Sahana Sharan

For over 12 years, Dr. Sahana Sharan has held various leadership roles at Fortune 5 health plan, Fortune 200 hospital corporation and a large academic medical center. She has built and scaled new strategies, broken the performance plateau to achieve excellence and positioned companies to operate from a place of strength in the value-based care realm.

She started Elate Health Partners, a consulting and advisory firm, to help healthcare organizations tap into the tremendous potential where value-based care and traditional healthcare delivery intersect and grow, innovate and achieve superior results.

She is a physician by training and graduated with a master’s degree in healthcare finance from New York University.

Posts by Sahana Sharan

MedCity Influencers

Can Hospitals Succeed in VBC and Improve Their Overall Financial Health? An Oxymoron, It Is Not

Here are three proven strategies for hospital executives to create an overall winning proposition (while keeping patients at the center of it).

Could value-based care be more than its shortcomings?

Value-based care has provided a platform and a mechanism, where for the first time, health plans, providers and employer groups are sitting around the table with their sleeves rolled up, ready to collaborate and partner as opposed to sitting across the table with their arms crossed and their heels dug in.

With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?

Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.

MedCity Influencers, Health Tech

Digital health solution: That shiny new object has your attention. Now what?

Digital health could range from EMR to Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions. For the purposes of this article, we’re focusing on patient interfacing solutions. Use these 15 screening questions to help your organization determine whether a solution is right for you.