The Health Pulse
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHow can data, AI and advanced analytics accelerate health innovation? Which new technologies hold the most promise? What are the biggest roadblocks to progress? How can we solve endemic problems?
Join us for The Health Pulse podcast series as we explore fresh perspectives on digital transformation in health care and life sciences. With a special guest expert on each episode*, we’ll tackle the most pressing issues affecting the delivery of health care and therapies worldwide.
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Health Care Interoperability and AI in Action
June 11, 2024 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBDr. Michael von Wagner, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at University Hospital Frankfurt and a pioneer in interoperability, speaks about the importance of a seamless data exchange for personalized patient treatments and efficient health care systems. On this episode, Dr. von Wagner joins Alex Maiersperger to discuss health data standardization, new regulations, and two pioneering data and AI projects at University Hospital Frankfurt. A team of experts came together at the hospit...
What to Really Expect From Generative AI
May 21, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBGenAI is rapidly making the once impossible possible. On this episode of The Health Pulse, SAS’ AI Product Strategy Advisor Marinela Profi chats with Host Alex Maiersperger about just how fast the needle is moving and what we can and cannot likely expect large language models (LLMs) to solve anytime soon. Some of the GenAI use cases Profi is most excited about are in the health care space, helping providers accelerate tasks and glean valuable information for diagnostic and care de...
LLMs for everyone in health and life sciences?
April 30, 2024 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBThere is no shortage of interest around large language models (LLMs) in the health care and life sciences space. Are organizations able to successfully operationalize LLMs in a cost-efficient, regulatory-compliant and ethical manner? On this episode of The Health Pulse podcast, SAS Global Medical Director Dr. Steve Kearney and host Alex Maiersperger discuss key considerations around the application of LLMs. Explore how organizations are improving data interoperability and convergin...
Accelerating Health Equity With Technology and Trust
October 03, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBHealth equity is a hot topic in health care, and Dr. Pooja Mittal speaks about key success components, including the importance of trust, technology and strong relationships with communities. Bringing health stakeholders and community members together is crucial to building trust and providing culturally relevant care that drives better health outcomes. From a young age, Dr. Mittal realized that health care is not equitable, and challenging environmental conditions cause higher...
Health Pulse S4E10: Accelerating Health Equity With Technology and Trust
October 03, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBHealth equity is a hot topic in health care, and Dr. Pooja Mittal speaks about key success components, including the importance of trust, technology and strong relationships with communities. Bringing health stakeholders and community members together is crucial to building trust and providing culturally relevant care that drives better health outcomes. From a young age, Dr. Mittal realized that health care is not equitable, and challenging environmental conditions cause higher...
Health Pulse S4E9: SAS opens up about open source in life sciences
September 19, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThere’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there are many benefits to a balanced diet. That’s SAS’ philosophy around embracing and extending open source as explained by life sciences leaders Mark Lambrecht and Matt Becker on this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast. To keep up with the staggering pace of change, life sciences organizations need cutting-edge analytics and the flexibility to use different programming languages. Tune in for a candid conversation about the pros and cons...
SAS opens up about open source in life sciences
September 19, 2023 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThere’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there are many benefits to a balanced diet. That’s SAS’ philosophy around embracing and extending open source as explained by life sciences leaders Mark Lambrecht and Matt Becker on this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast. To keep up with the staggering pace of change, life sciences organizations need cutting-edge analytics and the flexibility to use different programming languages. Tune in for a candid conversation about the pros and cons...
The Impact of Diagnostics on Health Care
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBBryan Vaughn is passionate about bending the cost curve in health care. As Senior Vice President, Hospitals and Health Systems at Labcorp, he focuses on the role of diagnostics in delivering better, more affordable care. On this episode, Vaughn notes that impactful partnerships across the health care ecosystem can help drive the cost of critical diagnostics down, creating a win for all stakeholders. When it comes to analytics, he is excited to see Labcorp’s wealth of health data emp...
