HealthTech Remedy

Discover the future of longevity medicine with Cenegenics. Learn how advanced diagnostics, hormone optimization, and coaching can maximize your healthspan. Episode Resources: Cenegenics JAMA Study on VO2 Max and Long-Term Survival Medicine 3.0 and Healthspan Optimization by Peter Attia Understanding Lp(a) and Advanced Cardiovascular Risk Markers Medicare Guidelines for Preventive and Wellness Serv...

CEO Alok Tayi shares how Vibe Bio uses AI in drug development to automate due diligence, solve the biotech funding cliff, and accelerate rare disease cures. Episode Resources: Official Website for Vibe Bio Nature Article on the "Valley of Death" in Drug Development "Chasing My Cure" by David Fajgenbaum While most AI biotech startups focus on discovering new molecules, the industry's real bottlenec...

Can AI reverse metabolic disease? Discover how Twin Health uses digital twins to safely reduce GLP-1 reliance and personalize care in this podcast episode. Episode Resources: Twin Health NEJM Catalyst Study on AI-Enabled Diabetes Remission Genome Medicine Article on Digital Twins in Personalized Medicine ADA Consensus Report on Defining Type 2 Diabetes Remission JAMA Study on Weight Regain After G...

Discover how Cedar uses AI to fix broken healthcare billing, automate revenue cycle management, and improve the patient financial experience. Episode Resources: Cedar KFF Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker Kora AI Agentic Voice Assistant for Patient Billing KFF 2024 Employer Health Benefits Survey Analysis of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and Medicaid Impacts National Cancer Institute Re...

Hospitals lose millions to medical billing errors. Discover how AKASA uses AI in revenue cycle management to cut claim denials and capture lost revenue. Episode Resources: Against the Rules Podcast - Six Levels Down AKASA Official Resource Library CMS Guide to MS-DRG Classifications and Logic With hospital operating margins often sitting in the single digits, the complex maze of medical billing is...

Discover how Marathon Health is solving the primary care shortage. CEO Dr. Jeff Wells reveals how advanced primary care lowers costs and improves outcomes. Episode Resources: Marathon Health Study on Advanced Primary Care ROI 2024 AAMC Report on Physician Shortage Projections News on the Marathon Health and Everside Health Merger Overview of the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) for Integrated Healt...

Discover how the Pittsburgh health tech ecosystem drives healthcare innovation. Leaders from UPMC and PLSA reveal the exact playbook for building AI unicorns. Episode Resources: Abridge Clinical AI Platform UPMC Enterprises Venture Arm Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance Krystal Biotech Precision Therapeutics ElevateBio’s Biomanufacturing Expansion in Pittsburgh CMU Computational Biology Department...

Discover how Stedi CEO Zack Kanter built a modern healthcare clearinghouse after the Change Healthcare outage. Learn how API-driven EDI and AI transform RCM. Episode Resources: Stedi Stedi Documentation for Healthcare EDI and APIs Timeline of the 2024 Change Healthcare Cyberattack Guide to X12 Standards and HIPAA Regulations CAQH Index Reports on Healthcare Transaction Costs About Zack Kanter: Jou...

Learn how RevealDX uses AI and radiomics to characterize lung nodules, reduce false positives, and accelerate early cancer detection in this expert interview. Episode Resources RevealDX The Fleischner Society ACR Lung-RADS National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) I-ELCAP Research HeartFlow Lung nodules are one of the most common "incidentalomas" found in modern imaging, yet the path from detection to...

Learn how athenahealth is building the AI-native EHR to reduce clinician burnout. Paul Brient shares insights on ambient dictation and revenue cycle management. Episode Resources athenaOne: All-in-One Health Software Paul Brient, Chief Product Officer Profile athenahealth Ambient Notes Traditional electronic health records often feel like a digital burden rather than a helpful tool. Paul Brient, C...

Is the EHR causing physician burnout? Wellsheet CEO Craig Limoli joins HealthTech Remedy to discuss reducing "pajama time," integrating UpToDate, and using AI to transform clinical documentation. Episode Resources: Learn more about Wellsheet Follow Craig Limoli on LinkedIn Details on the Wellsheet & UpToDate Partnership In this episode of HealthTech Remedy, hosts Dr. Tim Showalter, Dr. Paul Ge...

What were the biggest health tech trends in 2025? After a year of conversations with dozens of founders, clinicians, and investors, we're cutting through the noise to reveal what actually changed, where the hype fell flat, and where real momentum is building. We unpack the surprising gap between private equity investment and medical AI, debating whether AI is truly making healthcare faster and che...

