AWS Health Innovation Podcast

Andrew Eye, CEO and co-founder of ClosedLoop, and Amanda Goltz, lead for the AWS Accelerator focused on health equity, join the podcast for the 3rd and final episode of our mini-season featuring startups addressing health equity. Hear how the AWS Accelerator supports healthcare startups, how the aims of health equity are aligned with Value-Based Care, and why Andrew believes local data is so essen...

Baha Zeidan from Azalea Health discusses the unique operational challenges rural providers face delivering care & managing their practices, health inequities facing 1 in 5 Americans who live in rural environments, and how cloud technology enables Azalea to rapidly iterate and improve its products in a secure & compliant fashion.

Kevin Dedner, CEO and co-founder of Hurdle Health, joins the podcast as part of our mini-season featuring startups addressing health equity. Kevin shares his insights on why he is optimistic about the future of health equity, how COVID-19 impacted how we think about mental health, and why Hurdle Health focuses on cultural humility, cultural responsiveness, and cultural intentionality, instead of c...

Warren Ratliff, CEO and co-founder of AdaptX, discusses why he doesn’t want to create super users among his provider customers, how he thinks about building momentum with customers during long sales cycles, and when focusing on positive deviants can be a powerful adoption driver.

Caitlin Donovan, Global Head of Uber Health, and Jacob Laufer, COO of Shiftmed, discuss the implications of more care moving outside the hospital, the role of transportation in driving retention among providers, and the way complementary, tech-enabled solutions can combine forces to solve healthcare’s most pressing challenges.

Dr. Sam Asgarian, CMO of Scipher Medicine, shares his insights on how Scipher grew out of the Human Genome Project, when it makes sense for a company to hire a chief medical officer (and what he or she should do once they join!), and why innovation in healthcare is different from other industries and verticals.

Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health, discusses why fostering trust in the provider-patient relationship is essential, how he and his team think about connecting the right decision with the right information for providers, and why founders should obsess over the healthcare value chain.

George Netscher from SafelyYou discusses the benefits of using technology to detect and see critical care moments for those living with dementia, clinical teams driving continuous improvement with tight feedback loops, and how founders can de-risk their business by focusing on key hires throughout their growth journeys.

Adam Odessky, CEO and co-founder of Sensely, discusses why engagement matters for individual patients and systems as a whole, how text to speech technology has advanced in recent years, opening up additional opportunities for virtual patient engagement, and what it meant to him and his team for Sensely to be patients’ primary point of contact following a diagnosis with COVID-19.

Marina & Eugene Borukhovich from YourCoach Health discuss their recent partnership with Twill (formerly Happify Health), the strengths of founding a business with your life partner, and how health coaches bridge the gap between digital health solutions and patients who want to live healthier, happier lives.

Dr. Ruben Amarasingham discusses the evolution of AI in care delivery, the importance of thinking holistically about each patient, and what he and his team took away from being part of AWS’ inaugural healthcare accelerator.

Season 2 of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast will be launching on Monday, September 12th. Stay Tuned!

Dr. Jonathan Ng discusses why healthcare entrepreneurship is so often a winding path, how skepticism can be an asset for a founder, and why raising large amounts of money is often a double-edged sword for startup teams.

Andrew Hines, CEO and founder of Canvas Medical, shares his thoughts on how the medical record should better reflect a person’s clinical journey, why the digital health market is still in its earliest days, and why sometimes focusing purely on technological solutions is not the best approach for health tech startups.

Dr. George Church and Barghavi Govindarajan discuss how technology, innovation, and education can come together in a single product, to what extent users need to understand a complex technology to use it effectively, and how basic science researchers can leverage startups to speed up the time to making a massive impact on the world.

Duncan Reece, COO and co-founder of Cohere Health, discusses why prior authorization is an ideal area for innovation, why thinking in terms of patient journeys is such a powerful framing, and how startups should look to the past for inspiration but still leverage modern technology.

Craig Limoli, CEO and co-founder of Wellsheet, discusses how Wellsheet identified the most relevant end user pain points when developing their product, why they focused on large health systems as their target customer segment, and what health tech entrepreneurs should know about the importance of staging when tackling complex healthcare markets.

Mike Meng, CEO and co-founder of Stellar Health, discusses why supporting and rewarding front line providers and staff is so important to succeeding in value-based care, how technology facilitates behavior change in healthcare, and what he saw as an investor that has informed his approach to running a high growth startup.

Adam Tebbe, VP of Computational Data Science and Technology at Goldfinch Bio, and Bobby Mukherjee, CEO and founder of Loka, share their thoughts on when it makes sense to use and develop open source tools, what the impact of cutting edge data analysis is on developing new treatments, and how working with a partner can accelerate a project.

Dr. Tamir Wolf, CEO and co-founder of Theator, shares his thoughts on how unnecessary variation in care can have major consequences, why capturing intraoperative data is so valuable, and what becoming a patient himself taught him about the value proposition of his own company.

Dr. Venky Soundararajan, Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of nference, shares his insights into why asking tough questions and trying to solve big problems is important in startups and biomedical research, how to identify which focus areas will have the greatest impact in healthcare, and when to work with partners to accelerate progress.

Dr. Michael Lesh, CEO and founder of Syntegra, provides his insights into navigating a career in academic medicine as a repeat founder, identifying when an idea or project grows into a potential business, and understanding the differences between developing and commercializing medical devices and software startups.

Dr. Jim Min, CEO and founder of Cleerly, shares his insights on why cardiac imaging has become the standard of care, why specialty care is ripe for value-based care models, and how to keep your team focused on long term goals.

Ardy Arianpour, CEO and founder of Seqster, shares his thoughts on why DNA is the ultimate tool for healthcare interoperability, what opportunities exist at the intersection of digital health and life science, and why a strong mission trumps a traditional business plan.

Rohit Nambisan, President at Lokavant, shares his insights into how technology can further enable drug development, why identifying internal challenges can be a potent innovation driver, and how clinical trial data is currently underutilized.