Health Pulse S4E8: The Impact of Diagnostics on Health Care
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBBryan Vaughn is passionate about bending the cost curve in health care. As Senior Vice President, Hospitals and Health Systems at Labcorp, he focuses on the role of diagnostics in delivering better, more affordable care. On this episode, Vaughn notes that impactful partnerships across the health care ecosystem can help drive the cost of critical diagnostics down, creating a win for all stakeholders. When it comes to analytics, he is excited to see Labcorp’s wealth of health data emp...
Real-world data and the bigger picture of health
August 29, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBKrishna Tangirala is an expert at uncovering insights about pharmaceutical products in the real world. He is Head of Data Analytics and Director of Field Outcomes Research at Organon Pharmaceuticals. In the first part of this episode, Tangirala talks to Alex about how stakeholders use health economics and outcomes research throughout the pharmaceutical life cycle to better understand the value, potential and safety of drug products. He also discusses new and emerging applications fo...
Health Pulse S4E7: Real-world data and the bigger picture of health
August 29, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBKrishna Tangirala is an expert at uncovering insights about pharmaceutical products in the real world. He is Head of Data Analytics and Director of Field Outcomes Research at Organon Pharmaceuticals. In the first part of this episode, Tangirala talks to Alex about how stakeholders use health economics and outcomes research throughout the pharmaceutical life cycle to better understand the value, potential and safety of drug products. He also discusses new and emerging applications fo...
Modernizing public health with population health analytics
August 08, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MBDr. Iulia Vann, Public Health Director in Guildford County, NC, is passionate about public health and data-driven decision making. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Dr. Vann discusses the importance of prevention, the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned about closing gaps in data and analytics and resiliency. Dr. Vann explains that effective public health strategies include strong relationships with local partners, communication and planning...
Health Pulse S4E6: Modernizing public health with population health analytics
August 08, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MBDr. Iulia Vann, Public Health Director in Guildford County, NC, is passionate about public health and data-driven decision making. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Dr. Vann discusses the importance of prevention, the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned about closing gaps in data and analytics and resiliency. Dr. Vann explains that effective public health strategies include strong relationships with local partners, communication and planning...
The promise of AI in pharmaceutical manufacturing
July 25, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MBSAS’ Andy Bayliss works with life sciences manufacturers, applying AI and machine learning to improve their processes at scale. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, he tells Alex that pharmaceutical manufacturers are experts at reliably delivering high-quality products. They must be because it’s a highly regulated industry with a patient at the end of every product. The opportunity to utilize technology energizes Bayliss. Technology like sensors and computer vision allow...
Health Pulse S4E5: The promise of AI in pharmaceutical manufacturing
July 25, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MBSAS’ Andy Bayliss works with life sciences manufacturers, applying AI and machine learning to improve their processes at scale. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, he tells Alex that pharmaceutical manufacturers are experts at reliably delivering high-quality products. They must be because it’s a highly regulated industry with a patient at the end of every product. The opportunity to utilize technology energizes Bayliss. Technology like sensors and computer vision allow...
Health Pulse S4E4: Is ethical AI the future of health care?
July 11, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes - 24.4 MBDr. Michel van Genderen, physician, AI leader and founder of the Datahub at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, shares his passion for ethical AI in hospitals. Could AI be a game-changer for the health care industry? Dr. van Genderen thinks so, and explains the two biggest global health care challenges are the shortage of personnel and an increasing health care demand. He believes trustworthy AI could alleviate these pressures and solve clinical challenges faster. For exam...
Is ethical AI the future of health care?
July 11, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes - 24.4 MBDr. Michel van Genderen, physician, AI leader and founder of the Datahub at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, shares his passion for ethical AI in hospitals. Could AI be a game-changer for the health care industry? Dr. van Genderen thinks so, and explains the two biggest global health care challenges are the shortage of personnel and an increasing health care demand. He believes trustworthy AI could alleviate these pressures and solve clinical challenges faster. For exam...
