What Digital Does - and Doesn’t - Unlock For Rural Health

Jared Antczak, Sanford Health’s Chief Digital Officer, discusses how digital tools are impacting rural health. When you’re the largest rural health system in the country and your service area covers 250,000 square miles, you can’t view digital as just another lane on the highway. Regardless of their geographic footprint, Sanford Health is still attempting to address the same challenge of meeting patient expectations while also alleviating workforce burden.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Walmart Health’s first partnership with a health system. Will the status quo prevail, or can other health systems see the value of taking the leap and exploring retail partnerships?  This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer advisory firm and community that's writing the playbook for consumer-first health. (#294)  Interview with Walmart Health's Dr. Chinni Pulluru  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Healthcare Rap is the leading podcast about consumer-centered care, a.k.a. how the frontiers of digital, retail, and traditional care can work together to make healthcare easier for everyday people. It ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally, has been named a Top 20 Healthcare Podcast, and is one of the longest-lasting shows in the industry, with more than 380 episodes and 6 years on the air.  Join provocative thinkers Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail as they profile disruptors and trends that are impacting the consumer experience of healthcare.  The podcast reached new heights in 2024:  380+ episodes  250k downloads  2024 Top Healthcare Podcasts (Bright Inventions)  #2 on 30 Best Healthcare Innovation Podcasts (Feedspot)  16 Healthcare Podcasts You Shouldn’t Miss (b2Cast)  Multiple episodes on Healthcare Now Radio's Top 10 Episodes of the Year  Topics for 2025:  Connected fitness  GLP-1's / weight loss  Food as medicine / nutrition  Sleep management  Mental and behavioral health  Preventive health and wellness  Nontraditional care models - direct primary care, retail care, health at home, digital health, functional health, concierge medicine, etc.  How those nontraditional care models can work together with traditional health systems  Consumer-facing digital health  All other consumer-facing aspects of healthcare   Topics that we don't cover:  Clinical leadership  Cybersecurity  Health information management  Interoperability  Revenue cycle