Have you ever wondered how nurse innovation is occurring in another country? This episode features someone from Israel that has a great sneak peek about this topic! This week’s guest on the SONSIEL Podcast is a plastic surgeon that loves to mix the human and the scientific sides of healthcare in his practice; Dr. Nir Rosenberg is with us all the way from Israel! Besides being a board-certified surgeon, Dr. Rosenberg also teaches nursing students where he instills his passion onto them. Nir chats...
Jun 28, 2022•24 min
In this episode, we are excited to host Kevin O'Brien, the Senior Vice President of Distribution at Innovu. Kevin discusses how his company leverages data to drive savings, opportunities, and transparency in health care. He talks about collaborating with companies, aggregating data across all service providers, digging deep into the insights, and collaborating and empowering companies to drive the action. Kevin also shared his insights about risk mitigation, combining health data with risk data ...
Jun 24, 2022•17 min
Virtual Reality technology can be a potent tool when used for learning. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Alex Young, the CEO, and founder of mixed reality training platform Virti, about how VR can facilitate repeatable, safe environments for professionals to build and train soft skills through personalized, immersive experiences. He talks about how Virti seeks to democratize through its platform the experiential soft-skill-training scenarios by making them affordable, accessible, and easily cus...
Jun 23, 2022•20 min
Nursing is a profession that can be merged and married to others, like this guest’s story! In this episode of the SONSIEL Podcast, we have the pleasure of chatting with Josiah Jackson-Okesola, an African nurse that is also a social media star, strategist, broadcaster, and multi-award-winning nurse innovator, and more. Josiah ended up in the field thanks to his mother, and he quickly developed a passion for it, turning him into one of the most renowned innovators in the space. He knew that opport...
Jun 22, 2022•28 min
In today’s episode of Outcomes Rocket, we are excited to share with your our interview with Ami Rakshit, the CEO and President at PreAcute PHM. Ami talks about how his company reduces unnecessary surgeries and lower costs. He shares four ways his company adds value to the health care space, the best stakeholder partner to implement the changes, and how Pre Acute makes business better. He also talks about the challenges brought about by COVID and in being an early-stage company. Please tune in to...
Jun 20, 2022•18 min
“Once you realize that your family has died of heart disease, I think it might be a good idea to study heart disease.” In this episode, we hear from Manny Villafaña, founder and Chairman/CEO of Medical 21, about the company’s six-year development of an artificial artery graft. He describes how Medical 21 seeks to eliminate the inconveniences associated with a standard bypass surgery procedure for the millions of people who might need one with this innovation. Inspired by his family’s health hist...
Jun 16, 2022•32 min
When someone goes into nursing, the possibilities in the workspace are endless. In this episode of SONSIEL, we feature Layne Price and Pak Chau, two incredible nurses whose journeys inspire us. Both of them have attached another word to their role as nurses, providing them with tools and knowledge to keep delivering high-quality care. They both share their thoughts on innovation and the role of nurses in it. Also, Pak talks with first-hand experience about burnout and mental health and nurses’ e...
Jun 15, 2022•19 min
Better, cheaper, faster: three words that describe the ideal patient journey. In this episode, we hear from Jean Drouin, CEO of Clarify Health, about Clarify’s mission to power better care by empowering others to better care through actionable insights and analytics to improve health outcomes. He talks about how machine learning and artificial intelligence are helping Clarify clean and refine their massive sets of patient data to generate precise insights and predictive analysis on every patient...
Jun 14, 2022•19 min
In this episode, we have an amazing conversation with Dr.Lon Jones, author of No More Allergies, Asthma, or Sinus Infections and creator (along with his colleague and wife Jerry Bozeman) of Xlear, a nasal spray made up of xylitol and saline that assists and stimulates the immune system's efforts to clean the nose. Dr. Jones shares how his granddaughter's ear condition and his wife's work observation as a special education teacher paved the creation of the nasal spray. He talks about the challeng...
