uncommonleaderpodcast.com to sign up now on your preferred platform, you can also catch up on all the past episodes there as well.Now, if you enjoyed the podcast, please share it with a friend. You could also think about maybe dropping us a five star rating with a sentence or two about what you like about it on Apple podcasts. It helps to get this into the hands of more uncommon leaders. Until next time Uncommon Leader Podcast nation, go and Grow Champions.

Chatting with my man John Gallagher today on all things health, healthcare and leadership. John is the founder and CEO of Growing Champions, LLC where his mission is to Grow Champions that Grow Champions. Over his 25-year career, John has coached clients in Healthcare, Manufacturing, and other industries. John's work in Healthcare included Atrius Health, a large multi- specialty group practice in Boston, MA, Cone Health in Greensboro, NC, Indiana University Health, and Harvard University Health Services. John has spoken, written, blogged, coached and taught on many current Healthcare industry topics, including: Digital Health, Population Health, Cancer Care Transformation, ACO , PCMH, Primary Care, Specialty care including medical and surgical specialties, and Leadership Development. John has provided professional advisory/coaching at the C-suite, executive and director levels as well as facilitated change management through all levels of Healthcare operations. John also transformed his health and nutrition habits on his way to losing 80lbs and being featured for his efforts in Men's Health Magazine, serving as a prime example you can get fitter at any age. On top of that he is an all around good dude who truly wants to help people get healthier and happier in every area of their life. You can learn more about him here at: https://www.instagram.com/coach.johngallagher/ and https://linktr.ee/coachjohngallagher and his podcast "Uncommon Leader" is available on all major podcast outlets. Reminder our 40 Days of Fitness is Open for Enrollment - https://www.jeremyscottfitness.com/40-days-of-fitness Thanks to our Sponsors: Athletic Greens www.athleticgreens.com/jeremyscott Free year supply of vitamin D3 with 5 free travel packs Sleeves Sold Separately - https://sleevessoldseparately.com/collections/jscott Code JSCOTT15 for 15% off all clothes & gear Dry Farms Wine - dryfarmwines.com/jeremyscottfitness Each new member will earn an extra bottle for just a penny with their first order of wine when they use this link. Jaylab Pro - https://jeremyscottfitness.jaylabpro.com/products.html

Al Lewis is the CEO of Quizzify, a prolific writer, and graduate of Harvard Law School. He authored Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, which was named Healthcare Book of the year by Forbes. Al is a member of the Strategic Planning Committes of Board of Directors for Atrius Health and co-founder of the Validation Institute, where he helps organizations measure their own outcomes and the validity of their vendors. His personal website, www.theysaidwhat.net, exposes vendors that have fabricated their outcomes, usually in a hilarious way.   “Anybody can challenge data. My specialty is taking data that is published and showing that it in fact proved the exact opposite of what they intended it to prove. In wellness you don't have to challenge the data to discredit it. You merely have to read the data and it will discredit itself.” – Al Lewis   Today on the Kaleidoscope Podcast: Why nobody believes in numbers Bending the healthcare cost curb Quizzify and health illiteracy Becoming a wiser consumer Key Takeaways: Surprise medical bills can be a huge financial detriment. Its important to understand and be aware of the consent forms you sign. The prevent consent, created by Al Lewis and his team, is available to be added to your apple wallet and has helped save users over 95.3% of their medical bills. Currently, the prevent consent form has a 100% success rate. When we talk about consumerism, education is needed. Think about why questions are being asked, how bills are being tabulated, and what you will be responsible for. We must be wise consumers and even wiser patients.   Connect with today's guest Al Lewis Connect with Kaleidoscope co-host Frank Pennachio Connect with Kaleidoscope co-host Susan Toussaint   This episode was brought to you by…… ReSource Pro's Growth Solutions practice, a consulting and training organizations for insurance industry professionals. Our business objective is to provide agencies and carriers with the necessary technical and sales insights to elevate sales conversations, compete more effectively, and grow organically.   Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week's episode of Kaleidoscope. For more resources, visit the Growth Solutions website, or reach out to Susan Toussaint at susan@resourcepro.com. Subscribe on your preferred podcast platform so you never miss an episode. Love what you're learning? Review the Kaleidoscope Podcast and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Chief People Officer & Chief Strategy Deployment Officer at Atrius Health Episode page: https://www.valuecapturellc.com/he60 Welcome to Episode #60 of Habitual Excellence, presented by Value Capture. Joining us today as our guest is Sandra Geiger. She is the Chief People Officer & Chief Strategy Deployment Officer at Atrius Health in MA. Sandra was previously VP of Performance Excellence at another Massachusetts health system. She's a physical therapist by background. In today's episode, Sandra shares her experiences with "strategy development" and the Lean management practice of "strategy deployment" -- before, during and after a pandemic Host Mark Graban also asks Sandra questions and discusses topics including: How did you get introduced to Lean? How did you become CPO? The aim of "never-ending success" A quick pivot due to Covid - emergency strategy? Connecting the strategy thread to the front line work and improvement and their role People learning what the strategies are - doesn't always happen? Why Lean at Atrius Health? How you can influence a company culture through Lean -- Continuous Improvement and Respect for People? Beyond culture, where does “technical Lean” fit as well? Click to visit the main Habitual Excellence podcast page.

