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Lay of The Land#154: Mohamed Kamara (InovCares) — Modernizing Healthcare for Women of ColorMohamed Kamara, founder and CEO of InovCares.Grounded in a sobering reality: The United States has the highest rates of maternal mortality in the industrialized world. In May 2017, having lost both his sister and aunt to preventable pregnancy-related causes, Mo found himself in a place with the motivation and determination to confront this maternal mortality crisis head-on.Mo ultimately founded InovCares to this end — to address the concerns of women of color who are, unfortunately, often dismissed in healthcare settings. Where in addition, many of them do not receive culturally humble and competent ca...
2024-02-1547 min
Heart of EquityBloody Waters: The Failure of the U.S. Health System to Support Black Maternal Health With Mohamed KamaraThe history of reproductive medicine in the U.S. is built on the pain and suffering of enslaved Black women — and maternal health disparities continue today. In this episode, InovCares founder Mohamed Kamara shares how culturally respectful maternity care and digital health can be leveraged to address this history and improve health outcomes for Black women and mothers.
2023-03-0228 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp15 - Using Data To Reduce Maternal Mortality for Women Of ColorDid you know that the US has one of the highest if not THE highest maternal mortality rate in the world? This is especially true for Women of color who suffer from lack of access to quality care and cultural sensitivity. Join me for a conversation with Mohamed Kamara, Founder and CEO of InovCares, an app for women, particularly women of color, that provides access to culturally-sensitive clinicians. It combines real-time metabolic health data gathering with telehealth, computer vision, artificial intelligence in order to provide access to quality maternal healthcare.
We discuss what it means for clinicians to be culturally...
2022-12-0638 min
Atlanta Startup PodcastModernizing Healthcare for Women of Color with Mohamed KamaraInovcares Founder and new Atlanta resident Mohamaed Kamara is modernizing healthcare for women of color. The tragic death of his sister in childbirth catalyzed him to take on changing the world. Hear Mohamed's insights around choosing the right business model, customer discovery tips, and why he feels Atlanta is the perfect city to build a healthcare startup.Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event.
2021-09-2727 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastCouples Birth Plan and Surviving Eclampsia and Healing Postpartum DepressionWe sat down with Dr. Nicole Rankins, MD, OB/GYN physician, and wife and husband, Dr. Kiara Williams, DPT, PT and Mitchel Williams. Wife, Dr. Kiara Williams, detailed her birthing journey and survival of eclampsia. We discussed the importance of having a birth plan and an advocate during the delivery day and postpartum. Mitchel Williams expressed his frustration as an advocate for his wife with the health system that almost put his wife at risk. Dr. Nicole Rankins, MD is also available on all social platforms as drnicoleranks. Please find our patient and provider mobile apps on i...
2021-09-2235 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastWomen's Health: Preeclampsia, Infertility and FibroidsEvery woman deserves high-quality, affordable care. However, every year 500,000 women between ages 15 to 49 die from pregnancy-related complications. Worse still, two-thirds of these deaths are preventable. According to the CDC, pregnancy-related death occurs 3.3 times more often for African American women than white women. Studies have shown that a significant driver of this crisis is implicit bias. Racial disparity in healthcare costs us money, unnecessary suffering, and ultimately, lives lost. Far too often, women’s early symptoms and warning signs are dismissed, leading to unnecessary, costly, and potentially deadly complications that should have been easily preventable. These problems are wide-ranging, affecting fa...
2021-07-2656 min
Thought Leaders To Watch18 - Filling the Gaps within the Healthcare Industry with InovCares' Mohamed KamaraIn this episode, your host, Starlett Henderson talks to InovCares' Mohamed Kamara about gaps in the healthcare industry, developing the technology to fill these gaps, knowing your niche to be an effective thought leader, building communities between physicians, and more. www.inovcares.comMohamed Kamara talks about his company, the tragic start of losing his sister and aunt due to childbirth complications and his mission to reduce maternal mortality rate and increase the access to care for women, especially Black and Latin women. www.changeempire.com
2021-04-2015 min
Black Wall Street Today with Blair DurhamThe InovCares app provides culturally competent health care - Mohamed Kamara on #BlackWallStreetTodayMohamed Kamara speaks with Blair about culturally competent health care innovations for Black and LatinX women maternal mortality rates utilizing the InovCares app. https://inovcares.com/home
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2021-02-1219 min
Stuck in The Middle PodcastHow Mohamed Kamara Founded InovCare, a Telehealth Company that Addresses Racial Health Disparities!!Mohamed Kamara is the founder of Inovcares, a platform that is at the forefront of moving healthcare towards a consumer-centric system by aligning itself with patients' interests. He shares how overcoming the grief of his sister dying during child breath ignited him to take up the gauntlet and create an innovative healthcare solution. It was through this personal tragedy that led Mohamed to educate himself on the Telehealthcare solutions. Throughout the interview, you’ll learn stories about how his personal motto, “before you build anything go and test it first,” kept him from falling in the many pitfalls of buildi...
