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Part two of our series with DexCare explores the challenges health care organizations face in digital health, from competitors and disruptors in the market to complex market demands to fixed costs that hinder development. In our discussion, we review approaches DexCare is using to meet those challenges and provide on-demand, high-velocity care for patients in multiple venues.   Guest speakers: Sara Vaezy, MHA, MPH Chief Digital Strategy and Business Development Officer Providence   Derek Streat, BA CEO DexCare   Moderators: Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA Vice President and General Manager Digital, Virtual and Ventures Vizient   Chris Pagano, MBA Senior Consulting Director, Intelligence Sg2   Show Notes: [01:08] Looking at the market situation today: a change in perspective and pace [02:29] Health care organizations encumbered [04:49] DexCare takes a different (e-commerce) approach [06:39] Business model: three components [07:26] A solution that never existed before [11:10] Addressing the mixed model in health care [11:43] Moving DexCare forward – the national network   Links | Resources: New Digital Frontier: Exploring Health Care Provider Spin-ups and NewCos Click here DexCare website Click here Providence website Click here “Providence pivots digital consumer tools for COVID-19 response” (Healthcare IT News) Click here   Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Feed  

This episode of the VentureSprout Podcast features DexCare, a digital health solution that Vizient member Providence founded several years ago to provide on-demand, high-velocity care to patients in multiple venues. Today, DexCare is growing into an integrated, broader capability offering a digitally driven patient experience, from scheduling to delivery. In this two-part series, we’lll hear the story of DexCare from those who experienced it, both the challenges they faced and the advances they’ve made.   Guest speakers: Sara Vaezy, MHA, MPH Chief Digital Strategy and Business Development Officer Providence   Derek Streat, BA CEO DexCare   Moderators: Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA Vice President and General Manager Digital, Virtual and Ventures Vizient   Chris Pagano, MBA Senior Consulting Director, Intelligence Sg2   Show Notes: [01:25] Overview of DexCare [04:53] Seamless connection [05:28] Components of the solution [08:37] A more distributed model [10:02] Transformational impact of model [13:12] Opening additional access to care   Links | Resources: New Digital Frontier: Exploring Health Care Provider Spin-ups and NewCos Click here DexCare website Click here Providence website Click here “Providence pivots digital consumer tools for COVID-19 response” (Healthcare IT News) Click here   Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Feed  

In this episode of the VentureSprout podcast, we continue the discussion about the Panda digital marketplace and why it works as a “one-stop shop” for health systems not equipped to develop digital health solutions on their own. You’ll hear the rest of the story behind why three Vizient organizations created and developed this solution to connect their providers with innovative technology to transform patient care. Guest speakers: Kenneth Holmen, MD President and CEO CentraCare Health Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Panda Moderator: Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA Vice President and General Manager Digital, Virtual and Ventures Vizient Show Notes: [01:17] Health care organizations are not in the digital solutions business [02:43] Cost to play with Panda [04:36] Value proposition of digital solutions – better care, lower costs [06:22] Progress so far and future steps [07:30] “Find the puck” – coming to grips with changes and expectations [10:19] Why health systems participate: patient concerns, future capacity, best solution   Links | Resources: Practice and Policy Reset Post-COVID-19 Click here Panda Health website Click here   Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Feed  

Welcome to the VentureSprout podcast where we feature exciting spin-ups and newcos created by Vizient hospitals and health systems around the country. These best in-class digital health solutions provide simple, fast, efficient connections to procurement that transform how health systems do business. On this episode, hear from the visionaries behind the founding of Panda, a digital health marketplace three Vizient organizations developed to join providers with innovative technology to transform patient care.   Guest speakers: Kenneth Holmen, MD President and CEO CentraCare Health   Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Panda   Moderator: Crystal Mullis, RN, MBA, MHA Vice President and General Manager Digital, Virtual and Ventures Vizient   Show Notes: [02:15] Overview of Panda [04:19] Panda: the health system founder perspective [07:31] Accessing the Panda marketplace [09:46] Challenge in choosing the right solution in a confusing marketplace [11:15] Need for expertise [12:26] Need for a solution that works   Links | Resources: New Digital Frontier: Exploring Health Care Provider Spin-ups and NewCos Click here Panda Health website Click here   Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS Feed