The Current: Stanford University's, Dr. Jim Jacobs

Aug 28, 2025

In this candid conversation, Dr. Jacobs reveals what it truly takes to safeguard the health and wellness of thousands of students while navigating today's increasingly complex higher education environment.

What Stanford’s Dr. Jim Jacobs Wants Campus Health Leaders to Start Doing

In the premiere episode of The Current, Volta’s new webinar series spotlighting real conversations in campus health, Dr. Jim Jacobs (Executive Director, Vaden Health Services at Stanford) pulled no punches.

Among his top takeaways? Stop wasting your time on insurance enrollment and waiver management.

"You're stretching yourself too thin... you absolutely want to be in a consultative relationship with your student health insurance plan. Bring in the data. Then you can focus on providing care."

At Volta, we couldn’t agree more. Our platform automates compliance and insurance workflows, so campus health teams can stop chasing paperwork and start spending more time on what matters.

Click on the video to listen to the full conversation recording.