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What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Jess Ackerman, VP of Strategic Partnerships and Impact at Responsum Health, about her experiences across healthcare and technology, including her path from Speech Language Pathology to patient-facing roles at health tech startups. Today, Jess leads partnerships for Responsum Health, a mission-driven digital health tec...

Episode 38: Using AI, Data, and Telepharmacy To Drive Medication Optimization with Jason Rose, CEO of AdhereHealth What you’ll get out of this episode Join host Tim Fitzpatrick as he chats with Jason Rose, CEO of AdhereHealth. In this voyage we learn more about AdhereHealth’s mission to deliver data-driven technology that improves medication optimization and quality measures to achieve value-based...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Hillary Lin about Hillary’s journey from launching Curio at the start of the pandemic to navigating their latest pivot into cancer care. Hillary’s training and clinical experience led her to founding a holistic wellness startup that evolved into psychedelic-assisted therapy to where it is now as a comprehensive care d...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Kanishka Rao about the unexpected loss of his grandfather, who passed away from kidney disease, and how he was not aware he had kidney disease until his kidneys had already failed. Because of this, Kanishka and his father, Bharat, co-founded Carenostics with the goal of tackling the underdiagnosis, undertreatment, and...

Episode 35: Harnessing The Power of Play For Adolescent Health with Dr. Lynn Fiellin, Founder of Playbl, Inc. What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Lynn Fiellin about her path to founding Playbl, the Yale spin-out company harnessing the power of play to enable healthier and better lives for adolescents. We learn what tools, principles, and earned wisd...

What you’ll get out of this episode: Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Osman Khawar about the impact and benefits of home dialysis, and the potential of building a hemodialysis machine versatile enough for any care setting. Dr. Khawar describes feeling frustrated by not being able to offer flexible dialysis prescriptions to his patients. In today’s health system, nephrologists are o...

What you’ll get out of this episode Tim sat down with Carla Bond, Founder and CEO of UpSkill VR, to discuss the transformative role that virtual reality is playing in emergency training. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) kills 1 person every 2 minutes in the United States, and 70% of SCAs happen at home. But did you know your chance of survival increases 45% when CPR is administered promptly?! UpSkill V...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Eric Gantwerker about how Level Ex brings together the best minds across healthcare and interactive entertainment to accelerate the adoption of new skills and treatments in medicine. Eric shares how he and his team think about designing new games, entering new markets, and finding ways to make medical education availa...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Smit Patel about how the Digital Medicine Society, better known as “DiMe”, is building the professional home for digital medicine. Smit shares how DiMe and its partners are tackling the toughest digital medicine challenges, developing clinical-quality resources on a tech timeline, and delivering actionable resources t...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Adeline Dorough about the importance of patient reported outcomes (PROs) including the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). The “PAM” has been highlighted as a key variable in more than 750 peer-reviewed studies to date. Adeline teaches us that while high-quality medical care is an important determinant of health outcome...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Caroline Webb about her journey over the past decade working in kidney care settings. From dialysis centers to home dialysis, and case management to pursuing professional development, Caroline shares lessons from a winding and accelerating career path. Caroline also talks about her excitement for new and innovative so...

What you’ll get out of this episode Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Steve Winfree about the struggles he and so many other patients face when it comes to living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage kidney disease (ESKD). Steve takes us through his journey, from his surprise diagnosis while playing college basketball to eventually needing dialysis to survive, and finally to his transplant sto...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Linta Mustafa about the impact Vitract is making on chronic illnesses with strong ties to gut health, and the future of personalized nutrition thanks to advances in at-home testing and diagnostics. Vitract's mission is to reverse chronic illnesses that are strongly tied to the gut, including digestive, metabolic and m...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Paul Julius from Thread Health about adolescent care and how their parents play a role. Thread Health focuses on supporting the physical and mental health of teens while reducing friction between teens, doctors, and their parents. Paul and his team are focused on the stage of life where we make our first health care d...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Owen Willis about the role of education across stakeholders and systems in healthcare. Owen discusses the power of education in creating patient ownership and enabling frontline clinicians to focus on delivering great care (and less so on whether the information is complete, accurate and up to date). Owen also dives i...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with RJ Briscione from The Focus Group about his work in the social determinants of health (SDoH) areas of food, housing and transportation having worked in leadership at several large payers. RJ talks about the importance of getting it right in the last mile of care and services, why having data isn’t always enough, and h...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Gupta about different barriers to education and treatment selection for people with kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure (ESKD). Shammi dives into how Monogram Health is supporting care teams in over 30 states to educate their patients, delay disease progression, experience home dialysis options, and design car...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Raihan about bringing dignity and technology to the end-of-life care experience. They also talk about opportunities for supporting and upskilling the family and caregiver roles, and what it means to allow families to practice at the top of their license. In this episode you’ll discover: While death is guaranteed, a gr...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Leah Houston (Founder of HPEC) about the importance of decentralized ownership in the physician community amid the changing landscape of data security and transparency. In this episode you’ll discover : How more data and information to both the patients and physicians can help improve the care of patients and save...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Lucy Chen about how her transition from transplant pharmacist to informatics manager has expanded her perspectives on patient and clinician education. In this episode you’ll discover: How patient education resources are not a size fits all and there are many gaps that are left in this area. For example, many CKD patie...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick speaks with Dr. Amar Patel about how BalboaCare and Evergreen Nephrology are leaning into value-based care to improve kidney care delivery across Southern California. In this episode you’ll discover: Why physician-led education at every stage of a patient’s journey is vital to achieving positive outcomes Why large practices ofte...

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Christy Cheung about how Pharma views education and is impacted by digital health. Christy’s touches on how she views health education and where it can improve. In this episode you’ll discover: How peer to peer conversations makes a huge impact on education. There is a lot of information and opportunity to learn more...

What you’ll get out of this episode: Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Kim de los Reyes about her experience in the healthcare field. Kim has a different perspective on the care team and patient relationship and how it affects patient care. In this episode, you’ll discover: The importance of the patient and care team relationship and the impact it can have on the care that is received....

What you’ll get out of this episode: Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Mitten and Dr. Hasselberg about the innovative biopsychosocial model framework that University of Rochester’s Health Lab is trying to transform into a scientific model. University of Rochester’s Health Lab has pivoted into looking at the patient as a whole, and not just looking at the “broken spring”. In this ep...

What you’ll get out of this episode: Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Todd Maddox about learning science and the framework that Todd has helped create for startups in the healthcare industry.  In this episode you’ll discover: How VR engages different parts of the brain to create effective learning and information retention.  The difference between augmented reality and virtual reality...