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Mark Briesacher

Podcast 87: Health Care Affordability and High-Quality Care with Dr. Mark Briesacher

Feb 6, 2020

Episode Summary

This week’s guest is Dr. Mark Briesacher, Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive for Intermountain Healthcare and President of Intermountain Medical Group. Dr. Briesacher talks about Intermountain’s core values and explains the critical success factors behind becoming a leading integrated health system in the United States. He also discusses the future affordability of health care and reveals Intermountain’s aspirational role to provide high-value care at lower costs. Dr. Briesacher also leads Intermountain’s podcast, and in the interview he addresses how Intermountain uses podcasts as a successful vehicle for employee engagement.About Darwin Research Group Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

Episode Notes

This week’s guest is Dr. Mark Briesacher, Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive for Intermountain Healthcare and President of Intermountain Medical Group. Dr. Briesacher talks about Intermountain’s core values and explains the critical success factors behind becoming a leading integrated health system in the United States. He also discusses the future affordability of health care and reveals Intermountain’s aspirational role to provide high-value care at lower costs. Dr. Briesacher also leads Intermountain’s podcast, and in the interview he addresses how Intermountain uses podcasts as a successful vehicle for employee engagement.

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