Healthcare on Air by Verizon

Accelerating Health Equity: Flexible Healthcare Access

Learn about how technology can be used to improve where and how healthcare is delivered in this episode with Dr. Michelle Schmerge, Co-Founder and CEO of Equity Health as she shares her vision for how technology can enable flexible delivery of healthcare for rural, older and mobile individuals with Robin Goldsmith representing Verizon Healthcare Strategy and Innovation and Courtney Lee Schoon of Verizon's Forward for Good Program.

Accelerating Health Equity: Transportation Coordination and Access for Vulnerable Populations

Erica Plybeah, Founder and CEO of MedHaul and Nathalie Occean, COO of MedHaul, share how equitable access to transportation leads to better outcomes with Robin Goldsmith representing Verizon Healthcare Strategy and Innovation and Courtney Lee Schoon of Verizon's Forward for Good Program.

Accelerating Health Equity: Access to Maternal Care

Ariana McGee, Founder and CEO of Navigate Maternity discusses how the mission of equal access to maternal care inspired her entrepreneurial journey with Robin Goldsmith representing Verizon Healthcare Strategy and Innovation and Courtney Lee Schoon of Verizon's Forward for Good Program.

Accelerating Health Equity: Equal Access to Health Education

Join Reva McPollum, Founder and CEO of Lessonbee as she discusses the importance of equal access to health education with Robin Goldsmith of Verizon Healthcare Strategy and Innovation Group and Courtney Lee Schoon of Verizon’s Forward for Good Program.

Connecting The New Care Ecosystem. Part 2 of 2

The conversation dives deep into the transformative power of connected healthcare, exploring its impact on care delivery, patient experiences, and the future of the healthcare industry.Main Points of Conversation:The significance of data interoperability and privacy considerations in connected healthcareThe concept of integrated service lines and its role in creating a seamless and patient-centered care experienceThe importance of connectivity and broadband infrastructure in ensuring equitable access to healthcare services

Accelerating Health Equity: Preventative Care for Diabetes Patients

Host Robin Goldsmith, along with co-host Courtney Schoon, initiate a summer series by revisiting the importance of health equity. The episode features Adrianna Cantu, a clinical expert and representative of Revealix, an innovative company addressing diabetic complications through technology.Main Points of Conversation:Simplifying Foot Health Checks: Adrianna introduces Revealix's point-of-care mobile application designed to simplify foot health checks—a critical step in identifying risks associated with diabetic foot complications.Tackling Health Disparities: The discussion delves into the multi-faceted concept of health equity, encompassing awareness, access, agency, and impact. The goal is to provide all individuals, regardless of background, with the tools to manage their health effectively.Empowering through Technology: The conversation highlights the role of technology in enabling individuals to understand their vulnerabilities, take ownership of their health, and contribute to improved healthcare outcomes.

Trailer: The Health Equity Landscape for 2023

The Health Equity Landscape for 2023. Part 1 of 2.

In a society striving for the best healthcare, any mission that doesn’t consider all people receiving care is likely to fail. Today, the healthcare community recognizes the growing need to track social determinants of health through improved data methods to understand the challenges better and improve health equity outcomes. How can healthcare innovation, technology, or new care models be addressed without recognizing these solutions must be constructed and delivered on a foundation of equity?Health equity is the central theme of the debut episode of Verizon Healthcare’s new podcast series focused on connected healthcare. Lea Sims, Verizon’s marketing strategy lead for healthcare, hosts this in-depth discussion of the health equity landscape in 2023. Two thought leaders and innovators in the healthcare space. Robin Goldsmith, Health Innovation Principal at Verizon Business, and Abner Mason, Founder & CEO at SameSky Health, joined Sims for a two-part discussion. On the first episode of this two-part conversation, Sims, Goldsmith, and Mason discussed the following:Bridging the health equity gap for people impacted by the social determents of health and underserved communities.The current landscape of health equity in 2023Learnings from the pandemic that brought renewed focus on health equity.Breaking down the assumptions behind assumed needs vs. actual needs for people of color and other health equity patient populations.“We need the data, and we need to come at this from the perspective of being willing to listen to the data and check our assumptions because that’s the only way we’re going to start to make progress here,” Mason said.Sims, Goldsmith, and Mason’s conversation will continue with part 2 of Verizon Healthcare’s connected healthcare podcast. Abner Mason is a Harvard University graduate and leader in the drive for health equity. Mason’s dedication to creating a more just, equitable, and effective healthcare system led him to found SameSky Health. He leads a team of diverse professionals who strive every day to improve outcomes and lower costs on behalf of health plans. SameSky Health is a post-Series B venture-backed company with leading investors, including 7wire ventures, Tufts Health Plan, Magnetic Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and DaVita Venture Group. Robin Goldsmith is a data-driven sales leader leveraging best-in-class technology and innovation to address healthcare's most challenging problems and focused on Innovation and strategy with Verizon's top Enterprise Healthcare clients around connected hospital, virtual care, patient experience, digital front door patient experience, and health information security. He works to co-create business use cases with healthcare stakeholders to address clinical and operational challenges and provide end-to-end solutions to meet their needs. Lea Sims is a marketing, messaging, and thought leadership strategist with 30+ years' experience as a communicator, writer, and content developer helping nonprofit healthcare associations and enterprise organizations tell their stories--synthesizing industry voice with organizational narrative, enabling product and sales organizations to make meaningful connections to industry stakeholders, and forging strategic partnerships with influencer groups in key market spaces. Supporting Verizon's growing healthcare practice as an industry subject matter expert, thought leader, and marketing strategist is her primary focus--everything from product strategy to market narrative to innovation partnerships that advance the digital evolution of care delivery.

