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Entrepreneurs in Recovery058: Niko Skievaski | Psychedelic Care and Family TransformationsWant To Watch Entrepreneurs In Recovery? Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/@jesseharless In this episode of Entrepreneurs in Recovery, host Jesse Harless engages in a powerful conversation with Niko, the founder of Althea, a company pioneering software solutions for the legal psychedelic marketplace. Niko opens up about his transformative journey, from his experiences with psychedelics aiding his leadership at a healthcare tech startup to facilitating profound healing sessions with his parents—using psilocybin with his father during his cancer journey and MDMA with his mother in grief. He delve...2025-03-251h 07
Default Global Podcast: Navigating Global Expansion, Remote Teams, and International TalentHow he raised $100M across two companies🎙 In this episode, Niko Skievaski takes us behind the scenes of his impressive fundraising journey, sharing how he successfully raised over $100 million across two companies.💰 From leading Redox through a $45M Series C round to securing $1.5M in seed funding for Althea in 2024, Niko offers actionable insights for founders navigating the venture capital landscape.Tune in to discover:Niko successfully secured $1.5M in seed funding for Althea in 2024.Valuable lessons from raising $45M in Series C for Redox.Key strategies for scaling startups and securing VC interest.Whether you're preparing for your f...2024-10-2425 min
Outcomes RocketDiscover How Psychedelics Are Revolutionizing Mental Health Treatment with Niko Skievaski, co-founder and CEO of AltheaPsychedelics can help individuals navigate significant life challenges and gain new perspectives.In this episode, Niko Skievaski, co-founder and CEO of Althea, discusses the transformative potential of psychedelics in mental health. Niko explains the growing evidence that psychedelics can offer better outcomes than traditional psychiatric treatments for conditions like PTSD, depression, and addiction. Throughout this interview with Saul Marquez, he talks about the resurgence of research at top institutions, the development of new software to support regulatory compliance and practice management, and the bipartisan support for psychedelic programs. Niko also shares personal stories on psychedelics and societal...2024-07-0521 min
The Redox Podcast#50 Navigating Rapid Cardiology Practice Acquisition with US Heart and Vascular’s Cheryl RodenfelsTo celebrate our 50th episode, we are sharing an internal conversation we had with Cheryl Rodenfels, CIO of US Heart & Vascular (USHV). USHV is a mergers and acquisitions healthcare business working to equip and empower cardiovascular physician practices. Cheryl recently joined one of Redox’s team meetings to share her expertise surrounding M&A in healthcare and the accompanying benefits these have on technology. In her 30+ years of experience, she has held numerous positions in IT and has a mastery of knowledge when it comes to modernizing care. In our conversation, she sheds light on how the industry trend of...2023-04-1323 min
The Redox Podcast#49 Automation’s Impact on the Patient/Provider Relationship with Mytonomy’s Vinay BhargavaStaff shortages. Clinician burnout. Missed appointments. You’ve seen the headlines – providers and patients alike are struggling with our current healthcare system. What’s the solution?
Last month, Redox’s Niko Skievaski delved into a topical discussion with Vinay Bhargava, president and co-founder of Mytonomy, a patient engagement company with a singular mission: empower people to actively take control of their health. Vinay’s extensive professional journey in consumer technology, passion for digital imaging, and desire to help people navigate complex processes shaped his view of solving some of healthcare’s most pressing problems through a “video-colored lens.” He reco...2023-03-0730 min
The Redox Podcast#48 Patient Experience & Healthcare's Move to the Cloud with Matt VestalMatt Vestal has spent more than 15 years in healthcare technology, and recently joined ConvergeOne to help transform the healthcare arm of their IT and cloud offerings. In our conversation, Matt offers a wealth of insights on the future of cloud strategy in the healthcare space, including his vision for how to modernize the composable patient experience through seamless technology adoption.2022-10-0742 min
The Redox Podcast#47 Culture 0 to 1 - The People Everywhere ShowHello Redox podcast listeners! Today’s show will be a bit different. I'm actually sharing a new podcast that focuses on exploring how leaders create thriving workplace cultures in remote teams. It's called The People Everywhere Show and I hope you’ll find this departure interesting and applicable to your own work and life. We launched the podcast today with three episodes right out of the gate. More great episodes are just around the corner. This is an invitation to subscribe to The People Everywhere Show and sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date with the late...2022-07-2028 min
Healthcare IT Today InterviewsCulture is a Leadership Imperative at RedoxAt most companies, a strong corporate culture is a by-product of leadership rather than the result of a conscientious effort. Smart companies are realizing this must change as retaining tech talent becomes more challenging. Niko Skievaski, Co-Founder & President at Redox is doubling down on his culture-building efforts to ensure the company can continue to scale and succeed.
We caught up with Skievaski to learn more about the work he is doing and to understand the motivation behind his increased focus on company culture.
