What does (and doesn't) work in end-of-life care, a conversation with Bill Gassen and James Hereford, and more make up our 10 most popular expert insights of 2023.

1. What does (and doesn't) work in end-of-life care, according to physicians

With a focus group of physicians, Advisory Board explored the challenges and benefits of end-of-life care, including Medicare's under-utilized hospice benefit. The answers may surprise you.

2. 'The false choice of sitting back': A conversation with Bill Gassen and James Hereford

In this edition of "Lessons from the C-suite," Advisory Board President Eric Larsen sits down with Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Sanford Health, and James Hereford, president and CEO of Fairview Health Services, to talk about the planned merger that will create the 11th largest health system in the United States.

3. Why Trinity Health describes itself as a 'public trust' and what that means

In this edition of "Lessons from the C-suite," Advisory Board President Eric Larsen sits down with Michael Slubowski, president and CEO of Trinity Health, to discuss why Trinity is investing less in hospitals, what he thinks about Risant Health, and why healthcare needs to address its "guilds problem."

4. Advocate Health's CEOs on how achieving scale unlocks innovation

Advisory Board President Eric Larsen sat down with Advocate Health CEOs Jim Skogsbergh and Gene Woods to discuss why geographic contiguity is not a prerequisite for integration, why they're banking on their synergies unlocking billions, and how investment income advances — rather than contradicts — the not-for-profit mission.

5. 10 takeaways from our cost management intensive

We convened cross-sector healthcare business professionals to discuss cost management challenges and approaches for 2023 and beyond. Here are the top 10 takeaways from the session.

6. How Ozempic and Wegovy will impact the healthcare industry

Weight management drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are getting a lot of attention, and we've been getting a lot of questions about what this new generation of drugs could mean for healthcare business. The Radio Advisory podcast dedicated an entire episode to the topic — here's what they focused on.

7. Q&A: What Boeing has learned from their VBC strategy — and what they're doing next

Many employers are interested in the results value-based care should deliver, but few have pursued it. And even fewer have been successful. Boeing is a well-known innovator in value-based employee benefits, known for its direct accountable care organization arrangements with health systems in four markets nationwide. We recently sat down with Jeff White, Senior Director of Global Health Benefits at Boeing, to ask how their strategy is evolving and what they would advise employers interested in VBC.

8. We went to 2 of the biggest digital health conferences — here are our thoughts

Advisory Board's Rae Woods, John League, and Ty Aderhold recently attended two of the biggest digital health and health technology conferences. Read on to learn more about the tension between vendors and providers over the adoption of artificial intelligence and what it would take to accelerate AI adoption.

9. It takes a Village(MD): 2 key reasons Walgreens is a player to watch

With a $6.2 billion investment in VillageMD, Walgreens is transforming the way healthcare is delivered to rural America. Here's how the retail giant is using their acquisition strategy to expand access to primary, specialty, and urgent care.

10. 3 ways AI can help nurses

Nurses are burned out. In addition to COVID-19 and an ongoing staffing crisis, administrative burdens put demands on nurses' time that prevents them from working at top-of-license. Here's how AI and automation could help reduce the strain on nurses.