Dr. Stephen Klasko is a transformative leader and advocate for a revolution in our systems of health care and higher education. He has been a university president, a dean, a CEO, and an obstetrician, and now pursues his vision for the creative reconstruction of American healthcare by bridging traditional academic centers with entrepreneurs and innovators. His passion is using technology to eliminate health disparities and offers everyone the promise of health assurance. Dr. Klasko is also a lifelong DJ who believes that the message in the music can give us the courage to tackle a broken, fragmented, unfriendly, expensive, and inequitable healthcare system.



In this episode, Dr. Klasko merges with his alter ego “Stevie K the DJ” to discuss his new book, “Feeling Alright: How the Message in the Music can Save Healthcare” published by ACHE.  Feelin’ Alright leverages the emotional power of song lyrics to inspire healthcare executives to envision and build a more accessible, high-quality, and equitable healthcare system. Using music as a metaphor,  Dr. Klasko encourages us to examine what is problematic in the existing healthcare model and to take tangible steps toward a more consumer-centered healthcare experience.



Infused with the passion inherent in music, this interview motivate healthcare leaders to take the lead in building a better healthcare system!



Episode Bookmarks:



01:20     DJ Eric “The Dream” Weaver introduces Dr. Stephen Klasko (aka Stevie K the DJ)!



03:30 Support Race to  Value by subscribing to our weekly newsletter and leaving a review/rating on Apple Podcasts.



04:30 Using the power of music to inspire a more optimistic world.



05:30 Dr. Klasko discusses his prior career as a DJ and how getting fired started him on the path to medicine.



06:30 Using music at Jefferson to inspire his others to find hope in overcoming the pandemic, financial tsunami, and systemic racism.



07:00 “Choice of Colors” by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions (healing during the George Floyd protests)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0SLv9WFr4




07:45 “Courage to Change” by Sia become a theme song for frontline workers and their heroic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQACEqf4QY




10:00 Health care delivery during the pandemic was a war and how music helped to see a brighter day.



10:45 “We have to stop saying we are the best healthcare system in the world.”



11:00 “Medicine's Dilemmas: Infinite Needs Versus Finite Resources” and the “Iron Triangle” of Healthcare



11:30 The performance of stocks as evidence for flawed thinking around healthcare disruption.



12:30 Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger come together to launch Risant Health and expand access to value-based care.



13:00     Payer-Provider Alignment in Medicare Advantage



13:45 Cityblock Health leveraging capital investment to build a Community Health Worker model for population health.



14:30     Taking population health, social determinants, predictive analytics, and health equity to the mainstream of healthcare.



14:45 “Keep the Customer Satisfied” by Simon & Garfunkel as inspiration for health assurance to rebuild trust and equity in a broken system.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6_0Do0qGQ




17:00 In healthcare, do we really view the people as the customer?



18:00 The healthcare system is setup to enrich the people in control.



18:30 “The concept behind health assurance is that costly sick care will give away to affordable, personalized, and preemptive care, partly through genomic sensors and AI-based digital therapies.”



19:00 The future of Jefferson as a health system without a location.



20:00 Livongo and Jefferson Health -- a strong, sustainable partnership between technology and providers to remake medicine.



21:00 Poor consumer segmentation in American healthcare (viewing patients monolithically).



22:45 Radical change needed! (collaboration,

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