Outcomes Rocket

Improving diversity, inclusion, and equity in underrepresented communities requires a high-touch approach. In this episode, executive director Lilly Bunch talks about how Greater Gift is working hands-on with communities to build trust relationships and increase awareness around clinical research to improve their design and address health disparities in the disease states as a result. She discusse...

Let's age well, let's age together. In this episode, Lisa Ireland, President & CEO of the Longevity Science Foundation (LSF), talks about their nonprofit work supporting research to expand the healthy human lifespan. Nowadays, humans live longer than they used to, and many players are investigating the longevity space, making breakthroughs that the LSF is interested in sharing. She also touches on...

The long-term care sector is an essential part of the health industry but has struggled for a while. In this episode, Samantha Rapuk, Executive Director of Lutheran SeniorLife, talks about long-term care, breaking down the different care-continuum services, and the hardships she’s witnessed within non-profit institutions in the space. She reinforces the importance of caring for the sick, the elder...

Healthcare finds itself at an ideal place to be boosted by its digital capabilities. In this episode, Tony Ambrozie, SVP and Chief Digital Officer/CIO for Baptist Health South Florida talk about driving digital transformation in the healthcare space. He explains why the industry should invest in rebuilding technology systems and product management organizations while focusing on using AI and ML te...

Let’s unpack today’s healthcare industry!  We are excited and happy to announce that the latest Outcomes Rocket Podcast is Chalk Talk Jim, hosted by the incredible James Jordan. In this new show, Jim wants to bring the industry’s greatest minds to unravel the details of our industry and go beyond the niche. Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

Medical ethics committees protect research participants. James Riddle, vice president of Research Services and Strategic Consulting at Advarra, talks about Institutional Review Boards and their work to ensure that research participant protocols are safe, transparent, and fair. Tune in to learn more about IRBs and their role in making medical research safe! Click this link to the show notes, transc...

Imagine having a digital pet that helps you take care of yourself. In this episode, Victor Wang, founder, and CEO of Care. Coach talks about using a digital pet avatar to coach complex patients to improve their self-care. These digital avatars use conversations to build relationships with their owners, reducing loneliness and increasing outcomes.  Tune in to learn how digital pet avatars can impro...

Understanding business and customers is crucial for better marketing in healthcare. Don Stanziano, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Geisinger, talks about his experience in healthcare marketing and the lessons he’s learned from it, focusing on brand and customer management. As a marketer, Don believes his role benefits significantly from building trust relationships inside his organiz...

Healthcare in Nevada has a lot of potential and growth opportunities. In this episode, Paul Krakovitz, Region President for Intermountain Healthcare’s Desert Region, shares what it takes to deliver value-based healthcare to various communities in Nevada. Intermountain Healthcare entered Nevada around three years ago, and ever since, they’ve been working to provide care to its communities while loo...

LabOps is both a driver and an influencer within a CDMO. In this episode, Shailah Yazdani, Director of Operations at the Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CMB) at Discovery Labs, talks about her journey into LabOps, the multiple facets and capabilities CBM has as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and the role LabOps play there. Shailah discusses how operations provide...

Community Health is a promising path to better health equity. In this episode, Kevin Green, VP of Community Health Centers at Ochsner Health, discusses his work improving health equity by addressing community health, targeting social determinants, and encouraging community engagement with the medically underserved population across Louisiana. He explains how Ochsner Health creates access by provid...

Childcare is difficult to access right now, even for mothers who work in healthcare.  In this episode of Insights Out, Kat McDavitt, Chief Strategy Officer at Innsena and CEO of the Zorya Foundation, shares her work on for-profit and non-profit fronts. She talks about ensuring women working in the healthcare sector childcare support and the help they need to continue working and advancing their ca...

A Rare Clinical Research Perspective from Both Sides of the Fence It’s uncommon to see those in the clinical research profession move from site-based roles to sponsor-based roles - or vice versa. In this episode, Adrienne Gaggi, Associate Director of Clinical Development at Aldeyra Therapeutics, shares her thoughts on hot topics around clinical research. Adrienne gives her comprehensive, expert op...

