Advocating for Change and Access to Equitable Healthcare with Dr. Adam Myers

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Health is everyone's right. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Giving everyone equal access to this fundamental human right is this leader's primary responsibility. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, it takes a collective and proactive effort to bring about the change that has to take place to help inequities in the healthcare system.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview</span> <strong>Dr. Adam Myers</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer (CCTO) for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 34 independent, community-based, and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. In our conversation, Dr. Myers discusses how to pave the way for an accessible and equitable healthcare system.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A longtime advocate for community health and health equity, Dr. Myers helps set the vision for the Blues’ efforts to create a more equitable healthcare system.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr.  Myers formerly served as the Cleveland Clinic’s chief of population health and the Cleveland Clinic Community Care program Director. A New York City native, Dr. Myers is board-certified in family medicine and has been in private practice in Oklahoma for over ten years. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He served on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma obstetrics and gynecology department and has earned the status of Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, The American Institute of Healthcare Quality, and the American Association of Family Physicians. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Myers is past chair of the American Hospital Association board-level Committee for Clinical Leadership and has held board positions with the