Care Models

A Physician Entrepreneur’s Playbook for Fixing America’s Specialty Care Gap

The U.S. healthcare system is facing a quiet but accelerating crisis: a widening gap between where specialists are needed and where they actually practice. In urology alone, there are roughly 1,100 open positions but only about 400 new specialists trained each year—a mismatch that’s only getting worse. As physician burnout rises and more clinicians…

Policy, Patients, and the Future of Healthcare: How Texas Plans to Fix a Strained System

The U.S. healthcare system is under real strain—and it’s something both patients and physicians are feeling in everyday care. In Texas, those pressures are even more visible, where rapid population growth, rural access challenges, and regulatory complexity are making it harder for patients to get timely care and for doctors to focus on medicine…

Policy, AI, and New Funding Models Are Reshaping Mental Health Care Delivery

Mental health care isn’t a new problem—but it’s finally being treated like an urgent one. After years of being sidelined, the cracks in the system are becoming impossible to ignore: overstretched clinicians, long wait times, and entire communities without consistent access to care. In the U.S., the scale is striking—more than one in five…

Leading Through Change: Dr. Kevin Stevenson on Workforce, Innovation, and the Future of Healthcare

Healthcare is at a critical turning point, where staffing pressures, shrinking reimbursements, and rising patient expectations are reshaping the future of healthcare. According to the AACN Nursing Workforce Fact Sheet, the federal government projects more than 203,000 new registered nurse positions will be created annually from 2021 to 2031, reflecting high demand from an…

From Online to On-Site: How Hybrid Models Are Building the Healthcare Workforce of Tomorrow

Health systems across the U.S. are staring down a stubborn talent gap—one that COVID-era lessons, hybrid training models, and employer partnerships are beginning to reshape. In Detroit, Houston and beyond, multi-billion-dollar expansions are colliding with persistent shortages, forcing new pathways into care careers. Meanwhile, loan-repayment and incumbent-worker funds are emerging as powerful levers to…

The Nursing Workplace: Staffing, Shortage, and Safety

In this episode of Care Anywhere: The Global Health Workforce Podcast, host Lea Sims welcomes Syl Trepanier, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer for Providence Health and member of the TruMerit Board of Trustees. With responsibility for representing more than 36,000 nurses across a multi-state health system, Syl shares his personal journey from caregiving as…

Employer-Built Healthcare Plans: Controlling Costs and Transforming Care

Companies are designing their own healthcare systems to cut costs and improve employee outcomes faster than traditional insurance models allow

Overcoming Behavioral Health Challenges: Iris Telehealth’s Technology-Driven Approach

Virtual care platforms are shortening wait times and reaching underserved populations by connecting patients with behavioral health providers faster than tradit

Neural Codes: AI Innovates Chronic Pain Management

Advanced AI systems are reshaping how clinicians diagnose and treat persistent pain conditions

Key Benefits of Virtual Nursing

Hospital leaders weigh promising efficiency gains against adoption hesitations as healthcare systems consider virtual care models

With Walmart Health Shuttering Its Doors, Retail Healthcare Has to Rethink Its Role & Strategy in Primary Care

The collapse of big-box health ambitions forces the retail sector to reassess what primary care actually means in a competitive marketplace

Successful Innovation in B2B Takes Bringing the Whole Company to the Table

Cross-functional alignment emerges as the critical missing ingredient most B2B companies overlook when pursuing meaningful innovation

Decentralized At-Home Care: Following the Trends that Can Improve Healthcare in the U.S.

Shifting care from hospitals to patients' homes could address critical gaps in America's healthcare equity and accessibility

Personalized, Tech-Driven Care is the Key to Revolutionizing COPD Management

Virtual care models and connected devices are enabling clinicians to deliver individualized treatment plans that improve outcomes for respiratory disease patien

Healthcare Technological Innovations Drive Improved Patient Outcomes and Streamlined Processes

Digital tools are reshaping how hospitals deliver care and operate more efficiently behind the scenes