2020-08-1040 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastPandemic of InequalitiesDr. Scott has held several prominent leadership positions in the Baltimore area. As a trained family medicine physician, Dr. Scott has extensive public health experience and has led innovative programs specifically designed to improve health outcomes while saving costs. Most recently, Dr. Scott served as the Medical Director of Population Health and Community Health Programs at Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC. In addition to her years of work and volunteer experience, Dr. Scott also reached the rank of Major, Medical Corps after having served for 10 years in the United States Army Reserve.
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2020-08-0825 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastFood as MedicineBuilding healthy habits and lifestyle you want can be daunting. So today we decided to bring two food experts to educate and inspire us to consider food as medicine by developing a healthy relationship with food. Shaun Chavis is the founder of LVNGbook, and Tambra Raye is founder of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics & Agriculture.
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1. Our conversation today is with two food experts. Shaun and Tambra. Welcome to the show, ladies.
2. Please share your backgrounds with our listeners?
3. How does one develop...
2020-07-1759 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastWomen’s Health: healing the root causes of chronic pain with Dr. Afrouz Demeri, NDIn this episode of Empowered Patient Health, host Mohamed Kamara and guest Dr. Afrouz Demeri, ND, discuss in detail the various stages of a woman’s life — pre-conception, women in their reproductive years, pre-menopause and post-menopause — and specific health concerns and screenings associated with each stage. They also outline recent developments and devices that make treating women’s health issues, including infertility, safer and more effective. You'll learn the key to hormonal balance and reproductive health. Additionally, the things both woman and man can do before childbearing to ensure a successful pregnancy and delivery.
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2020-06-271h 14
The Empowered Patient PodcastAllyship in Racial and Health Disparities – Racism’s Wear and Tear on African American with Priyanka Surio MPH, PMP, CHESPriyanka Surio, MPH, PMP, CHES, serves as the Director of Data Analytics and Public Health Informatics within the Association of State and Territorial Health Official's (ASTHO) Health Security Team, where she manages the data and informatics project portfolio across ASTHO. Ms. Surio co-lead the Data Management and Surveillance Taskforce as part of ASTHO’s COVID-19 response to assist state and territorial health agencies. Within the Informatics project portfolio, ASTHO works with state and territorial health agencies on improving data sharing and governance, interoperability, electronic disease reporting, data and informatics capacity, data needs assessments, health IT infrastructure, informatics strategic planning an...
2020-06-171h 04
The Empowered Patient PodcastHealth Disparities and Chronic Disease in Mississippi with Dr. Michael L. Jones, PhD, MBA, RNDr. Michael L. Jones is the founder of Jones Healthcare Solutions, LLC and serves as the Senior Consultant and Trainer. Michael is responsible for assisting individuals and organizations in addressing various healthcare issues to improve health outcomes for populations. Michael began his career in health care as an Orthopedic Nurse at the sole Academic Medical Center in the state of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He later served as a Spinal Cord Injury Nurse at a major rehabilitation center in the state of Mississippi. After caring for many underserved patients, Michael developed a passion for ensuring these...
2020-06-1646 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastPhysician Burnout Amid Covid-19 with Board-Certified Diagnostic Radiologist and Media Expert, Dr. Nina Watson, MDAs a nationally recognized diagnostic radiologist and fitness expert, Dr. Nina Watson (also known as Dr. Nina) is board-certified in diagnostic radiology with expertise in women’s imaging. She is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and medicolegal expert. Through her speaking engagements, social media presence, and work with various media outlets, Dr. Nina provides insights and strategies for improving wellness. She discusses actionable and real-world strategies to help busy professionals take control of their health. Dr. Nina obtained her Doctorate of Medicine degree from Yale University School of Medicine. She trained at Columbia University affiliated Harlem Hospital Center and Columbia Un...
2020-06-0132 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastInnovation in Streaming, with founder and CEO, DeShuana Spencer of KweliTVWebsite: https://inovcares.com/podcast
Representation matters in media and television. The narrative and story of certain demographics are told through the lens of people without lived experiences. DeShuna Spencer took this challenge and is changing the narrative through kweliTV, Inc., an interactive video streaming network dedicated to the issues, stories and culture of the global black community. Recently, KweliTV became available on Comcast Xfinity X1 and Flex, allowing the stories of 250+ promising and award-winning independent-mostly black - filmmakers to become available to a larger audience.
DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of...
2020-05-281h 02
The Empowered Patient PodcastTaking care of your children during covid-19 with Pediatrician, Dr Jessica Lazerov, MDJessica Lazerov, M.D. is a board-certified pediatrician and fellow of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and has treated at risk youth in Washington D.C. for over 15
years. She is an Attending Physician at Children’s National Anacostia and Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and
Health Sciences. Her passions revolve around reducing health disparities and
promoting social and economic justice and believe that one part of the puzzle is
through improving care delivery within the health care system, particularly for
underserved families and Medicaid recipients.
