Improve Healthcare
79 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsImprove Healthcare is an independent educational podcast focusing on delivery system improvement. It's key themes are "Policies, Processes, & Patients. Featured guests share national and international perspectives on a range of topics that impact the healthcare delivery continuum - both inside and outside of health facilities including public health, health education, and systems-thinking.
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Advancing Movement Science and AI w/ the Movement Doctor, Phil Wagner MD
March 13, 2023 07:00 - 14 minutes - 9.93 MBDr. Phil Wagner is founder-CEO of Sparta Science, a physician and a strength coach whose own athletic career as a football and rugby player was cut short by a series of avoidable training injuries. Dr. Wagner’s commitment to data-driven coaching and athlete development began as a strength coach for U.C. Berkeley and UCLA and as a professional rugby coach in New Zealand and Australia. Frustrated by the lack of evidence-based approaches to athletic performance and injury prevention within pro...
Reducing Physician Burnout Though Point of Care Ultra Sound w/ Arun Nagdev, MD
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBDr. Nagdev is Exo’s Senior Director of Clinical Education. Separate from his capacity with Exo, he also serves as the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Highland Hospital as well as a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In his previous academic position, Dr. Nagdev started the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program and fellowship at Brown University. Dr. Nagdev is a highly respected international POCUS researcher and educa...
Reducing Physician Burnout Though Point of Care Ultrasound w/ Arun Nagdev, MD
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBDr. Nagdev is Exo’s Senior Director of Clinical Education. Separate from his capacity with Exo, he also serves as the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Highland Hospital as well as a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In his previous academic position, Dr. Nagdev started the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program and fellowship at Brown University. Dr. Nagdev is a highly respected international POCUS researcher and educa...
Advancing Co-Production in Healthcare w/ Dartmouth Researchers - Eugene Nelson, PhD & Glyn Elwyn, MD
February 28, 2023 16:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBEugene Nelson is a professor of community and family medicine at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He serves as the director of Population Health and Measurement at The Dartmouth Institute and leads a program on new models to advance the coproduction of health care. Nelson is a national leader in health care improvement and the development and application of measures of quality, system performance, health outcomes,...
Innovations in Long-Covid and Chronic Disease Management w/ JupiterDX CEO Alex Bahram
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBAlex Bahram is the co-founder and CEO of JupiterDX, a health data analytics and engagement platform that helps patients suffering from chronic illnesses manage their care and find effective treatments. Using wearables like apple watch and Fitbit to monitor vital signs and activity levels, JupiterDX's app assists patients with energy and symptom management. JupiterDX is currently focused on helping patients with Long COVID. Prior to co-founding JupiterDX, Alex was the sixth employee at Summe...
Healthcare Workforce Innovation w/Grapefruit CEO and Founder Eric Alvarez
February 24, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBEric Alvarez is the CEO and Founder of Grapefruit Health, a company that is creating a brand new workforce to help meet the significant shortage of healthcare workers today. Prior to this adventure, he has held multiple positions within the healthcare industry. Most recently Eric was the COO of a healthcare technology startup called Fibroblast, which was acquired by the EMR giant Cerner Corporation in 2020. In this role, he oversaw product, development, human resources, finance, general co...
Being Bold in Advancing a Global Agenda for Nursing w/Sigma Nursing President Dr. Ken Dion
February 23, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBKenneth Dion, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, RCSI, FAAN, Sigma President, is a 40-year veteran of the health care industry. He is a nurse entrepreneur, inventor, and scholar. In 1999, Dr. Dion founded Decision Critical, Inc., an information systems company, to meet the education, compliance, and competency development needs of health care organizations. In 2012, Decision Critical was acquired by HealthStream, Inc., where Dr. Dion served as vice president and chief of nursing informatics until 2014. ...
Streamlining Tasks in Health Administration w/Madaket Health CEO - Eric Demers
January 25, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MBEric Demers is the CEO of Madaket Health. He believes we can transform healthcare delivery through the power of data and interoperability. With more than 25 years of global healthcare experience, Eric has built and scaled leading technology and service companies, from early stage to Fortune 100. He is highly sought-after for speaking and consulting on international health, having advised global entities and governments on critical issues facing healthcare. A growth-minded leader, Eric has fo...