Dr. Kim is a diagnostic radiologist with a PhD in Molecular Medicine currently working at Atrius Health. She is an alumna of Boston University School of Medicine, completed her transitional year at Signature Healthcare at Brockton, radiology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Breast imaging fellowship at Mass General Hospital. She finished her training in 2019 and returned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as a staff at Breast Imaging and a director of Breast MRI. She transitioned to her current role at Atrius Health, the largest independent physician-led healthcare organization in the northeastern United States, in 2021. Find her on Twitter @DrGeunwonK Dr. Kim is a committee member of the Massachusetts Radiological Society Breast Imaging Subcommittee and the Massachusetts Medical Society Women's Health Committee, a mom and an avid photographer. Hear Dr. Kim's insights on supporting women in rads, how to get involved in organized medicine, and personal perspectives on finding the right fit for residency and beyond.

Friends,With the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous hospital systems across the country rapidly adopted the hospital at home model in an effort to deal with overcapacity.  Many systems are planning to continue this service - even after the pandemic. The reasoning is simple. It's a much lower-cost alternative. It's much more personal and customized care. It's a lot more convenient and comfortable for patients and their families. And, it's going to be a major clinical delivery approach in the future; a major source of revenue, as well as a source for patient growth and retention.Our guest today, Raphael Rakowski, is one of the most significant entrepreneurial leaders in this rapidly advancing and transformative trend in healthcare delivery.  In 2010, years before most of us even heard of it, Raphael Rakowski led a team of engineers and clinicians in the creation of Clinically Home, the first commercially scalable model to enable safe hospitalization at home. In 2017, Raphael and his team created a next-gen version called Medically Home and joined forces with Atrius Health (a large multi-specialty medical group in eastern MA) to bring the program to market.  In 2020, after his role as CEO & Founder, Raphael was named Executive Chairman of Medically Home Group, Inc.  Medically Home operates in over 15 states at the time of this interview with a large number of strategic partners, and has most recently partnered with the Mayo Clinic & Kaiser Permanente.  In this episode, we'll learn about:Why - according to Raphael - the financial and business model for facility-based hospital care is misguided, misaligned and maladapted to the needs and safety of patients and their families.Why the shift to decentralized healthcare is necessary if we are to have a sustainable system, and how it's consistent with the path that other industries, such as banking and retail have taken.The four operational pillars that allow Medically Home to deliver a much higher acuity level of care in the home than other ‘hospital at home' models.The superior outcomes that Medically Home is achieving compared to traditional facility-based hospital care.How Medically Home is addressing some of the challenges in delivering high acuity care in the home setting.According to Raphael, the reason facility-based hospital care is suboptimal is that it has been fashioned like an industrial factory. He backs up his statements with powerful observations, compelling data and intelligent reasoning. For example - according to Raphael, 65% of hospital costs are due to the fixed costs of their bricks and mortar infrastructure. This overhead creates a “tax on care”, leaving only 35% for medical care. On the other hand, the cost savings Medically Home is achieving are about 25%.  Patient satisfaction is at or above hospital levels. Mortality and morbidity reductions are 10%, and fall rates and infection rates are dramatically better than facility-based hospitals.Raphael also reframes our notion of acute care and post acute care.  As he puts it, “The point of the Medically Home model is that you're reliably integrating three things that should never have been siloed - acute care, post-acute care,and population health… There is no such thing as post-acute care. It was invented as an artifact of reimbursement. You should be cared for by the same care team until you're not sick anymore.  This is one of the reasons for the high readmission rates we see in hospitals across the country…  We combine these together in a single episode called “stay with the patient until they're well and you understand what it will take for them to stay well…”  At the present moment, the home-based care market in the US is approximately $140B in revenue, and predicted to grow to over $200B within the next 4 to 5 years. One can view this rapidly emerging home-based care market as a threat to hospital systems - or, as an opportunity.  For those hospital systems willing and capable enough to be early entrants - it is a huge opportunity to diversify their business models and revenue stream, and to de-risk the unprecedented market disruption that is almost certain to occur this decade. From a mission-based perspective, it is an opportunity for our healthcare systems to do what we need them to do: improve care and care outcomes, lower costs, and provide a more compassionate and convenient care experience.Until Next Time, Be Well.Zeev Neuwirth, MD