Learn more about Redox: https://www.redoxengine.com/
Find more grea...2022-07-1824 min
The Redox Podcast#46 The Return to HIMSSCompeting conferences, parties, and Niko's mullet. HIMSS is back, and damnit, we’re excited. Redoxers Matt Ripkey and Nick Hatt join the podcast to discuss their expectations for HIMSS, what they’re looking forward to, and tips on surviving the biggest healthcare event of the year.2022-03-1325 min
The Redox Podcast#45 WebMD’s Ann Bilyew on Why Scale Matters in a Shifting MarketWebMD is usually the resource you run to after noting a random hiccup in your body, but in today’s episode of The Redox Podcast we get to see how WebMD plays a part in the bigger picture of delivering healthcare. Niko chats with Ann Bilyew, the Senior Vice President of Health for Internet Brands, the parent company of WebMD and Medscape. They discuss the organization's recent acquisitions supporting their focus on personalizing the patient experience, how patient strategy is becoming a more consumer-oriented experience, and whether value-based care is inherently competitive with a consumer-focused model.2022-02-1530 min
This Week Health: AcademyHow To Be a Successful Healthcare Startup Platform with Niko Skievaski of RedoxToday on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Niko Skievaski the Co-Founder and President of Redox. The topic of discussion was Putting Data to Work in the 21st Century. And Bill sets this up by asking Niko what it takes to create a successful healthcare platform startup.2022-01-0507 min
The Redox Podcast#44 Extracting Paternalism from the Patient Experience with Kristen ValdesKristen Valdes is the founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health. She is a transformative force in today’s healthcare marketplace, spearheading the conversation on how empowering consumers can transform healthcare delivery. With over 20 years in the industry, she lends her insight on paternalism in healthcare, b.well’s vision for the future of healthcare, and the reconciliation of value-based care with the current ecosystem of consumerism.2021-12-1541 min
The Redox Podcast#43 Olive’s Journey to AI through Robotic Process AutomationMove fast, and fix things. That should be the unofficial mantra of Olive. With nearly $1 billion dollars in funding, they are a dynamo in health tech. In this episode of The Redox Podcast, Olive’s founder and CEO, Sean Lane, takes us on a ride from the visit to his hometown that sparked his hunger for healthcare innovation to the one idea that changed everything. Olive has a big vision for RPA in healthcare, and they plan to get there…fast.2021-12-0739 min
Digital Health 101, by Dr. Stefano Bini and Digital Health TodayWhat is 'Interoperability' in healthcare and why is it important?The systems that store your health records across different providers are probably not talking to each other. Even if they are, it certainly didn't happen by accident. This is a problem Niko Skievaski is working to solve.Interoperability is a technical term that comes from outside of healthcare. The meaning of it is when two or more systems can share data with each other. Niko explains that there are three levels of Interoperability:
The first level is one in which data is shared between systems or pr...2021-11-0341 min
The Redox Podcast#42 Crashing Primary Care & Dialysis with Dr. Andrew SchutzbankDr. Andrew Schutzbank is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard, Chief Product Officer at Cricket Health, and was formerly the SVP of Product at Iora Health. We discuss technology adoption and creation in primary care, payment models, business models, and what can be learned in the specialty space, with particular focus in the diabetes world in his work at Cricket. 2021-06-1539 min
The Redox Podcast#41 Epic & Judy's Legacy with Forbes' Katie JenningsYou must have seen the story right? Judy Faulkner, Epic's Founder and CEO took a rare interview with Katie Jennings of Forbes. Long story short, Katie talks with Judy, Niko talks with Katie on this week's episode of the Redox podcast. We get into Epic culture, position in the market, and Judy's perspective on their longterm position in this quickly evolving market. 2021-04-1230 min
The Redox Podcast#40 On the Basics of PharmaceuticalsKirk Barnes has spent his career working in the pharmaceutical industry: from drug discovery and development side, to distribution, and, now, aligning digital health strategies with pharma. This isn’t a space I know much about, given its impact in healthcare. Kirk was kind enough to let me get down into the basics around the space and what digital health companies should know as they look to work with pharma companies.2021-03-0840 min
The Redox Podcast#39 Withings on Remote Patient MonitoringI'm going to say it, Withings makes the nicest looking smart devices on the market. And now they're coming onto the remote patient monitoring scene in a big way. Antoine Robiliard, Withing's VP of Health Solutions talks with Niko about their RPM strategy and why their experience in engaging patients will give them a huge advantage with, well, engaging patients. 2021-03-0122 min
The Redox Podcast#38 PointClickCare's Evolving StoryPointClickCare has about 70% market share in the long-term and post-acute markets. In the EHR world, this market share is unprecedented. AND, they're cloud-based. They have a truly unique offering and a culture to match. This show features PCC's co-founder and president, Dave Wessinger, along with their SVP/GM, B.J. Boyle. They're interviewed by Redox co-founders Niko Skievaski (president) and Luke Bonney (CEO).2021-02-1839 min
