Cancer is a prevalent condition that impacts not just the patients but also families, employers, and society. Without the right management and medication it can lead to financial loss, reduced quality of life, and even death. In today's episode, we are honored and thrilled to have Sanjeev Luther, CEO and President of Rafael Pharmaceuticals. Sanjeev discusses his company's mission to develop highly effective anti-cancer agents to improve the quality of life of patients with g AML, Burkitts & ...
May 04, 2022•18 min
Cybersecurity and AI are two of the most spoken topics right now, and they are essential to the success of the future’s healthcare ecosystem. In this episode, we chat with Pascal Podvin and Jeremy Haltom while we were together at the ViVE conference this year. Pascal is the Chief Revenue Officer, while Jeremy is the director of Sales Engineering, at Ordr, a company that is leading the IoT security field. Pascal and Jeremy explain how Ordr works, how they are securely connecting devices, and what...
May 03, 2022•17 min
In this episode, we are privileged to feature Ilyana Rosenberg, the Principal Product Manager at NYM Health, a startup focused on automating medical coding. Ilyana educates us on the basics of medical coding and discusses how her company leverages automation to improve operational efficiency and compliance perspectives. She relays inspiring anecdotes and great insights on innovation in health care, keeping medical coders updates, and more. Ilyana is excited about the innovations happening in hea...
Apr 29, 2022•24 min
Digital tools can be leveraged to be more equitable and give more healthcare access to people. We are back at the ViVE event 2022 with an incredible healthcare professional that just got off the stage, Manav Sevak, the CEO of Memora Health. Manav emphasizes the feeling of being in person at the conference after two years apart, thanks to the pandemic, and the main themes providers and healthcare systems should focus on moving on. Clinician well-being has become more important in the past 6 to 8 ...
Apr 28, 2022•16 min
This is the second part of the Chronic Pain Series with Dr. Hanscom. In our previous episode, Dr. Hanscom talked about the problems of overcare, different over operations, and waste in healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Hanscom discusses the solution and how his DOC roadmap can help address chronic pain. He also talks about the app that he is launching. As always, interviews with Dr. Hanscom are interesting and you'll find pearls you can apply in other aspects of your life. Tune in for a great pod...
Apr 27, 2022•27 min
In this episode, we have the privilege to feature Amanda Demano, Vice President at Avia Health Innovation. Amanda discusses how Avia, as the nation's leading network for the health system, seeks to innovate and transform through digital strategy. She shares excellent examples of how her company has improved outcomes, how Avia is helping health systems and payers address things like disparities in health care, her insights on health innovation, and more. Learn how Amanda and her team are assistin...
Apr 26, 2022•19 min
In this episode, we are privileged to host two outstanding healthcare leaders who can help us learn a new way of managing painful diabetic neuropathy. Niamh Pellegrini is the Chief Commercial Officer at Nevro, and Meredith Vornholt is the Senior Director. Niamh and Meredith discuss HFX for PDN and how it can help patients suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy. They share insights on leveraging technology to help patient care, employer impact, challenges, patient anecdotes, and much more. HF...
Apr 25, 2022•24 min
In these trying times, we look forward to the care and support we receive from family and friends. Can you imagine how having such a tight-knit and loving support would do to elderly people? In this episode, we are happy to host Carlos Montero-Luque, who runs Huginntech, a company dedicated to ensuring families can support their elderly loved ones with their health and independence. Carlos talks about the origins of the company and how they leverage technology to get involved in the support and ...
Apr 22, 2022•23 min
Healthcare can always learn from industries that are very far away. In this episode, we chat with Erik Nielsen, CEO, and founder of TAG, a world-renowned game creator, about leveraging technology to improve people’s lives, mental health, and the intersection between healthcare, advertising, and gaming. With TAG, they are bringing real-life cases and a therapist that hands the coping skills to that specific issue to the audience. They have seen that caregivers are gyrating towards the platform to...
Apr 21, 2022•18 min
Immunotherapy is a kind of treatment for cancer that changed the landscape of oncology. In this episode, we had a very insightful chat with Dr. Angel Rodríguez, Natera’s Oncology Medical Director. At the same time, he explains how immunotherapy works, what it entails, how patients can be treated, and the medical challenges around this. With immunotherapy, doctors can choose a type of treatment that attacks cancer in a localized way instead of chemo or radiotherapy, which it’s more of a “shotgun ...
