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Techquity is becoming a standard expectation in today’s healthcare industry. In this episode, we are honored to feature Alexis Anderson, Principal at Ipsos Healthcare Advisory, and Theresa Demeter, Manager Director at Tegria. Both of them have an experienced journey in the healthcare industry, implementing technology in healthcare and avoiding the increase of current disparities, and they are now...

Working together towards health equity. In this episode, Kyle talks with Kati Sadiwnyk, Head of Innovation and Diabetes Portfolio at Sanofi, about how she’s advocating for patient access, affordability, and equity. She explains what the partnership with DarioHealth seeks to bring and how each company is using its areas of expertise in a combined way to deliver the best care to the patients. She de...

An Operations team can upscale an entire company by providing a steady framework for growth. In this episode, Matt Meiners talks about the importance of lab operations management from infrastructure and teamwork from his experience at EpiCypher. Matt emphasizes why documentation is key for a manufacturing lab and how even a small database can provide clarity and save time in the long run.  Tune in...

The physician's role is changing, and here’s a cardiologist’s perspective on what’s coming down the road. In this episode, Scott Roth, co-founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer at ImaCor, questions the current medical education system with a full-circle conversation based on his experience in cardiology, the transition to team-based care with a value-based model, and the evolution of noninvasive...

We need to redefine healthcare for businesses to treat it properly. In this episode, Simon Gisby discusses how to build a business that adds value to healthcare focusing on the customers. He questions what we have defined as healthcare and broadens its definition to cover humans' physical, mental, spiritual, and financial status, amongst other possible environmental determinants. If healthcare wer...

Technology is disrupting the traditional way of developing drugs for the better. In this episode, Behzad Mahdavi discusses the groundbreaking work with the Ginkgo platform technology to optimize drug discovery and manufacture with highly automated biological experiments. This process enables the rapid development of new advanced therapies in a safe, faster, and cheaper manufacturing setting. He al...

It’s all about getting to the customer! Join us for an insightful conversation with Matt Tucker as he shares his expertise on MedTech commercialization, pharmaceutical, and device marketing. Discover how to connect authentically with customers, understand their needs, and improve their lives through your product or service. Gain valuable insights into traditional pharma marketing vs. device market...

Yes, we take care of patients, but we must remember to care for our staff. This week on the SONSIEL Podcast, Brittany Drumm and Dawn Snyder discuss the importance of a peer support network for nurses and how they’re implementing an innovative pet therapy program for the cause at Geisinger. Nurses’ value is immeasurable, and so creating systems that make their lives a little bit easier can help the...

Although people dealing with rare diseases may be few, they all share a common humanity with the broader population that must be considered when designing trials. In this episode, Seth Rotberg, co-founder of Our Odyssey, talks about his journey with Huntington’s disease and his take on how clinical research could improve the experience of the patient community. He shares the story of his mother’s...

There are new tools that can guide healthcare stakeholders to deliver high-quality care. In this episode, Yaw Fellin talks about the new solutions they are launching for virtual care providers and payers in Microsoft’s cloud platform, a content-as-service education suite, and an engagement guide. Wolters Kluwer is working with care providers and payers by delivering educational content so that the...

A Laboratory Director's role involves many responsibilities.  In this episode, Majors Badgett talks about managing complex equipment in the lab, doing research in a clinical environment, and new tools and strategies that make LabOps processes more effective.  Tune in to learn more about Majors’ work and the many factors that play a role in a clinical lab! Click this link to the show notes, transcr...

Launching a successful drug takes more than just a brilliant idea - it takes a village of experts.  In this episode, Peter Shadday, Chief Commercial Officer US and Global Head of Marketing Specialties at Zambon, shares his insights on the commercialization of rare disease pharmaceutical products in the startup space. Peter knows firsthand the importance of patient support and health economics to d...

There are so many paths a new graduate can take, but entering professional life is always the first step. This week on the SONSIEL Podcast, Jennifer Curran talks about her work to support new nurse graduates' transition into practice and subsequently retain them. She also discusses the benefits of having a standardized, accredited program and the metrics they use to measure its long-term success....

