Healthcare Reimagined
On Healthcare reimagined, we speak with clinicians, entrepreneurs, and provider and payor executives who are innovating within US Healthcare.
We are sponsored by Covered Health, which is automating the most challenging and time consuming elements of appealing denied medical claims for providers. By streamlining access to diverse databases and inputs, Covered uses technology to helps RCM specialists identify denial root causes, and appeal them
Healthcare Reimagined
Ruth Krystopolski: Senior VP of Population Health, Atrium Health
Ruth Krystopolski has spent the last 30 years in Healthcare. Over the past 5 years, she has been deeply focused on population health within her present role as the Senior VP of Population Health at Atrium Health, as well as her previous role as the Senior VP of Population Health at CHRISTUS Health. Atrium Health encompasses over 40 hospitals, and 900 post-acute care locations, and Ruth and I spoke about the challenges of serving such a large and heterogeneous population. When drive-through testing sites failed to increase the testing-rate-per-thousand among people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, realizing that many didn't have cars, Atrium repurposed two of it's Wellness-on-Wheels vehicles to drive around these neighborhoods using hot spotting and heat-mapping to identify locations that would maximize the impact of their efforts. We also spoke about shifting care from the Hospital to the home for COVID-positive patients to improve the patient experience and reduce risk to staff.
The Society for HealthCare Innovation is a community of professionals dedicated to improving healthcare through innovation. We are comprised of physicians, nurses, healthcare executives, tech and industry leaders, and many more with a unifying ethos and mission- improving healthcare through innovation.
SHCI Website: https://www.shci.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theshci/
Youtube: https://bit.ly/3gLb28A
Spotify: http://bit.ly/healthcarereimagined
Time Stamps
00:00 – Introducing Ruth Krystopolski; How is Atrium Health addressing the COVID-19 pandemic from a population health perspective?
05:22 – How are you addressing the increased risk factor and resulting decreased utilization of health services for patients with chronic illness?
07:40 – Do you feel Atrium Health has done a good job mitigating the potential ‘second wave’ coming from chronic patients or so you still worry about a fallout?
10:14 – Atrium Health measures taken to address socioeconomic disparities that affect access to and quality of care
13:50 – How do you think the U.S. healthcare system may shift to address the clear and apparent need for a different way of thinking about population health, especially among underserved populations?