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The Beat, powered by HLTH, is a weekly interview series dedicated to paving a better path forward for the future of health. Each week a variety of hosts bring you authentic conversations with prominent thought leaders. Through these interviews with people at the forefront of change in healthcare, we hope to spark new ideas and encourage new collaborations among listeners.

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Executive Series: Making Preventive Care Accessible and Affordable with Max Cohen

July 22, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

About Max Cohen: Max Cohen serves as the CEO and Co-founder of Sprinter Health, headquartered in California. The company deploys W-2 employees, dubbed "Sprinters," equipped with the medical assistant, phlebotomy, and Community Health Worker expertise, directly into households to engage patient populations that may otherwise be disengaged. Sprinter collaborates with health plans and health systems, offering preventive services with no copay or deductible. Prior to launching Sprinter Health, ...

Executive Series: Navigating Market Fluctuations in Health Tech with Yuechen Zhao

July 15, 2024 12:58 - 11 minutes - 11 MB

About Yuechen Zhao : Yuechen is a Partner at GSR Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage investments in enterprise software and consumer platforms. Prior to GSR Ventures, Yuechen founded a personalized travel startup and built products at Google, Uber, and Meixin (fintech). Yuechen received his BA in Computer Science from Harvard University. Things You’ll Learn: Despite public and private market fluctuations, a steady, long-view approach in investment strategy remains central, with a fo...

Executive Series: Building a Healthcare Giant with Novlet Mattis

July 08, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.75 MB

About Novlet Mattis : Novlet Mattis, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, As Orlando Health’s chief digital and information officer, Novlet provides executive leadership for information technology, digital capability supply chain, and systems that advance clinical and business strategies, digitally engage patients, providers, and businesses, and optimize operational processes. Before joining Orlando Health in 2018, she was with Ascension Health in St. Louis, where ...

Executive Series: AI's Crucial Role in Stroke Detection and Treatment with Jayme Strauss

July 01, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MB

About Jayme Strauss: Jayme Strauss is the Chief Clinical Officer of Viz.ai. Jayme has over 10 years of experience as a healthcare executive building clinical service lines in the areas of Neuroscience and Oncology. Jayme previously was the Executive Director of Neuroscience at Piedmont Healthcare in Georgia and Assistant Vice President of Neuroscience and Oncology at Baptist Health South Florida. Jayme is passionate about evolving the way that healthcare is delivered globally, ensuring pati...

Live at ViVE: Regulatory Oversight for Digital Health Innovations—with Troy Tazbaz

June 26, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

Historically, the FDA was used to approving material health products and medical devices. But with the rise of health technology, including generative AI, the department must approach regulations differently to ensure that digital products remain safe and effective once they’re on the market. So, how does the FDA think about monitoring digital health products and diagnostics? How do they assess the risks associated with innovations in the healthcare space? Troy Tazbaz is Director of the D...

Executive Series: The Quest to Modernize Medicine with the Mayo Clinic Platform with Maneesh Goyal

June 24, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.3 MB

About  Maneesh Goyal: Maneesh leads operations, strategy, and financial performance for Mayo Clinic's Platform initiative He brings a cross-disciplinary background in finance, investing, product development and engineering. Prior to joining Welltok, Maneesh was a Managing Director with Miramar Venture Partners, a leading early-stage investor focusing on the information technology space. With Miramar, Maneesh led investments and was an advisor and board member for several health and consume...

Live at ViVE: What Patients Want in a Health Care Provider—with Dr. Oliver Kharraz

June 19, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

What are patients looking for in a health care provider? Zocdoc has been in business for 17 years, and in that time, the platform has collected a significant amount of data regarding what patients want from their health care. And you may be surprised to learn what matters most to consumers in the process of choosing a provider, be it a primary care doctor or specialist.  Dr. Oliver Kharraz is Founder and CEO of Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace in the US. Millions of patients vis...

Live at ViVE: Investing in Diverse Founders of Healthcare Tech—with Justin Williams

June 12, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

We know that diverse founders only receive a fraction of VC funding. And that healthcare inequality is exacerbated by the lack of diverse perspectives and solutions in healthcare tech. But what if there was a venture fund that focused on diverse founders building healthcare technology for the communities they come from? Justin Williams is Principal at Seae Ventures, an investment firm specializing in early-stage healthcare technology companies founded by diverse entrepreneurs. In his role...