The Redox Podcast#37 From Buzzword to Buzzer-beater: how SDOH stands to take COVID head onThis week we have the Founder and CEO of Healthify, Manik Bhat. No Niko this week. Our production interns took over for this interview getting into the origins of Healthify as well as the the future of the SDOH space. Q4 being the company’s highest point of growth since their inception, COVID has brought attention to this space, which has sparked both questions and creativity surrounding SDOH’s role in a mid- and post-pandemic world.2021-02-1023 min
The Redox Podcast#36 Therapy for Kids with Manatee's Dama DipayanaOn today’s show, we have Damayanti Dipayana, the co-founder and CEO of Manatee Health, based in the Mile High city of health tech, Denver, Colorado. We get into the Manatee story and the big splash they made as they launched winning the HLTH pitch competition, Prime Health, and graduating from Techstars. We also get into how Dama manages running an early stage startup with three kids under 4. Truly a herculean feat that she shrugs off as a days work.2021-01-2045 minThe Redox Podcast#35 A Christmas Carol in QuarantineAs we live through the holidays in quarantine, Niko gets visited by the ghosts of health crises past, present, and future. How did we get here? What can we learn from prior pandemics and vaccine distribution? Are we entering the era of pandemics? Our ghosts, played and written by Rachel Desmond, share these and many more insights, giving us a broad view for our current state of affairs.2020-12-2234 min
Digital ConversationsA Conversation with Niko Skievaski: Extending Systems of Record to Deliver Smart, Personalized Patient ExperiencesHealthcare providers have invested billions of dollars digitizing patient data in large systems of record. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems have become the digital home of patient information. The opportunity to tap into that data and leverage it with other, surrounding cloud technology solutions is maturing and companies like Redox provide that integration capability. Niko Skievaski, president and co-founder of Redox, joined us to talk about how new healthcare digital ecosystems are emerging where multiple best of breed tools all operate with a core set of data, and how advanced integration technology improves the overall experience for...2020-12-1523 min
The Redox Podcast#34 Our Social Dilemma: Mental Health in the time of Big Tech with Dr. David Elkin of UMMCToday on the show we have Dr. David Elkin. He is a pediatric clinical psychologist and founder and executive director of the Center for Advancement of Youth at University of Mississippi Medical Center. The center is a multi-disciplinary approach to coordinated for children with behavioral or developmental issues throughout Mississippi.
I’ve got to say that I really really enjoyed this conversation. We explored how social media/big tech and the pandemic are feeding into mental health issues in our youth as well as the technology being used and contemplated at UMMC to deliver more streamlined mental he...2020-12-1535 min
The Redox Podcast#33 Regulated consumer health apps with Natural Cycles' CEO (and particle physicist) Elina Berglund, PhDWhat does the God particle have in common with the only FDA-cleared birth control app?
The answer: Natural Cycles.
CEO, Dr. Elina Berglund was once a part of the team that found evidence of the media-paraded God Particle, otherwise known as the Higgs Boson. Post this literal Earth-shaking discovery, Dr. Berglund and her team spent the better part of the past decade perfecting an algorithm for a contraceptive app that is 98% effective with perfect use. Beyond impressive. That app is called Natural Cycles. It is the only birth-control app ever to be cleared by the...2020-12-0919 min
The Redox Podcast#32 Payal from .406 Ventures on Investing in Healthcare TechnologyOn today’s show we have Payal Agrawal Divakaran. She leads digital health investments as a partner at .406 Ventures in Boston who was, of course, the first institutional investor to bet on Redox, leading our Series A back in October of 2015. We discuss some of her journey as well as where she’s making (and has made) bets in healthcare technology. This includes Redox, AristaMD, Heartbeat Health, WellbeHealth, and Axial. We also discuss areas where she has an active thesis and is looking for investments. 2020-11-2437 min
The Redox Podcast#31 The Lasting Impact of COVID19 on Healthcare Technology with Terrence HibbertWe started doing this show back in November 2019, back before the world changed. Then, in March, we got the pandemic that really made everything we were talking about up until that point moot. On today’s show, we’re going to dive into some of those changes.
I invited our early guests on the podcast to make a quick video answering the question: What will be the lasting impact of the pandemic on healthcare technology? We’ll hear from Dr. Bill Hansen, CMIO of UPenn, Jonathan Bush, Executive Chairman of Firefly and founder of athenahealth, Stephanie Tilenius CEO of...2020-11-1845 min
The Redox Podcast#30 COVID Testing Labs and Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR)In the near term, rapid and accessible covid testing will be much more important than an actual vaccine. With ample testing, we can identify who’s infected, contact trace, and dramatically reduce the spread. At Redox, we’ve been working with a variety of labs and diagnostic companies who are actively testing patients. I wanted to learn more about how these labs work and how some of them have been stood up so quickly in the wake of the pandemic.