This episode is dedicated to the 723 people with COVID-19 who came to recover at the Boston Hope Field Hospital during Spring 2020, and to all 1,034 staff who took incredible care of them. With heartfelt appreciation to the Dr. Anne Klibanski, President and CEO of Mass General Brigham (MGB) and the entire MGB leadership team, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh for making it happen. And with much gratitude to our partners and colleagues at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Atrius Health, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Suffolk Construction, the Army Reserve, the Massachusetts National Guard, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, and the Boston Public Health Commission.The "Hope 4" Commander - Brigadier General Jack Hammond, Deputy Commander – Michael Allard, and Medical Directors – Drs. Jeanette Ives Erickson and Giles Boland To learn more and connect with us at Home Base:www.homebase.org/homebasenationTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedInHome Base Nation Team:Steve Monaco, Marine Veteran Brendan McCaffrey, Maureen Roderick, Charlotte Luckey, Karianne Kraus, Dan Berg, DeeDee Kearney, Natalie BonelliProducer and Host:Dr. Ron HirschbergHome Base Media Lab Chairman:Peter SmythHome Base Nation is the official podcast of Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families, a partnership of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation.The views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials.

In this episode of The Urban Collective Show … We had two experts join us. Nicolette C Fontaine, MD is currently an Internal Medicine Physician at Chestnut Hill-West Roxbury's Harvard Vanguard in Atrius Health. Her career in medicine includes but is not limited to being the Clinical Director at the BU Medical Group, a Breast Health Consultant at Quincy Medical Center and Boston Medical Center, and a Medical Director at Caritas St Elizabeth Center for Weight Control. An alumna of the University of Massachusetts, Medical School, Nicolette proudly holds her certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine, is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and holds educational experience as a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and BI Deaconess Medical Center. Titles and positions she holds or has held, confidently communicating in 3 dominant languages; French, Haitian Creole, & English! Celeste Viciere is a renowned therapist, mental health advocate, best-selling author, and podcast host. She is frequently quoted by the media as a mental health expert, including NBC News, VICE, Healthline, Bustle, and more. Celeste has been in the mental health field for more than 15 years and believes in the power of living a conscious life. She has dedicated her personal and professional endeavors to breaking the stigma surrounding mental and emotional health, especially in communities of color. Her podcast, "Celeste The Therapist," focuses on ways to shift your mindset and change your thought process. Celeste's private practice, The Uniting Center, is based in the Boston area, and she holds a master's degree in counseling from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. We talk about Covid-19. Its impact in the medical field. We talk about steps people can take to implement structure and/or address other hardships that may arise from having to stay in & socially distance themselves during the pandemic. We address what to do if someone experiences or are aware of someone experiencing physical, emotional, sexual, and/or mental abuse and neglect while being quarantined? Lastly, we share ways Boston can support the well-being of its residents during this time. If you are a new listener to The Urban Collective Show, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Follow our Podcast @TheurbanCollectiveShow Follow our Hosts @Stephane_NIC_ and @BernadineTruth Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: https://www.crisistextline.org/

In this episode covering vulvodynia, Dr. Selk interviews Dr. Elizabeth Stewart, the co-founder and Director Emerita of the Vulvovaginal Service at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Atrius Health in Boston, the author of "The V Book", and co-creator of the educational website vulvovaginaldisorders.com. Topics discussed include the definition of vulvodynia, known causes of vulvodynia, what questions to ask when patients present with pain, how to diagnose vulvodynia, how to counsel patients, treatment options, helpful resources for patients, frequency of follow-up, and the probability of complete resolution of symptoms.

