Healthcare Rap: Innovation: Agree To Disagree?

Alan Shoebridge doesn’t always agree with Jared about the who, when, and how of innovation … or does he? It turns out that Alan, Chief Communication Officer for Providence Oregon, finds a lot of common ground with those who are calling for urgent transformation, such as: <br />-Retail brands can be good for consumers’ healthcare choices, but it won’t be easy for them to succeed. <br />-Innovation requires dedicated resources. You can’t just assign it to someone on top of everything else they’re already doing. <br />-The challenge is how to connect everything once you get past primary care – how to funnel into specialists, etc. <br />-Valuing innovation doesn’t devalue operations. <br />All that, plus the Flava of the Week about what the CEO of Whole Foods recently said about whole-person health. John Mackey delivered a scathing review of the US healthcare system at HIMSS, so what did he say we should do instead, and why is it important?<br /><br />Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at <a href="http://www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/" rel="noopener">www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/</a>