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99. A Clear Picture of HOLO HLTH
Alex & Trevor answer the question "What is HOLO HLTH?" by walking through their approach towards health & faith, titled true health. This is the intersection of health & faith, which is a version of health (health) anchored in Jesus (faith). For far too long, faith has been siloed to the church and health to the gym. But Jesus created us holistically. This is not about holistic health—it's about a holistic approach to discipleship. Alex & Trevor talk about HOLO HLTH University, the free digital platform that consists of content, coaching & community. Their mission is to equip the local church with a ho...
2025-04-08
21 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Much of Longevity Is Controllable?—featuring Melanie Goldey
Research has shown that less than 10% of longevity is based on genetics and 90% hinges on your lifestyle choices.But if you don’t have Bryan Johnson’s resources, how do you identify the gap between your chorological age versus your real age?And more importantly, how do you use that information to design a plan that will truly move the needle on helping you live healthier, longer?Melanie Goldey is CEO of Tally Health, a biotech company developing science-backed tools for consumers to increase health span and extend longevity. Melanie has an ex...
2024-02-19
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Much of Longevity Is Controllable?—featuring Melanie Goldey
Research has shown that less than 10% of longevity is based on genetics and 90% hinges on your lifestyle choices.But if you don’t have Bryan Johnson’s resources, how do you identify the gap between your chorological age versus your real age?And more importantly, how do you use that information to design a plan that will truly move the needle on helping you live healthier, longer?Melanie Goldey is CEO of Tally Health, a biotech company developing science-backed tools for consumers to increase health span and extend longevity. Melanie has an ex...
2024-02-19
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A New Dawn in Early Cancer Detection with Dr. Megan Hall of GRAIL
In this groundbreaking era of healthcare, the opportunity to revolutionize cancer outcomes has never been more promising. With cutting-edge testing techniques, early detection strategies, and the power of AI, the landscape of cancer care is evolving to save lives and enhance patient well-being like never before. In this episode of The Beat, Dr. Gautam Gulati sits down with Dr. Megan Hall to discuss the future of cancer detection and prevention through early genetic testing. Dr. Megan Hall is the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at GRAIL. With a Ph.D. in microbiology, immunology, and mo...
2024-02-16
26 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A New Dawn in Early Cancer Detection with Dr. Megan Hall of GRAIL
In this groundbreaking era of healthcare, the opportunity to revolutionize cancer outcomes has never been more promising. With cutting-edge testing techniques, early detection strategies, and the power of AI, the landscape of cancer care is evolving to save lives and enhance patient well-being like never before. In this episode of The Beat, Dr. Gautam Gulati sits down with Dr. Megan Hall to discuss the future of cancer detection and prevention through early genetic testing. Dr. Megan Hall is the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at GRAIL. With a Ph.D. in microbiology, immunology, and mo...
2024-02-16
26 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: HATCo: Pioneering Health Assurance—featuring Dr. Marc Harrison
How can we transform healthcare delivery to better serve ALL people and communities? In today's episode of The Beat, host Dr. Gautam Gulati welcomes special guest Dr. Marc Harrison, a Partner at General Catalyst and the Founding Partner of the new company owned by General Catalyst called Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, HATCo. Dr. Marc Harrison is a distinguished healthcare leader with a career dedicated to improving health equity. His journey spans from a pediatric intensivist to an entrepreneurial path. Dr. Harrison's latest venture, HATCo focuses on reshaping healthcare systems to embrace digital, value-based care wh...
2024-02-14
31 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: HATCo: Pioneering Health Assurance—featuring Dr. Marc Harrison
How can we transform healthcare delivery to better serve ALL people and communities? In today's episode of The Beat, host Dr. Gautam Gulati welcomes special guest Dr. Marc Harrison, a Partner at General Catalyst and the Founding Partner of the new company owned by General Catalyst called Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, HATCo. Dr. Marc Harrison is a distinguished healthcare leader with a career dedicated to improving health equity. His journey spans from a pediatric intensivist to an entrepreneurial path. Dr. Harrison's latest venture, HATCo focuses on reshaping healthcare systems to embrace digital, value-based care wh...
2024-02-14
31 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Empowering Communities to Own Their Health—featuring Kristen Cerf
How do you inspire a community to take ownership of their health?If you ask Kristen Cerf, the secret lies in hiring staff from the community you serve and connecting people with the resources they need to improve their health.Kristen is President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, where she is responsible for ensuring access to quality care for Blue Shield Promise’s 530,000 Medi-Cal members in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.Under Kristen’s guidance, Blue Shield Promise has delivered several initiatives improving access to and availability of p...
2024-02-12
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Empowering Communities to Own Their Health—featuring Kristen Cerf
How do you inspire a community to take ownership of their health?If you ask Kristen Cerf, the secret lies in hiring staff from the community you serve and connecting people with the resources they need to improve their health.Kristen is President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, where she is responsible for ensuring access to quality care for Blue Shield Promise’s 530,000 Medi-Cal members in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.Under Kristen’s guidance, Blue Shield Promise has delivered several initiatives improving access to and availability of p...
2024-02-12
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Battle Against Health Disinformation—featuring Dr. Geeta Nayyar
In a landscape where resources are scarce, the consequences ripple through healthcare, leading to physician burnout, a crumbling trust between patients and their caregivers, and misinformation and disinformation in the healthcare system. Today's guest, a former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce, adeptly bridges clinical medicine, business, and digital health, making her a vital advocate in the fight against health misinformation.Join hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd as they welcome Dr. Geeta Nayyar or Dr. G, a distinguished rheumatologist, and a recognized leader in health information technology. Her book, "Dead Wrong," delves into h...
2024-02-09
19 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Battle Against Health Disinformation—featuring Dr. Geeta Nayyar
In a landscape where resources are scarce, the consequences ripple through healthcare, leading to physician burnout, a crumbling trust between patients and their caregivers, and misinformation and disinformation in the healthcare system. Today's guest, a former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce, adeptly bridges clinical medicine, business, and digital health, making her a vital advocate in the fight against health misinformation.Join hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd as they welcome Dr. Geeta Nayyar or Dr. G, a distinguished rheumatologist, and a recognized leader in health information technology. Her book, "Dead Wrong," delves into h...
2024-02-09
19 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Providing Access to Abortion Care Through Technology—featuring Kiki Freedman
With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, inequities in access to reproductive, sexual health and abortion care have grown.How might telemedicine solve this problem?Kiki Freedman is CEO of Hey Jane, a digital health platform for women she cofounded while at Harvard Business School.Prior to business school, Kiki was an early employee at Uber, where she led the company’s Kenya launch and spearheaded strategy and expansion for Uber Eats in the Middle East and Africa.On this episode of The Beat, Kiki joins host Dr. Gautam Gulati to ex...
