MedCity Pivot

I interviewed Shawn Gremminger, CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, and talked about the challenges that self-insured employers face in managing their healthcare coverage costs. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Shawn Gremminger https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

I interviewed Dr. Timothy Showalter, chief medical officer of Artera, which has devised an AI tool that can read digital pathology slides to recommend appropriate treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Timothy Showalter https://www.link...

I interviewed Nate Wilson, co-founder and COO of Regard, and Dr. Joe Evans, Chief Medical Information Officer of Sentara Health, about how Sentara Health is applying artificial intelligence in their facilities. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Nate Wilson and Dr. Joe Evans https://www...

I interviewed Vicky Demas, CEO of Identifeye Health, a medtech company that has developed a device and AI algorithm to image the eye and diagnose a variety of diseases.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Vicky Demas https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasiliki-vicky-demas/      Review, Subscr...

I interviewed Rick Ratliff, CEO of MedAdvisor Solutions about the challenges facing pharmacies and how they can provide more support to patients in the future. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Rick Ratliff https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwratliff/    Review, Subscribe and Share If...

I interviewed Tracey James, chief operating officer, Walgreens Specialty Enterprise about how Walgreens is trying to improve affordability and accessibility of specialty drugs. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Tracey James erin.loverher@walgreens.com    Review, Subscribe and Share If...

I interviewed AJ Loiacono, CEO of Capital Rx about how the world of pharmacy and Pharmacy benefit management has evolved. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with AJ Loiacono https://www.cap-rx.com/team/anthony-j-loiacono https://www.linkedin.com/in/capitalrx/    Review, Subscribe and Share I...

I interviewed Scott Davis, CEO of Ekso Bionics about his company's wearable exoskeletons meant for people with spinal cord injury.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Scott Davis https://ir.eksobionics.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-davis-7798028    Review, Subscribe and Share...

I interviewed Daniel Tal Mor and discussed how the Lumen device can help users gain a better understanding of their metabolism and help them to lose weight. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Daniel Tal Mor https://www.lumen.me/vlog/meet-the-lumen-team-daniel-tal-mor https://il.linkedin...

I interviewed Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, about how the company's Maestro System can bring the benefits of surgical robotics to certain types of surgeries without breaking the bank.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Anne Osdoit https://www.moonsurgical.com/ https://www.crunchb...

I interviewed Beth Wrobel, CEO of HealthLinc to understand how she used a digital screening tool to understand patients' needs and ultimately help them to be more engaged in their health.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Beth Wrobel https://conferences.nachc.org/speakers/view/17252#...

I interviewed Dr Brian Clear about how opioid addiction treatment can be made easily accessible for people of color and with lower incomes. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Brian Clear ejurion@launchsquad.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bclearmd https://www.bicyclehealth.com/team-memb...

I interviewed Dr. Jackson, system vice president of population health innovation and policy at CommonSpirit Health about health equity and the programs she is running at the Lloyd H. Dean Institute for Human-kindness and Health Justice.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Alisahah...

I interviewed Ruch Horgan who lost his younger brother to a rare disease last year and we talked about a different approach to developing new therapies for rare and ultra rare disease patients.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Rich Horgan https://www.greenoughagency.com/contact http...

I spoke with Charles Fisher about his company's Digital Twin technology. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Charles Fisher drckf@unlearn.ai https://www.unlearn.ai/team/charles-k-fisher https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskfisher?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F    Review, S...

I interviewed Dr. Sumanta Pal, co-director of the Kidney Cancer Program, City of Hope, about a study he led on the effects of continuing immunotherapy in metastatic kidney cancer patients after it has stopped working.   Episode Sponsored By https://www.carta.healthcare/     Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcity...

I spoke with two executives - Punit Soni, CEO of Suki and Niall O'Connor, CTO of Cohere Health- about how their companies are trying to tackle the problem of burnout and prior authorization and help providers. Episode Sponsored By https://www.carta.healthcare/   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Co...

I spoke with Suchi Saria, Director of the Machine Learning, AI and Healthcare Lab at Johns Hopkins and CEO of Bayesian Health, about trustworthy and responsible AI. Episode Sponsored By https://www.carta.healthcare/   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Suchi Saria https://www.bayesianhe...

I interviewed Jeff Sherman, CTO of Zephyr AI about the company's vision in transforming precision medicine. Episode Sponsored By https://www.carta.healthcare/   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Jeff Sherman https://www.linkedin.com/company/zephyr-ai    Review, Subscribe and Share If y...

I interviewed Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California about its Wellvolution platform and chronic disease management. Episode Sponsored By Gilead Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Paul Markovich https://www.blueshieldca.com/ https://myoptions.blueshieldca.com/sfhss/sfhss/_/wel...

I interviewed Steve Driver with Advocate Aurora Health and we talked about how clinicians are using digital tools to manage heart failure and people at risk of getting diabetes. Episode Sponsored By Gilead Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Steve Driver https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve...

I interviewed Stephanie Tilenius, CEO of Vida Health, about her vision of holistic patient care.   Episode Sponsored By Gilead   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Stephanie Tilenius https://www.vida.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-tilenius-261b92132     Review, Subscribe, an...

For today's episode, I interviewed the CEO of Zocdoc, Oliver Kharraz, about the future of telehealth. Episode Sponsored By Gilead Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Oliver Kharraz https://www.linkedin.com/in/kharraz https://www.zocdoc.com/    Review, Subscribe and Share If you like what...

For today's episode, I interviewed Miruna Sasu about Real World Evidence and how that is changing the world of drug development and clinical trials. Who's The Guest? Miruna Sasu, PhD, MBA is the President and CEO of COTA. She has more than 20 years of experience at leading life science organizations such as Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She also has both a Ph. D. in biology and stati...

For today's episode, I interviewed Sonia Millsom to talk about the trends in the healthcare executive search market. We also discuss the progress that has been made in terms of the diversity in the leadership roles in healthcare organizations, and the tension that exists between the desire for experienced executives and the lack of women and people of color in those roles. Who's The Guest? Sonia M...