Digital Thoughts Podcast

Jason Dupuis  is the Executive Director, Customer Growth & Success at OFFOR Health . OFFOR Health is humanizing the healthcare experience by putting people first and understanding as much as we can about those we serve. They are on a mission to reimagine outdated healthcare models to accelerate access to care for those who are underserved and under-resourced. OFFOR Health was founded by a team...

Christy Cheung and Whitley Yi are the Co-Founders of the AI Collective . The AI Collective Was Born Out Of A Passion For Inspiring Pharmacists To Learn About The Rapidly Growing Field Of Artificial Intelligence. They believe that specialized training isn't necessary for pharmacists to be leaders in leveraging AI to improve healthcare. Their vision is to empower pharmacists to be active contributor...

Alex Maiersperger is Global Health Care Principal at SAS and Co-Founded the Advancement League . SAS helps you get more done with faster, more productive AI and analytics from the most trusted analytics partner on the planet. Produce answers as fast as the world produces data with SAS. With over forty years of analytics innovation, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®....

Rusha Modi is a board certified physician in internal medicine, gastroenterology & hepatology. He is a strong believer that people are more than their chief complaints. Illnesses are what people have not, who they are . His current work explores digital health solutions for preventative health disparities in low-income communities, optimizing patient education for colon cancer screening using...

Omar Fernández is Founder of Sabio Health. Sabio Health is a mission-driven Physician Enablement Platform that partners with independent PCP's, FQHCs, and health systems focused on serving vulnerable older adults. They help you transition from fee-for-service sick-care to fee-for-value preventive care, and help you deliver advanced primary care to seniors the way it is meant to be in a mobile inte...

Brittany Busse  is the Co-Founder, President, CMO at  ViTel Health . ViTel Health provides services designed for physicians to optimize their time, own their credentials, connect with colleagues, and be life-long learners through a digital-first platform. Whether that's creating a virtual independent practice, finding a new role or gig work, or building your network with other physicians and profe...

Richard Harris is the Chief Strategy Officer of Nimbus Healthcare and Medical Director of Scripted . Nimbus is a healthcare technology company building a healthcare system to diagnose and treat patients based on their pharmacogenetics and other biomarkers. At Nimbus they believe that one size does not fit all and our mission is deliver high quality personalized care to everyone. Nimbus provides a...

Iqbal Atcha  is a Career Consultant, Leadership Coach, and Professional Speaker and head of Atcha International Consulting . Atcha International Consulting offers a variety of services including resume writing, cover letters, interview preparation, career coaching, leadership development and public speaking coaching for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists, pharmacis...

Jawad Ali  is the Founding Partner of Vality Partners and Founder of Austin Medtech Connect . Vality Partners advises clients ranging from early start-ups to large healthcare corporations. They pride themselves on being accurate, valuable, and efficient. They also believe in aiding investors to find the best opportunities in the industry. They do this by connecting the right companies with the rig...

Keith Sakata  is the founder of The Doctors Circle and a current medical resident at the University of California San Francisco. The Doctors Circle is a free incubator made to inspire a more creative culture in medicine. We're building the most effective launchpad for early-stage ideas in healthcare. In this episode, Keith talks about: * How burnout led him to build his community * How he would ch...

Nick Neral  is Director of Marketplace at Healthie . Healthie is a SaaS company that offers infrastructure for virtual-first healthcare companies to launch & scale provider services. They work with digital health companies dedicated to modernizing the healthcare experience and improving care outcomes. Healthie makes it easy to streamline operations and build longitudinal relationships with cli...

Mario Amaro  is the Founder and CEO at  Ease . Ease was founded with one goal, to help clinicians become small business owners again so they can finally return to their communities and regain their autonomy. Ease is designed to make starting a practice as easy as possible. They’ve turned something that was once complex, expensive, and out of reach for so many, into a few minutes to build and launc...