2024-02-07
13 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Providing Access to Abortion Care Through Technology—featuring Kiki Freedman
With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, inequities in access to reproductive, sexual health and abortion care have grown.How might telemedicine solve this problem?Kiki Freedman is CEO of Hey Jane, a digital health platform for women she cofounded while at Harvard Business School.Prior to business school, Kiki was an early employee at Uber, where she led the company’s Kenya launch and spearheaded strategy and expansion for Uber Eats in the Middle East and Africa.On this episode of The Beat, Kiki joins host Dr. Gautam Gulati to ex...
2024-02-07
13 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Future of Hospital-at-Home Health Care Delivery—featuring Erin Denholm
Would you rather wait in line at the ER? Or have urgent care come to you?There is a growing interest in the hospital-at-home model of care. But how do its outcomes compare to care delivered in a traditional setting?Erin Denholm is Chief Nursing Officer of DispatchHealth, a company that brings the power of the hospital to the comfort of your home.In her role, Erin works to develop and refine the organization's robust care coordination models, focusing on health equity, social determinants of health and virtual care strategies.On...
2024-01-29
28 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Future of Hospital-at-Home Health Care Delivery—featuring Erin Denholm
Would you rather wait in line at the ER? Or have urgent care come to you?There is a growing interest in the hospital-at-home model of care. But how do its outcomes compare to care delivered in a traditional setting?Erin Denholm is Chief Nursing Officer of DispatchHealth, a company that brings the power of the hospital to the comfort of your home.In her role, Erin works to develop and refine the organization's robust care coordination models, focusing on health equity, social determinants of health and virtual care strategies.On...
2024-01-29
28 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Lifestyle Changes for Longevity & Disease Prevention—featuring Dugal Bain
Even those of us who are motivated to improve our health have a hard time getting answers from the traditional healthcare system.Clinicians are trained to diagnose and treat disease but have little experience in preventative medicine.So, where do we go to assess our current level of health and start making choices that will improve both quality and length of life?Dugal Bain is Cofounder and CEO of Lifeforce, a proactive health and longevity platform that empowers people to think clearer, feel stronger and live longer.Dugal has built a...
2024-01-22
35 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Lifestyle Changes for Longevity & Disease Prevention—featuring Dugal Bain
Even those of us who are motivated to improve our health have a hard time getting answers from the traditional healthcare system.Clinicians are trained to diagnose and treat disease but have little experience in preventative medicine.So, where do we go to assess our current level of health and start making choices that will improve both quality and length of life?Dugal Bain is Cofounder and CEO of Lifeforce, a proactive health and longevity platform that empowers people to think clearer, feel stronger and live longer.Dugal has built a...
2024-01-22
35 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Building an Apple-Like Healthcare Experience—featuring Diogo Rau
There’s a lot of fear around applying artificial intelligence to the life sciences. And while Diogo Rau concedes that there are risks associated with using AI, the biggest risk is that we won’t use it. Diogo Rau is EVP and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Eli Lilly & Company, where he leads their information technology, cybersecurity, digital health, advanced analytics and data science functions. Prior to joining Lilly, Diogo served as Head of Engineering for Apple Retail and Partner at McKinsey & Company. On this epi...
2024-01-15
34 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Building an Apple-Like Healthcare Experience—featuring Diogo Rau
There’s a lot of fear around applying artificial intelligence to the life sciences. And while Diogo Rau concedes that there are risks associated with using AI, the biggest risk is that we won’t use it. Diogo Rau is EVP and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Eli Lilly & Company, where he leads their information technology, cybersecurity, digital health, advanced analytics and data science functions. Prior to joining Lilly, Diogo served as Head of Engineering for Apple Retail and Partner at McKinsey & Company. On this epi...
2024-01-15
34 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Leveraging Patient Voices to Inform Healthcare Policy—featuring Andy Slavitt
All too often, the people building healthcare solutions in the public sector have never seen a patient. The same goes for policymakers.And the voices of real people with real health problems get lost.That’s why Andy Slavitt advocates for a collaborative approach to solving critical problems in healthcare. An approach that leverages the lived experiences of everyday Americans to inform innovation and policy.Andy is General Partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities, and Founder of United States of Care, a national nonprofit health advocacy or...
2024-01-08
33 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Leveraging Patient Voices to Inform Healthcare Policy—featuring Andy Slavitt
All too often, the people building healthcare solutions in the public sector have never seen a patient. The same goes for policymakers.And the voices of real people with real health problems get lost.That’s why Andy Slavitt advocates for a collaborative approach to solving critical problems in healthcare. An approach that leverages the lived experiences of everyday Americans to inform innovation and policy.Andy is General Partner of Town Hall Ventures, a healthcare firm that invests in underrepresented communities, and Founder of United States of Care, a national nonprofit health advocacy or...
2024-01-08
33 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Prenuvo: The Pioneer in Whole-Body MRI Screenings—featuring Andrew Lacy
The current healthcare system is a reactive one. We only see a doctor when something is wrong, and disease is rarely diagnosed in its early stages. But Andrew Lacy is working to make our sick care system much more proactive. Andrew is Founder and CEO of Prenuvo, the pioneer in MRI-based, clinical-diagnostic screening exams. Under his leadership, the company has expanded across North America, establishing Prenuvo as a recognized and trusted proactive healthcare service. On this episode of The Beat, Andrew joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr...
2023-12-18
32 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Prenuvo: The Pioneer in Whole-Body MRI Screenings—featuring Andrew Lacy
The current healthcare system is a reactive one. We only see a doctor when something is wrong, and disease is rarely diagnosed in its early stages. But Andrew Lacy is working to make our sick care system much more proactive. Andrew is Founder and CEO of Prenuvo, the pioneer in MRI-based, clinical-diagnostic screening exams. Under his leadership, the company has expanded across North America, establishing Prenuvo as a recognized and trusted proactive healthcare service. On this episode of The Beat, Andrew joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr...
2023-12-18
32 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Empowering Patients with Human-Centered Healthcare — featuring Dr. Sunita Mishra & Dr. Andrew Diamond
In February, Amazon Health announced its acquisition of One Medical. What inspired the collaboration? And what does integration look like between the two organizations? Dr. Sunita Mishra is Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Health, which aims to make it dramatically easier to engage with the services, products and professionals needed to get and stay healthy. Dr. Andrew Diamond is Chief Medical Officer at One Medical. He has been a driving force in developing the health system’s approach to care and maintaining its human-centered culture. O...
