Sutter Health CEO Warner Thomas on Digital Transformation and the Future of Health Systems

Описание: The episode explores how Warner Thomas is transforming Sutter Health into a digitally-enabled, ambulatory-focused health system that can navigate major industry headwinds through growth rather than contraction. Thomas discusses Sutter's aggressive expansion of its physician network and ambulatory footprint, the system's push to dramatically improve consumer experience through technologies like online booking and ambient AI documentation, and their strategic pivot toward value-based care models as Medicare payment pressures intensify. Throughout the conversation, he emphasizes that successful health systems must embrace AI and digital tools not as futuristic concepts but as immediate operational necessities, while maintaining focus on integrated care delivery that keeps patients at the center—a philosophy shaped by his experience building integrated systems at Ochsner and now applied to reimagining Sutter's historically hospital-centric culture into one that blends physical and digital care delivery across the full continuum.

0:00 Intro
0:57 Overview of Sutter Health
1:52 Comparing Sutter Health and Ochsner
4:04 Key Focus Areas for Sutter Health
6:45 Consumer Experience and Technology Integration
10:52 The Role of AI in Healthcare
17:59 Advice for Startups in Health Tech
21:15 Navigating Financial Challenges in Healthcare
24:19 Healthcare Policy and Advocacy
25:55 Competition and Differentiation in Healthcare
29:54 Value-Based Care and Medicare
33:59 Quickfire

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