Azlan Tariq is Chief Clinical Officer at  Medrina . Medrina helps to provide outstanding patient outcomes that add significant value to medical centers by empowering care teams to focus on expanded, individualized rehabilitative care. Medrina is dedicated to empowering a unified team of physicians and clinicians with the ability to focus on individualized and comprehensive rehabilitative care. The...

Bryce Platt  is a consultant pharmacist. He specializes in PBM, healthcare startups, and policy. He is passionate about aligning incentives to benefit patients. In this episode, Bryce talks about: * What is a PBM and how they make money * What is a transparent PBM * What is the cost-plus model and how it’s beneficial to patients * How he became financially independent How to reach Bryce: * linkedi...

Katrina Azer  is a pharmacogenomics and health project consultant and board member of the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand. Katrina also works collaboratively as a Digital Clinical Pharmacist at Tend, a full service primary healthcare provider, offering GP (PCP) services online and in clinic in New Zealand. In this episode, Katrina talks about: * Forging her own path to her new career * The complex...

David Moser  is VP of Growth at  imaware . imaware is empowering people to take control of their health, so they can live longer and happier lives. Their approach to personalized diagnostics is geared around empowering people to detect, analyze and monitor their physical wellbeing from the comfort of home. In this episode, David talks about: * At-home lab testing * The growing popularity of hospit...

Johnathan Klaus  is a Healthtech Consultant. As a former nursing manager, Johnathan brings a wealth of knowledge about healthcare. He helps healthtech startups understand healthcare and helps them improve their operations and strategy. He also writes a newsletter where he takes deep dive into healthcare topics. In this episode, Johnathan talks about: * Why fax machines are an actual solution in he...

Vipul Kella  is the CEO and CO-Founder at  Curato Health . Curato Health is on a mission to provide healthcare organizations with actionable insights, value-driving solutions, and access to a curated set of organization-transforming innovations. With deep industry expertise and high-touch communication, we maximize our client success via strategic growth, operations innovations, and financial opti...

Nick Nettleton is the Founder and CEO of Loft Digital . Loft has established its reputation as an award-winning digital consultancy and application developer. they design, build and manage complex digital systems for our clients and advise them on their tech and data strategies. Loft helps companies become technology leaders in their categories, from start-ups to global organizations. In this epis...

Michaël Cardinal  is the Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer at  TherAppX . TherAppX helps healthcare organizations with an ecosystem to simplify access to curated health apps for their patients. TherAppX Review is the world’s most efficient health apps assessment data generation process. Their latest innovation AppGuide is where patients and health professionals go for health apps, trusted c...

Ryan Paul  is an epidemiologist and the Founder and CEO of  Holden Fitzgerald . Holden Fitzgerald is a global public health practice that specializes in immediate impact solutions that address today’s most pressing global public health issues. They help safety-net providers, foundations, governments, international organizations, NGOs and healthcare companies address urgent healthcare challenges an...

Amir Bozorgzadeh  is the Co-Founder and CEO at  Virtuleap . Virtuleap is a health and education VR startup. They aim to elevate the cognitive assessment and training industry with the help of emerging technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Watch the interview on YouTube! In this episode, Amir talks about: * Why he started Virtuleap * Why VR could be the future of healthc...

John McCluskey is the Senior Director of Operations and General Manager of Flume’s Third Party Administrator services. Flume is the first digital health plan administration platform that is building tools and services that connect and move data. In this episode, John talks about: * How can we build a better healthcare plan * What they look for in digital health startups * How do we fight fragmenta...

Rishad is an artist, entrepreneur, investor, and physician. He has started healthtech investors to help people learn more about investing. He has a podcast and newsletter that helps founders and investors understand the healthtech landscape. In this episode, Rishad talks about: * The difference between a venture capitalist and an angel investor * What he looks for in founders when he is investing...

Geoffrey Roche  is the Senior Vice President, National Health Care Practice & Workforce Partnerships at Core Education. Core Education Services PBC, is a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to support small and mid-sized institutions through innovative shared services. Core’s mission allows our partner institutions to transform their business model. We do this by leveraging economies of...