2023-12-11
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Empowering Patients with Human-Centered Healthcare — featuring Dr. Sunita Mishra & Dr. Andrew Diamond
In February, Amazon Health announced its acquisition of One Medical. What inspired the collaboration? And what does integration look like between the two organizations? Dr. Sunita Mishra is Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Health, which aims to make it dramatically easier to engage with the services, products and professionals needed to get and stay healthy. Dr. Andrew Diamond is Chief Medical Officer at One Medical. He has been a driving force in developing the health system’s approach to care and maintaining its human-centered culture. O...
2023-12-11
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Benefits of a Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare Model—featuring Melynda Barnes
In traditional healthcare, patients don’t control the flow of funds. And that leaves payers or health systems in the driver’s seat when it comes to decision making. But Ro designed a business that gives control back to patients. A business where health insurance doesn’t stand in the way of patients being able to access the care they want and need. Dr. Melynda Barnes is Chief Medical Officer at Ro, a direct-to-patient health care platform that provides high-quality, affordable care without the need for insurance. Dr. Barnes is...
2023-11-29
28 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Benefits of a Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare Model—featuring Melynda Barnes
In traditional healthcare, patients don’t control the flow of funds. And that leaves payers or health systems in the driver’s seat when it comes to decision making. But Ro designed a business that gives control back to patients. A business where health insurance doesn’t stand in the way of patients being able to access the care they want and need. Dr. Melynda Barnes is Chief Medical Officer at Ro, a direct-to-patient health care platform that provides high-quality, affordable care without the need for insurance. Dr. Barnes is...
2023-11-29
28 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Providing Food as Medicine for Underserved Populations—featuring Ashley Tyrner
We know that healthy, fresh food improves health outcomes. But what if you live in a food desert? Or you depend on food stamps to feed your family?What if you could get fresh produce delivered straight to your door as a benefit of your health plan?Ashley Turner is Founder and CEO of FarmboxRx, a national brand on a mission to promote health equity through nutrition and health literacy.Ashley’s experience as a single mom on food stamps drives her advocacy in advancing food security and bringing educational re...
2023-05-04
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Providing Food as Medicine for Underserved Populations—featuring Ashley Tyrner
We know that healthy, fresh food improves health outcomes. But what if you live in a food desert? Or you depend on food stamps to feed your family?What if you could get fresh produce delivered straight to your door as a benefit of your health plan?Ashley Turner is Founder and CEO of FarmboxRx, a national brand on a mission to promote health equity through nutrition and health literacy.Ashley’s experience as a single mom on food stamps drives her advocacy in advancing food security and bringing educational re...
2023-05-04
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Why Women Distrust the Healthcare System—featuring Carolyn Witte
50% of women distrust the healthcare system in the US. Yet women make up 51% of the population and control 80% of the healthcare dollars. So, what does it look like to build trust with women in a healthcare setting? Carolyn Witte is Cofounder and CEO of Tia, the modern medical home for women. Carolyn’s team is dedicated to treating women holistically rather than by body part or life stage. Tia's Whole Woman, Whole Life care model fuses gynecology, primary care, mental health and evidence-based wellness services to treat women...
2023-04-27
43 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Why Women Distrust the Healthcare System—featuring Carolyn Witte
50% of women distrust the healthcare system in the US. Yet women make up 51% of the population and control 80% of the healthcare dollars. So, what does it look like to build trust with women in a healthcare setting? Carolyn Witte is Cofounder and CEO of Tia, the modern medical home for women. Carolyn’s team is dedicated to treating women holistically rather than by body part or life stage. Tia's Whole Woman, Whole Life care model fuses gynecology, primary care, mental health and evidence-based wellness services to treat women...
2023-04-27
43 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Investing in Transformative Health Technology—featuring Deena Shakir
Breakthrough health tech is useless if it fails to meet people where they are, especially when it comes to underserved populations. So, how do we encourage VCs to invest in culturally competent digital health solutions? How do we direct capital in a way that promotes health equity for women and communities of color? Deena Shakir is Partner at Lux Capital, where she invests in transformative technologies improving lives and livelihoods. She is passionate about investing in women's health, digital health infrastructure, health equity and foodtech, and her portfolio includes not...
2023-04-20
17 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Investing in Transformative Health Technology—featuring Deena Shakir
Breakthrough health tech is useless if it fails to meet people where they are, especially when it comes to underserved populations. So, how do we encourage VCs to invest in culturally competent digital health solutions? How do we direct capital in a way that promotes health equity for women and communities of color? Deena Shakir is Partner at Lux Capital, where she invests in transformative technologies improving lives and livelihoods. She is passionate about investing in women's health, digital health infrastructure, health equity and foodtech, and her portfolio includes not...
2023-04-20
17 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Solving for the Disparity in Cancer Outcomes—featuring Feyi Olopade Ayodele
For most cancers, Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any patient population.And access to genetic testing is key to eliminating this disparity.Feyi Olopade Ayodele is Cofounder and CEO of CancerIQ, a company on a bold mission to end cancer as we know it by giving providers and health systems access to the latest innovations in early cancer detection and prevention.Under Feyi’s leadership, CancerIQ has grown its provider network to over 200 locations across the US and established a robust ecosystem of leading di...
2023-04-13
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Solving for the Disparity in Cancer Outcomes—featuring Feyi Olopade Ayodele
For most cancers, Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any patient population.And access to genetic testing is key to eliminating this disparity.Feyi Olopade Ayodele is Cofounder and CEO of CancerIQ, a company on a bold mission to end cancer as we know it by giving providers and health systems access to the latest innovations in early cancer detection and prevention.Under Feyi’s leadership, CancerIQ has grown its provider network to over 200 locations across the US and established a robust ecosystem of leading di...
2023-04-13
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Why Obesity Is a Chronic Disease (Not a Failure of Willpower)—featuring Isabelle Kenyon
42% of adults in the US qualify as obese. But there are only a few thousand doctors board-certified in obesity, most of whom work exclusively in academic medical centers. So, what can we do to address the obesity epidemic in our country? How do we give the 200 million Americans struggling with metabolic health access to the information and support they need? Isabelle Kenyon is Founder and CEO of Calibrate, a metabolic health company on a mission to change the way the world treats weight.In two years, Calibrate has raised mo...
2023-04-06
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Why Obesity Is a Chronic Disease (Not a Failure of Willpower)—featuring Isabelle Kenyon
42% of adults in the US qualify as obese. But there are only a few thousand doctors board-certified in obesity, most of whom work exclusively in academic medical centers. So, what can we do to address the obesity epidemic in our country? How do we give the 200 million Americans struggling with metabolic health access to the information and support they need? Isabelle Kenyon is Founder and CEO of Calibrate, a metabolic health company on a mission to change the way the world treats weight.In two years, Calibrate has raised mo...
