Publishing Where It Matters: A Candid Conversation

• Paul Barach, MD, MPH THMT Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Principal at J. Bara Innovation, and Chief Medical Officer, Pegwin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-698X
• Dr. Suhail Chughtai, FRCS, FFLM Clinical Director of Orthopaedics & Trauma, M L Professionals, London, UK, and AI Division Head, United Kingdom Digital Health & Care, UK - THMT Co-Editor-in-Chief https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7639-2833
• Martin Curley, PhD Professor of Innovation at Maynooth University, Director of the Digital Health Ecosystem at the Innovation Value Institute, and a visiting professor at the University of Bath, Ireland - THMT Co-Editor-in-Chief

In a refreshingly open and candid podcast conversation, new Editors-in-Chief of Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) sat down to talk honestly about where the journal stands, where it is headed, and why they believe it occupies a genuinely distinct and necessary place in the scholarly landscape. The conversation was a frank dialogue among colleagues who care deeply about the field and want researchers to understand both the journal's purpose and its current realities.

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The Real Economics of Value Based Care

• Erik Johnson Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead, Value Based Care, Optum
• Lyle Berkowitz, MD Founder and Chairman, KeyCare and Editor-in-Chief, THMT

Is value based care truly aligning incentives — or redistributing financial risk across payers, providers, and patients in ways that compress margins and shift burden? Is telehealth a costsaving lever under properly structured risk contracts — or perceived as a margin threat?

At a time when value based care dominates policy rhetoric, this episode moves past theory and into financial reality. This discussion directly examines whether value based care is delivering on its economic promise — or simply reshuffling financial risk across the system.

This episode also addresses the deeper economic tension beneath the surface: Who wins, who loses, and who is subsidizing whom?

Many organizations talk about the power of data but too few really understand the full potential. Utilizing a strategic framework that redefines the roles of collaboration and innovation, see how one organization built competitive differentiators by expanding upon the concept of a data analytics platform to create a data operating system and beyond enterprise analytics to facilitating an ecosystem.

The 30% Problem: Solving Pharmaceutical Waste with Blockchain

With up to 30% of donated pharmaceutical aid products being diverted, stolen or going to waste in this session we will learn how blockchain technology is addressing some of the biggest trust challenges in the global supply chain. Supply chain issues may prevent people that are in greatest need of life-saving medicines from being treated. Through the use of a Decentralized Knowledge Graph and blockchain technology firms and governmental aid organizations now have visibility to supply chain traceability and transparency of donated medicines. The session will additionally cover ancillary benefits with the implementation of such a solution.

Learn the latest developments, solutions and forward-looking approaches with blockchain technology for healthcare. How do panelists view healthcare delivery systems changing through blockchain-powered technology? What solutions are they spearheading along with new models of collaborations with which they are involved? The panel will highlight how blockchain is leveraged to transform health systems.

How Blockchain Elevates Health Solutions and Services Today and in the Future

• Kyle Culver Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana, and Co-Founder of the Synaptic Alliance

The healthcare industry is beginning to see real value created from blockchain powered solutions. The presentation spotlights what value and impact is being created for early adopters. The speaker will share informed insights for future applications and opportunities poised for business success.

The Decentralized Hospital: Breaking the Traditional Healthcare Model

• Dr. Sandeep Pulim

Until recently, acute care technological innovations were centered on improvements in procedural interventions or critical care. Accelerated by the pandemic, there has been a shift and developing interest in bringing acute-level care into the home. As a result, more tech-enabled improvements are supporting decentralized care models. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), combined with clinical necessity, are enabling healthcare systems to deliver better care beyond the four walls of the hospital.

The Interoperability Blueprint: Building the Rails for Nationwide Data

• Jim Markwith | Managing Partner, Markwith Law
• Dr. Christophe E. Jackson | Clinical Design Engineer, Gideon

The goal of achieving nationwide patient access is getting closer to reality with the establishment of nationwide electronic healthcare record networks, and with the emergence of TEFCA. Interoperability and privacy standards are critical to achieve efficiency and to provide secure patient access applications.