The Health Pulse S4E3: Balancing data, analysis and speed in business decision making
June 20, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.5 MBSteven Lehmann is passionate about the impact of data science in business. He is Head of Data Science and Analytics Strategy for Johnson & Johnson in EMEA. He also wrote the book Digital Jackpot on what it really takes to make data driven decisions that matter in business. Hint, the answer often isn’t more data. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, he talks with Alex about the importance of telling the right story with data so that people will listen. He introduces the conce...
Balancing data, analysis and speed in business decision making
June 20, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.5 MBSteven Lehmann is passionate about the impact of data science in business. He is Head of Data Science and Analytics Strategy for Johnson & Johnson in EMEA. He also wrote the book Digital Jackpot on what it really takes to make data driven decisions that matter in business. Hint, the answer often isn’t more data. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, he talks with Alex about the importance of telling the right story with data so that people will listen. He introduces the conce...
Could the bird flu cause the next pandemic?
May 30, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBDr. Meg Schaeffer, an Epidemiologist and Public Health Advisor at SAS and an elite athlete and champion for health equity, is a perfect example of what passion for public health looks like. In this episode, Dr. Schaeffer speaks about the evolution of the bird flu and explains that North America, Europe, Asia and some African countries are in the midst of the largest bird flu outbreak, with millions of birds culled. Monitoring outbreaks is crucial to predict the future of health car...
The Health Pulse S4E2: Could the bird flu cause the next pandemic?
May 30, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBDr. Meg Schaeffer, an Epidemiologist and Public Health Advisor at SAS and an elite athlete and champion for health equity, is a perfect example of what passion for public health looks like. In this episode, Dr. Schaeffer speaks about the evolution of the bird flu and explains that North America, Europe, Asia and some African countries are in the midst of the largest bird flu outbreak, with millions of birds culled. Monitoring outbreaks is crucial to predict the future of health car...
The right tools for the right questions to fight cancer
May 02, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBDr. Richardus Vonk, VP, Head of Oncology Statistics and Data Management at Bayer, wants to see cancer become a manageable disease in his lifetime. With as many as one in two people getting cancer at some point in their lives, the goal to better treat and eventually prevent and cure cancer is incredibly impactful. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Vonk sits down with host Alex Maiersperger to discuss the role of data, analytics, AI and automation in advancing cancer resear...
The Health Pulse S4E1: The right tools for the right questions to fight cancer
May 02, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBDr. Richardus Vonk, VP, Head of Oncology Statistics and Data Management at Bayer, wants to see cancer become a manageable disease in his lifetime. With as many as one in two people getting cancer at some point in their lives, the goal to better treat and eventually prevent and cure cancer is incredibly impactful. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Vonk sits down with host Alex Maiersperger to discuss the role of data, analytics, AI and automation in advancing cancer resear...
The Health Pulse S3E12: From radical to routine: The use of Bayesian statistics in clinical trials
November 15, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBMore than a decade ago, Bruno Boulanger made a big bet on applying Bayesian statistics in clinical trials. At the time, very few in the industry thought the method, which applies probabilities to statistical problems, had a place in clinical development. Boulanger saw an opportunity, founding a company that quickly grew and was acquired by CRO PharmaLex in 2018, where he now serves as global head of statistics and data science. In this episode, Boulanger explains how Bayesian stati...
Health Pulse Podcast S3E12: From radical to routine: The use of Bayesian statistics in clinical trials
November 15, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBMore than a decade ago, Bruno Boulanger made a big bet on applying Bayesian statistics in clinical trials. At the time, very few in the industry thought the method, which applies probabilities to statistical problems, had a place in clinical development. Boulanger saw an opportunity, founding a company that quickly grew and was acquired by CRO PharmaLex in 2018, where he now serves as global head of statistics and data science. In this episode, Boulanger explains how Bayesian stati...
The Health Pulse S3E11: Is Value-Based Care Failing?
November 01, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBWhat makes value-based care work? Bryony Winn shares her views on key enablers, implementation challenges and how they can be overcome. Winn is President of Health Solutions at Elevance Health. Being born and raised in Africa, educated in the UK, having worked in Europe as a consultant and moved to the United Stated, Bryony Winn has a truly international career path and a wealth of knowledge of different health care systems. On this episode, host Alex Maiersperger and Winn talk ab...