2023-04-06
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Removing the Policy Barriers to Home-Based Care—featuring Krista Drobac
When Krista Drobac first started thinking about home-based health care, she assumed that the biggest barriers to adoption would be cultural. But she quickly learned that policy was the problem.And then came COVID-19. Regulations were loosened, and we were allowed to experiment with caring for patients at home. So, how do we convince policymakers to preserve the advances in home-based care made during the pandemic and change the rules for good?Krista serves as Partner at Sirona Strategies, Executive Director of the Alliance for Connected Care and Founder o...
2023-03-30
36 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Removing the Policy Barriers to Home-Based Care—featuring Krista Drobac
When Krista Drobac first started thinking about home-based health care, she assumed that the biggest barriers to adoption would be cultural. But she quickly learned that policy was the problem.And then came COVID-19. Regulations were loosened, and we were allowed to experiment with caring for patients at home. So, how do we convince policymakers to preserve the advances in home-based care made during the pandemic and change the rules for good?Krista serves as Partner at Sirona Strategies, Executive Director of the Alliance for Connected Care and Founder o...
2023-03-30
36 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: De-Risking Digital Health Startups—featuring Missy Krasner
Starting a company in the healthcare space is incredibly difficult, as founders face regulatory hurdles, high security standards and complicated reimbursement policies, among many other challenges. But what if you had an expert to help you assemble a founding team and shepherd you through the first 15 months of being a startup? What if there was a platform to streamline the complex process of launching a health company? Missy Krasner is Venture Chair at Redesign Health, where she sits on the boards for Uplift, Overalls and Motto.
2023-03-23
22 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: De-Risking Digital Health Startups—featuring Missy Krasner
Starting a company in the healthcare space is incredibly difficult, as founders face regulatory hurdles, high security standards and complicated reimbursement policies, among many other challenges. But what if you had an expert to help you assemble a founding team and shepherd you through the first 15 months of being a startup? What if there was a platform to streamline the complex process of launching a health company? Missy Krasner is Venture Chair at Redesign Health, where she sits on the boards for Uplift, Overalls and Motto.
2023-03-23
22 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Investing In Improving Healthcare in the Commercial Marketplace—featuring Rivka Friedman
Morgan Health is focused on improving the quality, equity, and affordability of employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. by investing capital in companies focused on improving healthcare in the commercial marketplace. As the Head of Healthcare Innovation at Morgan Health, Rivka Friedman is focused on improving the quality, equity, and affordability of employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. by accelerating the adoption of new approaches to care delivery. On this episode, Rivka joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how Morgan Health is working to invest in co...
2023-03-16
49 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Investing In Improving Healthcare in the Commercial Marketplace—featuring Rivka Friedman
Morgan Health is focused on improving the quality, equity, and affordability of employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. by investing capital in companies focused on improving healthcare in the commercial marketplace. As the Head of Healthcare Innovation at Morgan Health, Rivka Friedman is focused on improving the quality, equity, and affordability of employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. by accelerating the adoption of new approaches to care delivery. On this episode, Rivka joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how Morgan Health is working to invest in co...
2023-03-16
49 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Techquity and Community Work —featuring Theresa Demeter
About Theresa Demeter:Theresa Demeter is an entrepreneurial executive administrator with 30 years of healthcare performance and operational experience. In her role as a Managing Director at Tegria, she brings her passion for conceptualizing and implementing innovative solutions that drive quality and performance improvement to optimize patient outcomes. Theresa developed Tegria’s offering that helps healthcare organizations prioritize and operationalize their health equity strategy and mitigate the harmful effects of implicit bias through macro-simulation.Prior to joining Tegria, Theresa drove the formation and expansion of InSytu, a national leader in clinical process improvement consulting powered by ma...
2023-03-14
16 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Techquity and Community Work —featuring Theresa Demeter
About Theresa Demeter:Theresa Demeter is an entrepreneurial executive administrator with 30 years of healthcare performance and operational experience. In her role as a Managing Director at Tegria, she brings her passion for conceptualizing and implementing innovative solutions that drive quality and performance improvement to optimize patient outcomes. Theresa developed Tegria’s offering that helps healthcare organizations prioritize and operationalize their health equity strategy and mitigate the harmful effects of implicit bias through macro-simulation.Prior to joining Tegria, Theresa drove the formation and expansion of InSytu, a national leader in clinical process improvement consulting powered by ma...
2023-03-14
16 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Exploring Root-Cause Resolution Medicine—featuring Dr. Robin Berzin
A holistic medical approach using hyper-personalized nutrition protocols, mental health, sleep, movement, mindfulness, and relaxation enables patients to see the whole picture of their health, leading to 85% of patients improving or resolving their chronic conditions within the first year. Parsley Health is on a mission to make life-changing modern holistic medicine accessible to everyone, anywhere. Dr. Robin Berzin is the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health. Parsley Health is the nation's leading holistic medical practice designed to help people overcome chronic conditions through personalized holistic medicine that puts food, lifestyle, and pr...
2023-03-09
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Exploring Root-Cause Resolution Medicine—featuring Dr. Robin Berzin
A holistic medical approach using hyper-personalized nutrition protocols, mental health, sleep, movement, mindfulness, and relaxation enables patients to see the whole picture of their health, leading to 85% of patients improving or resolving their chronic conditions within the first year. Parsley Health is on a mission to make life-changing modern holistic medicine accessible to everyone, anywhere. Dr. Robin Berzin is the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health. Parsley Health is the nation's leading holistic medical practice designed to help people overcome chronic conditions through personalized holistic medicine that puts food, lifestyle, and pr...
2023-03-09
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Patient-First, Personalized Cancer Care—featuring Robin Shah
Robin Shah is an oncology subject matter expert, building a career around startups in the cancer care space.So, he regularly receives phone calls from people whose friends, family members or colleagues have been diagnosed with cancer and don’t know what to do. And Robin wondered how he could help people in this way at scale. How could he support cancer patients who didn’t know someone like him? How could he help them navigate the healthcare system and get access to the right resource at the right...
2023-03-02
20 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Patient-First, Personalized Cancer Care—featuring Robin Shah
Robin Shah is an oncology subject matter expert, building a career around startups in the cancer care space.So, he regularly receives phone calls from people whose friends, family members or colleagues have been diagnosed with cancer and don’t know what to do. And Robin wondered how he could help people in this way at scale. How could he support cancer patients who didn’t know someone like him? How could he help them navigate the healthcare system and get access to the right resource at the right...
2023-03-02
20 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How to Disrupt Healthcare (Responsibly)—featuring Ruby Gadelrab
Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry just waiting to be disrupted. But because people’s lives are at stake, we must disrupt the space responsibly. And that’s why every digital health company needs clinical experts on their teams and advisory boards.Ruby Gadelrab is Cofounder and CEO of MDisrupt, a health advisory platform on a mission to organize the world's digital health products by performance through clinically crowdsourced data generation. Ruby has created a two-sided marketplace that pairs domain experts in healthcare with digital health companies in desperate need o...
