Mount Sinai's Arshad Rahim on Merging Medicine and Business for Value-Based Care

In this episode of the Healthcare Disruptors podcast, Ohad speaks with Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer & Senior VP, Population Health at Mount Sinai. They discuss the intersection of medicine and business, and why populations need to "get a lot more health for the amount of healthcare we deliver." They also talk about the benefits of handheld ultrasound, the role technology plays in workforce optimization, and advice for healthcare leaders looking to leverage innovation.

 

Topics discussed:

• How Arshad developed a career that merges medicine and business into initiatives that "start and end with the patient."
• Why the honeymoon of healthcare disruption is over and how to focus on more value-based care going forward.
• How handheld ultrasound can be a benefit for hospitalists.
• The role technology plays in the solution to better healthcare, especially in workforce optimization.
• The challenges of a specialist-saturated healthcare system and how to incentivize more primary care.
• The importance of getting more patients engaged in aspects of their health and how to support those initiatives.
• Advice to healthcare leaders who are focused on leveraging innovation to improve population health.