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Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareA New Philosophy of Better Health with Mona Antilla Carloni and Mariam MohamedWhat barriers to health might be in place for recent immigrants and how do we put people on a path to better health? At its core, this is a story of culture, understanding the whole person and their unique individual stories — things our health system is just not designed to do. Kurt talks with Mona Antilla Carloni and Mariam Mohamed, the creators of Intercultural Alliance, a program tailored to the health needs of Somali women and taught through community, food, and personal experiences. Mariam, a Somali immigrant herself, has worked in program analysis and evaluation for private and non-profit se...2021-05-0340 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareThe Logistical Challenge of Hunger with Rob WilliamsListen in as Kurt talks with Rob Williams, founder and executive director of Every Meal. Across the United States, one in seven children experiences hunger on a weekly basis. During COVID-19, that number has grown to nearly one in four as schools, where many children receive breakfast and lunch, shut down. Nearly a decade ago, Every Meal stepped in to fill that gap, leaning on Rob’s background in global logistics for direction. What started as a program at one local elementary school has grown to serve 35 school districts across the state, providing more than 3 million meals last year al...2021-03-0143 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareThe New Face of Homelessness with Jason ShaplenJoin Kurt for a conversation with Jason Shaplen, the Chief Strategy Officer for Community Health Center in Connecticut, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified health centers providing healthcare to low-income families. Jason has a rich history in affordable housing and is passionate about the linkage between housing and health. Kurt and Jason talk about the new face of homelessness, why it has grown into such an enormous crisis, and the impacts on health and health equity. More importantly, they discuss solutions. Listen to the conversation. 2021-02-0143 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareThe Intersection of Philanthropy and Economics with José DiazKurt talks with Dr. José Diaz, an economist and the Chief Impact Officer for the Constellation Fund, a non-profit dedicated to smart philanthropy. Traditionally, a non-profit’s success is judged by how much it fundraises, not how well it impacts society. Constellation Fund flips that and measures return to build philanthropy that works. Kurt and José discuss calculating impact and using that information to put resources where they will do the most good. 2020-12-3038 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareTracking the Impact of State Policy on COVID-19 Hospitalizations with Pinar Karaca-MandicKurt enjoys the company of Pinar Karaca-Mandic, a professor in healthcare risk management at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Pinar, among other accolades, is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an editorial board member for the International Journal of Health Economics Management. Kurt and Pinar discuss her research on the impact of state policy regulations on COVID-19 hospitalization rates. Join them to hear about the results and the implications for the next several months. 2020-11-1832 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareThe State of Healthcare Innovation in Minnesota with Kyle RolfingKurt talks with Kyle Rolfing, serial healthcare entrepreneur and supporter of the Minnesota health-tech ecosystem. They discuss the history of healthcare innovation in Minnesota, how the industry looks now and what entrepreneurs are hoping for the future. Listen to the insightful conversation between the two founders, both with long ties to the region.2020-11-0423 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareWhy Is Healthcare So Expensive? With Thompson AderinkomiKurt enjoys an energetic conversation with Thompson Aderinkomi, a luminary of the Minnesota health and entrepreneurial landscape, working on his latest venture, Nice Healthcare. Listen in as they challenge each other and you on the central question, why is healthcare so expensive? And more importantly, what can we do about it?2020-10-1944 min
Carrot Shtick: Conversations About Using Data to Improve HealthcareConsumers and What's Missing in Healthcare with Spencer PrattKurt sat down with Carrot Health’s own Spencer Pratt recently for a conversation about consumers, what’s missing in health care, and, more importantly, what can we do to help? Spencer is Carrot Health's Vice President of Product and has unique expertise at the intersection of healthcare, data science, and consumer behavior. 2020-09-1843 min
touch point podcastThe TPS5 - Week of April 27-May 1, 2020Welcome to the TPS 5 for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2020. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.This week’s TPS5:- Can API vendors solve healthcare’s data woes?- Poll: Consumers report greater satisfaction with digital health services than those from banking, telecoms- What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine- Artificial I...2020-05-0108 min
The New Normal: Conversations About the Future of HealthcareHealthcare Data Privacy - a Conversation with Kurt Waltenbaugh, Founder and CEO of Carrot HealthFrom contact tracing efforts that are designed to track travel and location data on cellphones to manage the spread of the virus, to the Department of Health and Human Services backing off certain privacy rules to make it easier for hospitals and vendors to share patient medical records with public health officials, in America the privacy of PHI is evolving.In this episode, I speak with Kurt Waltenbaugh, Founder and CEO of Carrot Health. Kurt has built his career focused on: using data to predict and influence consumer behavior. Through this, he has built successful analytic solutions...2020-04-3026 min
NACDDChronic Disease Academy 2019 Plenary: The Data FrontierThis is a special podcast from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’s 2019 Chronic Disease Academy. Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation moderates a panel on “The Data Frontier – Challenges and Innovations Occurring in the Field.” Panelists include: Dr. Peter Briss from the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Dr. Tom Land from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine; Dr. Karen Smith, from the California Department of Public Health, and Kurt Waltenbaugh of Carrot Health. The panelists will discuss how data is influencing healthcare delivery, health policy, and disease prevention2019-05-2935 min
4sightHealth Market Corner ConversationsMarket Corner Conversations: Kurt Waltenbaugh, Carrott Health<p>In Episode 2 of Market Corner Conversations, Dave Johnson speaks with Kurt Waltenbaugh, the founder and CEO of Carrot Health, an exciting data analytics startup based in the Twin Cities. ...</p>
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