Writing about science is no simple feat.  In this episode of Marketing Mondays, Kristina Grifantini, Director of Scientific Communications and Marketing at Scripps Research, shares her thoughts on science communications, journalism, and marketing. Kristina speaks about the valuable elements she has to take from science journalism, marketing, and PR to find an appropriate communication language whe...

We must start working with the physician, not around the physician. In this episode, Dr. Miles Snowden, Chief Growth Officer & Executive VP of Physician Strategies at Navvis, shares their work on partnerships and models that pay physicians better and reward them for the value of the care they provide. Navvis is an operating partner for stakeholders participating in value-based reimbursement arrang...

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science's positive impact on the Pharma Industry and patients are astounding. In this episode, Tommaso Mansi, Vice President, AI/ML and Digital Health, R&D, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson talks about the development of AI approaches to the development of medications and treatments for specific diseases with the help of...

Healthcare marketing seeks to drive stakeholders’ behaviors toward a joint goal. In this episode of Marketing Mondays, Andreea Borcea has a chat with Vania Cao, Senior Marketing Manager at Natera, about how marketing can impact healthcare customers by learning from neuroscience and approaching them as human beings to understand segmentation. Human behavior is the marketing foundation, and our envi...

When healthcare meets any other profession, amazing things happen; this is how two engineers created a completely novel anti-cancer treatment. In this episode, CEO Lana Volokh, and CTO Alex Tendler, co-founders of ExProTher, talk about how their company is developing first-in-class cancer treatments. This oncology therapeutic delivers p53 protein into tumor cells using extracellular vesicle-based...

There is a gold rush happening in the epigenetics field, and this company is offering the most sophisticated tools to find it! In this episode, Andrea Johnstone, Senior Director of Product Development at EpiCypher, talks about epigenetics and how they develop next-generation tech and tools to target chromatin regulatory processes, restore normal gene expression, and prevent disease. Andrea explain...

Data can teach us about human health, it’s time to invest in it. In this episode, Vineeta Agarwala, physician, investor, and general partner at Andreesen Horowitz, commonly known as a16z, talks about digital health adoption and investing in companies with products that can pragmatically change patient care and increase workforce efficiency. Vineeta speaks about not only being an investor but also...

Advancements in Research are Never a Straight Line In this episode, Ulf Hannelius, President and CEO at Diamyd Medical gives us an inside scoop on their development of an innovative medicine for Type 1 Diabetes and explains how the path to success is often a function of tenacity, focus, and community. Ulf starts by talking about the business model, explicitly outsourcing and manufacturing, around...

Until recently, healthcare didn't have the right tools to address mental health. In this episode, Dr. Tom Young, chief medical officer and founder of Proem Behavioral Health, talks about how his company provides caregivers with a process model and tools to improve equality and parity in mental health. Dr. Young shares how Proem makes every step visible to the caregiver, allowing them to follow the...

As a system, healthcare can benefit from embracing a culture of collaboration and safety, something the whole world got to see during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Michael J. Reidy, a senior consultant at Interaction Associates, talks about how his company uses tools, programs, and techniques to build a safety culture, improve leadership, and develop conscious collaboration in workplaces...

Many young companies could use a little help. In this episode, Ornella Kossi, lab operations associate at BioLabs Heidelberg, talks about her job within the company and how they facilitate the growth of many startups in the lab space. BioLabs does this by providing them with access to infrastructure, lab operations management, community, big pharma partners, and mentors who can guide them through...

Core Education is transforming higher education to impact the business and healthcare culture. In this episode, Geoffrey Roche, SVP of National Health Care Practice & Workforce Partnerships at Core Education PBC talks about how healthcare is all about serving others. He fell in love with health administration from where he has led numerous projects with lasting impact. However, healthcare is very...