2023-02-23
38 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How to Disrupt Healthcare (Responsibly)—featuring Ruby Gadelrab
Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry just waiting to be disrupted. But because people’s lives are at stake, we must disrupt the space responsibly. And that’s why every digital health company needs clinical experts on their teams and advisory boards.Ruby Gadelrab is Cofounder and CEO of MDisrupt, a health advisory platform on a mission to organize the world's digital health products by performance through clinically crowdsourced data generation. Ruby has created a two-sided marketplace that pairs domain experts in healthcare with digital health companies in desperate need o...
2023-02-23
38 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How to Be Kind to Your Mind—featuring Russell Glass
The World Health Organization estimates that one billion people have a mental health condition, but 70% of them aren't getting care. So, what is the best way to address this supply-demand imbalance? How do we help someone with a clinical diagnosis manage their condition? And what can we do to support the mental health needs of people before they develop a serious issue? Russell Glass is CEO of Headspace Health, the world’s most comprehensive and accessible mental health care platform. Russ leads the company in helping create...
2023-02-16
31 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How to Be Kind to Your Mind—featuring Russell Glass
The World Health Organization estimates that one billion people have a mental health condition, but 70% of them aren't getting care. So, what is the best way to address this supply-demand imbalance? How do we help someone with a clinical diagnosis manage their condition? And what can we do to support the mental health needs of people before they develop a serious issue? Russell Glass is CEO of Headspace Health, the world’s most comprehensive and accessible mental health care platform. Russ leads the company in helping create...
2023-02-16
31 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Tracking Your Sleep Can Change Your Life—featuring Tom Hale
The Oura Ring is helping people track their health data now and understand how we can optimize our health in the future. Tom Hale is the new Chief Executive Officer of ŌURA, the makes of the Oura Ring. With a background in software, Tom became interested in tracking his health and fitness after a health crisis in his own life. On this episode, Tom joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how Oura is helping to educate people about their sleep and their health. We disc...
2023-02-09
44 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Tracking Your Sleep Can Change Your Life—featuring Tom Hale
The Oura Ring is helping people track their health data now and understand how we can optimize our health in the future. Tom Hale is the new Chief Executive Officer of ŌURA, the makes of the Oura Ring. With a background in software, Tom became interested in tracking his health and fitness after a health crisis in his own life. On this episode, Tom joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss how Oura is helping to educate people about their sleep and their health. We disc...
2023-02-09
44 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Technology to Curb Provider Burnout—featuring Tom Polen
Today, in the average ICU, there are 35 smart devices with independent alarms, resulting in 750 alarms per patient per day. And technology that was supposed to make life easier for medical professionals is overwhelming them and contributing to burnout. So, what can innovators do build technology that supports providers and enhances the care experience? Tom Polen serves as President, Chairman and CEO of Becton, Dickinson and Company or BD, a $20 billion global medical technology company headquartered in New Jersey. Tom is focused on advancing BDs...
2023-02-02
33 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Technology to Curb Provider Burnout—featuring Tom Polen
Today, in the average ICU, there are 35 smart devices with independent alarms, resulting in 750 alarms per patient per day. And technology that was supposed to make life easier for medical professionals is overwhelming them and contributing to burnout. So, what can innovators do build technology that supports providers and enhances the care experience? Tom Polen serves as President, Chairman and CEO of Becton, Dickinson and Company or BD, a $20 billion global medical technology company headquartered in New Jersey. Tom is focused on advancing BDs...
2023-02-02
33 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A Value-Based Model of Virtual Primary Care—featuring Dr. Tom X. Lee
Imagine having 24/7 access to your primary care physician. Doctors and patients alike are frustrated with the current model of rushed visits and disconnected care. But what if there is a better way? What if we leverage a combination of virtual and in-person support to deliver a new model of value-based care? Dr. Tom X. Lee is CEO of Galileo, a next-generation healthcare delivery system that uses innovative mobile technology to improve the quality and affordability of medical care for all. Prior to Galileo, Dr. Lee helped grow One...
2023-01-26
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A Value-Based Model of Virtual Primary Care—featuring Dr. Tom X. Lee
Imagine having 24/7 access to your primary care physician. Doctors and patients alike are frustrated with the current model of rushed visits and disconnected care. But what if there is a better way? What if we leverage a combination of virtual and in-person support to deliver a new model of value-based care? Dr. Tom X. Lee is CEO of Galileo, a next-generation healthcare delivery system that uses innovative mobile technology to improve the quality and affordability of medical care for all. Prior to Galileo, Dr. Lee helped grow One...
2023-01-26
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Making Nutrition Accessible & Sustainable for All—featuring Vanessa Rissetto & Tamar Samuels
We recognize that nutrition is the front line of health care. But it’s challenging for patients to sustain lasting changes to their eating habits outside the clinical environment. Can technology help us promote healthy eating after a patient leaves the hospital or exam room? How do we deliver a customized digital nutrition coaching experience that keeps users engaged for the long-term? Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels are the registered dieticians behind Culina Health, a personalized virtual nutrition coaching platform designed to make nutrition accessible and sustainable for e...
2023-01-19
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Making Nutrition Accessible & Sustainable for All—featuring Vanessa Rissetto & Tamar Samuels
We recognize that nutrition is the front line of health care. But it’s challenging for patients to sustain lasting changes to their eating habits outside the clinical environment. Can technology help us promote healthy eating after a patient leaves the hospital or exam room? How do we deliver a customized digital nutrition coaching experience that keeps users engaged for the long-term? Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels are the registered dieticians behind Culina Health, a personalized virtual nutrition coaching platform designed to make nutrition accessible and sustainable for e...
2023-01-19
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Democratizing Therapy with Telemental Health—featuring Dr. Varun Choudhary
We have come to understand the importance of mental wellness in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, many of us don’t have access to traditional therapy, or we’re hesitant to visit a psychiatrist’s office. And a growing number of people are looking to online therapy as an alternative. But can you build strong relationship with a therapist virtually? What does quality mental health care look like in a digital landscape? Dr. Varun Choudhary is a Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer at Talksp...
2023-01-12
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Future of Venture Capital in Healthcare—featuring Dr. Vineeta Agarwala
Several years ago, leading VC Marc Andreessen proposed the notion that innovation happens through a process of unbundling and rebundling. Healthcare is no exception. Through the micro-specialization of companies, we’ve witnessed a great deal of unbundling in the industry. Now, we’ve begun the process of rebundling. So, what does this mean for the future of healthcare tech? And how do venture investors leverage this idea to decide which digital health startups deserve funding? Dr. Vineeta Agarwala is General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz...