Executive Series: AI-powered Healthcare Efficiency with Russ Richmond

June 10, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.78 MB

About  Russ Richmond: Russ Richmond has diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Russ is the CEO and Co-founder of Laudio, a healthcare leadership company that improves frontline actions. Russ has also served as a Member of the Innovation Growth Board at Mass General Brigham. In addition, they have held positions such as Executive Chairman and Independent Board Director at Validic, Member of the Board of Directors at BioDigital, and CEO and Board Director at Advanced P...

Executive Series: Empowering Providers and Patients Alike with Dr. Nasim Afsar

June 03, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MB

About Nasim Afsar: Nasim Afsar is relentlessly focused on advancing the health and care of the world through Healthy People, Healthy Workforce, and Healthy Business. As Chief Health Officer, Dr. Afsar leads Product Strategy, Global Market Strategy, and Entry and Third Party Partnerships. Last year, her team delivered higher quality care for over 2 million people (Healthy People), saved physicians and nurses nearly 200,000 hours (Healthy Workforce), and positively impacted the financial perf...

Live at ViVE: Bringing a Revolution of Consumerism to the Healthcare Industry—with David Goldhill

May 29, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

In 2009, David Goldhill’s father died of a hospital-acquired infection. And he realized that preventing medical errors was not an economic imperative in the American healthcare system. In fact, our third-party payment system creates a misalignment of incentives, making insurers and governments the customer rather than the patients themselves. So, David wrote a cover story for The Atlantic entitled ‘How American Health Care Killed My Father’ which expanded into a book, Catastrophic Care: Wh...

Live at ViVE: Translating Health Information into Habit Change—with Dr. John Whyte

May 22, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

WebMD is the most trusted online platform for health education. But as we know, information does not equal transformation.  So, how do we engage people throughout their health journey? How do we encourage them to apply what they’ve learned about good health and implement the behavior changes necessary for long-term health? Can AI and other emerging technologies support this kind of patient engagement? Dr. John Whyte is Chief Medical Officer at WebMD, where he leads the development of stra...

Live at ViVE: How CMS Is Changing with ‘Jetson’s Era’ Technologies—featuring Andrea Fletcher

May 15, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Did you know that there is a team of techies who serve the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or CMS? What is their role in this federal agency? How is CMS changing with emerging technologies?  And how might software engineers, project managers and other tech professionals help innovate from the inside to reform the complicated healthcare system in the US? Andrea Fletcher is the first Chief Digital Strategy Officer and Executive Director of Digital Services at CMS, where she is resp...

Live at ViVE: A Revolutionary Approach to Healthcare Technology with Stephanie Trunzo

May 14, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

About Stephanie Trunzo: Stephanie Trunzo is senior vice president for Oracle Health & Industries. While Stephanie is a tech geek across cloud, AI, and emerging tech, she is also a storyteller committed to usability and design thinking. This is reflected in the mission of Oracle Health: to create a human-centric healthcare experience powered by unified global data. Stephanie helped lead the launch of Oracle Health and was part of the core acquisition team working closely with Cerner, now par...

Live at ViVE: Transforming Caregiving Experiences with Carrie Shaw and Diana Gelston

May 09, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

About Diana Gelston: Diana Gelston is the chief commercial officer of Best Buy Health for Best Buy Co. Inc. In her role, she is responsible for building and strengthening the company’s commercial relationships that aim to enable care at home for everyone.   Diana leads a large, diverse team in creating and executing high-impact, go-to-market strategies that support the company’s mission to enrich and save lives through technology and meaningful connections. At Best Buy Health, she is focus...

Live at ViVE: Top Use Cases for AI in Healthcare—with Harjinder Sandhu

May 08, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, from predictive analytics to operations management to remote patient monitoring. But with so many possibilities, where do we begin? And how do we use AI responsibly with our health information? Harjinder Sandhu is CTO of Health and Life Sciences Platforms and Solutions at Microsoft, where he helps chart Microsoft strategy around the application of large language models in healthcare.  Harjinder has founded and cofounded several successful ...

