Technology
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This week I am talking to Phil Bosua (@philbosh), CEO at Know Labs (@TheKnowLabs). Phil has a long and interesting background as an inventor and early producer of apps making over 600 before he moved on to invent the portable scanner “ScanBox” and LIFX – the reinvented wifi-connected color-tunable light bulb. He partnered with Ron […]
Month before This month’s episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May 2022 As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners. This month we discuss the shortage of clinical professionals in particular nurses that was temporarily ‘solved’ (this […]
This week I am talking to Andrew Mellin, MD, VP, Chief Medical Information Officer at Surescripts (@surescripts). Andrew is an Internist and Hospitalist who has spent the last 20 years focused on technology innovation in healthcare and is now working to deliver trusted information into the healthcare system and close the loop on medications. From the beginning […]
This week I am talking to Randy Hawkins, MD Chief Medical Officer of Carrum Health (@CarrumHealth). Randy is an anesthesiologist who practiced medicine in the Navy and has a long career in digital enablement, electronic medical records, and meaningful use. He is focused on delivering the triad of healthcare to everyone that brings the appropriate […]
This week I am talking to Branislav Vajdic, CEO and Founder of HeartBeam (@HeartBeami) which has developed a credit card-sized medical-grade heart attack detector that anyone can use anywhere. Branislav shares his personal story that includes his place in history in developing the Solid State technology that we all use and depend on for our storage […]
This week I am talking to Laura Fernandes, PhD, Senior Statistical Director COTA (@cotahealthcare) who provide real-world data and analytics to help health systems expedite cancer research and standardize cancer patient care, and empowers life sciences companies to accelerate drug development and regulatory approvals for life-saving cancer drugs and treatments. Laura comes from an international […]
This week I am talking to Colin Banas, MD Chief Medical Officer of DrFirst (@DrFirst) a company looking to unite the “Healthiverse” and shatter the silos in our healthcare data. Colin started out as a hospitalist working at VCU but quickly became involved in healthcare technology working alongside others to develop early implementations of electronic medical […]
I jumped in headfirst back into travel. I had more flights in the last 3 weeks than I had the entire past 2 years and it was great to be back but it came with a new set of challenges and experiences that are worth sharing Airline Networks The routes for airlines have changed – […]
This months episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2022 As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners. We review the recent in person events we both attended in Florida this past month, both coming away with […]
This week I am talking to Darin Vercillo, MD, chief medical officer and co-founder of ABOUT Healthcare, Inc (@ABOUT_est2005) who offer intelligent access and coordination across healthcare networks. Darin is a board-certified and practicing hospitalist who describes sitting in an ER department with a colleague, where as usual the hospital was full with patients backing up […]
This week I am talking to Pranay Kapedia (@pranayk), Founder and CEO of Notable (@notablehealth) a company that is taking the adjacent possible from the finance (Intuit and Turbotax) and mortgage world of customer service and bringing the technology to bear on the beleaguered healthcare system. Scars and Skills As he described it he has […]
This week I am talking to Mark Menton, General Manager for HealthSparq (@HealthSparq) who are focused on Helping people make smarter healthcare choices. Mark started his journey in healthcare back in 2002 creating paper based directories of physicians to help patients select a doctor for their care. We talk about the progression into the digital […]
This week I am talking to Daniel Brodie (@db_doskey), CTO and Co-Founder of Cynerio (@cynerio) who are working to improve healthcare security one incremental step at a time. Daniel entered into the healthcare world a little surprised by the state of security and infrastructure that he found in facilities and set about finding ways to develop solutions. […]
Groups Recover Together This week I am talking to Gus Crothers, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Groups Recover Together (find out more here) who have focused on solving the Opiod Use Disorder (OUD). Gus’ journey to this role is interesting as he described his ‘beginner’s mindset’ that allowed him to see the opioid epidemic with fresh eyes […]
Special Guest “Dr Jayne Histalk MD” This months episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2022 This month Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) and I delighted to be joined by Dr Jayne (@JayneHIStalkMD) who writes “Curbside Consult” on the HISTalk blog. We look forward into our crystal balls to tease out […]
Intelligent Scheduling This week I am talking to Jennifer Meller, MD (@drjen_Navimize), CEO & Founder, Navimize (@navimize )that is focusing on solving the problem of dissatisfaction for patients stuck in waiting rooms around the country. The problem sounds simple but in healthcare as usual the devil is in the detail. Part of the key ingredients Jennifer found […]
Data Transparency This week I am talking to Morgane Mouslim, PhD (@MorganeMouslim) a Policy analyst at the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Morgan Henderson, PhD, (@morghend) a Data Scientist at the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (@UMBC). Together with Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) and Josh Katz (@jshkatz) from the NY Times […]
Market Based Medication Pricing Interacting with the healthcare system does nothing for my health and renewing a prescription is yet another painful experience. What about you? What stands in the way of a positive health experience Getting a prescription from the gatekeeper – your overworked primary care physician Insurance who impose arbitrary rules limiting how much […]
This week I am talking to David Hunt, Founder & President of the Cosán Group – which is Gaelic for path, a path that David has been on since growing up in the Boston area with a tight knit family. His career started out in the Medicare world which provided some early insights into the challenges […]
Looking forward to 2022 This months is our final episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2021 and a close out to the year As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners as we review the latest […]
This week I am talking to Rachael Grimaldi, MD (@cardmedic), Founder and CEO of CardMedic and an Anesthetist working in the NHS who founded the company while stranded out of her home country at the height of the pandemic on maternity leave. Born from a desire to help and long term desire to improve health literacy […]
Vaccines 5 and Up This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of November You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating in healthcare. Please send me your suggestions on topics you’d like to see covered. You can […]
This week I am talking to Nate Fox (@NateTheFox) the Chief technology Officer for Ribbon Health (@RibbonHealthAPI) a company connecting the dots in healthcare with data access. Congratulations are also in order as they just received $43.5 Million in Series B funding. Nate is an engineer by training who worked at Microsoft and got interested in data […]
Medical Data Navigator This week I am talking to Maneesh Juneja, (@ManeeshJuneja) Digital Health Futurist who has been exploring the future and how emerging technologies can make the world a healthier and happier place. We share some common interests and passions around sensors, wearables and even intermittent fasting (IF) aka Time Restricted Feeding/Fasting (TRF) He was […]
Shrinking the Surgeon into the Body This week I am talking to Adam Sachs (@AdamSachsVS), CEO and Co-Founder of Vicarious Surgical (@vicarioussurg) a company that is rethinking surgery. Adam is a mechanical engineer by training who studied at MIT focusing on biomedical engineering and robotics. This is where he met his co-founders Sammy Khalifa, Dr. Barry Green. They […]
