Special Podcast Episode Ft. Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO of Pacific Business Group on Health

The Pacific Business Group on Health works with employers who collectively spend over $100 billion a year on healthcare. Elizabeth Mitchell, the group's CEO, spends her time figuring out how to spend those dollars to maximum effect, on a constant search to identify ways to increase the value of the care delivered to their 15 million employees.

As Mitchell put it, "Healthcare is not their day job. They build airplanes. They sell groceries. And the idea that they are supposed to fix the healthcare system is a strange concept. But the level of frustration with the system is so high that they have stepped up to the role."

The combination of employers' desire to improve healthcare quality and patient experience for their employees, their financial heft, and PBGH's subject matter expertise have led to a number of innovative systems and models in place today, with more in development for the future.

In this podcast, with guest host Niko Lehman-White, you'll learn about PBGH's hands-on work with its clients and participating health systems, including clinical transformations, a Centers of Excellence network, and innovative payment models. And the results for their patients, who have better experiences, fewer readmissions and infections, and lower costs, lends credence to the concept she frequently brings up: that better care costs less.