Apr 20, 2022•22 min
Welcome back, Medvalistas! In this episode, we have the honor to feature Tom Ferkovic, the CEO of Medic Management Group and a leader in the healthcare sector, who will share with us what MMG does as a one-stop shot with several services. MMG isn’t only a management service organization but also offers consulting services. Tom also reflects on the challenges while working with clients, how MMG helps them from compensation models to productivity measurements, and much more. He also gives his thou...
Apr 19, 2022•15 min
The healthcare industry is constantly bombarded with threats from cybercriminals, so it is important that businesses and organizations know how to protect themselves and their data. In this episode, we are privileged to interview David Sygula, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at CybelAngel, the world’s leading digital risk protection platform that prevents data leaks and limits damage to your business or organization. David explains CybelAngels’ mission and how it can benefit the healthcare space. H...
Apr 15, 2022•20 min
The intersection between cybersecurity and healthcare can sometimes be a complicated gray area for people that don’t know much about this topic. In this episode, we talk with Erik Decker, the Chief Information Security Officer at Intermountain Healthcare, a mastermind leader in cybersecurity in the healthcare field. When it comes to the healthcare sector, Erik reflects on how technology has to keep up with the pace we are now running in, addressing threats around cybersecurity and the relationsh...
Apr 14, 2022•25 min
In this episode, we are covering health transportation and we have the privilege of hosting the fantastic Josh Komenda. Josh is the Co-Founder, CEO, and President of Veyo, a full-service, non-emergency medical transportation brokerage designed specifically for health care. Josh discusses how his company is providing a solution to the logistics challenge of NEMT(non emergency medical transportation). He explains how his team saw an opportunity to bring a new transportation model to the healthcare...
Apr 13, 2022•21 min
In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting Spencer Hutchins, CEO and co-founder of Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group that partners with primary care providers so that every patient has access to exceptional behavioral health. Spencer discusses his company's mission to re-architect America's behavioral health using the collaborative care management model in improving patient care. He also shares about hitting the multistakeholder approach, how the company is adding value to ...
Apr 12, 2022•21 min
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Apr 11, 2022•26 min
If you or someone you know is having issues with attention, memory, planning, and organizing following a brain injury, is it possible to improve that brain through a good, well-dosed cognitive rehabilitation platform? In this episode of the Outcomes Rocket, we are excited to once again feature Mark Watson, the CEO and Executive Director at ABI Wellness. Mark has been in the podcast before, and today he is back to share with us how what he is doing to empower others in the realm of improving cogn...
Apr 08, 2022•19 min
The future of health lies in homecare-based systems and the democratization of access. In this episode, we chatted with Dr. John Chelico while he was at ViVE. Dr. Chelico is a board-certified internal medicine physician with former fellowship training in biomedical informatics. He has a subspecialty board certification in clinical informatics. His expertise is in using electronic health record systems to improve clinical care, quality and research. Currently, John is the system VP Chief Medical ...
Apr 07, 2022•17 min
In this episode, we interview the outstanding Cody Simmons, CEO of DermaSensor. He discusses how his company delivers a game-changer in the field of skin detection and care, and the impact of improving access to skin cancer check at a low cost. He also shares powerful and insightful anecdotes and the things he is looking forward to in healthcare. We want to scale the care we provide to skin cancer patients, and Cody has given great call outs and suggestions. Tune in to my exciting conversation w...
Apr 06, 2022•24 min
In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the amazing Bill Fox, Business Development Executive at SambaNova System. This is Bill's second time on the podcast and he's doing fantastic work in healthcare. Bill discusses how his company is bringing that next generation of technology into the real Bill talks about the improvement of technology and how our current technology now supports data accumulation. SambaNova created the new generation of computing with the aim to bring AI to everyone....
Apr 04, 2022•20 min
In this episode, we have the privilege to host Teo Son, Chief Global Officer at Olive Union, a company that produces smart responsive tech for better hearing. Teo shares his company's vision of "hearing for all". He discusses the three different products they have launched in the past three years, giving special emphasis to Olive Pro, a 2-in-1 hearing aid that can be easily calibrated to the user's hearing needs. Teo also shares his thoughts on the importance of having an affordable option for h...