Implementing Health Equity with Inovcares CEO - Mohamed Kamara
January 23, 2023 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBMohamed is the founder and CEO of InovCares Connected Comprehensive Healthcare, LLC.He was inspired to develop InovCares following the tragic loss of both his sister and his aunt to pregnancy hemorrhage & preeclampsia. Previously, Mohamed was the Director of Operations for the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs. During his time at the center, he supported150 minority-led businesses from idea to growth stage and headed the center's nonprofit financial statement preparation, budgeting...
Communicating for Greater Patient Understanding with Digitalis Medical CEO - David Sanchez, RN
January 04, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MBDavid Sanchez is the Founder and CEO of Digitalis Medical and Miracle Recovery. On one hand, David is helping healthcare brands build their profits and visibility through digital marketing. Through Miracle Recovery, he works to save lives from addiction. From being a nurse in the ER, to scaling his own addiction treatment center from 0 to 7 figures – David is committed to making a huge impact on communities, while also driving huge results for companies. Learn more about Digitalis Medical ...
Clinical Workflow Optimization w/EvidenceCare Chief Medical Officer - Brian Fengler, MD
December 20, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBDr. Brian Fengler is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of EvidenceCare (recently named as an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company), a company that provides a clinical decision support system (CDSS) that’s uniquely integrated with the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to optimize clinician workflows. Dr. Fengler authored a treatment protocol for Pulmonary Embolisms when he was a resident at The University of Virginia. Despite being an expert in the field, he encountered a challenge while tr...
Power of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Dental Practice w/ VideaHealth CEO - Florian Hillen
November 10, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBMr. Hillen is the founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a Massachusetts of Technology spinout and leading dental-AI company working with leading DSOs, insurers, and other companies in the dental industry. Previously, he conducted research at the intersection of engineering and social science at MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society and at Harvard Business School. He also worked for McKinsey & Company and founded Ninu, a digital healthtech startup. He holds two master’s degrees from MIT in ...
Scaling Care Delivery through Technology-enhanced Telehealth Platforms w/Mend CEO Matt Mcbride
November 03, 2022 03:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBMatt McBride is the CEO and Co-Founder of Mend — an enterprise-grade patient engagement and telehealth platform designed to help healthcare organizations scale their practice and care for more patients. An experienced entrepreneur, he co-founded Mend in 2015 with his three best friends to revolutionize healthcare delivery. From a young age Matt developed an interest in technology, and throughout his career has combined this passion with his expertise in business and leading teams to improv...
Perspectives in Patient Safety w/ Peter Lachman, MD - Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
October 31, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBPeter Lachman M.D. MPH. M.B.B.Ch., FRCPCH, FCP (SA), FRCPI was Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) from 1st May 2016 to 30th April 2021. He has great experience as a clinician and leader in quality improvement and patient safety. He led the transformation of ISQua to be one of the leading global organisations in quality, safety and person centred care. Dr Lachman was a Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellow at IHI in 2005-2006 and dev...
Importance of Medical-Surgical Nursing in Safe Care Delivery w/ AMSN CEO Dr. Terri Hinkley
October 13, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBDr. Hinkley was hired by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) and the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB) in August 2017. She has over 32 years in acute care nursing in the healthcare setting. She has ten years of association management leadership experience, having held executive positions in both individual membership associations and certification boards. The Academy AMSN, under her leadership, earned an association industry award for a suite of COVID-19 resourc...
Quality Healthcare on Both Sides of the Stethoscope w/ Rob Oliver
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBRob Oliver is passionate about helping medical professionals improve the quality of healthcare they deliver. He has been educating the medical community personally and professionally for almost 30 years as a self-advocate, speaker and podcaster. He hosts the record-setting podcast “Perspectives on Healthcare” and is an award-winning International Keynote speaker. Audiences around the world gain insight into quality healthcare from both the patient and the professional perspective and, most i...
