This week I am talking to Jeff Ruby, Founder Newtopia (@newtopia), a company using a combination of genetic testing, nutrition, and personal, technology-enabled coaching can change habits that modify life-impacting behavior as a critical part of the solution Jeff shares his origin story of when his father was diagnosed with abdominal cancer and how this […]
This week I am talking to Steve Wigginton, CEO, Icario (@icariohealth) who are creating truly personalized and incremental ways to help the world a healthier place, one person at a time. Steve has a long career in healthcare and prior to iCario came from Sutter Health/Aetna where he was responsible for launching an innovative health insurance […]
There has been a trend, especially in European countries and on certain airlines to mandate a requirement of a “Medical” mask: Cloth masks banned by airlines, governments, and healthcare facilities. As COVID-19 continues to surge, accelerated by the delta variant, several European governments and companies are banning cloth masks, arguing that they are not as […]
The Learning Healthcare System This week I am talking to Vivian Lee, MD PhD MBA, (@vivianleemd) President Verily Health Platforms (@verilylifesci) and author of “The Long Fix: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis with Strategies that Work for Everyone” (W.W. Norton) and a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Dr Lee started out like many doctors do with a […]
Surviving and Thriving Incrementally in the new Post COVID19 world demands to rethink our business and especially in the light of testing strategies for COVID19 and the challenge of knowing what you need to do to keep your business, employees and customers safe. This week I am talking about the challenge of change and the […]
Building Lasting Change in Healthcare This week I am talking to Stacey Chang, Executive Director and Founder, Design Institute for Health and a Professor, Dell Medical School and College of Fine Arts. They have recently announced a First-of-Its-Kind Master’s in Design in Health Launches at UT Austin that is taking applications for Fall 2020 course that is the only […]
This week I am talking to, Timothy Washburn, RN the Chief Clinical Officer for Electronic Caregiver about their solutions for virtual caregiving solutions including Addison, their 3D Virtual caregiver. We discuss the challenges associated with delivering home care to the aging population, a problem made more acute with the COVID19 crisis, and even more important to solve. […]
A recent experience in an elevator reminded me of the ongoing challenges we all have in our business and personal lives. We are faced with a barrage of decisions that arise from our own choices but heavily influenced by the world and the people around us. Some decisions are easier than others. Should I have […]
Easing Frustration I get frustrated even though I try hard to not. Most of the day I amble along quietly absorbing the ups and downs, but that all comes to a screeching halt when I interact with some telephone systems and support. Not all are bad but some are so bad that by the time […]
This week I am talking to Dr Bill dePaso, Chief Medical Officer for Twistle that focuses on Patient Engagement. Bill is an Internal medicine phsycian who spent his career focused on Pulmonary and Critical Care and sleep. He spent the early part of his career working in Public health in Chicago where communication was the key element […]
This week I am talking to Kulmeet Singh (@kulmeets), the CEO of Twistle (@twistleapp). They are building a multi-functional platform patient engagement or put another way WordPress for Care Automation That is platform and device agnostic using whatever exists to power everything behind the scenes avoiding the dreaded “portalitis” using some of the experiences developed over years […]
Is this Reality Why is there so much focus on twitter and the list of influencers and how much does this really matter? It’s easy to get sucked into this “influencing” story and look for followers, highlight the impressions and even game the system by finding the publishers of influencer lists or maybe even making […]
Conversational Chatbots This week I am talking to Neal Sofian, CEO of Tuzag (@Tuzag_inc) a behavior optimization company and conversational chat bots. He was instrumental in setting up the “Free and Clear” smoking cessation program that managed to help so many quit smoking for life. We talk about the importance of culture and relationships and the way […]
Medication Adherence This week I am talking to Tom Kottler, CEO fo HealthPrize (@HealthPrize) focused on improving the patient experience and using behavioral techniques to induce better healthier behavior. Tom has been an entrepreneur in healthcare for more than 20 years and has launched 4 successful companies. He came to Healthprize as he discovered the terrifying statistics […]
Behavioral Health for Positive Impact This week I am talking to Matt Wallaert (@mattwallaert), Chief Behavioral Officer at Clover Health. I have listened to Matt on a few occasions, most recently at the FitBit Captivate event in Chicago so I was excited to get to talk to him one on one. Matt plays an unusual […]
