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January 13, 2025, Issue #291

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Consumers often need clarification and support from the inconsistencies they experience within a single branded healthcare delivery system. This confusion stems from separate contact centers for billing questions vs. scheduling appointments, which may be further broken down by hospital vs. provider billing and primary care vs. specialty care appointment scheduling. This webinar offers a sneak peek into how Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare delivery system, unified its contact centers after developing its Clinical Access Center and making it a Center of Excellence. 

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Digital Health in the News

How Providers Can Differentiate Themselves as Physician Employers Among Workforce Shortages

To solve the physician shortage problem, healthcare providers must work hard to differentiate themselves as physician employers, according to experts from consulting firm EY. Some strategies include adopting the right AI tools and participating in value-based care models. MedCity News

Kaiser Permanente's new head of AI on 'two fundamental shifts' the technology will enable

The sprawling health system believes artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of clinicians and must be carefully assessed, says Dr. Daniel Yang, who also offers a closer look at Kaiser's successful rollout of a GenAI tool for clinicians. Healthcare IT Today

This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast

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AI is Easy to Launch, Hard to Sustain – Focus on People, Processes, and Change Management

In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP, Chief Digital Officer, and Chief AI and Information Officer of Seattle Children’s, shares his journey into healthcare and explores the use of AI in transforming the healthcare environment.

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Insights and Research

Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2025

From agentic AI to unstructured data, these 2025 AI trends deserve close attention from leaders. Get fresh data and advice from two experts. MIT Sloan Review

Healthcare poised for 'robust' M&A activity in 2025: PwC

There were 1,373 health services deals in 2024 compared to 1,506 the year before, 1,708 in 2022 and 1,525 deals in 2021. FIERCE Healthcare

AI in 2025: What Challenges Lie Ahead?

Wharton’s Lynn Wu predicts that the runaway growth of artificial intelligence will hit some roadblocks in 2025, including cost and data limitation. Knowledge at Wharton

Featured Offering for The Month

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GenAI Workshops

GenAI Workshop

Damo offers customized onsite, in-person healthcare-focused learning and ideation workshops to accelerate your GenAI journey. We recognize the need to support healthcare organizations in every stage of their GenAI readiness. Our workshop solutions include:

  • Interactive Learning Sessions: Organizations who are new to GenAI and has only basic awareness
  • Collaborative Ideation Work Sessions: Organizations who are now looking to focus on GenAI with identified use cases
  • Steering Committee & Governance Advisory: For those who are now ready to move ahead with GAI strategically but do not know where to start
  • Application Development & Implementation: For those who know what they want with GAI and need a reliable partner

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Featured Events

  1. 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference - The 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference will take place on January 13-16, 2025 in San Francisco, CA.
  2. WHCMAA at J.P. Morgan - Join fellow WHCMAA and other Wharton alums at a reception during the J.P.Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 15, 2025 I 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm PST

Damo and BigRio team will be present at these events. Connect on LinkedIn with Rohit Mahajan

Chart of the Week

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Damo Thought Leadership and Media Mentions

NEW! AI Agents Raise New Possibilities for GAI and New Concerns

The latest generation of “AI agents” have transformed the way businesses operate and interact with customers; however, they have also raised some new ethical concerns. BigRio Blog

From Assessment to Action: How BigRio’s Cloud Consulting Services Transformed a Top Global Business School

This case study showcases BigRio’s ability to leverage its expertise in cloud technologies and project management to support one of the world’s leading business schools in achieving its Digital Transformation objectives. The business school could reduce its cloud expenditures without compromising performance or scalability by optimizing resource allocation and eliminating underutilized services. The project provided a well-defined cloud strategy and a comprehensive two-to-five-year roadmap for future growth. BigRio Case Study

How Damo Helped An Integrated Not-For-Profit Healthcare Delivery System Develop Four Enterprise Patient Journey Maps In Three Months

A large not-for-profit integrated healthcare delivery system on the East Coast focuses on innovation and creating exemplary healthcare experiences. Damo has been a long-time advisory partner and understands the health system’s strategic vision well. Damo Consultants knew the health system’s in-flight work towards improving their patient experience. As such, the health system engaged Damo in identifying the first set of journey maps that should be developed at an enterprise level and then prioritized and developed the first four maps. Case Study

Books Corner

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Other Stuff We’re Reading

What Covid tried to teach us — and why it will matter in the next pandemic

Five years ago this week, STAT was interviewing nervous infectious disease scientists about a mysterious disease spreading in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, located roughly 500 miles west of Shanghai. Stat News

What Companies Succeeding with AI Do Differently

In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. HBR

Digital Health Funding and M&A

Hippocratic AI banks $141M series B, hits 'unicorn' status as it rolls out AI agent app store

The latest funding propels Hippocratic AI's valuation to $1.64 billion, launching it into "unicorn" status, according to executives. The company is using AI to close the gap on the worldwide shortage on healthcare staffing. FIERCE Healthcare

Innovaccer Rakes In $275M, Kicking Off What Will Likely Be Another Hot Year for AI Funding

Healthcare AI company Innovaccer closed a $275 million Series F funding round, bringing its fundraising total to date to $675 million. MedCity News

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