In August, the folks at UCSD reached out to us about a new covid testing clinical lab they...2020-11-1024 min
The Redox Podcast#29 Vida on Virtual Chronic Care and Mental HealthLooking back at 2020, we might say that this was the year that changed everything in healthcare. If that’s the case, Vida will have likely played a big role in this change. They’re focused on some of the most costly areas of healthcare in chronic care management and mental health. And, they sell to payers and employers who, with incentives to keep patients out of costly situations, are playing a bigger and bigger role in actual patient care.
My guest today is Stephanie Tilenius, the founder and CEO of Vida Health. She founded Vida in January of 2...2020-11-0329 min
The Redox Podcast#28 Getting paid with Medicaid in THIS economyRachel Dixon is an expert in the clinical, operational, and technological implementation of telehealth and other innovative digital health solutions in Medicaid-focused organizations. Rachel has worked across the spectrum of care, successfully designing and implementing programs on behalf of payers, primary care providers, mental health centers, and more. In addition to being the President of Prime Health, Rachel serves Colorado as an eHealth Commissioner.
We discussed various opportunities and strategies for healthcare startups working with the government as well as how telehealth has evolved in Colorado and beyond.
2:10 - Colorado’s COVID-19 telehealth response
7:30 - Ho...2020-10-1446 min
The Redox PodcastShift+6: Greg@Propeller HealthI've known Greg Tracy since before founding Redox, connecting over civic hacking projects in Madison, Wisconsin. As the co-founder and CTO, Greg helped Propeller Health from its inception to serving patients across the globe and through its recent acquisition by ResMed (for $225M), where he now serves as the chief architect.
Greg shares the Propeller Health story, their early choice to go through FDA clearance, and how they built the business into a global brand, as well as the constant struggle to prioritize projects, no matter how large the organization. He’s always been a mentor to th...2020-09-2534 min
The Redox Podcast#27 Nikita, Nikhil, and NikoNikita Singareddy and Nikhil Krishnan joined me on the show this week. You don’t often hear their last names as these two have rapidly earned their way into the ranks of first-name status in our industry. I wanted to have both of them on the show together as they have incredible rapport and both bring an absolutely refreshing and unique perspective on the industry, as younger analysts having graduated college in ‘16 and ’14.
Nikita (@singareddynm) is the creator of the Waiting Room blog. Her recent coverage of the new interoperability regulations is one of the best out there...2020-09-2140 min
The Redox PodcastShift+6: Danielle@Broad InstituteToday’s guest is Danielle Ciofani. A data architect turned strategist, she leads the Broad Institute’s Data Sciences Platform team maximizing the impact of data science on the biomedical ecosystem. She also cares deeply about the startup community and serves as a mentor to early-stage companies at the intersection of healthcare and data.
Prior to these roles, Danielle designed, built, and grew the largest integrated real-world database of clinical and claims data at Humdecia which was eventually acquired by Optum.
I really enjoyed this conversation. I learned about how the Broad Institute (pronounced “brode”) enables...2020-09-1644 min
The Redox Podcast#26 The State of Interoperability in 2020 with Redox's Brendan KeelerBefore 2020 spiraled into pandemic, social, economic, and political unrest, I expected interoperability to be the hottest topic in healthcare. There are a number of reasons for this.
Consumers became unruly, asking simple questions like “in this modern era, why can’t my specialist see my electronic health record?”
Providers and health systems have attempted to adopt modern digital health tools, but have found difficulty in integrating these tools with their legacy EHR systems.
In response to these industry-wide problems, and without a private-sector path forward, the federal government released sweeping, and some would say “heavy-handed”, set of int...2020-09-1031 min
The Redox PodcastShift+6: Ryan@FolxWe’re thrilled to announce Shift+6, a developer-focused, health-tech podcast from Redox. Here we'll explore the ways amazing technologists are bringing new innovation to market, growing their teams, and dealing with an ever-changing landscape in one of the world's most complex industries.
We believe that technology from diverse and empathetic creators holds the power to improve the lives of patients across the globe. And we hope this podcast helps make your work in healthcare even more impactful.
