Thomas Vande Casteele, co-founder and CEO of Awell Health , joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the importance of continuous improvement and rapid iteration in healthcare processes using advanced technology and software. Addressing current shortcomings in healthcare system operations with advanced technology, Awell enables healthcare organizations to create, iterate, and implement care flows efficiently. Thomas emphasizes the importance of forming systems built for market change and user acces...
May 28, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Ronen Lavi, Founder of Navina , joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the potential for AI to address the issue of doctor burnout and provider-patient miscommunications by simplifying doctors visits and streamlining healthcare practices. Utilizing AI to leverage EHRs, Navina provides a tool for clinical decision-making, empowering decision-makers in the healthcare industry and improving patient satisfaction.
May 14, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Bobby Guelich, CEO and co-founder of Elion , joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss his career journey from financing to healthcare technology, and the mission of Elion to simplify the vendor research platform for health IT decision makers. Bobby explains the strategy behind Elion’s business model and the various ways that AI can transform healthcare technology for the better.
Apr 30, 2024•34 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Eric Hendrickson, Chief Technology Officer of Provisions Group, joined host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the potential for AI to revolutionize healthcare systems when properly implemented. Hendrickson, whose early experience with IT gives him a unique lens, touches on system reframing, management, governmental regulations when emphasizing the importance thoughtfully integrating technologies that consider the main factors that determine how AI can improve Healthcare processes most effectively....
Apr 22, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Raffaelle Breaks, Chief Product Officer at Unite Us, joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss bridging the gap between social determinants and stakeholders in healthcare issues by building systems on accessibility and user-friendliness. Raff and Eric dive into the Unite Us mission to enable sustainable, community-based approaches to healthcare that keep patients and healthcare workers at the center of technological advancements.
Apr 16, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Chris Severn, founder and CEO of Turquoise Health, joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the importance of price disclosure in the healthcare system, and his mission to help eliminate price ambiguity for both providers and consumers. Chris shares how Turquoise can be used to catalyze action towards implementing price transparency laws effectively and efficiently to build a path towards a ubiquitous healthcare pricing system.
Apr 02, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Nigel Green, seasoned sales leader, sought out advisor in the healthcare industry and author of Revenue Harvest , joins host Eric Thrailkill to discuss his own career journey and several key practices that companies can use in Nashville’s ever-evolving healthcare landscape and beyond. We’ll also cover the importance of continuous learning, adaptability, and strategic thinking for business development and success.
Feb 27, 2024•37 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Paul Rinne, Co-Founder and CEO of GripAble, joined host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the importance of engagement and data tracking to the success of rehabilitation, and the value unlocked in the “gamification” of therapy. They also explore the potential for reimbursement and cost savings for both patient and provider, from hospital to home, and share GripAble’s efforts to scale their business as they expand into the U.S. Market.
Feb 13, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Jillian Wright, CEO of Onsite Women’s Health, joined host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleague Lauren Hatcher to discuss her background, the company's mission to improve breast cancer screening compliance rates, and the future of women's healthcare. The conversation delved into topics such as the importance of convenience in healthcare, the role of technology in improving patient outcomes, and the power of partnerships in driving innovation.
Jan 30, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Todd Walrath, CEO and Founder of ShiftMed, joined host Eric Thrailkill to describe how his experience working in media inspired his use of telecommunication to deliver effective healthcare, and helped him communicate empathetically with nurses and healthcare professionals. Todd shares how he strives to understand the needs of clients and workers, providing flexibility and financial stability for customers.
Dec 19, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Brian Oliver, founder of ECHAlliance, joined host Eric Thraikhill to discuss the importance of the power of collaboration, trust, and action in driving meaningful change in the digital health space. By connecting healthcare ecosystems globally, ECHAlliance fosters innovation, shares best practices, and amplifies the impact of healthcare initiatives. As they expand their reach to the United States, the potential for transformative collaboration and improvement in healthcare delivery continues to ...
Dec 12, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Kathy Ford, Chief Product and Strategy Officer of Ronin, joined host Eric Thrailkill to discuss the company's mission to revolutionize cancer care through predictive analytics and personalized medicine. By leveraging AI, machine learning, and data from multiple sources, Ronin aims to provide clinicians with real-time insights at the point of care, enabling them to make better informed decisions and support patients throughout their cancer journey.
Dec 05, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Ian Shakil, founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Augmedix, joins host Eric Thrailkill to share their mission to revolutionize healthcare documentation and improve clinician well-being. Augmedix provides automated medical documentation solutions for hospitals, health systems, and physician practices. Ian also discusses how the tools he develops by strategic partnerships with companies like Google and HCA Healthcare are helping empower doctors to remain focused on their patients.
Nov 28, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Dr. Jessica Dudley, Chief Clinical Officer at Press Ganey, joined host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleague Lauren Hatcher, to share insights on improving healthcare and addressing post-pandemic workforce challenges. With her extensive experience in healthcare leadership and data analysis, Jessica also addresses the importance of collaboration, listening to the workforce, and leveraging technology to drive positive change.
Nov 15, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Michael (“Mike”) Kopko, co-founder and CEO of Pearl Health, joined host Eric Thrailkill to shed light on the transformative power of value-based care in the healthcare industry. By focusing on proactive, efficient, and personalized healthcare delivery, and leveraging the power of data and technology, Mike believes we can create a system that provides better outcomes for patients and physicians alike. He also highlights the need for collaboration and partnerships as the keys in driving this shift...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Nick Archer, Vice President and Head of Partnerships at Hippocratic AI, joined host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleague Lauren Hatcher, to discuss some of the current challenges with information asymmetry in healthcare, and the negative impact it has on patient outcomes. Nick shares how Hippocratic AI is working to solve that burden by building the first safety-focused large language model (LLM) for healthcare to reduce workflow misalignment with conversational AI and improve overal...