The Health Pulse S3E10: Are Genomics the Key to Placebo-Free Clinical Trials?
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBAre placebo-free clinical trials the next normal? Nino da Silva thinks so. In this episode, he shares his views on trends in drug development and clinical research, including the integration of genetic data into drug development with synthetic control arms and the importance of data protection. Da Silva is an international leader in medical informatics, health care and business strategy. He is currently Deputy Managing Director at BC Platforms, a Singapore-based global data science...
The Health Pulse S3E9: Using Genetic Information to Improve Patient and Population Health
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBLevana Sani is co-founder and CEO of NalaGenetics, a company bringing individual genetic information to patients and health care settings in Southeast Asia. On this episode, Sani talks with SAS’ Antonio De Castro about the importance of ethnic diversity in genetic research. She explains that polygenetic risk scores, which calculate a single score for many variants in the human genome, are greatly improved when genetic samples from multiple ethnic groups are included. Sani and De Ca...
The Health Pulse S3E8: Is The Great Pandemic Yet to Come?
September 20, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBCould the bird flu cause the next pandemic? Dr. Robert Redfield thinks so, and shares his views on the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons to prepare for new infectious diseases. Redfield is a virologist and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Advisor to the Governor of Maryland and Senior Medical Advisor at PERSOWN. Dr. Redfield joins host Alex Maiersperger to speak about public health measures against the COVI...
The Health Pulse S3E7: The future of clinical trial recruitment is digital, and patients are the biggest winners
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBTobias Kruse never dreamed of being an entrepreneur. He recognized a problem he knew he could solve and founded the clinical trial recruitment company Trials24, where he is now CEO. On this episode, Kruse shares his company’s inception story with Alex. As a young scientist working on a clinical trial, Kruse realized that dated, print-based patient recruitment tactics weren’t working. He had learned a thing or two about online marketing from one of his side hustles and decided to t...
The Health Pulse S3E6: Saving Lives With Better, Faster, Affordable Diagnostics
August 23, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 49.3 MBEric Doherty is President of PERSOWN, the company striving to make a lifesaving impact by delivering accurate, rapid and affordable diagnostics to the point of care anywhere in the world. In this episode of The Health Pulse, Doherty joins host Alex Maiersperger to discuss disparities in global health care and how access to high-quality, low-cost diagnostics can help close the gap. Doherty shares the shocking statistic that there are 0.23 doctors per 10,000 people in the world’s poo...
The Health Pulse S3E5: The Role of Patient-Centricity in Improving Health Worldwide
July 26, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBSAS’ Antonio De Castro is a truly global citizen. Having lived in Southeast Asia and Europe, now working for a US company, he joined Alex from a studio in Singapore to talk global and local trends in the wake of COVID-19 and his passion for data and analytics in health care. Later in this season of the Health Pulse podcast, he’ll be jumping into the conversation as guest host for Asia Pacific. De Castro loves mathematics and problem solving and has a background in nutritional resea...
The Health Pulse S3E4: The End of Global Supply Chains?
July 12, 2022 09:30 - 31 minutes - 22.1 MBWhat has disruption taught us about global supply chains? Dr. Robert Handfield shares his vision on what agile and resilient supply chain models look like in the future. He is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University, as well as Founder and Executive Director of The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. On this episode, Handfield joins host Alex Maiersperger to talk about the impact of the pandemic on global supply chains and provides ins...
The Health Pulse S3E3: Why Forecast Agility Is King in the New World of Supply Chain Disruption
June 28, 2022 09:30 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBFor Felipe Sotelo, it’s all about priorities. That’s why Dad & Husband are the titles on his LinkedIn profile. It’s also why he now believes demand forecast agility is more important than accuracy in the post-pandemic world of supply chain disruptions. On this episode of The Health Pulse, positive thinker, business reinvention leader and writer Sotelo joins host Alex Maiersperger to share his insights as a supply chain leader for organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pha...