Inside Scoop on Leadership, COVID, and other topics w/ e7 Health CEO, Dr. Jonathan Baktari, MD
October 03, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBDr. Jonathan Baktari, MD is the CEO at both e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers and the host of Baktari MD. e7 health is a preventative health and wellness company that has been called the “the Uber of preventive medicine” and was named the Best Technology Company in the Healthcare Space in 2019. US Drug Test Centers is a nationwide network of over 20,000 testing centers in the US and is revolutionizing drug and alcohol testing across the nation. Both of these groundbreaking technology compan...
Interoperability & Data Quality w/ Arrive Health CEO - Kyle Kiser
September 20, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.74 MBKyle Kiser is Chief Executive Officer at Arrive Health, the industry leader in delivering data-driven insights to the point of care. In this role, he focuses on helping providers and care teams improve patient access, affordability, and outcomes while reducing administrative burden. By partnering with health systems, health plans, IT vendors, and pharmacy benefit managers, Arrive Health is driving data transparency and better patient care nationwide. Since 2013, Kyle has helped grow the com...
Democratizing Diagnostic Testing for Preventable Diseases w/MainzBiomed CEO Guido Baechler
September 19, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBGuido Baechler is CEO and Director at Mainz Biomed (NASDAQ: MYNZ) a leading developer of market-ready molecular genetic diagnostic solutions for life-threatening conditions. The Company's flagship product is ColoAlert, an accurate, non-invasive, and easy-to-use early detection test for colorectal cancer. Guido has 30 years of global experience leading public & private life sciences companies having held senior executive roles at Singulex and SummerBio, and at Roche, where he led Roche Mole...
Intelligent Facilities Design Planning in Healthcare w/ Enstoa CEO Jordan Cram
September 14, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBFor over 20 years Jordan Cram has advised organizations to spend more strategically on improving operations in the built environment. He has successfully created digital transformation visions and delivery teams for leading clients worldwide in healthcare, oil and gas, power and utilities, engineering and construction, public infrastructure, education, and real estate. The organizational benefits realized have been substantial. One New York City hospital has documented over $20 million in re...
Innovations in Eye Care to Expand Access for Vulnerable Populations w/ Lexitas CEO George Magrath, MD
September 12, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9 MBDr. George Magrath is CEO and a board-certified Ophthalmologist. He has worked in the clinical research industry for 5 years. George worked previously worked at Hovione, LLC Edison Investment Research Limited Medical University of South Carolina prior to joining Lexitas in August 2020. He received a Bachelor of Science in biological chemistry from Clemson University and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He then stayed on at the Medical University of South ...
Ask2BSure - Preventing Meningitis B with the J.A.M.I.E Group
August 31, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.21 MBJamie Schanbaum was a University of Texas student when she contracted meningitis in 2008. After two days in the hospital, Jamie was diagnosed with meningitis, and given only a twenty percent chance of survival. Jamie ultimately was faced with the difficult decision to amputate her lower legs and all fingers. Today, Jamie is a passionate advocate for vaccination for meningitis. In 2009, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the Jamie Schanbaum Act, mandating meningitis vaccination for colleg...
Technology & Primary Care Telehealth Innovation w/ Octiva CEO Cody Hall
August 26, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBCody Hall is the Founder and CEO of Octiva Healthcare. Cody has a diverse background in military, technology, and healthcare making him capable of leading organizations and teams effectively. Cody led customer service and Human Resource teams from early-stage startups to industry-leading tech giants, creating benchmark customer experiences and employee journeys for teams, large and small. Following his time with larger organizations, he set off to impact innovative companies, starting and a...
Scalable Chronic Care Management Services & Technology w/Engooden Health President and CEO - Thomas Ferry
August 24, 2022 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBTom joined Engooden Health as President and CEO after two years as a member of the board. Prior to Engooden, for nearly 20 years Tom was CEO of Curaspan, a discharge planning technology company that he co-founded in 1999 and sold in 2016. Before Curaspan, Tom held multiple business development roles at American Hearing Centers, Thermo Electron Corporation, and Specialty Chemicals Business, a division of Monsanto. Learn more at Engooden Health
Healing the Healer: Recover, Renew, and Protect Yourself Against Nursing Burnout
August 15, 2022 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBBeth Cavenaugh, RN, BSN, CHPN, is a certified hospice and palliative care nurse. With over 25 years in internal medicine, short stay surgery, and both home and inpatient hospice, she understands firsthand that compassion in health care can be elusive. In collaboration with Dr. Dominic Vachon, an expert in the science of compassion, and MJ Murray Vachon, a counselor with over 40 thousand hours of experience, Beth helps nurses develop, strengthen, and maintain compassion in their career. Com...
