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Dr. Arturo LoAIza-Bonilla, Co-Founder of Massive Bio and Medical Director of Oncology Research & Systemwide Chair of Medical Research at Capital Health · Becker’s Healthcare - Clinical Leadership Podcast

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  Welcome everyone to the Becker's Healthcare podcast series.
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  I'm Mariah Muhammad, writer and moderator with Becker's
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  Healthcare. And I'm thrilled to have with me
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  today doctor Arturo Loiza Bumia,
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  cofounder of Massive Biomedical
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  Director of Oncology Research and System Wide Chair
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  of Medical Research at Capital Health. Doctor, welcome
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  to the Becker's Healthcare podcast. We're very excited
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  to have you join us today. To get
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  us started, would you mind please introducing yourself
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  and telling us a bit about your background?
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  Yes. Absolutely. Thank you so much for the
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  opportunity to be here at the podcast. So
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  as you mentioned, yeah, our tour guides have
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  been, I'm the cofoundature medical officer of MasseyBio,
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  which is a company that uses AI
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  and detailed health solutions to help patients who
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  find clinical trials at scale and kind of
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  relieving the physicians like myself very busy to,
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  keep them off that task and focus on
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  clinical practice. And also I'm the director of
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  oncology research and shadow research system wise for
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  Capital Health, which is a health system in
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  New Jersey and Pennsylvania. So,
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  happy to be here.
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  I my my passion is, you know, as
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  you can imagine, a medical oncology, but also
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  the integration of technology
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  and digital health
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  and that major intersection around clinical trials and,
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  as a way to optimize workflows to make
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  things better for all of us. We're pretty
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  busy in our practices and in health systems
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  and now with
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  every extra click,
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  things are becoming much more, burnout prone. So
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  we wanna make it value based solutions that
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  we can get that to help myself and
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  my own practice. I still practice in the
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  clinic. So,
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  so happy to,
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  discuss with, all of you at Becker's opportunities
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  to optimize those.
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  Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Thank you again for
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  giving us that introduction.
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  So with everything that you're doing and, you
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  know, a part of, what are some of
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  the biggest issues you're following in health care
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  this year?
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  Yeah. So in 2024,
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  one of those things that are coming up
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  is the use of AI. Right? So everyone
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  is talking about AI, but how do we
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  really implement
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  those solutions,
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  at the point of care in front of
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  the patient? What is more important? So,
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  to me is,
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  finding those use cases that are focusing on
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  clinical decision making.
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  How can we use that, to expand precision
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  medicine, for example, biomarker testing for the right
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  patient,
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  at a right time so we don't have
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  to be dealing with
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  under genotype patients who may actually may miss
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  the chance
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  of a targeted drug that is going to
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  make a difference in their lives.
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  And also how,
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  that can help to
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  optimize
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  pathways and patient journeys, particularly with cancer.
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  So it's one of those things that I
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  feel that technology can really make a difference,
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  but make it equitable,
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  because the digital divide is real and not
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  every single
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  cancer patient has the same tools. So how
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  can we democratize this using this new, you
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  know, language models and in other technologies
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  such as ambiance AI or,
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  just,
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  integrated support within the electronic health record, but
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  make it very patient centric.
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  And and lastly, all the the issues that
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  I'm following is the implications on all this
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  on regulatory changes. So for example,
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  the evolution of telemedicine. Right? So there's a
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  lot of, effort happening right now trying to
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  make telemedicine
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  a must,
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  but how we can convince all the stakeholders
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  that is the right path and how to
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  keep the quality
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  of those visits and those assessments
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  in the right way while with implementing that.
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  And lastly for me is the part of
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  the security. Right? So as we're using more
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  systems,
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  and, you know, with those ransom attacks and
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  things are happening,
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  we want to use those tools, but also
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  prevent that,
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  makes us completely dependent on technology.
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  So, how can we create that value model
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  that uses not only the technology, but also
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  makes it safe,
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  and less biased and and also makes our
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  lives easier. So, those are challenges of course,
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  but, with challenges comes opportunity. So that's what
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  I'm more excited about this year.
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  Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I definitely think AI is
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  such a hot, you know, topic for this
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  year, and there are so many different opinions
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  on how to use it. I definitely agree
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  with you there. Is there anything else that
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  you are kinda excited about or anything that
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  is making you nervous, whether it's anything you're
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  seeing in the news, anything that you're currently
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  doing at your organization?