2023-01-05
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Just How Much Can Remote Patient Monitoring Technology Scale? —featuring Dan Vahdat
Since the pandemic many health care providers have shifted to a remote approach. Though, not every provider looks to improve the root of total health. How can we power proactive, predictive health from real-time patient data with prevention in mind - all remotely?Dan Vahdat is the CEO and Founder of Medopad, a global HealthTech AI company with a vision to create a world where people can live longer. His professional career spans from IT to medical technology including several years at Johns Hopkins University.On this episode, Dan joins hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and...
2022-08-18
42 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Intersection of Health and Tech —featuring Vivian Lee
If you think about our phones, we all essentially have the same phone yet, it’s a deeply personalized experience for each one of us. What if healthcare was like that? - Personalized and holistic, thinking about you, where you are.Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., is the President of Verily Health Platforms, overseeing all health care platforms, including Onduo, Healthy at Work, and Verily’s Value Suite, among others. She is also the author of The Long Fix: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis with Strategies that Work for Everyone. As a healt...
2022-08-11
38 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Navigating the Future of Public Health With the Tension Found in the Health Care System—featuring Vin Gupta
People talk about cost savings or about longevity but if you frame it with how many doctor visits you’re going to have per year, you want that to be the lowest number not the highest number. So, how do we prevent people from getting into an ICU? How do we do this when on the other side with capitalism you have people saying, “how do we get more people in here?” There’s this real tension in the health care system.Vin Gupta, MD, MSt, MPA, is a Critical Care Pulmonologist, Senior Principal Scientist and Chief Medical...
2022-08-04
27 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Future of Retail and Consumer Health—featuring Sree Chaguturu
Virtual care solutions have come to be just as important, if not, more important than physical care options. How can we work to meet that need with many challenges including, affordability, accessibility, etc? How can we pioneer a new approach to health care that meets every aspect of one’s total health?CVS Health and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark, Sree Chaguturu and his team are working diligently to enhance the quality, affordability, and accessibility of health services provided to millions of patients virtually and physically.Prior to CVS Health, Sree was a Chief Population He...
2022-07-28
29 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Future of Retail & Virtual Health—featuring Dr. Patrick Carroll
Millennials are acquiring chronic diseases at a younger age than any prior generation. But the way they access healthcare is fundamentally different from other demographics. Millennials prefer virtual visits with providers and prescription delivery to visiting a clinic or pharmacy—and that’s why the consumer retail health company hims & hers is on an upward trajectory.Dr. Patrick Carroll is the Chief Medical Officer at hims & hers, a telehealth platform that offers a modern approach to health and wellness, providing customers with easy-to-access virtual primary care. In his role as CMO, Dr. Carroll oversees clinical programs, quality assu...
2022-07-21
22 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Small, Independent Pharmacy Advantage—featuring Nimesh Jhaveri
There are 19,000 independent drug stores nationwide, the majority of which serve rural, underserved or socially vulnerable areas of the country. How can these small community pharmacies compete with large corporate entities entering the healthcare space? And what is the advantage of using a small, independent drug store versus Walmart or Amazon?Nimesh Jhaveri is the President of Community Pharmacy at McKesson, an impact-driven organization on a mission to advance health outcomes for all. Nimesh’s team supports 7,000 small, independent drug stores and small and medium pharmacy chains, providing core distribution as well as value-add services and advocating fo...
2022-07-14
20 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Building Healthcare Policy That Works in the Real World—featuring Natalie Davis
The pandemic called attention to disparities in the American healthcare system. So, what can we do to build a better, more equitable system? How do we design healthcare policy that works in the real world?Natalie Davis is the Cofounder and CEO of United States of Care, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that every American has access to quality, affordable healthcare. Natalie’s career in healthcare began in 2005, and she worked in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Obama Administration before building USOC in...
2022-07-07
29 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: An App Designed to Empower Cancer Patients—featuring Maya Said
A patient engaged in their own care enjoys better outcomes. But when someone is first diagnosed with cancer, they’re in shock and simply can’t process the information provided by their provider team. And once they’re ready to explore their treatment options, ‘Dr. Google’ overwhelms them with irrelevant and often inaccurate information.Maya Said is the Founder and CEO of Outcomes4Me, an app designed to empower cancer patients with personalized treatment options, helping them take back control of their care. Outcomes4Me’s AI-powered platform harnesses regulatory-grade, real-world data to generate deeper insights that improve heal...
2022-06-30
25 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Powering Smarter Healthcare Decisions—featuring Mark Menton
‘Shopping’ for healthcare is no easy task. Most health plan websites and mobile apps are challenging to navigate, offering search results that are little more than a list of doctors or clinics. But HealthSparq is on a mission to make the process easier, giving people the information they need to find the right practitioner and get the right care at the right time.Mark Menton is the General Manager of HealthSparq, a technology company that partners with health plans to help members make smarter healthcare decisions. Mark’s team is committed to sharing cost and quality information about...
2022-06-23
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Providing Quality Care at a Low Cost—featuring Marcus Osborne
When Walmart launched its $4 generics program in 2006, the retailer was amazed by how many Americans had prescriptions they weren’t getting filled, either because they couldn’t afford care, or they were afraid to find out how much the drug might cost.And that key learning has guided Walmart Health ever since, as they work to address issues of accessibility, affordability and complexity in the healthcare system.Marcus Osborne is the Senior Vice President of Walmart Health, where he focuses on driving innovation and growth in healthcare for the retail giant. Marcus has been with the...
2022-06-16
42 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A Digital-First Clinic for Women & Families—featuring Kate Ryder
In 2014, women made 80% of the healthcare decisions in the US. Yet innovation in the digital health space largely ignored their unique needs.That's when Kate Ryder launched Maven Clinic, a digital-first platform designed to support women and families with holistic care around fertility, pregnancy and parenting.Today, Maven is the largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, serving 10M people to date. Recognized as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Health Company, Maven is on a mission to reduce costs and drive better health outcomes for women and children.On this episode of T...
2022-06-09
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Health—featuring Jonathan Bush
The same way that a company like Stripe provides payment processing infrastructure for eCommerce, Zus Health is building the infrastructure for digital health.CEO Jonathan Bush and his team are doing the dirty work to make electronic health records more accessible and accelerate innovation in the patient relationship management space.Prior to Zus, Jonathan spent 22 years as CEO of Athena Health, the leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health records. He also served as a US Army Medic during Desert Storm and EMT for the City of New Orleans.On this episode...