The Health Pulse S3E3: Why Forecast Agility Is King in the New World of Supply China Disruption
June 28, 2022 09:30 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBFor Felipe Sotelo, it’s all about priorities. That’s why Dad & Husband are the titles on his LinkedIn profile. It’s also why he now believes demand forecast agility is more important than accuracy in the post-pandemic world of supply chain disruptions. On this episode of The Health Pulse, positive thinker, business reinvention leader and writer Sotelo joins host Alex Maiersperger to share his insights as a supply chain leader for organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pha...
The Health Pulse S3E2: Meet your digital health twin of the future
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 21.6 MBIs it too much to expect health care to deliver delightful experiences? Dr. Koen Kas doesn’t think so, and his vision includes digital twins, personal data stores and preventive medicine. He is a health care visionary, digital health and biomarker expert, health-tech entrepreneur, Professor of Molecular Oncology and Digital Health at the University of Ghent, international keynote speaker and author of Sick No More and Your Guide to Delight. Host Alex Maiersperger and Kas talk abou...
The Health Pulse S3E1: The (Not So) Secret to Making Cancer Care More Equitable and Effective
June 01, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 21.1 MBDr. Sean Khozin is on a mission to break down silos and improve access to quality cancer care for all. Khozin is a board-certified oncologist, physician scientist, data scientist and the CEO of ASCO’s CancerLinQ, a nonprofit health technology company focused on improving health outcomes for all patients with cancer. On this episode of The Health Pulse, Khozin joins host Alex Maiersperger to discuss how his organization is democratizing access to the best cancer care by bringing re...
Electrifying AI S3E1: Electricity Industry in Australia - A Global Perspective
March 22, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBOur mission at ElectrifingAI is to bring you up-to-date insights on the latest developments taking shape in the electricity sector. Along the way, we’ll help demystify the connection between the greatest machine ever built — the electric grid — and the greatest enabler of our time — data analytics. To help us do that, we’ll have a series of guests who hold a variety of different roles within the industry. And for this episode, it’s a privilege to begin our third season … and our bro...
The Health Pulse S2E6: Improving Maternal Health through AI and Biomedical Science
December 15, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode, Greg speaks with Professor Patricia Maguire, Director of University College Dublin’s Institute for Discovery. The Institute’s mission is to drive interdisciplinary research at UCD. Maguire is a biomedical scientist. Her research focuses on platelets, an interest that began 25 years ago when her father suffered his first heart attack and she recognized the need for better diagnostics in the clinic. Maguire explains that platelets circulate in our blood, picking up i...
The Health Pulse S2E5: Creating a Healthier World with Ethical AI
December 08, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode, Greg catches up colleague Reggie Townsend, director of the Data Ethics Practice at SAS. Recognizing the increasing market need around data ethics, SAS formed the practice to establish principles and processes for governing Artificial Intelligence (AI). Townsend defines AI as an algorithm or set of instructions given to a computer for decision making. He explains that the market definition of AI is now the entire analytics life cycle from the initial ingestion of dat...
The Health Pulse S2E4: Healthier Living Through Epigenetics Analysis
November 24, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.2 MBOn this episode, Greg is joined by Dr. Melissa Strong, founder and lead data scientist for IndiOmics. Her background is in molecular biology and epigenetics—or how our environment can affect our gene expression. The idea behind IndiOmics started when Dr. Strong was pregnant with her son and interested in better understanding chemical exposure in utero. The organization’s mission is to educate the public about common chemicals that have the ability to affect us on a cellular level an...
The Health Pulse S2E3: Eradicating Disparities in Cancer Care with Social Determinants of Health Data
November 10, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 17.6 MBOn this episode, Greg Horne talks with Dr. Robert Winn, Director at VCU Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Winn is the second ever African American to be director of a cancer center in the United States. Growing up as the child of a 15-year-old mother, he didn’t dream of becoming a doctor, but two priests in his life saw his potential and helped him to get on a path that eventually led to medical school. In his role at Massey Cancer Center and his life, Dr. Winn focuses on two goals – eradic...