There's a back to the future feel to some of the changes taking place in US health care, and Atrius Health, which provides care to some 740,000 patients, is a leading player in that effort in Massachusetts. After years of soaring health care costs, there is growing interest in moving away from the fee-for-service model that has long dominated care, where providers are paid for each patient interaction or procedure. The trend now is toward giving health providers a set budget to care for patients over the course of a year. The idea is that it creates an incentive for providers to do all they can to maintain patient health, even if it means more spending on preventive services to prevent costlier outcomes down the road. It harkens to the early days of managed care, when such a system was touted as a way to achieve the double-win of better health outcomes at lower cost. By the 1990s, however, HMOs were in retreat, faced with a public pounding as many big for-profit companies seemed more interested in managing costs by denying various services than promoting good health outcomes. The idea behind managed care, however, is enjoying a revival as the US health care system struggles to find ways to better coordinate care and control cost growth. At Atrius, one of the state's largest health networks, with more than 700 physicians and 400 non-physician providers, more than 80 percent of all revenue now comes from some sort of global payment structure that moves away from the traditional fee-for-service model. “Which means we are directly aligned with our patients' interests,” said Dr. Steven Strongwater, the CEO of Atrius, on this week's episode of The Codcast. “We want to keep patients healthy and well and out of ERs and hospitals to lower their out-of-pocket costs, and to improve their outcomes, their patient experience, and safety.”

Atrius Health is way ahead of the curve when it comes to risk-based reimbursement models. With 715 doctors providing care to approximately 745,000 patients, Atrius Health has quickly grown to become the largest independent physician group in the northeast. But what really makes Atrius Health unique is that nearly 80% of its revenue now derives from full-risk contracts in which the organization is accountable for the quality, experience and total cost of patient care. With value-based care (VBC) at its core, Atrius Health focuses on prevention, population health management and creating full alignment with patients and patient care needs. In this episode of Healthcare Is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders, Keith Figlioli talks to Atrius Health CEO Dr. Steven Strongwater about the challenges of moving to risk-based reimbursement, the successes Atrius Health has seen thus far, and next steps in the organization’s journey.Topics they explore include: The value of partnerships. Being a health system that is not hospital-based provides Atrius Health with a number of advantages in the way it partners with other organizations to deliver the right care. For example, Atrius Health has partnerships with numerous hospitals that include interoperability of electronic medical records to ensure that patient hand-off is extremely tight and coordinated. Among other things, this ensures that there is no waste or frustration as a result of repetitive testing while ultimately lowering cost and improving care. Balancing the books with a high level of risk-based payments. One of the main difference in the financials of a value-based organization is that it requires significant reserves to balance the difficult years, according to Dr. Strongwater. For example, there are certain trend adjustments that an organization can make from year-to-year, but there can also be years where unexpected (and expensive) medical breakthroughs, such as new drugs, are introduced. Dr. Strongwater talks about the need for good contracts, decent reserves, and situational awareness – from both an actuarial and clinical perspective – in order to successfully navigate these occurrences. National trends between independent and owned practices. Independent physician practices are essential to the future of medicine and continue to drive transitions of change. Organizations such as Atrius Health are the ones working harder to avoid hospitalization and to always do what’s right for the patient and the total cost of care. In the process, they’re committed to addressing the country-wide epidemic of physician burnout and figuring out what’s doable for not just physicians, but nurses, nurse practitioners and others. They’re in a great position to do so because of an ecosystem that truly connects with patients – even in their home – and allows for experimentation. But as Dr. Strongwater points out, size matters and only large independent networks have the scale to experiment and the depth of resources to make changes. The driving source of change towards VBC. High-deductible health plans are deterring many Americans from going to a provider for care, but growing consumer pressure is what will ultimately push more organizations towards value-based arrangements, such as the one underway at Atrius Health. This offers the best of both worlds: helping a patient make good choices for their overall health – through preventative programs and otherwise – while driving down costs. Dr. Strongwater reiterates that value-based care isn’t about disrupting primary care, but that this model is one that should be implemented through life’s full continuum of care, from birth to death. To hear Dr. Strongwater talk about these topics and more, listen to this episode of Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders.