2022-06-02
23 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Understanding the Human Metabolism to Reverse Chronic Diseases—featuring Jahangir Mohammed
If we want to get healthier and reverse chronic conditions, we can only get so far doing it alone. So, what can we do and who can we work alongside, to reverse chronic disease not only in ourselves but in the entire U.S.?Jahangir Mohammed is the Founder and CEO of Twin Health. Twin is transforming the way the industry approaches chronic disease management by utilizing its Whole Body Digital Twin™ technology to heal damaged metabolic function and achieve unparalleled chronic disease reversal outcomes. Prior to Twin Health, Jahangir was the Founder/CEO of Jasper Technologies an...
2022-05-26
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Role of Wearables in Preventative Care—featuring Harpreet Singh Rai
At present, America has a sick care system where we wait until people are ill before we intervene.But what if wearable technology could serve as a kind of check engine light, letting us know when our health data is off?What if wearables could help us prevent disease and make better decisions for our health on a daily basis?Harpreet Singh Rai is the CEO of Oura, a health technology company on a mission to help people improve their sleep, understand their bodies and transform their health. Harpreet’s team makes the Ou...
2022-05-19
39 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Past, Present and Future of Telehealth—featuring Dr. Kristi Henderson
Early in her career as a nurse practitioner, Dr. Kristi Henderson realized that many of her patients didn’t have access to care early enough. And she set out to get healthcare to the people who needed it.Dr. Henderson found a solution in technology and launched the first telehealth program in conjunction with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2003.Today, Dr. Henderson is the CEO of MedExpress at Optum and SVP at the Center for Digital Health. She began her career as a nurse in emergency medicine in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued to pr...
2022-05-12
26 min
The Beat
Live at ViVE: The Vibe at ViVE - featuring Richard Scarfo of HLTH
About Richard ScarfoRichard Scarfo is the president of HLTH, a leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation.Before leading HLTH, he was the Vice President of PCHAlliance at HIMSS. He has also had positions in Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Alliances in several renowned healthcare industry companies. Things You'll LearnEvents are more successful when they are focused on the experience they want to deliver.Producers and organizers also concentrate on curating the network they are building for the event.The Outcomes Rocket ViVE podcast s...
2022-04-25
08 min
The Beat
Live at ViVE: The Vibe at ViVE - featuring Richard Scarfo of HLTH
About Richard ScarfoRichard Scarfo is the president of HLTH, a leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation.Before leading HLTH, he was the Vice President of PCHAlliance at HIMSS. He has also had positions in Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Alliances in several renowned healthcare industry companies. Things You'll LearnEvents are more successful when they are focused on the experience they want to deliver.Producers and organizers also concentrate on curating the network they are building for the event.The Outcomes Rocket ViVE podcast s...
2022-04-25
08 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Machine Learning—featuring Daphne Koller
Over time, drug development has become more and more challenging.Success rates of clinical trials hover in the single digits, and the cost of developing a new treatment is greater than $2.5B.So, what can we do to make drug discovery faster, less expensive and more successful? How might advancements in machine learning and the availability of biomedical data revolutionize the drug design process?Daphne Koller is the CEO of Insitro, a company that is rethinking drug discovery using machine learning. She spent 18 years as a professor in the computer science department at...
2022-04-21
47 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: A Preventative Approach to Mental Health—featuring Alyson Watson
Even before the pandemic, mental health was the #1 cause of disability worldwide.Yet most people didn’t feel comfortable sharing their mental health struggles and many waited until they were in crisis to ask for help—if they asked for help at all.So, how can we destigmatize mental health and provide people all over the world with access to ongoing support?Alyson Watson is the Founder and CEO of Modern Health, a global mental health benefits solution for employers. Modern Health takes a preventative approach to mental health, leveraging clinically validated assessments to o...
2022-04-13
27 min
Becoming Truly Healthy Podcast
12. HOLO HLTH: An Origin Story
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1, An Origin Story. In this episode, Trevor Deal sits down with CEO & Founder of HOLO HLTH, Alex Cottingham, to discuss how HOLO HLTH began. Alex touches on how the business has developed over the last four years and even gives a sneak peek on what is to come!
2022-03-08
28 min
Becoming Truly Healthy Podcast
HOLO HLTH: An Origin Story
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1, An Origin Story. In this episode, Trevor Deal sits down with CEO & Founder of HOLO HLTH, Alex Cottingham, to discuss how HOLO HLTH began. Alex touches on how the business has developed over the last four years and even gives a sneak peek on what is to come!
2022-03-08
28 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Healthy Data Improves Patient Care — featuring Don Woodlock of InterSystems
How does access to healthcare data save lives? Consider the story of a 28-year-old patient who died from an opioid addiction. After the fact, his healthcare team realized that the young man had visited seven different emergency departments in the two months prior to his death. But without access to that information, none of the EDs realized the full extent of the problem. With the right data, they would have intervened differently, and the patient might still be alive today.Don Woodlock is Head of the Healthcare Business Unit at InterSystems, the leading provider of c...
2021-08-03
19 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: How Healthy Data Improves Patient Care — featuring Don Woodlock of InterSystems
How does access to healthcare data save lives? Consider the story of a 28-year-old patient who died from an opioid addiction. After the fact, his healthcare team realized that the young man had visited seven different emergency departments in the two months prior to his death. But without access to that information, none of the EDs realized the full extent of the problem. With the right data, they would have intervened differently, and the patient might still be alive today.Don Woodlock is Head of the Healthcare Business Unit at InterSystems, the leading provider of c...
2021-08-03
19 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Evolution of Telehealth—featuring Roy Schoenberg of American Well
For the last decade, telemedicine has been dominated by urgent care—and it’s delivered a great deal of value for patients in need of quick access to a doctor for something like the stomach flu. But for the technology to reach its full potential, the experience needs to expand beyond ‘blind date’ telehealth. What if we used telecare to enable established clinician-patient relationships? How might follow-up care improve if medical professionals could, for example, check in on cancer patients every day?Roy Schoenberg is the President and CEO of American Well, the United States’ leading telehealth platform...
2020-07-17
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: The Evolution of Telehealth—featuring Roy Schoenberg of American Well
For the last decade, telemedicine has been dominated by urgent care—and it’s delivered a great deal of value for patients in need of quick access to a doctor for something like the stomach flu. But for the technology to reach its full potential, the experience needs to expand beyond ‘blind date’ telehealth. What if we used telecare to enable established clinician-patient relationships? How might follow-up care improve if medical professionals could, for example, check in on cancer patients every day?Roy Schoenberg is the President and CEO of American Well, the United States’ leading telehealth platform...
2020-07-17
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Extending Healthy Longevity with AI—featuring Alex Zhavoronkov
Most of us would define longevity in terms of the length of our lives. But what if there’s more to it than that? What if quality matters as much as quantity? What if we could extend our healthiest, most productive years?Alex Zhavoronkov is the Founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, a venture-backed company that seeks to extend healthy longevity through innovative AI solutions for drug discovery and aging research. Insilico has R&D labs in Belgium, the UK, Korea, Russia, Hong Kong, the US and Taiwan, and in 2017, the company was named one of NVIDIA’s To...