Our first guest is Ryan Scharer, the CTO of a new (and maybe in stealth mode?) telehealth startup ca...2020-09-0334 min
Village Global PodcastInvesting in Healthcare in 2020 with Niko Skievaski and Nikita SingareddyNiko Skievaski (@niko_ski), founder and president of Redox, and Nikita Singareddy (@singareddynm), investor at RRE Ventures, join Erik to discuss:- How regulation has changed the landscape in healthcare.- How to figure out what the the next wave in healthcare will be.- Why in the past government regulation has pulled technology into the present that wasn’t ready.- The biggest trends in healthcare now.- Where they would be investing if they were running a fund focused on the space.- What it takes to...2020-08-1356 min
The #HCBiz Show!Getting to Know eHealth Exchange - The Largest Health Information Network in the Country - Jay NakashimaIn a growing crowd of national health information networks, eHealth Exchange is one of the oldest and most connected in the U.S.. Notably, they are the primary way healthcare organizations connect with federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration (SSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In addition, they're connected with 75% of all U.S. hospitals, more than 60 regional and state HIEs, more than 5,000 dialysis centers, and more. Today we take a thorough look at eHealth Exchange with Executive Director, Jay Nakashima to find out what they do and to...2020-07-3045 min
The Redox Podcast#25 eConsults and coping with the year 2020 with Gil Addo of RubiconMDGil Addo is the co-founder and CEO of RubiconMD, the leading eConsults platform connecting primary care to specialists around the country.
I've known Gil for years and have always felt a kinship of sorts with him as I feel like we came from the same era of health tech startups, seeing him over and over again at similar early-stage digital health events around the country. Our conversation dives into his business quite a bit and explores factors in the changing healthcare landscape like value-based care, new primary care delivery models, and systemic racism in society and our i...2020-07-2739 min
The Redox Podcast#24 The Digital Episode of Care with Bronwyn Spira of Force TherapeuticsIt’s an honor to have Bronwyn Spira, CEO of Force Therapeutics, on the show today. Force is a leading episode-based digital care platform and is also one of Redox’s first customers from back in 2015. We were able to catch up on what they’re seeing in the marketplace including how the pandemic has affected the world of episodic care that they primarily operate within.
Key Moments:
02:00 - Force’s customers (NYU, Geisinger, Muve Health, Northwell, etc.) and what they do for them
09:25 - The importance of a clinical team
10:32 - Being...2020-07-0739 min
The Redox Podcast#23 Preventing Sepsis with Luminare’s Dr. Sarma VelamuriDr. Sarma Velamuri is an Internal Medicine doc, hospitalist, sepsis expert, and co-founder and CEO of Luminare, a company focused on the early detection of sepsis. On this episode, we dive into sepsis detection and prevention, as well as how these systems can work to help prevent the spread of other viral infections, like COVID-19.
Key Moments
01:39 How sepsis came to the forefront
03:33 Luminare’s tragic founding story
06:35 Alarm fatigue in EHRs and how to overcome it with workflow design
08:54 Luminare’s impact and value proposition
10:56 EHR integration with Redox*
13:07 Pivoting for pandemic response
15:39 Employers utilizing Lumin...2020-06-2921 min
The Redox Podcast#22 COVID's Impact on Redox and Digital HealthOn Tuesday, we had to layoff 44 Redoxers. That was about 25% of our team. On today's episode, we're going to go into the conditions that brought us to this place, how we went about making the decision to reduce the size of the team, and finally how we attach names to that decision.
Redox co-founders Luke Bonney (CEO) and Niko Skievaski (President) are joined by board member Raju Rishi. Raju is a general partner at VC firm RRE Ventures and led Redox's series B in January of 2017. Beyond sharing his perspective on the market and the layoffs he off...2020-06-2229 min
The Redox Podcast#21 The Economics of a Healthcare Recovery with Berkeley’s James RobinsonProfessor James Robinson is a highly-regarded expert on health care economics and policy. He is currently a Professor of Health Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Center for Health Technology. Dr. Robinson is also on the board of the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) and the National Institute for Healthcare Management (NIHCM). He has published three books and over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. He is also the former Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs. Dr. Robinson’s book, “Purchasing Medical Innovation: The Right Technology for the Righ...2020-06-1234 min
The Redox Podcast#20 “Powered by Battery” with Redox CEO Luke BonneyRedox CEO Luke Bonney was the featured guest on this week’s episode of Battery Venture’s “Powered by Battery” podcast series. The wide-ranging conversation covers everything from the company’s start as a digital-health incubator in Madison, Wisc. to its current position as an indispensable data exchange platform utilized by healthcare companies of all sizes. Luke also explains the creative ways that customers are using Redox to help in the fight against COVID-19.
02:42 - Redox’s roots; from Madison, WI start-up to remote digital healthcare innovator
06:01 - The need for scaling data integration for Cloud-based...2020-06-0932 min
The Redox Podcast#19 The New World of Telehealth with Dr. Sylvia RommDr. Sylvia Romm is the chief innovation officer at Atlantic Health System, a 7-hospital organization based in northern New Jersey. A senior pediatrics resident at Harvard, Dr. Romm previously served as VP of Clinical Transformation with AmWell. She is also a highly-regarded author and speaker on topics related to healthcare, technology and health IT policy. Dr. Romm is driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for transforming healthcare delivery. She recently spent time talking with a former colleague and friend, Redox’s Chief Customer Officer Elif Eracar.
