How Blue Cross NC Is Scaling Food as Medicine to Improve Health and Lower Costs

This episode recorded live at the 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting features Deepan Kamaraj, Director, Analytics & Informatics, UPMC Enterprises. Kamaraj shares how UPMC is testing and deploying AI responsibly through data governance, closed-container evaluations, and cross-functional collaboration, while offering guidance for leaders balancing innovation, regulation, and operational efficiency.

This episode features Colleen Briggs, President of the Blue Cross NC Foundation and Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Blue Cross NC. She discusses the Feed Your Health initiative, how food-based interventions are improving outcomes for members with diabetes, and what it takes to move these programs from pilot to sustainable, systemwide solutions.

Joshua Geltman, MD, MBA, Physician Chair of the Sepsis Committee at Northern Westchester Hospital, discusses the seriousness of sepsis and its growing impact in inpatient care. He highlights current trends, the role of predictive analytics in improving early detection, and how data-driven approaches can drive meaningful change in sepsis management and patient outcomes.

In this episode, Jaime Vinck, President of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, shares how her team is expanding access to high-quality care through payer partnerships, addressing rising patient acuity, and supporting staff with compassion fatigue initiatives. She also discusses her new book, “The Rehab Playbook: Demystifying Addiction Treatment”, and offers insights on purpose-driven leadership in a changing behavioral health landscape.

This episode features Jonathan Jiménez, MD, Executive Director of NYC Care at NYC Health + Hospitals. Dr. Jiménez discusses the “Lights the Way” campaign, a multilingual initiative to connect immigrant and uninsured New Yorkers with accessible, affordable healthcare, and shares how data-driven outreach and community partnerships are helping advance health equity across the city.

This episode recorded live at the 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting features Eric Poon, Chief Health Information Officer, Duke University Health System. Dr. Poon shares how Duke is using AI to enhance clinical efficiency, redesign inpatient care models, and improve both patient and clinician experiences through initiatives like ambient documentation, innovation units, and computer vision applications.

This episode features Brian Erling, MD, president and CEO of Renown Health, who discusses the system’s innovative joint venture with Kaiser Permanente and how the collaboration will expand access, enhance affordability, and shape the next generation of healthcare delivery across Northern Nevada.

This episode features Nolan Chang, MD, EVP of Corporate Development, Strategy, and Finance at The Permanente Federation LLC. Dr. Chang discusses how Kaiser Permanente leverages AI and digital health tools to improve patient experiences, support clinicians, and drive value-based care, while sharing insights on governance, operational strategy, and evolving leadership in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.

In this episode, Dr. T.Y. Alvin Liu, Inaugural Director of the AI Innovation Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine, shares how one of the nation’s top academic health systems is pioneering AI implementation, governance, and the future of oculomics. He unpacks the challenges of real-world deployment and why collaboration and rapid iteration are key to success.

In this episode, Leslie Jebson, Administrator of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Network at Prisma Health, shares insights on sustainable growth, AI integration in scheduling and administrative workflows, the future of ambulatory care, and more.