Jun 13, 2022•29 min
Patient care goes beyond a doctor’s appointment or a healthcare facility visit. In this episode, we hear from Mark Clermont, CEO of Cecelia Health, about using technology to improve patient care delivery in terms of support, accessibility, clarity, and relationship-building when navigating the puzzling healthcare system. Many patients need help adhering to or even initiating their care when they go home. Mark speaks of virtual modalities in hybrid care systems and the importance of human engagem...
Jun 10, 2022•28 min
We all need somebody to lean on, and why not a health coach? In this episode, we hear from Marina and Eugene Borukhovich, CEO & COO at YourCoach Health, the premier Virtual Home for health and wellness coaching they co-founded. They talk about the work they do at YourCoach Health and how health coaching can be a different approach added to health care teams to support caregivers and help patients identify, set, and achieve their health and wellness goals. The YourHealth platform can provide ...
Jun 09, 2022•18 min
Many people take detours with their careers but ultimately keep working in healthcare. This episode’s guest is Jessica Smith-Amara, a board-certified nurse executive with a particular journey in healthcare. She has taken a couple of detours in her career with teaching, practicing nursing in pediatrics and bedside patients, and clinical project management. Her love for innovation brews from troubleshooting and presenting solutions to any obstacle she encounters. She also shares her three principl...
Jun 08, 2022•24 min
In this episode, we are privilege to host Janis Powers, Founder and CEO of Longitudinal Health Care. Janis discusses how her digital health company aims to replace traditional health insurance and how her company adds value to healthcare. She shares her thoughts on consumerization and the direct-to-provider payment model, other options for securing health care, and the importance of health literacy. If you're fed up with the high insurance cost and would like a different perspective on health ca...
Jun 07, 2022•32 min
In this podcast, we are excited to host Dr. Andrew Botham, the Chief Scientific Officer, and Co-Founder at TestCard. Andrew discusses how his company is leveraging the power of technology and cameras in smartphones to offer immediate results related to medical tests. He talks about challenges healthcare scientists face and how TestCard's home testing solution, with the help of a phone's camera (or clinical grade scanner), helps people get accurate and faster results, which they can then take to ...
Jun 06, 2022•21 min
Technology is not the answer to everything, but it can certainly help us be more efficient. In this episode, we hear from Molly K. McCarthy, National Director of US Health Provider and Plans for Microsoft, about how new models of care that integrate technology and human resources can improve health systems. Thinking differently about how people approach to care, technology, and processes can be challenging. Molly talks about how there can be innovative human-centered models that use technology t...
Jun 02, 2022•15 min
There is a massive potential in innovation ready to be tapped. In this episode, we hear from Onike Williams, nurse practitioner and Director of Program Development at UCLA Biodesign, about how the program is working with professionals from the medical field, including nursing, to educate them as innovators and develop new technology. As she still is a nurse practitioner, she also speaks of how that balances and enriches her work and contributions to the Biodesign program. Onike explains what the...
Jun 01, 2022•18 min
Today, we are privileged to host Alex Trahey, VP of Data Science at Algorex Health. Alex shares his passion for merging modern technology and helping people. He discusses how his company leverages consumer marketing techniques in the world of health care to try to address social determinants of health and shares some successes of Algorex Health in partnering with companies to improve health outcomes. Alex also talks about standardizing data, scaling up interventions, running models on addressing...
May 31, 2022•28 min
Access to diagnostic imaging is a challenge many patients still face around the globe. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Wesley Gilson, the senior director of MR Business Development for Siemens Healthineers North America, about the expansion plans he is leading for diagnostic care. He discusses accessibility challenges and opportunities and the latest developments through innovations that derive from collaboration and technology integration. Following the acquisition of Varian by Siemens Health...
May 26, 2022•17 min
When someone’s passionate about something, it goes across the board in everything they do. Today’s guest is Olga Kagan, a registered nurse with a background experience that goes back to her childhood when she gave her grandmother her insulin shots to cardiothoracic ICUs, other clinical settings, and finally academia! From a very early point in her career, Olga started innovating and her work was constantly gyrating around academia. Olga's work has inspired many others, from fabricating reusable ...
