Show Notes

July 2, 2021: How would you assess the state of US healthcare today? Joining Bill is Scott Becker, Partner at McGuireWoods and Publisher and Founder of Beckers Healthcare. What are the highlights of the Becker's Podcast so far? Which US Presidents have the best grasp of healthcare issues? What are the most pressing issues facing health systems in 2021? Do new entrants like Amazon, CVS, Walmartetc pose a real threat? Who do you think is going to win the race to the hospital at home? And what do highly successful CIOs CEOs do that others don’t?

Key Points:

• Healthcare is about serving patients. The number one priority is great quality and connectedness. [00:09:20] 
• The big problem we have is access. Access is a huge challenge with 330 million people and an aging population. [00:23:25] 
• We've got to figure out the labor shortage issue [00:24:50] 
• Hospitals are trying to figure out how to compete against the rest of the world that's moved towards an asset light model because they are asset heavy [00:40:00] 
• Beckers Hospital Review