2020-07-01
30 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Normalizing Stigmatized Health Issues — featuring Melissa Waters of hims & hers
A lot of people are hesitant to reach out to a doctor for help. And when the issue they face is a stigmatized one like hair loss, birth control or erectile dysfunction, they’re even less likely to engage. So, how can we normalize conversations around care for these very common health concerns?Melissa Waters is the Chief Marketing Officer at Hims & Hers, a health and wellness startup out of San Francisco that seeks to eliminate stigmas and make it easier for people to access care and treatment for the conditions that impact their daily lives. Melissa br...
2020-05-15
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Normalizing Stigmatized Health Issues — featuring Melissa Waters of hims & hers
A lot of people are hesitant to reach out to a doctor for help. And when the issue they face is a stigmatized one like hair loss, birth control or erectile dysfunction, they’re even less likely to engage. So, how can we normalize conversations around care for these very common health concerns?Melissa Waters is the Chief Marketing Officer at Hims & Hers, a health and wellness startup out of San Francisco that seeks to eliminate stigmas and make it easier for people to access care and treatment for the conditions that impact their daily lives. Melissa br...
2020-05-15
24 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Diagnostic Breakthroughs with Proteomics — featuring Roy Smythe, MD of SomaLogic
Dr. Roy Smythe likens our current healthcare system to medieval warfare. We address only the most acutely ill individuals, the flaming objects flying over the castle walls, rather than finding a way to stave off the endless supply of catapults. But what if we had a better method for assessing health and predicting disease? With innovations in AI and machine learning, his team is leveraging proteomics to develop breakthrough technologies in diagnostic testing with the potential to avoid the endless attacks.Dr. Smythe is the CEO of SomaLogic, the healthcare information company leveraging proteomics to develop breakthrough...
2020-03-19
29 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Diagnostic Breakthroughs with Proteomics — featuring Roy Smythe, MD of SomaLogic
Dr. Roy Smythe likens our current healthcare system to medieval warfare. We address only the most acutely ill individuals, the flaming objects flying over the castle walls, rather than finding a way to stave off the endless supply of catapults. But what if we had a better method for assessing health and predicting disease? With innovations in AI and machine learning, his team is leveraging proteomics to develop breakthrough technologies in diagnostic testing with the potential to avoid the endless attacks.Dr. Smythe is the CEO of SomaLogic, the healthcare information company leveraging proteomics to develop breakthrough...
2020-03-19
29 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Leveraging Tech to Apply New Biomedical Discoveries — featuring Lloyd Minor of Stanford Medicine
The academic environment is ideal for innovation, while tech companies excel at scaling solutions. But somewhere in the handoff between academia and industry, things seem to break down. How can we learn to collaborate in a seamless way? A way that allows us to apply the best technology and translate biomedical discoveries into new diagnostics or therapeutics?Dr. Lloyd Minor is the scientist, surgeon and academic leader who serves as Dean at Stanford Medicine. Under his leadership, Stanford has established a strategic vision to lead the biomedical revolution in Precision Health, with a focus on keeping people...
2020-03-09
29 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Partnerships + Prevention = Value-Driven Care — featuring Katie Adamson of YMCA of the USA
The Beat - Episode 3Partnerships + Prevention = Value-Driven Care—featuring Katie Adamson of YMCA of the USAAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And as we make the shift from volume-based to value-driven care, the formal healthcare system needs to partner with community organizations like the YMCA to implement the prevention programs that will both save money and improve patient outcomes.Katie Adamson is the Vice President of Health Partnerships and Policy at the YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the nation’s 2,700 YMCAs. She is responsible for...
2020-02-19
27 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Partnerships + Prevention = Value-Driven Care — featuring Katie Adamson of YMCA of the USA
The Beat - Episode 3Partnerships + Prevention = Value-Driven Care—featuring Katie Adamson of YMCA of the USAAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And as we make the shift from volume-based to value-driven care, the formal healthcare system needs to partner with community organizations like the YMCA to implement the prevention programs that will both save money and improve patient outcomes.Katie Adamson is the Vice President of Health Partnerships and Policy at the YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the nation’s 2,700 YMCAs. She is responsible for...
2020-02-19
27 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Integrated Care Built Around the Human Being — featuring Mark Ganz of Cambia Health Solutions
HLTH Matters EP02Integrated Care Built Around the Human Being—featuring Mark Ganz of Cambia Health SolutionsIn every other area of our lives, service providers are accountable to their customers. If they fail to provide both quality and value, people vote with their feet. But in healthcare, we’ve traded away that control to the insurance company, and the result is an increasingly dehumanizing system that looks at people as vessels of disease to be fixed rather than people in need of healing. How can we bring that critical patient-caregiver relationship back and design an i...
2020-02-03
26 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Integrated Care Built Around the Human Being — featuring Mark Ganz of Cambia Health Solutions
HLTH Matters EP02Integrated Care Built Around the Human Being—featuring Mark Ganz of Cambia Health SolutionsIn every other area of our lives, service providers are accountable to their customers. If they fail to provide both quality and value, people vote with their feet. But in healthcare, we’ve traded away that control to the insurance company, and the result is an increasingly dehumanizing system that looks at people as vessels of disease to be fixed rather than people in need of healing. How can we bring that critical patient-caregiver relationship back and design an i...
2020-02-03
26 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Advancing NEMT with Ride Sharing — featuring Megan Callahan of Lyft Business
HLTH Matters EP01Advancing NEMT with Ride Sharing—featuring Megan Callahan of Lyft BusinessWhen we think about access to healthcare, insurance tends to be top-of-mind. But coverage won’t do you much good if you don’t have a way to get to and from the services you need. Transportation is one of the social determinants of health that keeps inequity alive in our broken healthcare system. So, what can we do to ensure that people have access to non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT)? Megan Callahan is the Vice President of Healthcare at Lyft Bu...
2020-01-20
18 min
The Beat
Live at HLTH: Advancing NEMT with Ride Sharing — featuring Megan Callahan of Lyft Business
HLTH Matters EP01Advancing NEMT with Ride Sharing—featuring Megan Callahan of Lyft BusinessWhen we think about access to healthcare, insurance tends to be top-of-mind. But coverage won’t do you much good if you don’t have a way to get to and from the services you need. Transportation is one of the social determinants of health that keeps inequity alive in our broken healthcare system. So, what can we do to ensure that people have access to non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT)? Megan Callahan is the Vice President of Healthcare at Lyft Bu...
2020-01-20
18 min