Live at ViVE: Accelerating Maternal Mental Health with Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP and Malekeh Amini

May 07, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

About Malekeh Amini: Malekeh Amini is the Founder and CEO of Trayt, a healthcare software company dedicated to improving diagnosis and treatments in brain-based disorders, including Autism, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, substance use, and Alzheimer's, among others. Prior to Trayt, Malekeh was the Senior Vice President of Products & Business Development at Base Health, where she provided the vision connecting new breakthroughs in medical science to the needs of healthcare organizations and cons...

Live at ViVE: AI Is Not Replacing Jobs, But Enhancing Them with Rajeev Ronanki

May 02, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

About Rajeev Ronanki: Rajeev Ronanki has over 25 years of experience in innovation-driven industry and social change across healthcare and technology. As the CEO of Lyric, his leadership is marked by a commitment to reimagine healthcare through the lens of artificial intelligence to reduce complexity and help simplify the business of care.  Previously, Raj spearheaded the transformation of Elevance Health into a digital health platform as President of Carelon Digital Platforms. Prior to th...

Live at ViVE: Finding Accurate Health News Amid Media Misinformation—with Sony Salzman

May 01, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

In traditional journalism, reporters work to present information in an unbiased way. And if you ask Sony Salzman, it’s not difficult to maintain those same standards in creating content for social media.  What is difficult is competing with a hyperbolic, fearmongering post designed to go viral. So, how do we know who to trust when it comes to health and medical news? Whose responsibility is it to vet the information we’re consuming? Sony is an Emmy award-winning journalist covering scien...

Live at ViVE: The Power of AI: Driving Efficiency and Opportunity in Healthcare with Justin Dearborn

April 30, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MB

About Justin Dearborn: Justin Dearborn is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of leadership in the healthcare and technology sectors. Currently serving as the CEO of Praia Health, based in the Greater Chicago Area, Justin brings extensive experience in driving innovation and strategic growth initiatives. With a background in digital healthcare, Justin has been instrumental in the development and commercialization of cutting-edge solutions aimed at revolutionizing patient engage...

Live at ViVE: How Robotics Are Changing Surgery with Ken Washington

April 25, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MB

About Ken Washington: Ken Washington brings over three decades of experience in leading technical endeavors for Fortune 100 companies, government contractors, and research laboratories. His leadership roles have involved team-building and shaping strategic visions for large organizations. Notably, he was honored as the 2012 Black Engineer of the Year in Research Leadership and later inducted into both the National Academy of Engineers and the Black Engineers Hall of Fame. Currently serving...

Live at ViVE: Working Toward Health Equity with Data-Informed Decision-Making—featuring Jackie Ejuwa

April 24, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

The US scores low on healthcare quality compared to other developed countries due in large part to inequities in the system. But how do we address the needs of underserved communities and improve outcomes for BIPOC populations? And what do we do when the data doesn’t tell the whole story? Jackie Ejuwa is Vice President of Health Transformation at Blue Shield of California, where she leads piloting, evaluation and scaling of new and innovative strategies in support of Blue Shield’s Health ...

Live at ViVE: How to Safeguard Your Healthcare Organization from Cyber Threats with Steve Cagle

April 23, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

About Steve Cagle: Steve Cagle is CEO and a board member of Clearwater, a leading cybersecurity and compliance partner to organizations across the healthcare ecosystem. He assumed the CEO position at Clearwater in May 2018, bringing extensive experience leading, innovating, and scaling healthcare and technology businesses, including having guided a number of companies through critical transformation periods.  Formerly, Mr. Cagle was president and CEO of Moberg Pharma North America, a subsi...

Live at ViVE: Advocating for Equitable Healthcare with Syam Sundar Adusumilli

April 18, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

About Syam Adusumilli: Syam is a seasoned healthcare leader and strategist, with deep product and strategy expertise across all business lines in Healthcare Payor Organizations. He has deep expertise in cutting-edge technologies, including Data Science and AI, Blockchain, Medical IOT, Voice Biometrics, Computational Epidemiology, Digital Therapeutics, Human Centric Design, Behavioral Nudge, and Care Plan Personalization. Syam has 30+ years of experience in technology and business strategy i...

Live at ViVE: Transforming Life Sciences with Digital Biomarkers—featuring Rich Carter

April 17, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

How do you know if a particular medicine is working? Traditionally, it takes guesswork on the physician’s part and time to find a drug that works for any given patient. But what if we could leverage digital biomarkers to measure the efficacy of a medication very quickly and course correct as needed? Rich Carter serves as Chief Digital Officer at Eli Lilly, where he oversees the teams focused on innovation, user-centered design and digital health. On this episode of The Beat, Rich joins h...

