Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executive Briefings are crafted for executive leaders navigating the complexities of health and human services. Each briefing connects market intelligence with expert analysis to help guide strategy, respond to disruption, and improve organizational performance.
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Too Many Opportunities
March 17, 2026Most executive teams looking at growth and diversification face the same problem: there are too many options. The challenge isn’t identifying potential opportunities—it’s deciding which ones align with their strategy and have a sustainability market niche. New opportunities are emerging across… -
Make It At School
March 16, 2026About 3,900 school-based health centers (SBHCs) operate across the United States, providing primary care and behavioral health services directly in schools (see School-Based Health Centers | County Health Rankings & Roadmaps). Despite their visibility in health policy discussions, these programs… -
The Next Thing
March 12, 2026In the U.S., there is lots of investment in health care innovation—in new pharmaceuticals, new technologies, new service delivery models, and more. The innovation is fueled by significant investments by government, by publicly traded companies, and by venture capital/private equity firms… -
Uncertainty As The Constant
March 11, 2026We’ve all heard the expression: “Change is the only constant in life.” It’s not new—it dates back to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus in 500 BC. But I would argue that we are shifting to a market environment where it is… -
Home Is The Place
March 10, 2026Most adults (93%) over the age of 65 live at home and most (60%) want to continue living at home if they can. This was the finding of the new survey—Most Older Adults Who Live At Home Want To Age… -
The Scribe Effect: The Best Of The 2026 OPEN MINDS Workforce AI Summit
March 9, 2026The adoption of AI-enabled clinical documentation tools by primary care and specialty provider organizations has gained traction over the past couple years—at 34% and 50%, respectively (see The Tech-Enabled Provider Organization: The 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology Adoption Survey). And there are ample studies… -
Population Health By Population
March 6, 2026Population health is a term that has been used in so many contexts it’s almost lost its meaning. Officially, it is “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group” (see What Is… -
The Cost Of The Gap
March 5, 2026The fact that unaddressed health-related social needs (HRSNs) drive up total cost of care for payers and health plans is not “new news.” But a new study—Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Insurance Claims Shows Health Care Utilization And Costs Associated With Health-Related… -
The Executive Turnover Train
March 3, 2026If the turnover rates of executives and supervisors seems high, it’s because it is. A new executive survey shows turnover estimates jumped from 39% in fall 2024 and 33% in fall 2023 to 50% for 2026 (see Half Of US Companies Brace For… -
The Integration Formula: The Best Of The 2026 OPEN MINDS Whole Person Care Summit
March 2, 2026The model matters. That was the take away of a new study—Health Outcomes Of Dually Eligible Beneficiaries Under Different Medicare Payment Arrangements—that compared consumer outcomes in three types of plans serving dual eligible consumers: at-risk Medicare Advantage (MA), fee-for-service Medicare…









