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Innovator Interview: Dr. Richard Lindsay & Gordon Walker

Innovators: Dr. Richard Lindsay & Gordon WalkerPosition: Project Consultants, Institute for Innovations in Caregiving VHIN: In your experience, what are the most common challenges family caregivers face? What work is the Institute for Innovations In Caregiving project doing to help alleviate these challenges? LINDSAY: Caregiver health will become an even more critical issue because the demographic data […]

Innovator Interview: David Coe

Innovator Name: David CoePosition: Executive Director, Colonial Behavioral HealthVHIN: What are some of the most promising approaches to the integration of behavioral health and primary care?I go straight to the concept of integrated care coordination. A particular strength of the behavioral health field is an ability to assist patients through the maze of services, providers, […]

Innovator Interview: Secretary William A. Hazel, Jr, MD

Innovator Name: William A. Hazel, Jr., MDPosition: Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of VirginiaVHIN: Considering the delivery system changes underway and the move towards more team-based, coordinated, and integrated care, what should Virginia’s healthcare workforce look like over the next 5-10 years?Hazel: Due to the long lead time and expense of training health […]

Innovator Interview: Saria Saccocio, MD

Innovator Name: Saria Saccocio, MD, MHAPosition: Chief Medical Officer, Danville Regional Medical CenterVHIN: What do you think are the biggest opportunities for employers, health care providers, and health plans, to work together to improve population health?SS: Vulnerability will be crucial to creating and sustaining an impact on population health. Without the ability to expose our […]

Innovator Interview: Chas Roades

Innovator Name: Chas RoadesPosition: Chief Research Officer, The Advisory Board Company VHIN: What do you think are the biggest opportunities for employers, health care providers, and health plans, to work together to improve population health?CR: The biggest opportunity for collaboration is the overall shift of the industry toward a value orientation. The faster employers, insurers and […]