Live at ViVE: Empowering Nurses Through AI Innovations with Mary Varghese Presti, SVP & GM

April 16, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MB

About Mary Varghese Presti: As GM of Dragon Medical, an AI-powered voice assistant used by clinicians to document in the EHR, Mary Varghese Presti leads the development of AI-based clinical workflows for Microsoft Healthcare & Life Sciences. Mary is a seasoned healthcare executive whose career spans nursing, policy, pharma, and tech. Things You’ll Learn: How the influx of new nurses due to the pandemic was followed by burnout, leading many to leave the profession. Why the development of ...

Live at ViVE: Navigating Value-Based Care and Health Tech Innovations with Zane Burke

April 11, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

About Zane Burke: Zane Burke is an internationally recognized healthcare IT leader. Burke has a clear, forward-looking vision for digital healthcare, a unique understanding of the challenges in global healthcare delivery, and a vision for how Quantum Health navigation can better the experience. Burke is focused on creating great healthcare experiences for all and addressing the imbalances in healthcare delivery. At Quantum Health, he leads the consumer healthcare navigation and care coordi...

Live at ViVE: Reimagining the Future of Electronic Health Records—featuring Dr. David Feinberg

April 10, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

The healthcare system has lost its way in large part due to technological advancements, pulling clinicians away from patients to read electronic health records at a computer terminal. But Dr. David Feinberg believes that technology has the potential to solve the problems it created and put doctors and nurses back in front of the people they serve. So, what is Dr. Feinberg’s vision for the future of EHRs? How can we leverage patient data to improve quality of care for individual patients an...

Live at ViVE: Unveiling the Future of Healthcare Delivery with Dr. Scott Schell

April 09, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

About Scott Schell: Dr. Schell is an accomplished senior executive, surgeon, and healthcare futurist with over 30 years of experience spanning the healthcare, biotech, and technology sectors both in the US and globally. His leadership roles have included CEO, CMO, Chair, Director, and Executive Consultant, and he brings an extensive background that includes healthcare delivery and operations, pharma, medical devices, clinical trials, and data science.    In his leadership roles, Dr. Schell...

Live at ViVE: The Future of Healthcare Staffing with Ann Louise Puopolo, BSN, RN

April 04, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MB

About  Ann Louise Puopolo: Ann Louise is an accomplished and highly respected safety professional and has held many prestigious positions, including Vice President of Enterprise Patient Safety and the Enterprise PSO LLC at CVS Health (until her retirement in 2020) and Vice President of Patient Safety for CRICO (Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions). More recently, she has been serving as the Chair of the RLDatix Customer Advisory Board since 2022. She calls Boston...

Live at ViVE: Strategies for Promoting Technological Equity (Techquity!)—with Gary Lynch

April 03, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

Innovation in healthcare exploded during the pandemic. But many hospitals don’t have the infrastructure to take advantage of this emergent technology. And many people don’t have the devices or connectivity they need to manage their care. So, how do we promote technological equity (also known as techquity)? How do we bridge the digital gap for underserved populations? Gary Lynch is Global Practice Lead & CTO for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Verizon Business, where he manages a team of i...

Live at ViVE: Overcoming Data Security and Privacy Challenges with Dave Sohigian

April 02, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

About Dave Sohigian: Dave Sohigian is the CTO at Large at Workday and is tasked with helping customers get the most out of Workday. He is part of the Global Office of the CTO, responsible for communicating Workday’s strategy to customers and prospects, and informing the development organization about market needs to influence future innovation. Dave joined Workday 14 years ago and most recently served as Global CTO. Prior to joining Workday, he held a number of development and technical con...

Executive Series: Why Startups Shape Samsung's Future with Jonathan Machado

March 04, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

About Jonathan Machado: Jonathan Machado is the Managing Director of Samsung Next, which is Samsung Electronics' venture capital arm. He is in charge of making investments in health tech. He has helped Samsung Next participate in many businesses, such as BigHealth, Healthy.io, Huma Therapeutics, Lark, Elvie, and DayTwo. Jonathan worked as an investor and partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners for five years before joining Samsung Next in 2018. There, he focused on early-stage Israeli startu...