Here are some of the highlights from this fun and...2020-05-2830 min
The Redox Podcast#18 Platforms in Healthcare - Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of our discussion of Platforms in Healthcare. I was pleased to be joined by:
Anurati Mathur, CEO of Sempre Health
Carlo Perez, CEO of Swift Medical
Dr. Mitesh Rao, CEO of OMNY Health
Niko Skieavski, President of Redox
Seth Joseph, managing director of Summit Health, served as our moderator.
This portion starts with ideas on how to tackle the chicken or egg problem, the concept of viral growth, and how to finance platform operations. Finally, we tackle the problem of what makes healthcare so d...2020-05-1527 min
The Redox Podcast#17 Platforms in Healthcare - Part 1Redox is an example of a platform business model in healthcare. We connect healthcare organizations and software vendors with reusable technology, thus creating a scalable network of data exchange. In addition to Redox, there are a number of other really innovative companies using platform business models to solve major challenges in healthcare. The opportunities to make a positive difference in how healthcare is delivered are exciting, but the challenges are numerous. So a number of us decided to get together to share experiences and ideas. Our guests for this two-part program include:
Anurati Mathur, CEO of Sempre...2020-05-1530 min
The Redox Podcast#16 Dr. Roxie Mooney's advice for health tech start-upsDr. Roxie Mooney is CEO & Healthcare Innovation Strategist of Legacy DNA, a company that helps health innovators move from idea to full market adoption. Legacy DNA is known for its COIQ System - which is a mash-up of the acronym COI, “commercialization of innovation,” with IQ. COIQ represents the knowledge and insights that health innovators need to maximize market success. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Roxie has helped to generate marketplace success for a wide range of health and lifestyle companies. She generously shared her insights with Niko Skievaski in this conversation.
Here are some of the highli...2020-04-1538 min
The Redox Podcast#15 Our new COVID-19 world with Greenway's Dr. Geeta NayyarWith COVID-19 dominating world events, Dr. Geeta Nayyar generously shared her time, insights and advice with Niko Skievaski. Doctor Nayyar is the chief medical officer for Greenway Health and a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Prior to joining Greenway, she held positions as chief healthcare and innovation officer at Femwell Group Health and CMIO at AT&T. In addition to her business responsibilities, Dr. Nayyar is a practicing rheumatologist and maintains faculty affiliation with the University of Miami, where she teaches at the medical school. Doctor Nayyar is the author of the mobile health chapter in the...2020-04-0234 min
Data BookPodcast: Breaking Down the HHS Interoperability RulesNiko Skievaski, president and co-founder of Redox, discusses the new HHS interoperability rules, how health systems will implement them, and challenges that might present.2020-03-3126 min
The Redox Podcast#14 COVID-19: Can Digital Health Help?We're in the midst of a worldwide pandemic that will strain our healthcare delivery system beyond anything we've seen before. Those of us who work in healthcare technology have reprioritized to attempt to bring something novel--something of use--to the new challenges faced by health systems. This is a special episode of the podcast including guests from 10 digital health vendors who have created a COVID-19 specific solution. From the time a patient thinks they have symptoms, to getting on a waiting list, to triaging in an overcrowded and socially-distant emergency department, to care within the hospital and beyond, digital health s...2020-03-2736 min
The Redox Podcast#13 The Walking Gallery with Regina HollidayFred Holliday was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer in 2010. At one point, his wife Regina asked to see Fred’s medical records. Fred and Regina were astonished by what they experienced – how difficult, and in some cases impossible, it was to access crucial personal health data. Fred passed away in mid-June of that year, at only 39 years old. In one of his final messages, he passed a handwritten note to his wife that read, “Go After Them Regina, Love Fred.”As an artist, Regina was able to express her grief and frustration through her paintings. She was invited to create a...2020-03-0525 min
The Redox Podcast#12 What's with the Pink Socks?Pink Socks Life is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting human connection around the world by socially supporting other public charities. If you have been to a health tech conference in the last five years, you’ve likely seen people wearing pinksocks with mustaches on them. Well, the movement began – somewhat accidentally – at the HIMSS conference in 2015.