How does a pharmacist become a venture capitalist? Hear Meg Powell's story on the transition from big pharma to startup and her advice for women in healthcare leadership. Episode resources: Learn about 501 Ventures Follow Meg Powell on LinkedIn Have you ever wondered if your clinical training could lead to a career in high-stakes investing? This episode charts the incredible journey of Meg Powell,...

Most doctors have brilliant ideas, but why do 98% of them fail before they ever reach a patient? The brutal truth is that a clinical mindset is not an entrepreneurial mindset, and the skills that make a great doctor are not the same ones that build a successful company. In this episode, we sit down with the ultimate physician entrepreneur, Dr. Arlen Meyers, to uncover the harsh realities of medica...

Is the traditional academic path failing doctors who want to innovate? For many physicians, the dream of impacting patient care on a massive scale feels out of reach within the slow-moving world of grants and publications. This episode explores the alternative: the dynamic and rapidly evolving physician career paths in health tech. We're joined by Dr. Shrujal Baxi, a physician executive and former...

Is a "normal" mammogram result enough to truly protect your health? What if your standard scan is missing crucial information that could predict your risk for both breast cancer and heart disease years in advance? This episode challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to medical imaging and explores the future of AI in radiology for personalized patient care. We uncover how machine learning is mov...

How does a successful academic cardiologist leave a prestigious career to build a pioneering virtual mental health company from the ground up? This episode unpacks the incredible physician transition to health tech with Dr. Reena Pande, a cardiologist turned innovator who scaled a startup to a major acquisition and is now shaping the future of clinician executive leadership. If you've ever wondere...

What if the millions of hours of video captured during medical procedures weren't thrown away? A revolution in AI in endoscopy is underway, turning this once-wasted data into a powerful tool to predict disease and accelerate cures. In this episode, we talk to Matt Schwartz , CEO and co-founder of Virgo Surgical Video Solutions , a company at the forefront of this transformation. Every year, over 2...

How can a brilliant oncologist, computer scientist, and former top FDA official fix the slow, broken, and expensive system of clinical trials? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Amy Abernethy, a true physician innovator, to uncover the critical need for streamlining clinical research with real-world data. Dr. Abernethy has spent her career tackling one of healthcare’s biggest challenges: how to...

In modern medicine, a patient's outcome often depends less on the skill of their doctor and more on the speed and efficiency of the hospital system itself. When workflows break down, critical time is lost, and lives are put at risk. This episode provides a comprehensive analysis of the Viz.ai AI healthcare platform, a company at the forefront of solving this problem by using artificial intelligenc...

Most clinicians are forced to manage chronic diseases with just a few data points a year. Dr. Lucienne Ide , a physician-turned-CEO, founded Rimidi to change that. In this insightful conversation from HLTH 2025, Dr. Ide shares her journey from the exam room to the C-suite and explains how her company is making remote patient monitoring (RPM) a seamless, equitable, and financially sustainable stand...

The energy from HLTH 2025 was incredible, and we're excited to share one of our most insightful conversations recorded live from the conference. Although the event has wrapped, the ideas discussed are setting the agenda for the year ahead. In this episode, Dr. Tim Showalter sits down with Antoine Pivron , Head of Healthcare Solutions at Withings , the company bridging the gap between consumer-frie...

In another special episode recorded live from the floor of the HLTH 2025 conference, Dr. Tim Showalter sits down with Jacob Hansen , Chief Product and Technology Officer of AvaSure . AvaSure is a leader in intelligent virtual care, powering over 5,000 deployments in 1,100 hospitals with its virtual sitting and nursing platform. Jacob discusses how AvaSure's unique, nurse-centric approach to produc...

In this special episode of HealthTech Remedy, recorded live from HLTH 2025, Dr. Paul Gerrard sits down with Roland Dias, a leader at GE Healthcare, to discuss the profound transformation happening at the intersection of medical devices, data, and artificial intelligence. Roland shares his unique career journey—from Medtronic to Microsoft and now GE Healthcare—and explains how his background in bot...

We're recording live from the HLTH conference for a special series! In this episode, Dr. Tim Showalter is joined by Dr. Kim Boyd , the new Chief Medical Officer at Weight Watchers . Dr. Boyd discusses the iconic brand's massive transformation from a weight-loss giant into a comprehensive clinical care provider. She details their new focus on midlife and metabolic health, including the launch of "...