FINN Voices

In this episode, host Ellie Hanson sits down with Naomi Fried, PhD, founder and CEO of PharmStars, a unique pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups. Since its founding three years ago, the program has "graduated" 79 startups across 7 cohorts. The first three cohort startups have closed more than 98 pharma deals. With her extensive background in healthcare innovation, Naomi shares va...

In this episode of FINN Voices, host Beth Friedman, Sr. Partner at FINN Partners, speaks with Greg Surla, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at FinThrive, a leader in revenue cycle management solutions. Greg discusses key insights from the Change Healthcare cybersecurity breach and the importance of rigorous backup systems to ensure operational continuity for revenue cycl...

Host:  Jeff Freedman, Managing Partner, Finn Partners Guest:  Peter Finn, CEO of Finn Partners

Host Beth Friedman interviews Dave Wiedman, Chief Commercial Officer of Vizzia Technologies, a software and managed service provider of real-time location services (RTLS) in healthcare.    The company works with some of the largest health systems in America, and they’ve learned a few things over the past 20 years. Specifically, Vizzia knows what health systems need to keep nurses happy, productive...

Today on FINN Voices, we talk with Chris Wickersham, Assistant Vice President of Support Services at CereCore, a company specializing in EHR consulting, IT and application support, clinical service desk, and more for hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and the U.K.

Host Beth Friedman, Senior Partner at FINN Partners, interviews Todd Doze, CEO of Janus Health, a revenue cycle technology company, about the unexpected hurdles and gotchas health systems experience when building, implementing, and maintaining platforms. Todd also shares specific examples of AI to automate the prior authorization process with positive outcomes his clients have experienced, and wha...

Goel interviews David Farber, noted expert on health reimbursement in the US healthcare system. the primary focus is on how health startups can best plan their reimbursement strategy.  

On this episode of FINN Voices, we speak with Robin Ntoh, VP of Aesthetics at Nextech, a healthcare technology company focused on dermatology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and med spa. Our conversation reveals best practices for healthcare leaders seeking to improve patient experience in their organization. You can check out more from Robin on her podcast Aesthetically Speaking:  https://podcas...

Michael Mann, Host of Planetary Health First Mars Next, Todd Eury, CEO of the Pharmacy Podcast Network, ad Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose with FINN Partners talk together about the state of the pharmacy profession, the threat to public health from the expansion of pharmacy deserts, and how the role of the pharmacist will continue to expand.  

Today on FINN Voices we talk with Brian Urban, Director of Innovation and Emerging Markets at FinThrive, an end-to-end revenue cycle management company. 

People living in indigenous tribal areas across the United States, and the rural communities around them, often face significant challenges accessing quality care. Providing a sustainable way of delivering medical training and support to health care professionals serving these areas is an ongoing issue, but some organizations have pioneered practices to  bridge professional development gaps and im...

Today on FINN Voices we talk with Dr. Jorge Silva, Cardiologist, Professor, and Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program at UC San Diego Health. Our conversation uncovers a new AI tool being used at UCSD to help cardiologists identify a hidden killer – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It's one of healthcare’s most misleading and under-diagnosed conditions….and also the #1 cause of cardiovas...

Today’s guest is Dr. Neil Weissman, academic cardiologist, and chief scientific officer at MedStar Health, an academic health center with 10 hospitals and 300-locations across Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington DC. 

With a unique background spanning Fortune 500, startups and management consulting, Maya’s perspective extends beyond comms/IR to business strategy – which led her to identify and define “the technology-driven bioparma” as a key strategy for Sumitomo Pharma America, and Sumitovant before it. Maya will discuss how life sciences companies can leverage new technologies not only as tools and systems, b...

TruBridge’s Chief People Officer, Amaris McComas, talks with Beth Friedman at FINNVoices about the need to prepare the healthcare workforce for AI and agile work environments. Beginning with a people-first culture, Amaris shares valuable insights on such essential steps as upskilling, career mapping, and building a learning organization.   As hospitals and health systems implement AI, Amaris’s les...

FINN Sr. Partner Beth Friedman interviews three forum speakers and an attendee during the recent HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum held in San Diego, California. Across two days in December, technology experts from leading health systems such as SSM, Kaiser, Sharp, Cleveland Clinic, and Atlantic Health System took the stage to speak about AI adoption in healthcare. In this segment of FINN Voices, Beth...

 e4health’s CEO, Matthew Zubiller, talks with Beth Friedman at FINNVoices about the value of combining health IT and health information management (HIM) know-how during major EHR transitions and other big system changes.