Executive Series: A Holistic Solution to Sustained Mental Well-being with Mark Frank

February 26, 2024 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MB

About Mark Frank: Mark Frank is the CEO and Co-founder of SonderMind, leading a rapidly expanding and compassionate team dedicated to reshaping behavioral health. His mission is to enhance access, broaden utilization, and elevate clinical outcomes in this field. Mark believes in transparent, empathetic, and courageous leadership, aspiring to build an organization that leaves a positive and transformative impact on behavioral health and the broader healthcare ecosystem.  Before founding Son...

Live at HLTH: How Much of Longevity Is Controllable?—featuring Melanie Goldey

February 19, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MB

Research has shown that less than 10% of longevity is based on genetics and 90% hinges on your lifestyle choices. But if you don’t have Bryan Johnson’s resources, how do you identify the gap between your chorological age versus your real age? And more importantly, how do you use that information to design a plan that will truly move the needle on helping you live healthier, longer? Melanie Goldey is CEO of Tally Health, a biotech company developing science-backed tools for consumers to in...

Executive Series: The Future of Home Healthcare with Vijay Kedar

February 19, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

About Vijay Kedar: Vijay Kedar, co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow Health, was raised in a family of physicians, often joking that he was “pre-med coming out of the womb.” However, it wasn’t until he took on managing his mother's care through stage III colorectal cancer and acute respiratory distress syndrome that the idea for Tomorrow Health was born. In this episode, Kedar speaks with host Steve Krupa about using technology to coordinate high-quality home-based care for patients and families ...

S4 E42: How Much of Longevity Is Controllable?—featuring Melanie Goldey

February 19, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MB

Research has shown that less than 10% of longevity is based on genetics and 90% hinges on your lifestyle choices. But if you don’t have Bryan Johnson’s resources, how do you identify the gap between your chorological age versus your real age? And more importantly, how do you use that information to design a plan that will truly move the needle on helping you live healthier, longer? Melanie Goldey is CEO of Tally Health, a biotech company developing science-backed tools for consumers to in...

S4 E41: A New Dawn in Early Cancer Detection with Dr. Megan Hall of GRAIL

February 16, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

In this groundbreaking era of healthcare, the opportunity to revolutionize cancer outcomes has never been more promising. With cutting-edge testing techniques, early detection strategies, and the power of AI, the landscape of cancer care is evolving to save lives and enhance patient well-being like never before.   In this episode of HLTH Matters, Dr. Gautam Gulati sits down with Dr. Megan Hall to discuss the future of cancer detection and prevention through early genetic testing.  Dr. Mega...

Live at HLTH: A New Dawn in Early Cancer Detection with Dr. Megan Hall of GRAIL

February 16, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

In this groundbreaking era of healthcare, the opportunity to revolutionize cancer outcomes has never been more promising. With cutting-edge testing techniques, early detection strategies, and the power of AI, the landscape of cancer care is evolving to save lives and enhance patient well-being like never before.   In this episode of The Beat, Dr. Gautam Gulati sits down with Dr. Megan Hall to discuss the future of cancer detection and prevention through early genetic testing.  Dr. Megan Ha...

S4 E40: HATCo: Pioneering Health Assurance—featuring Dr. Marc Harrison

February 14, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MB

How can we transform healthcare delivery to better serve ALL people and communities?  In today's episode, host Dr. Gautam Gulati welcomes special guest Dr. Marc Harrison, a Partner at General Catalyst and the Founding Partner of the new company owned by General Catalyst called Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, HATCo.  Dr. Marc Harrison is a distinguished healthcare leader with a career dedicated to improving health equity. His journey spans from a pediatric intensivist to an ent...

Live at HLTH: HATCo: Pioneering Health Assurance—featuring Dr. Marc Harrison

February 14, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MB

How can we transform healthcare delivery to better serve ALL people and communities?  In today's episode of The Beat, host Dr. Gautam Gulati welcomes special guest Dr. Marc Harrison, a Partner at General Catalyst and the Founding Partner of the new company owned by General Catalyst called Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, HATCo.  Dr. Marc Harrison is a distinguished healthcare leader with a career dedicated to improving health equity. His journey spans from a pediatric intensivi...