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  Well, so something that always makes me nervous
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  is,
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  are we going to be able to keep
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  the pace of growth in healthcare without
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  the fear of too much consolidation
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  and that leading to maybe
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  less access to patients. So I think having
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  you know, those things in perspective is always
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  gonna be essential. And I think AI and
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  and other tools have a role
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  to do to do in this, in with
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  these problems.
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  As we have been talking with different stakeholders,
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  you know, in Becker's and beyond, one thing
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  that is clear is that,
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  we're all excited about using
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  innovation to improve
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  the quality of the patient care,
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  but, also how,
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  you know, there there's some disparities
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  across different institutions of which solutions do they
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  use.
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  Interoperability
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  is still a problem between electronic health systems,
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  because, you know, even if I have, you
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  know, one system today,
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  the other health system across the hallway has
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  a different one, and all of them requires
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  a different login.
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  So,
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  as we are getting into more and more
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  technologically driven systems,
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  how are we gonna be able to really,
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  make it completely interoperable. Right? And connect the
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  dots, making it very centric to the patient
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  in front of us, to myself if I
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  am, you know, a patient of the health
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  system.
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  I I wanna have that
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  clarity and and and make it really open,
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  so information flows freely,
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  safely, and also helps us to,
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  prevent,
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  you know, issues with utilization
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  and and and, you know, health care costs
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  are just going through the roof.
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  So,
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  it's kind of finding that balance
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  and and how,
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  the technology advancements,
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  you know, they're outstripping the regulatory frameworks and
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  ethical guidelines so we can ensure, you know,
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  patient access and and safety and equity.
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  Yeah. Thank you so much for giving us
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  that insight. And, doctor, before I let you
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  go, last thing I really wanted to ask
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  you is, what would the most effective health
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  care leaders need in order to be successful
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  in the next 2 to 3 years, would
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  you say?
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  I mean, I think to be successful in
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  next 2, 3 years,
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  health care leaders, they need to be
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  learning and be adapt to leveraging technology,
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  data analytics and understanding the models that we
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  have been using. They're
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  up for
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  for
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  innovation,
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  disruption, replacement,
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  and particularly around operational efficiencies.
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  So
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  the the telehealth systems, they were great for
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  billing and to operationalize
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  certain processes that we do in practices.
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  But, now we it's it's a time to
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  foster,
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  inter institutional,
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  interdisciplinary
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  collaborations, still agile in response to all these,
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  you know, healthcare
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  landscapes are changing constantly.
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  And also, I think that to be successful
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  you have to develop really strong communication skills,
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  not only with the stakeholders internally,
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  but, with the others around you and and
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  even competing health systems, competing,
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  you know, population,
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  access,
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  to really make it
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  very effective. This is a time for collaboration,
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  in the health system so we can really
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  be effective. So to me, it's all a
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  call of, you know, talk to each other,
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  and meet up,
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  be go beyond just the the brands and
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  and really learn what's out because that's gonna
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  help us to become successful as a country,
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  as a in, you know, health system as
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  a whole, which is always challenging, but it
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  has a lot of opportunity. So,
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  so that's what I I welcome folks to
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  do so and and and and happy to
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  be part of the conversation.
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  Yeah. Thank you so much for sharing those
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  final thoughts, doctor. This has definitely been an
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  informative discussion. So, again, I wanna thank you
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  so much for coming on Becker's Healthcare. I
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  look forward to connecting with you again soon.
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  Likewise. Thank you so much.
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  Alrighty. And that was the end of the
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  podcast. I think it went really, really well.
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  How do you feel?
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  Feel yeah. I feel great. Yeah. No. So
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  as long as it makes sense what I
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  said, I'd be just just talking. So Yeah.
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  Yeah. Of course. So, well, I think it
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  went really good.
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  And, again, the podcast team will get in
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  touch with you about 2 weeks out,
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  and provide you that, link, so you can
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  share it and listen to it for yourself.
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  So, if you have any other questions, feel
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  free to email me or the podcast team
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  anytime.
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  Excellent. Sounds good. Thank you so much. Well,
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  I hope you have a great rest of
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  your day.
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  Same to you. Take care. Alright. Bye.