Medicine Grand Rounds March 8, 2019 Bradley M. Denker, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Clinical Chief, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Chief of Nephrology, Atrius Health

Adam Ward is an Innovation Coach, Author and Speaker with over 25 years of strategy and product development experience. He began his career as a design engineer at Honda R&D before becoming the Lean Product Development Strategy Leader at GE Healthcare. Now at Simpler, an IBM Health Company, Adam coaches C-Suite healthcare teams worldwide on client delivery redesign with a focus on new product development, services enhancement, and organizational transformation. He is one of the early adopters of innovation techniques in healthcare and has been at the ground level for major projects, including GE’s $8B Diagnostic Imaging Division. He is the creator of GE’s Disruptive Cost Workout methodology, which continues to be their business standard. As an innovation consultant with Simpler, Adam has guided clients like Atrius Health, Northwestern Mutual, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Air Force to leverage lean product development to increase the ability to create new products, services and patient-care models. His project at Lockheed Martin won their prestigious Team of the Year Improvement Award and Adam has won the President’s Award from Honda, GE and Simpler for his innovation methods. Adam has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Ohio State University, in addition to attending GE’s Crotonville leadership courses and its Management Development Course. Adam now guest lectures at Ohio State for both graduate and undergraduate programs on innovation, leadership, customer understanding, and change management. An accomplished triathlete, Adam has completed an Ultraman, finished three Ironman, competed twice in the US National Championship and twice in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. In this discussion we cover 1. Simplifying your life by cutting out unnecessary communication, even if you think it will make you look more professional. 2. Why at the top, all of the problems are the same, just the words are different. 3. The benefits of religion and religious observance in the business world. 4. How religion can better update itself to be relevant and meaningful in the modern age.

My guests for Episode #295 are Sarah Steinberg of Atrius Health and Ted Toussaint, a healthcare innovation strategist, formerly of Atrius Health. Ted is also a faculty member for Catalysis.  Today, we're talking about some innovative work that they led at Atrius, using a variety of modern product development and innovation methods, including Lean, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and more to create a new "Care in Place" model for home-based patient care that helps reduce trips to a clinic or hospital. Their work was featured in this HBR article: "How Atrius Health Is Making the Shift from Volume to Value."

Date: May 3, 2012 Featuring: Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Co-author, Pursuing the Triple Aim Charles Kenney, Writer and Journalist, Co-author, Pursuing the Triple Aim Alide Chase, Senior Vice President, Medicare Clinical Operations and Population Care, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Anthony M. DiGioia, MD, Renaissance Orthopaedics; Medical Director, Bone and Joint Center, Magee-Womens Hospital and PFCC Partners – Innovation Center of UPMC George E. Kerwin, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bellin Health Patricia A. McDonald, Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group and Director of Product Health Enhancement Organization, Intel Corporation Diane K. Miller, MBA, Vice President, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Executive Director, Virginia Mason Institute Rebecca Ramsay, RN, MPH, Director, Care Support Manager, CareOregon Brian H. Rank, MD, Medical Director, HealthPartners Medical Group, HealthPartners, Inc. Marci Sindell, Chief External Affairs Officer, Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard It isn’t always easy to tell the story of improving health care in the US. An awful lot of the answers and promising solutions fly under the radar screen and get drowned out by politics and policy debates. That’s why Maureen Bisognano and Charlie Kenney decided to move about the country this past year and capture just a small sample of the innovation underway that promises to move health reform forward… even as national debates rage on. What the organizations featured in Maureen and Charlie’s new book, Pursuing the Triple Aim: Seven Innovators Show the Way to Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs, share in common is this clear-eyed view that the status quo is not sustainable and that new models to simultaneously improve health, improve health care, and reduce per capita costs aren’t just needed, they’re needed urgently. The organizations whose stories you can read about in the new book and that you’ll hear about on WIHI are currently in the trenches and represent a leading spear of change, tackling some of the hardest issues ever for health care. All the people associated with the work are eager to share whatever they can with as many as they can. WIHI host Madge Kaplan pulls together the program’s first ever audio “book party” with enough time to hear from all the contributors and also ask questions and engage in discussion. A special note to improvers in other countries and around the globe: many of you have been part of IHI’s Triple Aim prototyping initiative for the past several years or have crafted initiatives of your own. Work outside the US is also critical and vital to everyone’s learning and everyone is encouraged to participate in this WIHI discussion.

Dr. Strongwater's prescription for restoring the joy of medicine is timely and insightful. As a physician, he understands first hand the enormous pressures that healthcare professionals are experiencing. 