May 25, 2022•25 min
In this episode, we are excited to talk with Alberto Casares, the VP of Risk Protection at Constella Intelligence. Alberto discussed the different online threats in the market and dark web. He also shared how his company is improving awareness of securing online presence, compromised data, early detection capabilities, and more! Alberto also shared important tips on how to avoid being hacked. We all want to secure our privacy, and this conversation will help you understand how we can do that. Pl...
May 24, 2022•21 min
In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the amazing Dr. Charles Keller, Scientific Director at the Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute. The CCTDI is a 501C3 non-profit biotech that tries to both understand how cancers work, but also test and evaluate thoroughly the drugs that might hit a particular target to stop cancer from working. Dr. Charles shares how his team is helping facilitate the development of medication that works while also de-risking investment in the pharma ...
May 23, 2022•20 min
In this podcast, Allyson Jacobsen, Global Marketing Director of Artificial Intelligence and Analytic solutions at GE HealthCare discusses what her company is leveraging AI and technology to improve the quality of care while also reducing cost. GE HealthCare holds to very strict AI principles to ensure that the models will be trusted and won't be biased. Allyson shares examples of how GE healthcare products are well integrated into the system, thoughts on cross-functional alignment challenges, an...
May 20, 2022•26 min
Let's empower patients to live their healthiest lives with Credo. In this episode, we hear from Carm Huntress, the Founder, and CEO of Credo, about the development of digital healthcare systems that enables patients access to their medical record data. Many organizations and providers doing value-based care still operate through phone and fax when it comes to healthcare information exchanges that overlook patients. Credo seeks to provide a digital service that relieves the burden of carrying out...
May 19, 2022•18 min
Today, we are privileged to host Amy Shannon, the Chief Commercial Officer at Prima-Temp. Prima-Temp is a medical technology company pioneering chronobiological healthcare for women. In this episode, Amy discusses how her company empowers women to make informed health care decisions. She talks about chronobiology and circadian biology and their impact on women's hormones, leveraging data and social community for better support for women's health journey, and she also introduced Priya, an innovat...
May 18, 2022•22 min
In this episode, we interview Evan Osborne, Founder and Managing Partner at Diabetics United and the President and CEO at Ride Salem. Evan discusses how his company provides an all-in-one platform for all diabetes, designed to promote a healthy diabetic lifestyle. Diabetics United has resources for all types of diabetes. It has a trusted shopping resource where vendors and products are safe, a community where people with diabetes can collaborate, share, and interact. It also has a wealth of reso...
May 17, 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 ...
May 16, 2022•23 min
Today, we are privileged to host Fred Johnson, a seasoned global strategist and leader, and the President & CFO at Team Select Home Care. Fred talks about his reason for getting up every day and that os pioneering new home cares for medically fragile children. He explains the challenges faced by the family of medically fragile children, the difficulty of finding nurses that specialize in pediatric home care, and the impact of these challenges to the individual, family, and community. Fred al...
May 11, 2022•28 min
One of the biggest challenges is securing connected devices, including medical devices. Welcome back to part two of our chat with Pascal Podvin and Jeremy Haltom from Ordr inc.; we also introduce Jim Brady, the CISO for Fairview Health Services, to the conversation on cybersecurity and healthcare. The three of them discuss the challenges that Healthcare Delivery Organizations face and what assessments they could do to increase the security of their devices to take care of patients. No one can pr...
May 10, 2022•26 min
In this episode, we are privileged to feature the excellent Dr. Stan Shepherd, Founder and CEO of Instant Access Medical. Stan discusses how his company develops a comprehensive, life-long, multi-lingual personal care record specific to each individual. He highlights the importance of having citizens be the primary data owner and cites great examples of what data integration has done for consumers in other industries. Stan also shares the benefits of people managing their own health care and his...
May 09, 2022•26 min
Healthcare is an evolving system that has gone through many changes and will continue advancing over time. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Tate Erlinger, the Vice President of Clinical Analytics at Elsevier Clinical Solutions, about the advantages and challenges of the Clinician of the Future and Elsevier’s recent report, which points out possible obstacles and suggests improvements to the industry. The relationship between patient and doctor is at the core of healthcare. Dr. Erlinger says tha...
May 05, 2022•27 min