Today, this community of over 100,000 happy smiley people are united in working to change the world from the ground up – with heart speak, hugs, and gifting. As HIMSS20 draws near, Niko Skievaski chatted with the founders of pinksocks – Nick Adkins and Andrew...2020-03-0434 min
The Redox Podcast#11 HIMSS20 PreviewThe HIMSS20 Global Health Conference takes place next week in Orlando. Participants from all corners of the industry – from vendors, clinicians and health system executives to policymakers and patient advocates – will get together to learn, share ideas and socialize. The enormity of the conference – nearly 45,000 professionals from more than 90 countries – can be overwhelming. Niko Skievaski had the chance to catch up with three long-time HIMSS participants who were happy to share their perspective on what to expect and how best to navigate HIMSS. This lively and informative conversation includes:
Lygeia Ricciardi, chief transformation officer at Carium and former ONC...2020-03-0331 min
The Redox Podcast#10 Improving access to care with Roundtrip's Ankit MathurAt Redox, we might have a bit of a startup crush on Roundtrip. But that’s easy when you work with such impactful companies. Every day, 10,000 patients miss or delay necessary health care due to a lack of proper transportation. The cost to the United States healthcare system last year because of missed medical appointments and unfulfilled prescriptions was a staggering $150 billion.
But this problem goes way beyond dollars and cents. The greater concern is the health of millions of patients who aren’t getting the care and medication they need – simply because they don’t have a ride...2020-02-2641 min
The Redox Podcast#9 The Mint.com for health with Aaron Patzer from Vital (and founder of Mint.com)Aaron Patzer is founder and CEO of Vital, AI-powered software for hospital emergency rooms and patients. As an entrepreneur, Aaron has had success at a number of companies, most notably the ground-breaking Mint.com – which he founded in 2006 and eventually sold to Intuit. The success of Mint.com shook up the financial services industry and paved the way for other innovators, including Plaid, the platform that enables applications to connect with users’ bank accounts (Visa acquired Plaid for $5.3 billion in 2020). Last year, Aaron launched Vital to bring a similar consumer-focused mindset to emergency rooms and hospitals.
However, as you’l...2020-02-1848 min
The Redox Podcast#8 Healthcare Data Privacy Rights with Attorney Matthew FisherWith HIMSS 2020 coming up soon, Niko Skievaski spent some time chatting with Attorney Matthew Fisher, a partner at the law firm of Mirick O’Connell in Westborough, Massachusetts. Matt is the chair of the firm’s Health Law Group and one of the HIMSS top 10 Digital Influencers. Additionally, Matt is the host of the well-known Healthcare de Jure podcast.
Niko and Matt covered a lot of ground in this conversation focused on data privacy rights. Here are some of the leading topics.
02:37 – Today’s biggest regulatory and compliance challenges
13:18 – Data blocking and a patient’s...2020-02-1156 min
The Redox Podcast#7 Aneesh Chopra Discusses the New Interop Paradigm on the Redox PodcastAneesh Chopra is one of the foremost names in healthcare IT today. He was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the United States’ first Chief Technology Officer. After his three years as CTO, President Obama hailed his service, saying Chopra’s “legacy of leadership and innovation will benefit Americans for years to come.”
In the years since he served as the nation’s CTO, Chopra has worked tirelessly to promote a better and more efficient healthcare system. Aneesh was one of the four industry leaders that convened the CARIN Alliance in 2016, a bipartisan, multi-sector collaborative working to...2020-02-0457 min
The Redox Podcast#6 Pharmacy of the Future with Alto's Mattieu Gamache-AsselinAs patients, the traditional pharmacy business seems to be a mess. It appears to be a jumble of information exchange, insurance contracts, middlemen, generics, phone calls, faxes, cross-subsidies, and misaligned incentives. The process can be frustrating, time-consuming, and expensive. As if that’s not bad enough, it can often result in patients not adhering to their medication routine. Fortunately, there are some creative entrepreneurs working on ways to improve the system. Leading the charge is Alto Pharmacy.
While in the Bay Area for the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Niko Skievaski sat down with Alto’s CEO...2020-01-2939 minThe #HCBiz Show!Interoperability 2.0 with Niko Skievaski The interoperability promise of a shared, longitudinal medical record has so far focused on connecting health systems to each other. With the growing investment and constant new entrants of SDOH solution vendors, a new wave of interoperability challenges are becoming apparent. How does your health app connect to an EHR? Will new anti-data blocking legislation help or hurt SDOH startups? In this wide-ranging conversation, Don Lee and Shahid Shah talk with Niko Skievaski, President and Co-Founder of Redox, about his team’s solution to interoperability and why health information exchanges (HIEs) are only part of the answer....2020-01-1556 min
The Redox Podcast#5 2019 Review and a Look Ahead to 20202019 was another eventful year for both Redox and the healthcare industry. Redox co-founders Luke Bonney, James Lloyd, and Niko Skievaski discuss a wide range of topics from the company’s remarkable progress in its first five years, notable market activity in the year past, and predictions for 2020 and the new decade ahead. Notable parts of the conversation include:
01:26 – The first five years of Redox
08:40 – Tech giants becoming more active in healthcare
13:52 – The advantages of Redox being a remote workplace
19:18 – Helping organizations with digital transformation
22:38 – Prediction for 2020 and the decade ahead
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The Redox Podcast#4 UPenn's Dr. Bill Hanson on The Redox PodcastDr. Bill Hanson is Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President at Penn Medicine and Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His distinguished career spans more than 30 years and he has consistently been a proponent for using technology to improve patient care.
