Welcome to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast!
Our episode 23 guest is Allison Gage, chief engagement officer at mPulse Mobile. Allison is here to talk to us about patient engagement and how technology can play a larger role in improving relationships between healthcare organizations and their patients or customers.
Our episode 22 guest is Miruna Sasu, Chief Strategy Officer at COTA, a company that uses technology and advanced analytics to organize complex data for cancer care and research.
In this episode, Miruna discusses how COTA is innovating in cancer care, her motivations for undertaking this work, and what she sees as the future of cancer research.
Our Episode 21 guest is Daniel Dawes, a widely respected scholar, researcher, educator, and leader in the health equity, health reform and mental health movements. He is executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and a professor of health law, policy, and management. Daniel is also co-founder of the Health Equity Leadership and Exchange Network, and he is author of two books – 150 Years of Obamacare and The Political Determinants of Health. In this conversation, we talk about the political determinants of health and health equity.
Our episode 20 guest is YiDing Yu, chief medical officer at Olive, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to automate areas of healthcare. In this episode, YiDing talks to us about her history of entrepreneurism and how AI is making an impact in healthcare.
Episode 19: Alistair Erskine, MD, MBA
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Our episode 19 guest is Alistair Erskine, chief digital health officer at Mass General Brigham, a 14-hospital system in the Boston area. In this episode, we talk about how Mass General Brigham adopted new technologies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the health system’s priorities are in the next several years.
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Our episode 18 guest is Naama Stauber Breckler, CEO and founder of Better Health. In this episode, Naama discusses her company, which is in the home-based care market, as well as her history of entrepreneurship and innovation in the healthcare industry.
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Episode 17: Abboud Chaballout
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Our episode 17 guest is Abboud Chaballout, CEO and co-founder of Diagnoss. In this episode, Abboud talks about artificial intelligence and how it’s being used to improve medical coding and reduce physician burnout, as well as the future of the AI market in healthcare.
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Our Episode 15 guest is Gina Nebesar, co-founder and chief product officer of Ovia Health. In this episode, Gina discusses employee well-being during the pandemic, particularly as it relates to parents. Gina talks about some of the trends Ovia is seeing on its platform and how she believes businesses can support employees.
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Our Episode 14 guest is Sheetal Shah, chief operating officer at SymphonyRM, a healthcare AI startup that is helping health systems improve patient engagement. Sheetal talks about the value of data, how health systems can better leverage it in 2021, and the great results his organization helped Virtua Health achieve with technology.
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Our Episode 13 guest is Kevin Ross, CEO of Precision Driven Health, a New Zealand-based partnership between health IT companies, health providers, and universities, which uses data science research to optimize the health of each individual by combining and learning from all available data. In this episode, Kevin discusses some of the ethical considerations around machine learning in healthcare.
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Episode 12: Lynae Brayboy, MD
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Our Episode 12 guest is Dr. Lynae Brayboy, chief medical officer of Clue, a Berlin, Germany-based femtech company. In this episode, Lynae discusses the femtech industry and what she sees as the priorities for women’s healthcare in the next few years.
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Our guest is Shelli Pavone, CEO and co-founder of a new startup called Inlightened. Inlightened is a web-based network platform that enables healthcare companies to connect with clinical experts to improve their product development. In this episode, Shelli discusses healthcare innovation and the need for diversity in the development process.
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Our topic today is the mental health impact of COVID-19 and how technology can play a role in helping patients. Our guest is Krithika Srivats, vice president of the health/clinical center of excellence at HGS Healthcare, a global business process management company. Krithika and I discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health, which populations are more impacted, and how predictive analytics can play a role in improving the situation. If you like what you hear, please subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and don’t forget to rate and review us!
In this episode, we hear from Tashfeen Ekram, co-founder and chief medical officer of Luma Health. Tashfeen discusses the shift to telehealth over the last several months, other key technology breakthroughs that will emerge due to the pandemic, and how healthcare providers can use technology to recover some of their lost revenue over the last several months.
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In this episode, we hear from Sandro Galea, Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health. He discusses social determinants of health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and racism in healthcare. It’s important conversation that healthcare leaders need to be having right now.
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In this episode, we hear from Laura McCrary, president and CEO of KONZA, which provides health interoperability exchanges to several states across the country. Laura is here to talk to us about the importance of interoperability and data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In this episode, we take a look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of a public health researcher. Our guest is Elizabeth Carlton, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Beth is part of a team of scientists working to understand the trajectory of COVID-19 in Colorado and the potential impacts of transmission control strategies. She shares with us some of the latest around the pandemic and guidance for how we can think about spending time with others this summer.
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Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, Kathy Sucich talks to Mariann Yeager, CEO of the Sequoia Project about interoperability. The Sequoia Project is a non-profit solely focused on advancing secure, interoperable nationwide health data sharing in the U.S. Kathy and Mariann discussed the interoperability landscape today and the federal government’s final interoperability rule, which it just released. If you like what you hear, please subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and don’t forget to rate and review us!
Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In Episode 4, Kathy Sucich talks to Dr. Ted Melnick of Yale School of Medicine about electronic health record (EHR) usability and physician burnout. Ted’s research has found that physicians give EHRs a grade of “F” on usability and that poor grades are associated with high burnout rates. If you like the podcast, please be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app, as well as rate and review us. We appreciate your support as we launch this new show!