Apr 01, 2022•12 min
In this episode, John Perez, Senior Client Engagement Manager and the lead for the venture network at AVIA, shares his company's focus on driving digital transformation and collaboration among healthcare enterprises. He shares how AVIA helps hospitals and health systems identify the best emerging innovative solutions to drive growth, increase efficiency, and improve outcomes. He talks about partnerships, working on both the investor and health system side, aligning with the strategic health syst...
Mar 31, 2022•31 min
In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Matthew Zachary, Founder and CEO at Stupid Cancer, and the founder of OffScrip Media. Matthew shares the genesis of Offscrip Media and Stupid Cancer and how Offscrip is providing conversation at the granular level of human dignity. He talks about the vision of the company, how they hope to impact behavior change that can be measured clinically so it can become a covered benefit one day. He also talks about setbacks and challenges. Matthew is pass...
Mar 30, 2022•22 min
Today, we are excited to feature Bruce Brandes, the Senior Vice President of Consumer Centered Virtual Care at Teladoc. Bruce discusses consumer-centric healthcare, the value of trust, and working with local health systems. He shares his thoughts on remote monitoring and submits "whole person, consumer-centered virtual care" as the nomenclature way of expressing the one-to-many model. He also dives deep into the different intricacies of remote patient monitoring and suggests components needed fr...
Mar 29, 2022•25 min
In this episode, we are privileged to host Dr. Adrian Ponce, the Manager of the Higher Education Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is also the founder and Chief Science Officer of Verrix, a medical device company leveraging cutting edge technology to help protect patients from healthcare-associated infections. Dr. Ponce talks about how his company is seeking to ensure health care facilities are using sterile products. He shares about his fascinating work in NASA, his company's curre...
Mar 28, 2022•24 min
Hereditary cancer is a topic that’s been top of mind for physicians for the last 40 years. In this episode, we catch up with Dr. Jeffrey Weitzel, Natera’s vice president of medical affairs, hereditary cancer, as he reflects on his life’s work, his passion for teaching and onco-genetics, and the innovative work Natera is doing in the hereditary cancer space. Through genetic testing, individuals can learn if they have inherited genes that increase their chances of developing cancer. Dr. Weitzel sh...
Mar 25, 2022•31 min
In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting the amazing Etan Walls, COO at OnSite Medical Solutions and author of the book "The Mega Factory of Healthcare: Retooling The Machine To Create A Healthier World". Etan shares how his book educates people on how healthcare works, to help consumers understand that we need to make incremental changes understand how things work for us to be able to understand which big changes we should be making. He also discusses how OnSite is helping improve healt...
Mar 24, 2022•22 min
In this episode, Pam Caputo, Associate VP of Media & Engagement at Precisioneffect, the nation's only health care advertising agency dedicated to working with companies seeking to change the standard of care. Pam discusses how her company's understanding of the audience's behavior and perspective helps them create media that drives behavior change. She shares her thoughts on behavioral mapping, measuring results, leveraging digital technology in the healthcare and pharmaceutical space, evide...
Mar 23, 2022•21 min
With the two COVID vaccines already available and one more on the way, vaccination and fear of needles is one of the major points of conversation right now. In this episode, we welcome back to Outcomes Rocket one of our favorite guests in the shoW, Dr. Amy Baxter, Founder and CEO at Pain Care Labs. Dr. Baxter is raising awareness on the fact that how we vaccinate kids causes adults to stay afraid of needles. She talks about needle fear, needle pain, a little bit of vaccination history, the psych...
Mar 22, 2022•22 min
In this episode, we are excited to host the outstanding Naveen Kathuria, CEO at eFamily Care. eFamilyCare is a digital platform that connects family caregivers with professional care advisers. Naveen discusses how his company supports the family caregiver, reduces cost, and improves patient outcomes. He also shares his insights on opportunities, overcoming challenges, and the things he is excited about. This is a great conversation about family care, and there's plenty of things to learn about c...
Mar 21, 2022•23 min