Listen as Dr. YiDing Yu shares her entrepreneurial journey, passion for healthcare innovation, and exciting work at Twiage and Atrius Health. The ModernMD: Dr. YiDing Yu Dr. YiDing Yu is a practicing physician, researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur with a passion for improving health care delivery. Dr. Yu is the Chief Innovation Engineer at Atrius Health, the largest nonprofit independent multi-specialty practice in the Northeast. YiDing also is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Twiage, a mobile platform that empowers first responders and hospitals to deliver more timely, cost-effective care at the most crucial moments. Success Quote: “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” - Woodrow Wilson White Coat to Business Suit: YiDing started her entrepreneurial career in high school founding two internet companies. She always wanted to become a doctor and has focus her career on how to make healthcare better. Listen as she shares her entrepreneurial journey and passion for using technology to save lives. What is your advice for physicians interested in entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship is not a linear path or process. Below are YiDings steps for crafting your entrepreneurial career. 1) Clinical vs. Non-Clinical: What is your clinical vs. non-clinical breakdown? How do you decided on how much time you want to spend innovating vs. time spent treating patients? Dr. Yu spend 80% of her time on innovation at Atrius Health and 20% on her time treating patients. 2) Problem + Passion: What are you passionate about and what type of problems are you looking to fix? What would you spend your extra time to get right? 3) Navigating and Conversations: Navigating the rest of your career is about having the right conversations. If you are new to the entrepreneurship space, find a small cool start-up that could use your help. Send the founders an email and offer to volunteer your time. In return you will get an opportunity to learn and work with the companies founders and will gain great exposure to other healthcare founder and venture capitalists. Idea to Venture: Idea: How can you leverage technology to close the communication gap between first responders and hospital staff? Listen as YiDing shares the journey of starting Twiage to create a platform between first responders and hospital staff to improve efficient and timely high quality care during those critical moments. Challenge: How do you get all the stakeholders to focus on your very important problem. Sale cycles for selling to hospitals can be very long, even when you have traction! Successes: Make your problem relevant, develop the right referral network, and identify early hospital adopters with innovative leadership. Get the right team on board and work with those that you enjoy spending time with and trust. Lesson Learned: Simplicity is king - Your solution should work for your end user! Business Rounds: Best Advice: “Never leave any doors closed, always keep your eyes peeled for the opportunity. Never hesitate to take the risk, if it strikes your fancy or makes you curious. Don't just take the well worn path and predictable road.”- Dr. Clay Ackerly, Chief Clinical Officer at naviHealth, Inc. Daily Success Habit: YiDing shares her daily success habit organizing her email inbox. 1) Set out clear times to check emails. 2) Be rigorous on what you are going respond to. 3) Make snap judgement about responses - Reply or decline. Healthcare Trends: Listen as YiDing share her exciting healthcare trends. 1) Improving the patient experience in healthcare. 2) Patient satisfaction as larger components of patient quality measures. 3) Organizations and start ups that focus on patient exper...

As in many missed MI cases, the primary care physician did not order an EKG. Thomas Sequist, MD, of Atrius Health, describes where some of these cases typically go wrong, and how using a Framingham Risk Score can help with the evaluation process in the office practice.

A core desire to create a single population-focused model of care for all Medicare beneficiaries, rather than multiple payor-driven approaches, drives Atrius Health's participation in the CMS Pioneer ACO program, explains Emily Brower, executive director of accountable care programs at Atrius Health. The success of the Atrius ACO hinges on several preferred partnerships it has cultivated, including a collaboration with skilled nursing facilities, as well as outreach by population health managers, who guide patients in the management of chronic illness and prevention. Ms. Brower shared the first year lessons from its experience as a Medicare Pioneer ACO and how the program is evolving in year two during a May 9, 2013 webinar, "Medicare Pioneer ACO: Case Study on Atrius Health's Focus on the Triple Aim," now available for replay.

Armed with its own malpractice data, a large group practice builds on an existing electronic record system to ensure that when its doctors order a referral, the referral actually takes place. (Audio file updated 03/22/2012)

On the Wednesday, December 7th 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern my special guest commentator is H. Eugene Lindsey, MD of Atrius Health, an alliance of six leading medical groups who joined together as a non-profit alliance, dedicated to transform the delivery of health care in eastern and central Massachusetts. For more information, see: http://www.atriushealth.org/   Dr. Lindsey has been President and CEO of Atrius Health and also of its largest affiliate, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, since February 2008.   Previously he was Chairman of the Board of Directors for Atrius Health and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Dr. Lindsey joined Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in 1975 and practiced cardiology and internal medicine at the Kenmore, Wellesley and West Roxbury Harvard Vanguard practices. He served on the board of Harvard Community Health Plan/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care from 1991 to 2000. Dr. Lindsey received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Lindsey is a sought-after speaker on the healthcare topics of payment reform, accountable care organizations, practice innovation, quality and efficiency.   Please join us!.