Dr. Lazerov was born in Columbia, MD an...
2020-05-1841 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastMotivation and Resilience in Covid-19 WorldLayllen Sawyerr is an international motivational speaker and MBA-toting John Maxwell Certified Coach. Her passion in life is to empower others to live their best lives. She teaches people to master their mindset and transform their lives.
Scared, fearless, skeptical – however you choose to come along – her goal is to work alongside you and help you embrace your most authentic self and walk in your purpose. She will be with you every step of the journey. She has fourteen plus years of management, training, coaching and corporate experience. She is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and shar...
2020-05-1540 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastPhysician marketing and growth in covid-19 and beyond, Justin
KnottJustin Knott is the President & CEO of an award-winning healthcare marketing agency, Intrepy Healthcare Marketing. He founded his agency in 2014 to bring a specialized approach to marketing for medical practices and hospital systems. His primary focuses lie in digital marketing, medical SEO strategy, and advertising to help practices generate new, targeted patients. Justin has been published as an SEO and marketing thought leader in dozens of online publications. His agency was recently named a top digital marketing agency by DesignRush and Clutch.
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2020-05-1538 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastCovid-19 Protecting our frontline workersAlisia Granville began her career 20 years of nursing experience and has held positions as a full time staff nurse, temp/travel nurse and as a nurse manager. She has led numerous process improvement initiatives for multiple major medical centers and has created leading nursing teams in her career.
Alisia believes in changing the face of healthcare through innovation, education, quality improvement and nurse empowerment. She received her B.S. Nursing – The University. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and M.S. Healthcare Systems Management – Loyola University New Orleans.
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2020-05-1028 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastIncreasing Access to Care for Communities of Color with Rachel Sherman, MSN, FNP-BCDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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Rachel is a Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners...
2020-05-0152 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastImpact-driven healthcare solution and venture capitalDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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Ethan Austin is a two-time founder, Angel Investor and currently the Managing Director of...
2020-04-2228 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastBetter health for the underserved with Family Physician and Professor, Dr. Whitney Christian, MDDr. Whitney Christian and I discussed the impact of Covid-19 in underserved communities. She is a board-certified Family Physician practicing in Columbus, OH. She decided early in life that she wanted to become a doctor, and specifically, that she wanted to provide care to medically underserved neighborhoods similar to the ones where she grew up in Akron, OH. She graduated from medical school at The Ohio State University in 2014, and completed her residency training there in 2017. She has an interest in global health, participated in a medical mission trip to Honduras during medical school, and plans to make these...
2020-04-1939 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastGenius in Madness with Dr. Nadia Marie Sasso, PhD.Download at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health conditions as they chase...
2020-04-1253 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastGoing Beyond Sick Care with Dr. Lisa Sindass, MDDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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Going beyond sick requires care that is proactive, holistic and preventative. Dr. Sindass offers...
2020-04-0159 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastNetwalking the healthy way of connecting with friends, family and coworkers with Jessica TunonDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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Jessica Tunon is a Social Impact Leader and the founder and CEO of Netwalking® L...
2020-03-2228 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastThe Dark side of Compassionate Care, Physician Burnout, with Trauma Surgeon, Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bestselling Author, Dr. Nii DarkoDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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The suicide rate among physicians tops that of combat veterans. About 300...
2020-03-151h 02
The Empowered Patient PodcastImpact-driven community digital health innovation with investor & innovation executive, D.D. JohniceDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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CEO/Chief Strategy Officer, The Wonder Guild. Formerly Sr. Director, Community...
2020-03-0853 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastNegotiate and Gift Yourself Good Health with Dr. Kwame Christian, JD, MADownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health conditions as they chase...
2020-03-0140 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastAll You Need to Know About Women's Health and Wellness: A conversation with Dr. Nelson Alawode, MD, MBA.Download at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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His unwavering dedication to healing care that empowers patients with thoughtful...
2020-02-2046 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastSports, Entrepreneurship and Precision Medicine with NFL Player & Investor, Andre FluellenDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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The path to a potential handshake with the commissioner on draft...
2020-02-1241 min
The Empowered Patient PodcastTelehealth and wellness for corporations and hospital systemsDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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This conversation with CEO of CNSI, Todd Stottlemyer, empowers us with...
2020-02-011h 00
The Empowered Patient PodcastScience of Smiles - The Chemistry & Psychology of Happiness and Price of EntrepreneurshipDownload at InovCares App on Android and iOS:
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Ken Rochon, Founder, and Andrea Adams-Miller, Executive Director of the Keep Smiling Movement...
2020-01-2651 min
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2020-01-2500 min