Pause for a second and honestly think about your sleeping hygiene. Do you have to think twice before you answer? In this episode, Heidi Riney, board-certified in sleep medicine and neurology Chief Medical Officer, and Heidi Anderson, president, and Chief Growth Officer at Nox Health, talk about how they are revolutionizing health by taking care of patients’ sleep. Heidi and Heidi explain the diagn...

Innovation must move at the speed of thought, especially in the clinical world. In this episode, Justin Ramsaran, CEO and founder of R Group, talks about working to make a systemic impact in people’s lives through software innovation in healthcare, explaining how the R Group builds an open healthcare architecture to improve the healthcare experience with the help of AI. Finally, he discusses how m...

Operations require good relationships and communication. In this episode, Anzhelika Kabro, Associate Director of Chemical Sciences at Paraza Pharma, provides advice and examples of taking care of work relationships with clients and operations employees to develop new medications. Anzhelika talks about the importance of communication, appreciating lab operations employees, planning, contacts, and p...

If you care for the staff, they'll care for the patients. This week on the SONSIEL Podcast, Karen Miguel, Quality and Safety Staff Specialist at Mass General Hospital, shares how leaders can help their staff do their jobs more fluidly to enjoy it more and produce better outcomes. She also discusses why this work is important with new graduates entering the workforce, helping them create a self-car...

Inequities and a lack of representation within clinical research can only be overcome with deep investment on multiple levels. In this episode, Dezbee McDaniel, CEO and co-founder of CliniSpan Health, talks about how his company looks to bring long-term value to underrepresented communities by providing them with a platform that enhances access and education for them around clinical research proce...

The next decade will be about making sense of all digitized data; to structure it, AI, the cloud, and machine learning will play an important role.  Nowadays, patients walk around with thousands of unstructured data points on everything they interact with, their devices, the cloud, and their paper records. In this episode, Taha Kass-Hout, Director of Machine Learning and Chief Medical Officer at A...

There are many talented entrepreneurs in healthcare. In this episode, Andrew Adams, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, talks about how his company supports technology innovation and healthcare entrepreneurship. He shares his enthusiasm for the changes in the industry and discusses how they can help with the crisis in the labor market. Tune in to learn more about how Oak HC/FT supports h...

Curing cancer is an iceberg more enormous than anyone could ever imagine. In this episode, Pamela Bush, Chief Business Officer at Predictive Oncology, talks about her work connecting science and business to advance the discovery and development of drugs against cancer with the help of predictive AI and ML technology and the most extensive library of tumor samples. Tune in to learn more about how P...

Technology can build health journeys centered on consumers. In this episode, Jaime Murillo, Senior VP, and Chief CardioMetabolic Health Officer at Optum Labs talk about responsibly leveraging technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data to enhance healthcare for everyone in an affordable, engaging, effective, and equitable way. Jaime explains how to improve communication...

The Life Sciences Industry is ready to face communication, regulation, and innovation challenges. In this episode, Matt Neal, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs Operations at Atara Biotherapeutics, talks about his work introducing innovative technology for data management to evolve the regulatory operations and submissions space. Matt also explains why he believes that communication with the pa...

Chat GPT might be to healthcare what the calculator was for mathematics. In this episode of Insights Out, Harvey Castro talks about Chat GPT and AI in healthcare, the ethics behind it, and how he’s spreading awareness on this topic with his latest book “Chat GPT and Healthcare: The Key to the New Future of Medicine.” Dr. Harvey trusts this technology will take off with people who need to advocate...

There is an innovative tool that supports newcomer nurses in the field.  In this episode of SONSIEL, Joey Lee and Zayn Khamis talk about Netaverse, a solution they developed at the NurseHack4Health Hackathon, and explain the business model they’ve sketched out for it. They also speak of what it means to be an innovator in healthcare and encourage anyone interested in joining them at Netaverse to r...