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Crosswinds

Tom Robertson and the Vizient Research Institute

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Crosswinds is a series of casual conversations with national thought leaders hosted by Tom Robertson, executive director of the Vizient Research Institute. New episodes released every month feature the brightest people in health care considering questions that others haven’t thought to ask – always remarkable, never exactly what you’d expect, and having fun along the way. Crosswinds: Two old friends sitting in comfortable chairs… talking.
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, is joined by Rich Liekweg, President and Chief Executive Officer of BJC Healthcare in St. Louis. Rich describes the similarities and differences between three models of academic medical center health systems in which he has worked - Duke, UCSD, and BJC - they then turn their atten…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, is joined by Dr. Bryce Gartland, Hospital Group President and Co-Chief of Clinical Operations for Emory Healthcare. The conversation opens with an examination of the challenges health systems face when trying to standardize clinical practices across multiple institutions and cultu…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, is joined by Kathy Parrinello, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital. The conversation centers around what Kathy describes as a feeling of moral distress among health care professionals when systemic barriers…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Alison Brown, President of the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus in Baltimore. Alison describes a number of hospital initiatives that evolved in response to atypical provider incentives arising from Maryland’s unique payment system, most recently inc…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Marcos Irigaray, long-time chief marketing and strategy officer at VCU Health, who now leads strategy and business development for the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health. Marcos discusses VCU's role as an academic research institution …
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, and David Randall, Chief Strategy Officer, UAB Medicine, discuss the vulnerability of the traditional health system business model, driven by a payment system that creates unintended consequences. The conversation then turns to how things could change, and David describes a unique…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Malcolm Isley, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Prisma Health, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Malcolm describes the unique challenges of delivering health care to rural populations and of striking a balance between local access and …
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Dr. Eric Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, Massachusetts. An Emergency Medicine specialist, Eric provides a unique perspective on the impacts of both the pandemic and the labor shortage on front line clinicians. The conversation tu…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Dr. Russell Howerton, a surgeon and long-time Chief Medical Officer at Wake Forest North Carolina Baptist, now Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health. Russ and Tom discuss everything from shared experiences with bygone general practitioner physicians to the effects of moder…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by Mark Laret, retired CEO of UCSF Health in San Francisco. Prior to his distinguished tenure at UCSF, Mark was CEO of UC Irvine Medical Center. He began his career at his alma mater, UCLA. Mark reflects on his career, which began in the early days of managed care. He des…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute is joined by an old friend, Mike Dandorph, President and CEO of Tufts Medicine in Boston. Before assuming his current role, Mike was President, Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and prior to that he was the long-time chief strategist f…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute rejoins Johnese Spisso, President of UCLA Health to discuss the economic shortcomings of managed care, and in particular the decades-long emphasis on reducing utilization. With over 25 years of experience in two west coast markets characterized by the long-standing influences of he…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute discusses the challenges of balancing research and patient care with Johnese Spisso, who before taking on her current role as President of UCLA Health, spent 22 years at UW Medicine in Seattle, another academic medical center in the top tier of research funding by the National Inst…
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In a slight departure from the usual format, Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Tim Babineau, MD, President and CEO of Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health system, to discuss a single issue facing every medical provider in the country. Tom and Tim reflect on some of the contributing factors behind …
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Mark Wietecha, CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association, return to consider macroeconomic topics centered around the concept of health care in a “culture of capitalism” as Mark describes it. The discussion considers opportunities to change the financing model to enable provid…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Mark Wietecha, CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association to discuss the similarities and differences between adult medicine and pediatrics, with particular attention to settings involving tertiary care, research and education. Mark describes epidemiological differen…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Dr. Marc Boom, President and CEO of Houston Methodist, return to compare the U.S. health care system to other countries, contemplate challenges rooted in the fragmented financing system, and discuss the importance of addressing health disparities and traditionally under-funded …
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Marc Boom, MD, President and CEO of Houston Methodist, to discuss Dr. Boom’s unique perspectives developed through his experiences managing the health care needs of a major population center during devastating hurricanes. Dr. Boom compares the stresses posed by natur…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Mark Keroack, MD, CEO of Baystate Health, pick up on a theme introduced in episode one and consider the frequency with which traditional financing is misaligned with the best interests of the patient. They then discuss the interpersonal dynamics involved in leading a complex he…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Mark Keroack, MD, CEO of Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts to discuss a number of possible long-term changes arising from the COVID pandemic including workforce issues and patient preferences for virtual care. Mark offers his perspectives on the impact th…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Cathy Jacobson, President and CEO of Froedtert Health in Milwaukee return to discuss macroeconomic challenges facing the U.S. health care system rooted in its Byzantine financing system involving counter-productive cross-subsidies between payers and a historic imbalance in paym…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Cathy Jacobson, President and CEO of Froedtert Health In Milwaukee, Wisconsin to discuss everything from agile decision-making during the COVID pandemic to deliberate system rationalization of clinical resources, including program consolidation and efficient utilizat…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Will Ferniany, CEO of the UAB Health System return to discuss a possible role for genomics in reducing health inequities, the shortage of mental health resources, Will’s thoughts on national investments in public health and education, and their shared view that macroeconomic sy…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Will Ferniany, CEO of the UAB Health System to discuss virtual patient encounters (before and after COVID) and their impact on ambulatory facility capacity, Will’s thoughts on the unique challenges facing rural health care providers, and the concept of global spendin…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, sits down with Yale New Haven Health’s CEO, Marna Borgstrom, for a second time. Tom and Marna shift gears to discuss macroeconomic issues affecting the affordability of health care for middle class households. Guest speaker: Marna Borgstrom, MPH CEO Yale New Haven Health System Mo…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health, to discuss everything from a purposeful restart following the COVID-19 crisis to creative approaches to dealing with the manifestations of social determinants of health...in the meantime offering insights into what Ameri…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute, sits down with Johns Hopkins’ president, Kevin Sowers, for a second time. Tom and Kevin talk about the redesign of primary care, telemedicine and mental health reimbursement. Guest speaker: Kevin Sowers, MSN, RN, FAAN Executive Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine President John…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with John Hopkins’ president, Kevin Sowers to discuss possible future directions for health care finance. They consider the unintended consequences of payment rate disparity between public and private insurance and how Maryland’s unique all-payer rate-setting model empowe…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Stanford’s president and CEO, David Entwistle for a second time. Tom and David shift from operations to health care finance and contemplate how things may change in the future. Guest speaker: David Entwistle President and CEO Stanford Health Care Moderator: Tom Rober…
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Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with David Entwistle, President and CEO of Stanford Health, to discuss lessons learned during the global pandemic. David describes Stanford’s new inpatient facility, with a particular emphasis on the use of emerging technology to improve the patient’s experience while rea…
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