Breaking Health

Competitive rower Brett Wingeier helped build one of the most ambitious Neurotech companies to aid people with epilepsy. Now he and another NeuroPace alum have created Halo, a neurological device that could give athletes another gear in their workouts.

Sean Carroll, CEO of Arcadia Healthcare Solution, shares his favorite beer and his strategy for Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, a data management leader that drew a $30 million new round from investors including newcomers Merck GHBi and GE Ventures.

Alpha CEO Thor Ernstsson talks on the importance of making smarter product decisions through the right kind of user insight. Alpha builds a universal tool that tests the small incremental changes needed to improve engagement. With big name clients like Prudential, Pfizer, and Spotify, Alpha is proving the need for product versatility – within and outside of patient care.

Bob Sheehy, CEO and co-founder of Bright Health and veteran of the insurance game, shares his vision for a better healthcare system.

HealthPrize CEO Tom Kottler explains how we can save lives – and billions of dollars – by helping patients take their prescribed medications.

Curtis Duggan, Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Mesa, explains how the start-up is using mobile tech, wearables, and other tools to help people take control of their disease.

Yiding Yu, MD, founder and chief medical officer of Twiage, explains how her start-up is using mobile technologies to clear the line between the EMTs and ER personnel.

On this week’s installment of Breaking Health, Host Steve Krupa – CEO of the Psilos Group – dives into the intriguing story behind SolveBio, a company working to disrupt precision medicine. In this interview, Mark Kaganovich, PhD, CEO, and co-founder, discusses the benefits of SolveBio’s innovative data layer – called the “Genomic Intelligence Platform” – aimed at enabling pharma, biotech, and dia...

Circulation co-founder and CEO Robin Heffernan explains how her start-up is working with the transportation giant to make it easier for patients to see a doctor.

Breaking Health Host Steve Krupa hears some exciting news from Optum’s Michael Weintraub and talks Analytics with Mudit Garg, founder and CEO of analyticsMD.

CEO Dan Burton, receiving the DHIS Innovator Award on behalf of the data warehouse company, speaks to strengths and values that have driven the company’s success.

Inspired by the sad tale of one patient, Kim founded One Caring Team to create a way to keep patients better connected through Virtual Reality.

Norwest Venture Partners’ Robert Mittendorff, MD, and host Steve Krupa discuss the “proof points” that demonstrate how technology is beginning to change how health care is delivered.

IORA’s co-founder and CEO Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, has spent the past decade trying to improve primary care. Hear how IORA Health is delivering on that long-time pursuit.

Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton will be in Boston on Nov. 2 to receive the Digital Healthcare Innovator Award on behalf of the analytics company. Listen to the company’s winning philosophy in one of our earlier podcasts.

Oren Frank knows therapy saved his marriage. He and his wife, Roni, founded talkspace to make therapy an accessible, approachable and affordable option to everyone who could benefit.

Host Steve Krupa of the Psilos Group interviews Bill Geary, general partner of Flare Capital Partners, about his new firm, opportunities in health care, and the opportunities that inspired this year’s agenda.

Jared Heyman founded CrowdMed to turn diagnostics on its head. Rather than asking patients to find one physician with the right answer, CrowdMed is trying to harness the Wisdom of the Crowd.

Nearly two million people a year acquire infections while hospitalized. Five percent of those patients die. SwipeSense’s CEO says it has the tech, plan and passion to make a difference.

OnShift CEO Mark Woodka knows better management of health care professionals can improve care. And he practices what he preaches, explaining how HR also is essential to a start-up.

CEO Marko Ahtisaari brings a rich background of design and music to a new quest to identify music that can actually help people maintain or regain their health. In this interview, Ahtisaari references a few websites, including go.syncproject.com where you can offer your song suggestions. You can find out more about project advisor Dr. Robert Zatorre in this interview and hear Ahtisaari’s view on c...

The business of building mobile networks that can operate safely and securely within hospital walls is complicated and competitive. President and CEO Si Luo explains how PatientSafe Solutions is taking a “one base at a time” approach to building a leader in this area.

Inspired by the problems facing her youngest brother, Zoë Barry founded ZappRx to streamline the process to secure prescription meds, especially for chronically ill patients who need the meds most.

Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD, CEO of Evidation Health, explains how the company is creating a way to validate the efficacy of digital tools in health care. Bonus Breaking Health Podcast Trivia: What famous Yankee game did Steve Krupa attend as a child?

Wellframe co-founder and CEO Jacob Sattelmair on how his company intends to win the race to create the most effective digital tools to engage patients and providers.