Healthcare's MissingLogic: Addressing Burnout in Healthcare using the Polarity Intelligence Framework
August 09, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode Michelle Troseth and Dr. Tracy Christopherson share insights into their seminal work on addressing burnout in healthcare. Michelle Troseth and Dr. Tracy Christopherson are co-founders of MissingLogic®. They help healthcare organizations and healthcare leaders combat burnout through the power of a framework driven approach founded on Polarity Intelligence™. The core of their work is leading healthcare organizations through transformational change that results in the best plac...
Technology Advancements in Point of Care Ultrasound w/ Exo CEO Sandeep Akaraju & Physician Leader Dr. Joseph Minardi
June 16, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, I sat down with a technology leader Sandeep Akkaraju and physician leader Joseph Minardi to discuss point of care diagnostic imaging. Prior to founding Exo, Sandeep was Founder and President of Jyve Inc. (acquired by a major semiconductor corporation at an exit valuation of more than $60M). Previously, he was CEO of IntelliSense, a leading provider of micro-mechanical integrated circuits (MEMS) and nanotechnology-based software and solutions. Under his guidance, IntelliSen...
Unlocking the Value of Clinical Data w/Q-Centrix Innovators - Brian Foy & Sara Bienvenu
June 03, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode, I sat down with movers and shakers in Clinical Data Management! Brian Foy, Chief Product Officer of Q-Centrix Brian Foy joined Q-Centrix in 2014 to lead product development, by 2017 he led both the product and engineering teams. As Chief Product Officer, Foy led the development and launch of the only enterprise clinical data management software on the market. The Enterprise Clinical Data Management (eCDM™) combines technology and expertise to enable healthcare systems to ...
Men's Health and Resilience w/Life Coach Dennis Procopio
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this special episode, I sat down with Men's Health and Wellness Coach Dennis Procopio. He shares his history and some really insightful ideas and methods for wellness in a stressful world! Dennis is the Founder of Man-UP Life Coaching and focuses on men's health in terms of mindfulness, building positive relationships, and working through mental health issues from trauma. Dennis says that “His single biggest passion in life is to help other men see the value in themselves and to achieve ...
Innovations at the Intersection of Nutrition and Data Science w/Elo CEO - Ari Tulla
May 13, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, we hear from Ari Tulla ; he is passionate about developing innovative solutions that improve peoples’ lives, and is a proponent of food as medicine. Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of the smart nutrition service, Elo, whose mission is to transform food from the leading cause of disease to medicine. Ari is also an active angel investor and advisor with a portfolio of 40 startups, including Virta Health, Good Eggs, and Ōura. Previous...
The Broken Math in Healthcare w/Technology Pioneer - Sanjeev Agrawal, President & COO at LeanTaaS
May 11, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBSanjeev serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer at LeanTaaS, the leading health care predictive analytics company based in Silicon Valley. LeanTaaS has an expanding customer base and is currently working with over 490 hospitals across 125 health systems with remarkable success. Sanjeev co-authored a book published by Forbes - "Better Healthcare Through Math", has been featured on CNBC, and has been named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in Healthcare. Before LeanTaaS, Sanjeev w...
Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Care Delivery w/ GYANT Chief Medical Officer - Dr. Justin Graham
May 10, 2022 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBJustin Graham, MD, MS, is a senior physician executive and digital health product innovator with over 25 years’ experience in medicine, infectious disease, informatics, electronic health records, and healthcare operations. Since 2020 Dr. Graham has been the Chief Medical Officer at GYANT, a digital health start-up specializing in complex medical conversational AI. As CMO, Dr. Graham helps lead product strategy and oversees the development and management of the complex set of clinical triage...
Community-Based Improvement in the Dallas Metro Area w/ Parkland Health Plan COO, Andrew Shapiro
May 04, 2022 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBGreat chat with a Dallas area safety leader Mr. Andrew Shapiro! Andrew has more than 25 years of experience in leading the development and delivery of effective systems of care to meet customer needs in diverse markets. In his current role, he is responsible for managing non-clinical plan operations impacting members, community stakeholders, and participating providers. He oversees multiple functions and general business operations for Parkland Community Health Plan, including member and p...
