Accelerating Quality and Access at Hackensack Meridian Health with Dr. Jose Azar
Accelerating Quality and Access at Hackensack Meridian Health with Dr. Jose Azar  
Podcast: Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
Published On: Tue Mar 10 2026
Description: In this episode, Jose Azar, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Quality and Clinical Service Line Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health and Professor of Medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, discusses launching the Agile Institute to rapidly implement evidence based care and drive systemwide culture change. He shares how physician led collaboratives, CMS five star performance, and AI enabled access strategies are advancing quality, safety, and equitable access across the network.