In this episode of The Redox Podcast, Niko Skievaski and Dr. Hanson cover a variety of important topics, including:
03:20 – What worked and didn’t work with EMRs over the last decade
06:57 – Emancipating patient data
12:08 – The new generation of healthcare professionals leveraging data
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The Redox Podcast#3 Microsoft's Dr. Fatima Paruk on The Redox PodcastDr. Fatima Paruk, Microsoft’s Chief Medical Innovation Officer, is on a quest to uncover ways to transform gaps in care into new processes that will improve the lives of millions of patients. Prior to Microsoft, Dr. Paruk was the Chief Medical Officer of Analytics at Allscripts. She has been recognized as one of the Most Powerful Women in Health IT by both Ernst & Young and Health Data Management. She has also been named one of Becker’s Rising Stars Under 40.
Niko Skievaski spoke with Dr. Paruk about the challenges and promises in healthcare today. Topics included:
2019-12-0923 min
The Redox Podcast#2 2019 Redox Interoperability Summit - RecapThe 2019 Redox Healthcare Interoperability Summit was a tremendous success. Innovators, entrepreneurs and experts from provider organizations gathered in Boston to exchange ideas and experiences on efforts to overcome interoperability challenges and find creative, new ways to serve patients better. In this short podcast, you’ll hear some of the “voices” of this year’s Summit. Respected industry leaders such as:
Jitin Asnaani, executive director of the CommonWell Health Alliance
Shahid Shah, publisher of Netspective Media
Taylor Lehmann, CISO at athenahealth
Lindsey Babb, a software engineer at Color
Adrian Gropper, CTO for the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation
In addition...2019-12-0206 min
The Redox Podcast#1 Jonathan Bush on The Redox PodcastJonathan Bush is well known in the field of health-tech. He was the co-founder and CEO of athenahealth, a company he led for over 20 years. Today, Jonathan is the executive chairman of Firefly Health. Jonathan joined Niko Skievaski for a lively and wide-ranging conversation.
Topics included:
03:55 – Where did the dream of the EHR go wrong?
07:05 – Bush’s belief that current EHR systems will become “record-keeping furnaces” that few physicians use – and the ONC’s efforts to promote interoperability.
09:55 – Bringing consumer sovereignty into the healthcare system.
13:20 – On his new company, Firefly Health, which strive to redefine high-quality healthcare.
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The Redox PodcastThe Redox Podcast - Series PreviewHealthcare is poised to experience massive changes in the 2020s – but it seems things aren’t going fast enough. There are innovators everywhere – from start-ups to big companies to healthcare organizations – all eager to make a difference. On The Redox Podcast, we talk with some of the most interesting and influential people in healthcare today.
In this short overview of the series, we preview our first three guests – Jonathan Bush, executive chairman of Firefly – and formerly CEO of athenahealth; Dr. Fatima Paruk, CMIO at Microsoft; and Dr. Bill Hanson, CMIO of Penn Medicine.
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The Traction StageRedox: A Platform For Healthcare Vendors And Providers To Integrate Their Data – with Niko Skievaski [Ep#15]<p>How exciting it is to think about all the solutions being developed for the healthcare industry! The use of technology for measuring patients’ health, setting appointments, setting medication and improving patient’s overall experience are just a few examples of that. However, to make all these improvements come true, healthcare vendors (technology developers) and healthcare providers … </p>
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Digital Health Today 360 with Dan KendallNiko Skievaski on Key Market Failures and Opportunities for Novel Health Software SolutionsHow can better development resources and new business models enable ‘bring-your-own-app' solutions?Application Programming Interfaces. APIs. We hear a lot about them and their use is really taking off in healthcare. Providers want to use them to become more efficient and provide better connectivity across their enterprise. Patients are also demanding the same modern technology, user experiences and access to health information that we’ve come to expect in nearly every other user-facing industry.Despite the focus and investment in digital transformation in healthcare, there still is a lack of shared infrastructure across the industry. When...2019-04-0432 min
Innovation Rising, Presented by HealthboxEpisode 32: Niko Skievaski, Co-founder and President of RedoxThis week’s episode is the first part of our new podcast series around Interoperability. Joining host Chuck Feerick on the program is Niko Skievaski, the Co-founder and President of Redox. Based in Madison Wisconsin, Niko started Redox in 2014 to reduce barriers to entry in healthcare technology and has thus created a Modern API for EHR integration. Niko is a board member and co-founder of 100State, Wisconsin’s largest co-working space as well as co-founding BreadcrumbsQA, a searchable Q&A knowledge management platform originally deployed at Epic. In this episode, Chuck and Niko cover: Niko’s backgr...2017-09-1355 min