The Health Equity Landscape for 2023. Part 2 of 2.

How can healthcare build technology that ensures equitable access and use for everyone? The American Hospital Association says there are four ways to improve digital health equality. The first is applying a health equity lens and being intentionally inclusive. The second, leverage simpler and cost-effective approaches. Three, engage diverse patients to improve digital health literacy and individualize care. Finally, track patient engagement with digital tools to measure success and assess scalability. Technology in health equity highlights this second episode of Verizon’s podcast series on connected healthcare. Lea Sims, Verizon’s Marketing Strategy Lead for healthcare, continues her discussion on the health equity landscape in 2023 with Robin Goldsmith, Health Innovation Principal at Verizon Business, and Abner Mason, Founder & CEO at SameSky Health.In their first episode [insert link to episode one], Sims, Goldsmith, and Mason laid the foundation for why health equity is crucial for the success of healthcare today, some learnings from the pandemic that brought health equity into focus, and how to address the actual needs that will make a difference in health equity for patients. In this second episode, Sims, Goldsmith, and Mason conclude their conversation by breaking down the technological advancements that can make a meaningful difference in care and bring health equity to everyone. Their discussion includes the following:Are the latest and greatest healthcare technology advancements focused enough on access, utility, and digital literacy? And which developers are keeping these areas in mind?The emerging technologies that show promise in edging healthcare closer to health equity.Examples of technology projects specifically addressing inequity.“One thing we’re excited about at SameSky Health is the interest that our health plan partners, their willingness and desire to collect this type of REL data, race, ethnicity, and language, and then SOGI, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and SDOH data,” Mason said. “So, we’re being hired now. We built a solution called Culture Guide, and our plan partners are deploying it across their member populations. The level of interest and commitment to understanding more about who that patient or plan member is truly refreshing.”Abner Mason is a Harvard University graduate and leader in the drive for health equity. Mason’s dedication to creating a more just, equitable, and effective healthcare system led him to found SameSky Health. He leads a team of diverse professionals who strive every day to improve outcomes and lower costs on behalf of health plans. SameSky Health is a post-Series B venture-backed company with leading investors, including 7wire ventures, Tufts Health Plan, Magnetic Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and DaVita Venture Group. Robin Goldsmith is a data-driven sales leader leveraging best-in-class technology and innovation to address healthcare's most challenging problems and focused on Innovation and strategy with Verizon's top Enterprise Healthcare clients around connected hospital, virtual care, patient experience, digital front door patient experience, and health information security. He works to co-create business use cases with healthcare stakeholders to address clinical and operational challenges and provide end-to-end solutions to meet their needs. Lea Sims is a marketing, messaging, and thought leadership strategist with 30+ years' experience as a communicator, writer, and content developer helping nonprofit healthcare associations and enterprise organizations tell their stories--synthesizing industry voice with organizational narrative, enabling product and sales organizations to make meaningful connections to industry stakeholders, and forging strategic partnerships with influencer groups in key market spaces. Supporting Verizon's growing healthcare practice as an industry subject matter expert, thought leader, and marketing strategist is her primary focus--everything from product strategy to market narrative to innovation partnerships that advance the digital evolution of care delivery.

The Hospital Blueprint of the Future. Part 1 of 2.

The pandemic forever changed the way we engage with healthcare, but the road to change was a long time coming. While exasperated by the pandemic, the way people interact with healthcare was already big on virtual visits and connected infrastructure. The hospital of the future is already here, so what does that look like, how do current standards react to this change, and how do new technologies keep it evolving?On this episode of Healthcare on Air by Verizon, host Lea Sims spoke with guests Danny Johnson and Gary Lynch about the hospital of the future and what it looks like. While Johnson looks at how Verizon’s 5G technology can be used for more interconnectivity between sectors, Lynch focuses on major market trends. They understand that private networks, private 5G, edge computing, and core security are important to the new ways hospitals are running.“Looking at what happened in the pandemic, where are providers focused? They’ve moved to being more patient centric, right?” said Lynch, regarding the vision of the hospital of the future. “I’m putting the patient at the center of the universe and kind of building their services and solutions around it. We’re moving more virtual, more care moving out of the four walls of the hospital into the home, more ambulatory.”This episode also covers:The physical and virtual environment of hospitals and healthcareChanging technologies within healthcareHow new technology can be implemented into established legacy hospitalsLynch noted that some hospitals remained profitable and functionable during the pandemic, thanks to going virtual. This is part of why the hospital of the future is very much the hospital of the present, as many hospitals and healthcare facilities are using this technology successfully. “This hospital of the future has kind of evolved into this really ‘ecosystem of the future,’ if you will.”Danny Johnson is the Director of Product Marketing at Verizon, focusing on 5G, MEC, IoT, SDN, and next generation services. Gary Lynch is the Global Practice Lead of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Verizon, having first started as their Managing Partner of Global Solutions for Healthcare and Life Sciences Vertical.