The Health Pulse S2E2: The Next Evolution of Decentralized Clinical Trials
October 27, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 16.9 MBOn this episode, Greg Horne interviews Craig Lipset, advisor, advocate and educator in the area of decentralized clinical trials and the former head of clinical innovation at Pfizer. During his time at Pfizer, Craig helped design and lead the first fully remote, decentralized trial. Surprisingly, that was more than a decade ago. In fact, Craig explains that the methods, investment and even the regulatory readiness around decentralized trials existed in the industry long before the p...
The Health Pulse S2E1: Improving Health Equity and Health Outcomes with Analytics
October 14, 2021 14:36 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBOn this episode host Greg Horne interviews David Rhew, M.D., Global Chief Medical Officer & VP of Healthcare for Microsoft, on the role of technology in health care. Dr. Rhew, who has a background in infectious disease management, observed early in his career that evidence-based practices often lead to better health outcomes, but they aren’t adhered to consistently. From there he set out on a digital transformation journey that quickly brought him into health tech and eventually Mic...
The Health Pulse: Stacking the impact of clinical research to address unmet needs in health care.
September 03, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 15.5 MBJennifer Byrne, CEO of contract research organization Javara Research, has a lifelong passion for serving patient populations through clinical research. On this episode, Jennifer shares with Greg the concept of learning health systems that improve health care through research. Javara brings a lot of the traditional advantages that a CRO brings to pharma to health care systems through an integrated research organization approach. The organization's strategic vision and partnerships a...
The Health Pulse: Modern Consumers Want to Know: How The Pharmaceutical Industry is Influencing Supply Chain Traceability
August 20, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBGrainne Lynch, Senior Manager and Traceability Lead for Accenture, helps pharmaceutical companies be compliant with supply chain legislation around preventing counterfeit medicines from entering the supply chain. Her expertise is around helping pharmaceutical manufacturers implement common capabilities and coding to allow tracking and tracing of products at the unit level. On this episode, Grainne explains to Greg that the pharmaceutical industry is on the forefront of a consumer-le...
The Health Pulse: Follow the Money to Predict the Future of Health Care
August 06, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBJessica DaMassa is the Executive Producer and Host of video series, What’s the Future, Health?, where she interviews key stakeholders in health tech to uncover unique perspectives on where the industry is headed. On this episode of The Health Pulse, Jessica briefly switches from her usual role as interviewer to share her observations on the trends to watch right now in health care. She shares with Greg several clues on the future based on the unprecedented funding pouring into the h...
The Health Pulse: Removing Logistical Barriers to Health Care with Uber Health
July 23, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBCaitlin Donovan is the Global Head of Uber Health. In this role, she’s responsible for figuring out how to fix logistical issues in health care. Caitlin begins by sharing why she’s so inspired by her role at Uber Health. Coming from a variety of health care executive roles, Caitlin observed that all too often what goes wrong in patient care isn’t clinical—it’s what happens when they aren’t in front of their provider. Maybe they don’t have transportation to an appointment, their pres...
The Health Pulse: From basketball to mental health data, Dr. Dawnté Early drives a community-centric approach
July 09, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBDr. Dawnté Early (she/her) is the Chief of Research and Evaluation for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission in California. Dr. Early joined Greg for a chat about whole person care, and she shared that her love of sports (she played college basketball and coached her children’s teams) instilled a desire to give back to her community. In her current role, Dr. Early supports the Commission’s mission is to transform the mental health system so that everyone...
The Health Pulse: A Pharma CIO’s Prescription for Building a Data-Driven Culture
June 25, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBOn this episode, Greg is joined by Herman De Prins, Global CIO of UCB. UCB is a mid-sized global biopharma company focusing on immunology and neurology. Herman describes UCB’s journey into artificial intelligence (AI) projects aimed at treatments for epilepsy. Herman also shares how UCB promoted data literacy and AI among its staff of more than 8,000 people. The programs UCB has put in place have been very effective in driving enthusiasm for data-driven decision making throughout th...