AHIP launched season 3 of its award-winning podcast, "The Next Big Thing in Health." The podcast, hosted by Matt Eyles, AHIP president & CEO, and Laura Evans, former FOX 5 DC anchor, features in-depth conversations that highlight the insights, growing trends, and perspectives from health care innovators who are finding new, more effective ways to deliver better value and better care for patients.

The first episode of season 3, available on Apple, Spotify, and Soundcloud, features Dr. Leana Wen, a CNN medical analyst, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University's Milken School of Public Health. Other season 3 guests include leaders from Google Health, SCAN Health Plan, and more.

"Health care has changed dramatically in just the past year. On season 3 of 'The Next Big Thing in Health,' we're looking toward the future," said Eyles. "We'll be convening top health care leaders to discuss the big ideas that will help make health care more affordable, more available, and more effective for the people we serve."

Topics for Season 3 of "The Next Big Thing in Health" include:

• The Power of Data to Drive Better Health Outcomes, with Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer at Google Health

• Diversity in Health Care, with Dr. Sachin Jain, President and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan

• The Impact of the Election Outcome on Health Care

Additional episodes will be announced throughout the course of the season.

The third season of "The Next Big Thing in Health" is sponsored by IBM Watson Health, created to help solve some of the world's most pressing health challenges through data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).