HealthBiz with David E. Williams

Health Business Group president David Williams delivers 6 health care industry predictions in this rapid-fire episode to kick off 2023. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352 Yo...

Emergency physician Brian Fengler found it impossible to get real-time, evidence based guidance to make fast treatment decisions in challenging, life-threatening cases. He founded EvidenceCare to fill that gap. Today, the company's software is available in leading health systems, providing real-time, contextual information right in the workflow. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk....

Erica Jain started Healthie in 2016, when she was a first-year student in business school. For the last several years she's been building a company that builds infrastructure for the next generation of digital health. As you can imagine, the pandemic radically increased the need for what Healthie provides. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found...

Attorney Jonathan Tycko represents whistleblowers under the False Claims Act and is a podcast host to boot. Whistleblowers play a useful function and can be well compensated for their service. But the road is long, arduous and not to be traveled alone. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/s...

Smileyscope uses virtual reality neuromodulation to take the fear out of needle procedures for kids. Founder and CEO Evelyn Chan is a Rhodes Scholar and medical doctor with an inspiring life story. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple...

Brigham Hyde lost his mother to cancer at 14 and has been on a quest to help patients ever since.  Atropos Health brings the promise of real world data to the point of care, helping doctors and patients make personalized treatment decisions. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbN...

Learn all about actigraphy and its role in clinical trials from Actigraph CEO Jeremy Wyatt. You'll also hear about his role in the Farmers' Opry! And he's the first guest to take me up on my offer to share a suggestion of a book to avoid. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/...

Learn about the past, present and future of Real World Evidence (RWE) in this interview with two of its leading practitioners.  As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352 YouTube ht...

As the National Coordinator for Health IT,  Micky Tripathi leads the federal government's efforts in IT strategy and implementation. I've known Micky for two decades and am excited to see him in this role. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple http...

Brad Kittredge cut his teeth in digital health at ComplexDx, Jawbone and 23andMe before founding Brightside, which provides life-changing telehealth care to people with serious mental health conditions As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.a...

Reza Sanai  had a great start to his career as a cardiologist but eventually became dissatisfied with his role. He saw 20 patients per day but realized that about 40 percent of them didn’t need to be in his office. He tried an experiment with a large primary care practice --offering instant access to his expertise. Results were astonishing: ER visits dropped to almost zero and referrals to special...

Srulik grew up in Israel and almost became a saxophonist but ended up as an electrical engineer.  As co-founder and CEO of TailorMed, he is focused on affordability of drugs in the US healthcare system. The company matches patients with financial assistance programs offered by drug companies. That helps patients afford their meds and drives higher revenues for providers administering specialty dru...

Sharon L. Rogers, PhD is leading the development of a new treatment for Alzheimer's. AmyriAD, where Sharon is CEO is in late stage trials for a drug that is designed to improve global function and cognition when used in combination with donepezil (Aricept). As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spo...

Rob Coleman grew up in a family of entrepreneurial scientists and down the street from the Cold Spring Harbor Lab. So it was a pretty straightforward path for Rob to go from youthful intern to co-founder and CEO of a synthetic biology company. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYh...

Jean Drouin worked at McKinsey before going to medical school, giving him unusual insights into production optimization that he applied to the patient journey. After several more years at McKinsey, including a stint reforming the UK's National Health Service, Jean co-founded Clarify Health.  Fast forward seven years, and Clarify is deploying a platform to enable value based care at scale. As...

YPrime helps simplify the management of clinical trials for the life sciences industry. CEO and co-founder Shawn Blackburn  started off in the construction industry before shifting to the life sciences field.  As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://po...

Vim connects data from health insurers and other sources into existing electronic medical record workflows, helping doctors make better cost and quality decisions during patient visits. The company is backed by tens of millions from Optum, Walgreens and other industry heavyweights so they’re clearly doing something right. It’s not the most obvious path for someone who grew up in Israel and served...

Science 37 is a publicly traded pioneer in decentralized clinical trials, which offers an end-to-end 'operating' system for trial sponsors and CROs. The company leverages its various networks to enable hybrid and fully decentralized trials. The decentralized model also helps foster diversity and inclusion, which has become an important selling point. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of...

Gabriele Brambilla is an unconventional guy. As an Italian with 5 kids who's faithful to his wife and doesn't eat pasta it's only natural that he'd set his sight on the big goal of "humanizing healthcare." Oh and he also played basketball for Italy's national team. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the foll...

In this 100th episode of the HealthBiz podcast, Florence Healthcare CEO Ryan Jones describes the pain points in clinical trial workflows and what Florence is doing to help. Let's hope Florence continues to succeed, since that will mean more sites participating in trials, and faster introduction of useful therapies. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can...

Avalon Healthcare Solutions pioneered the Lab Benefits Management category. CEO and co-founder Dr. Bill Kerr discusses how to meet health plans' need for innovation and affordability while serving the patient. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https...

Amy Brown's background in social work and public policy turned out to be  ideal  preparation to lead Authenticx, The company 'humanizes conversational intelligence in healthcare.'  As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.c...

Navigating the physical and mental challenges of cancer care with technology enabled services, real world data, and patient-facing tools. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352...

Virtual reality and augmented reality for mental health treatment. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltered/id1532402352 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@CareTalkPodcast CareTalk website  http...

Thyme Care provides value based care in oncology. Robin Shah co-founded the company after stints in his father's oncology practice and at Flatiron. As of March 2025 HealthBiz is part of CareTalk. Healthcare. Unfiltered and can be found at the following links:  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2GTYhbNnvDHriDp7Xo9s6Z Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caretalk-healthcare-unfiltere...