The Beat

The pandemic called attention to disparities in the American healthcare system. So, what can we do to build a better, more equitable system? How do we design healthcare policy that works in the real world? Natalie Davis is the Cofounder and CEO of United States of Care , a nonpartisan nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that every American has access to quality, affordable healthcare. Nat...

Anything that affects the practice workflow affects patient care. But how can you deliver personal, informed patient care that’s centered around both doctors and patients? Kyna Fong, Ph. D., is CEO and Cofounder of Elation Health , a platform created for independent primary care that strengthens the relationship between patients and physicians. Dr. Fong graduated from Harvard University at age 19...

A patient engaged in their own care enjoys better outcomes. But when someone is first diagnosed with cancer, they’re in shock and simply can’t process the information provided by their provider team. And once they’re ready to explore their treatment options, ‘Dr. Google’ overwhelms them with irrelevant and often inaccurate information. Maya Said is the Founder and CEO of Outcomes4Me , an app desig...

About Julia Hu: Julia Hu is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Lark. Founded on the personal experience of having grown up with an undiagnosed chronic condition, Julia is passionate about bringing compassionate care to those struggling with or at risk of chronic disease. Hu was named one of the “Top 10 Women in Tech” by Forbes and was a winner of Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30”....

‘Shopping’ for healthcare is no easy task. Most health plan websites and mobile apps are challenging to navigate, offering search results that are little more than a list of doctors or clinics. But HealthSparq is on a mission to make the process easier, giving people the information they need to find the right practitioner and get the right care at the right time. Mark Menton is the General Manage...

Getting a patient through a mental illness is much more complex than finding the right pharmaceuticals. But how do we develop technological solutions for earlier stage intervention and treatment options while protecting patient privacy? Kabir Nath was the President & CEO of Otsuka North America , a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Princeton, New Jersey. Since recording, he has recently transit...

When Walmart launched its $4 generics program in 2006, the retailer was amazed by how many Americans had prescriptions they weren’t getting filled, either because they couldn’t afford care, or they were afraid to find out how much the drug might cost. And that key learning has guided Walmart Health ever since, as they work to address issues of accessibility, affordability and complexity in the hea...

About Dr. Rowland Illing: Dr. Rowland Illing is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of International Public Sector Health for Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has responsibility for healthcare strategy and operations for AWS internationally, excluding the US & China. This encompasses healthcare providers, payors, and health technology companies. He is passionate about the delivery of person-center...

In 2014, women made 80% of the healthcare decisions in the US. Yet innovation in the digital health space largely ignored their unique needs. That's when Kate Ryder launched Maven Clinic, a digital-first platform designed to support women and families with holistic care around fertility, pregnancy and parenting. Today, Maven is the largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, serving 10M...

Health happens inside and outside the four walls of a hospital. Precision health uses data from a wide variety of non-clinical sources to arrive at the best treatment for a person or a community. But how do we use technology to improve the quality of life of a patient? By putting the patient front and center in the data. Dr. Jess Mega is a cardiologist and the Co-Founder and Chief Medical & Scient...

The same way that a company like Stripe provides payment processing infrastructure for eCommerce, Zus Health is building the infrastructure for digital health. CEO Jonathan Bush and his team are doing the dirty work to make electronic health records more accessible and accelerate innovation in the patient relationship management space. Prior to Zus, Jonathan spent 22 years as CEO of Athena Health,...

About Michael Clark: Michael Clark is committed to building organizations that simplify healthcare complexities and put the patient and provider first. As CEO of DeliverHealth, he guides a team of healthcare experts in clearing the way for essential, resilient connections among providers, clinicians, and patients. For more than 25 years, Michael’s “patient and provider first” mindset has helped he...

If we want to get healthier and reverse chronic conditions, we can only get so far doing it alone. So, what can we do and who can we work alongside, to reverse chronic disease not only in ourselves but in the entire U.S.? Jahangir Mohammed is the Founder and CEO of Twin Health. Twin is transforming the way the industry approaches chronic disease management by utilizing its Whole Body Digital Twin™...

General Catalyst differentiates itself by including established companies in their portfolio, tackling problems holistically and having an appetite for long-term, multi-year commitments. One of their guiding principles includes building deep relationships while, simply, listening. And it’s working; their approach is affecting major change in the healthcare technology sphere. Chitra Nawbatt is the...

At present, America has a sick care system where we wait until people are ill before we intervene. But what if wearable technology could serve as a kind of check engine light, letting us know when our health data is off? What if wearables could help us prevent disease and make better decisions for our health on a daily basis? Harpreet Singh Rai is the CEO of Oura , a health technology company on a...

About Melissa Sherry: Melissa Sherry is the VP of Social Care Integration at Unite Us and designs payment technology to increase funding for community programs. She holds an M.P.H and a Ph. D. from the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Things You’ll Learn: Unite Us is building coordinated care networks to make sure individuals’ basic nee...

Early in her career as a nurse practitioner, Dr. Kristi Henderson realized that many of her patients didn’t have access to care early enough. And she set out to get healthcare to the people who needed it. Dr. Henderson found a solution in technology and launched the first telehealth program in conjunction with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2003. Today, Dr. Henderson is the CEO of...

With all the buzz of new innovations, it's easy to forget that healthcare is a people business in need of technology, not a technology business in need of people. Consensus Cloud Solutions is using new technology solutions to help doctors continue to communicate in a way that’s comfortable for them, then processing that data and making it usable for the entire healthcare team. It’s about putting t...

About Kristen Valdes Kristen Valdes is the founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health. She is a transformative force in today’s healthcare marketplace, spearheading the conversation on how empowering consumers can transform healthcare delivery.  Kristen is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years in the industry and has dedicated her life to pioneering inventive solutions. Her powerful p...

About Richard Scarfo Richard Scarfo is the president of HLTH, a leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation. Before leading HLTH, he was the Vice President of PCHAlliance at HIMSS. He has also had positions in Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Alliances in several renowned healthcare industry companies.  Things You'll Learn Events a...

Over time, drug development has become more and more challenging. Success rates of clinical trials hover in the single digits, and the cost of developing a new treatment is greater than $2.5B. So, what can we do to make drug discovery faster, less expensive and more successful? How might advancements in machine learning and the availability of biomedical data revolutionize the drug design process?...

Even before the pandemic, mental health was the #1 cause of disability worldwide. Yet most people didn’t feel comfortable sharing their mental health struggles and many waited until they were in crisis to ask for help—if they asked for help at all. So, how can we destigmatize mental health and provide people all over the world with access to ongoing support? Alyson Watson is the Founder and CEO of...

How does access to healthcare data save lives?  Consider the story of a 28-year-old patient who died from an opioid addiction. After the fact, his healthcare team realized that the young man had visited seven different emergency departments in the two months prior to his death. But without access to that information, none of the EDs realized the full extent of the problem. With the right data, the...

For the last decade, telemedicine has been dominated by urgent care—and it’s delivered a great deal of value for patients in need of quick access to a doctor for something like the stomach flu. But for the technology to reach its full potential, the experience needs to expand beyond ‘blind date’ telehealth. What if we used telecare to enable established clinician-patient relationships? How might f...

Most of us would define longevity in terms of the length of our lives. But what if there’s more to it than that? What if quality matters as much as quantity? What if we could extend our healthiest, most productive years? Alex Zhavoronkov is the Founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine , a venture-backed company that seeks to extend healthy longevity through innovative AI solutions for drug discovery a...