Oct 31, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Devin Carty, CEO of Martin Ventures and Founder of Reimagine Care, and CEO Dan Nardi of Reimagine Care, the nation’s leading provider of cancer care services in the home, join host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleague Lauren Hatcher, to discuss the formation of the company and its vision for the future of care at home oncology models. In this episode, Devin and Dan highlight some of the technology-enabled services they offer to extend and improve the lives of cancer patients through ...
Oct 17, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Host Eric Thrailkill is joined by Aaron Gani, Founder and CEO of BehaVR, a new kind of digital therapeutics company dedicated to tackling the epidemic of mental and behavioral health issues through the unmatched psychological power of virtual reality. We discuss the importance of digitizing evidence based clinical interventions that we know work to close the gap in mental and behavioral healthcare. We also discuss BehaVR's recent acquisition of Oxford VR and what it brings to their pipeline of p...
Aug 08, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Project Healthcare colleagues Lauren Hatcher and Jeremey Raley are joined by Dr. Adam Silverman, Chief Medical Officer of Syllable, a digital health technology company focused on improving patient experience and reducing healthcare costs by promoting conversational self-service and automation through AI to make it easier for patients to engage in care. They discuss how Syllable leverages artificial intelligence and digital tools to streamline everyday tasks, including connecting with a healthcar...
Aug 08, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Host Eric Thrailkill, and Project Healthcare team member, Lauren Hatcher, are joined by Seth Joseph, Founder and Managing Director of Summit Health Advisors, to discuss how his background as a strategy officer and involvement in building a two-sided marketplace in healthcare has enabled him to continue to provide support services in a boutique category of platform business models. With more than a decade leading strategy for innovative digital health companies, including CVS Health and Surescrip...
Jul 25, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Founder and CEO of ScaleHealth, Taylor McPartland, shares with Project Healthcare colleagues Lauren Hatcher and Jeremy Raley what began early on as a passion project has since grown into a global health innovation ecosystem, ensuring access to advanced healthcare solutions. A self-confessed “serial founder,” McPartland formed his first startup, a data marketing platform in 2010 after graduating from Whittier College, where he developed his passion for leveraging innovation to address systemic ch...
Jul 25, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Project Healthcare colleagues Lauren Hatcher and Jeremy Raley, are joined by Chris McGhee, CEO & Co-Founder of Current Health, a Best Buy Health company which helps health systems provide healthcare at home, including hospital-at-home programs, through innovative technology. Current Health’s goal is to partner with health systems and other provider organizations to shift safe, efficient, and patient-preferred care models to a lower cost site of service, including the home. Chris co-founded C...
Jul 11, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Host Eric Thrailkill is joined by Brenda Schmidt, Head of Enterprise Growth at Redesign Health, to discuss how her company’s mission-driven innovation platform is building transformative healthcare companies from the ground up. By generating their own solutions to industry challenges and providing capital and resources to founding teams of companies working to address industry pain points, Redesign Health's approach sets it apart from traditional accelerators and incubators and allows them to ac...
Jul 11, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Host Eric Thrailkill is joined by Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to shed light on why electronic health records (EHRs) have been widely adopted, how they are regulated, and why new policy changes are working to improve interoperability. As leader of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), Micky is finding innovative ways to improve the flow of health data in a safe and efficient way that improves h...
Jun 20, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleagues, Lauren Hatcher and Jeremy Raley, are joined by Liz Ashall-Payne, co-founder and CEO of ORCHA (the Organization for the Review of Health and Care Apps), to discuss the assessment and distribution of safe digital health technology. Liz also shares her entrepreneurial journey that led to solving challenges with the use of digital health technology and how providers, patients, and the economy at large can benefit when digital health technologie...
Jun 20, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Host Eric Thrailkill and Project Healthcare colleague, Lauren Hatcher, are joined by Blake Madden, the founder and creator of Hospitalogy - a leading healthcare platform media company of 25,000 subscribers, growing at a rapid rate. Being able to digest "the latest" news about the business of healthcare is almost impossible for busy executives - a problem Hospitalogy addresses head on. From consolidation to declining physician reimbursement to the growth of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Blak...
Jun 13, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Host Eric Thrailkill, along with Project Healthcare colleague Lauren Hatcher, welcomes Kyna Fong, CEO and Co-Founder of Elation Health, to discuss her unique journey behind the founding of the innovative clinical-first platform, as well as how electronic health records can be used to improve, rather than strain, the physician patient relationship. This conversation was captured at the recent ViVE 2023 Conference in Nashville, TN.
Jun 13, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In the past two decades, U.S. healthcare expenditures have drastically increased with specialty care accounting for approximately 18% of the increase in spending. Project Healthcare companies are creating specialty care solutions to slow the increasing costs and improve outcomes. In this episode of Friends of Project Healthcare, Haley and Lauren finish this three-part series of introducing the cohort companies. The entrepreneurs in this episode are focused on specialty solutions in the field of ...
Jun 06, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Traditional methods of receiving healthcare are being disrupted by new care models including telehealth platforms, hospital-at-home programs, and remote patient monitoring technologies. In this episode of Friends of Project Healthcare, Lauren and Haley discuss the Project Healthcare companies that are focused on new care models, and in particular, home health.
Jun 06, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 9
With over half of healthcare providers reporting burnout and two-thirds of patients reporting a prior negative healthcare experience, American healthcare is in need of innovative solutions. In this episode of Friends of Project Healthcare, Haley and Lauren introduce the Project Healthcare cohort companies that are working to improve both the patient and provider experience. This episode includes pitches by the founders at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center cohort First Look event in January. Join...
Jun 06, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