Executive Series: The Future of Virtual Care with Kelly Bliss

February 12, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MB

About Kelly Bliss: Kelly Bliss is president of U.S. Group Health. She oversees sales, client management, and client and commercial operations for the business. Ms. Bliss has strong expertise in creating cohesive client-focused organizations. Most recently, she held the position of chief client officer at Teladoc Health. Under her leadership, client services achieved record growth and retention through a focus on delivering value and a best-in-class experience to our clients. Ms. Bliss also...

S4 E39: Empowering Communities to Own Their Health—featuring Kristen Cerf

February 12, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

How do you inspire a community to take ownership of their health? If you ask Kristen Cerf, the secret lies in hiring staff from the community you serve and connecting people with the resources they need to improve their health. Kristen is President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, where she is responsible for ensuring access to quality care for Blue Shield Promise’s 530,000 Medi-Cal members in Los Angeles and San Diego counties. Under Kristen’s guidance, Blue Shie...

Live at HLTH: Empowering Communities to Own Their Health—featuring Kristen Cerf

February 12, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

How do you inspire a community to take ownership of their health? If you ask Kristen Cerf, the secret lies in hiring staff from the community you serve and connecting people with the resources they need to improve their health. Kristen is President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, where she is responsible for ensuring access to quality care for Blue Shield Promise’s 530,000 Medi-Cal members in Los Angeles and San Diego counties. Under Kristen’s guidance, Blue Shie...

Live at HLTH: The Battle Against Health Disinformation—featuring Dr. Geeta Nayyar

February 09, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MB

In a landscape where resources are scarce, the consequences ripple through healthcare, leading to physician burnout, a crumbling trust between patients and their caregivers, and misinformation and disinformation in the healthcare system.  Today's guest, a former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce, adeptly bridges clinical medicine, business, and digital health, making her a vital advocate in the fight against health misinformation. Join hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd as ...

S4 E38: The Battle Against Health Disinformation—featuring Dr. Geeta Nayyar

February 09, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MB

In a landscape where resources are scarce, the consequences ripple through healthcare, leading to physician burnout, a crumbling trust between patients and their caregivers, and misinformation and disinformation in the healthcare system.  Today's guest, a former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce, adeptly bridges clinical medicine, business, and digital health, making her a vital advocate in the fight against health misinformation. Join hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd as ...

Live at HLTH: Providing Access to Abortion Care Through Technology—featuring Kiki Freedman

February 07, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes - 13 MB

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, inequities in access to reproductive, sexual health and abortion care have grown. How might telemedicine solve this problem? Kiki Freedman is CEO of Hey Jane, a digital health platform for women she cofounded while at Harvard Business School. Prior to business school, Kiki was an early employee at Uber, where she led the company’s Kenya launch and spearheaded strategy and expansion for Uber Eats in the Middle East and Africa. On this episode of The Beat,...

S4 E37: Providing Access to Abortion Care Through Technology—featuring Kiki Freedman

February 07, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes - 13 MB

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, inequities in access to reproductive, sexual health and abortion care have grown. How might telemedicine solve this problem? Kiki Freedman is CEO of Hey Jane, a digital health platform for women she cofounded while at Harvard Business School. Prior to business school, Kiki was an early employee at Uber, where she led the company’s Kenya launch and spearheaded strategy and expansion for Uber Eats in the Middle East and Africa. On this episode of HLTH Matt...

Executive Series: Navigating Healthcare with Microsoft with Kathleen Mitford

February 05, 2024 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

About Kathleen Mitford: Kathleen Mitford spent her career crafting strategies and empowering employees to ensure top-notch customer experiences. As the CVP of Global Industry Marketing at Microsoft, she’s proud to work alongside their partner ecosystem to help customers in all industries create the future with solutions across the Microsoft Cloud designed to solve their industry's unique challenges and unlock opportunities. Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and every organization ...

Live at HLTH: ACS CARES Invites You to End Cancer for Everyone- featuring Bonny Morris

February 02, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

About Bonny Morris: Bonny Morris is currently the Senior Director for Patient Navigation at the American Cancer Society (ACS). Specifically, she is leading the development and implementation of ACS CARES, the first national cancer navigation support program. She’s also in charge of developing ACS LION, their new nonclinical navigation credentialing program, and the enterprise strategy for patient navigation at the American Cancer Society.  Bonny uses her diverse skills to approach program ...

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