Surgical Cost Reduction and Spend Management w/Kermit CEO Richard Palarea
May 02, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBRichard Palarea is the CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company bringing automation and insight to the high spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Since it’s founding in 2011, Kermit has saved hospitals more than 200 million dollars and manages 40% of the implantable device spend transacting in Maryland. Kermit has been recognized in multiple years as an Inc. 5000 company and by the Baltimore Business...
Sustainability in Quality Improvement w/Ms. Jacqui Stewart - CEO of COHSASA, South Africa
April 26, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBJacqui Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer of The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa NPC (COHSASA). She has worked in the public and private health care sectors in South Africa and England. Having qualified as a registered nurse in Cape Town she went on to specialise in Cardio-Thoracic nursing in London. She ran the Heart Transplant Unit at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex for five years. From there she moved into a variety of managerial roles in quality, capital an...
Enhancing Patient Engagement & Safety w/ Engage Technologies Group Inc CEO - Michael Boerner
March 22, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode, I spoke to an innovator in Mobile Intelligence - Engage Technologies Group Inc - Founder and CEO - Michael Boerner. He is blazing a trail with some truly exciting technology to enhance operational workflows across industries and particularly in healthcare! Michael Boerner is the Founder and CEO of Engage Technologies Group, Inc., and has over 25 years of experience founding and leading technology & media companies. He is an entrepreneur responsible for innovating a number...
Technology-Enabled Primary Care with Nice Healthcare CEO, Thompson Aderinkomi
March 16, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBThought-provoking discussion on technology-enabled primary care with an innovator! Thompson Aderinkomi is currently co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nice Healthcare a technology-enabled primary care clinic that delivers all care in the comfort of the patient’s home; contracting directly with small employers. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thompson to the inaugural board of directors for MNsure, the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange in April 2013. Finally, in 2013 Thomps...
Enhancing Patient Engagement and Physician Experience w/ Organizational Psychologist, Joshua Washington
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode, I sat down with a brilliant thinker in physician engagement, and patient experience to discuss strategic approaches to improve care! Joshua Washington is President of Lee Malveaux - People Strategy and Solutions. As an organizational psychologist, Joshua has spent the last decade helping over 200 medical facilities with their people strategy and performance. He has also trained over 1000 executive leaders, notably developing a 1 to 1 physician coaching program helping medic...
Enhancing Patient Engagement and Physician Experience w/ Organizational Psychologist, Joshua Washington
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode, I sat down with a brilliant thinker in physician engagement, and patient experience to discuss strategic approaches to improve care! Joshua Washington is President of Lee Malveaux - People Strategy and Solutions. As an organizational psychologist, Joshua has spent the last decade helping over 200 medical facilities with their people strategy and performance. He has also trained over 1000 executive leaders, notably developing a 1 to 1 physician coaching program helping medic...
Screening for Preventable Cancers [Colo-rectal & Cervical] w/Dr. Theresa Byrd
February 28, 2022 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBDr. Byrd, is Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Public Health in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Byrd received a BSN from the University of Arizona and worked as a public health nurse for several years in the Tucson area before obtaining her Masters of Public Health from University of California Los Angeles. She worked in Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico for three years with Proyecto Verdad serving very marginalized p...
Special Episode - Advancing Interprofessional-Intergenerational Health Education w/ the Healthcare USA 10th Edition Author Team
February 22, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this special episode, I sit down with colleagues and the publisher of Healthcare USA, 10th edition. This particular text is publishing on March 4th 2022 and is designed for college course use in health administration, public health, nursing, and other health professions programs as well as business and public policy. This new edition includes a diverse, intergenerational, and interprofessional team of professionals who share how their background and contributions add to Diversity, Equit...
