This week I am talking to Jamie Pagliaro, EVP and Chief Learning Officer at RethinkFirst (@Rethink_First), a software and solutions provider in behavioral health that offers evidence-based treatment tools, training, and clinical support. Jaimie has an interesting origin story that set him on the path of treating autism and spectrum disorders leading to creating the ReThink First Company […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]