Crypto CUREs Cancer w/ Jacob Beckley of the Beckley Foundation
February 22, 2022 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode, I sat down with healthcare philanthropist and innovator, Jacob Beckley. His work in the blockchain and crypto space is making a difference for families of children around the globe suffering with childhood cancers! Jacob Beckley is the Founder of CURE Token, chairman of the board for the Beckley Foundation, and the Executive Vice President of Technology, Product and Innovation for Fusion92. Jacob is a philanthropist, senior level innovator and technologist, with twenty-fiv...
Implementing Successful Pharma Brand Strategies Post-Covid
February 07, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, I welcomed a successful pharma colleague from the United Kingdom - Ms. Janice MacLennan as we discuss ‘Implementing successful pharma brand strategies post-COVID’. Janice MacLennan has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry helping pharma brands take new drugs and therapies to market, and ensuring successful sales strategies. She is the founder of an app called NMBLR, the first digital solution that enables global teams to create informed, coherent...
Implementing Successful Pharma Brand Strategies Post-Covid
February 07, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, I welcomed a successful pharma colleague from the United Kingdom - Ms. Janice MacLennan as we discuss ‘Implementing successful pharma brand strategies post-COVID’. Janice MacLennan has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry helping pharma brands take new drugs and therapies to market, and ensuring successful sales strategies. She is the founder of an app called NMBLR, the first digital solution that enables global teams to create informed, coherent...
Unleashing the Potential of Primary care w/ U.K. Physician Quality Leader - Dr. Robert Varnam
February 04, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode Primary Care Innovator and Executive Coach from England, Dr. Robert Varnam shares his insights into what is needed to unleash greater potential in primary care. Dr. Robert Varnam is a general practitioner (GP) in inner city Manchester, a strategist for change and a leadership coach. His background is in researching and leading quality improvement. Over the last decade, he has been a leader at the forefront of National Health Service, England policy for integrated care, prim...
Lowering healthcare costs w/ Goodroot CEO Mike Waterbury, the 10th man in healthcare.
January 31, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode, Goodroot CEO Mike Waterbury shares his innovative approaches to medical and pharmacy cost transformation; living up to his title as the "10th Man in Healthcare"; He gives his insights into tackling medical debt as well as other hot topics! Michael Waterbury is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Goodroot , a community of companies reinventing healthcare one system at a time. For over 25 years Mike has studied the healthcare system from the inside out. He advanced from ...
Modern Healthcare Delivery, Deliverance, or Debacle w/ Michael Zema, M.D. CPE, CSSGB, FACP, FACC
January 21, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode, I had a great conversation with seasoned thought-leader and physician on healthcare delivery. Dr. Zema shares his wisdom from years of practice including insights for how to improve the care delivery system; as well as a preview of his exciting new book: “Modern Healthcare Delivery, Deliverance or Debacle – A Glimpse From the Inside Out.” Dr. Zema received his Medical Degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed his post-graduate Internal Medicine training ...
Community Driven Artificial Intelligence in the Metaverse of Medical Data w/ Dexter Hadley, M.D. PhD
January 21, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this episode, I speak with a national thought-leader on community driven AI and the Metaverse with Dr. Hadley. Dr. Hadley’s expertise is in translating big data into precision medicine and digital health. He earned his PhD in genomics and computational biology while at medical school at university of Pennsylvania and he trained in clinical pathology while in residency at Stanford University. His research generates, annotates, and ultimately reasons over large multi-modal data stores to d...
Making Cough Count: Bringing Acoustic Epidemiology to the Clinic w/ Hyfe AI - Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Small M.D.
January 18, 2022 20:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, I spoke with a global leader in medical innovation. He shared his work around cough and innovation to help alleviate suffering for patients around the world. Hear his thoughts on a range of issues related to global health and innovation! Dr. Peter Small is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Hyfe, pursuing his vision to make cough quantifiable and diagnostic. In the distant past he was a medical resident and chief medical resident at UCSF during the dawn of the HIV epide...
COVID-19 Hospital Preparedness and Lessons Learned with WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) Leaders
October 16, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this episode, I spoke to two leaders in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR)on COVID-19 in terms of insights for preparedness, challenges and lessons learned among the vast and diverse countries of the area! Dr. Hamid Ravaghi is currently working as Regional Advisor for Hospital Care and Management in WHO/ Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt. Hamid has a PhD degree in Health Policy and management from the University of York, UK. He is an As...