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In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Stephanie Strong, CEO and Founder of Boulder Care . Stephanie has spent her career focused on innovation in healthcare, working to move the industry forward through venture capital investing, entrepreneurship, World Bank-funded research in India, and systems innovation at Duke University Medical Center. In 2017, Stephanie founded Boulder Care...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Sandy interviews Paul Martino, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of VillageMD. Founded in 2013 with backers including Oak HC/FT and Kinnevik, VillageMD is a leading provider of healthcare for organizations moving toward a primary care-led, high-value clinical model. VillageMD works with physician groups, independent practice associations, and health syst...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Julie Yoo , General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. Julie Yoo leads investments in healthcare technology, with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we access, pay for, and experience the healthcare system.&nbs...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Sandy interviews Kate Ryder, Founder & CEO at Maven Clinic, the largest telemedicine provider for family health and women, who control 80% of healthcare decisions in a $3.5 trillion healthcare industry. Besides the market dollar potential, Maven Clinic addresses critical gaps in maternity care. The U.S. maternal mortality rate has steadily increased since...

While they remain an incredibly stigmatized group of patients, those suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) are finally finding a new breed of treatment centers focused on whole-person care. Eleanor Health is at the forefront of this movement, working to scale an innovative, tech-enabled, and peer-supported platform that supports patients through their recovery by aligning incentives in a v...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Nancy Brown, General Partner at Oak HC/FT , a growth venture capital firm where she focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare. Oak HC/FT’s latest fund raised $800M in 2019, and currently has $1.9B under management. We cover Oak HC/FT’s investment philosophy, how investing and the pace of healthcare innovatio...

In this episode, we sit down with Anmol Madan, Chief Data Scientist at Livongo , where he is responsible for machine learning and data science across all of Livongo’s products and services, to help people be the best versions of themselves. Livongo empowers people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, beginning with diabetes and now including hypertension, weight management,...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Sandy interviews Kevin Kumler, Chief Operating Officer of Quartet Health . Quartet is a health care technology and services company on a mission to improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. It is hard for patients to get the right care; Quartet works to make it easier. Through its technology platform and range of services, Quartet reaches pati...

In this episode, we interview Halle Tecco, Co-Founder and CEO of Natalist. Halle and Lora discuss Halle's career path, which includes founding Rock Health and teaching a digital health course at Columbia Business School. Halle also shares her insights on leading an organization during COVID-19, including her approach to celebrating important company milestones and how to get it right.

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Dan Brillman and Taylor Justice, Co-Founders of Unite Us , an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. Based out of New York, Unite Us has raised a total of $45M after their latest Series B round in March 2019, led by prominent healthcare investors Oak HC/FT, Define Ventu...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Eric Kinariwala, Founder and CEO of Capsule , a technology company rebuilding the $425 billion pharmacy industry from the inside out with an emotionally resonant experience, and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers. Based out of New York, Capsule has raised $270M from investors such a...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Lora interviews Dr. Melynda Barnes, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Ro. Lora and Dr. Barnes discuss why Ro's mission and why the company views telemedicine as such a critical component of clinical care in the future (spoiler alert: Ro is not trying to replace in-person visits!). They also talk about Dr. Barnes' transition from clinical practice to...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Sandy interviews Dan Trigub, Head of Uber Health , the technology giant Uber’s bid on the multi-billion dollar non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) market. Uber Health’s goal is to increase access to transportation to reduce patient no-shows, recapturing lost revenue and helping underserved populations manage their care plans. Uber has over 1,000 partne...

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, Vivien interviews Jack Stoddard about his entrepreneurial journey with Accolade, his impressive leadership, as well as his thoughts on Big Tech entering healthcare and new models of care. Jack is a senior operating leader with over two decades of experience applying technology, data science, people, and design thinking to improve the healthcare for the consume...

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, Sandy interviews Nancy Yu, Co-Founder and CEO of RDMD, about making drug research, development and commercialization faster, cheaper, and better. Backed by Lux Capital and Village Global, RDMD is a healthcare technology company dedicated to accelerating treatments for patients with rare diseases. RDMD has developed a technology platform that generates deep dat...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we speak with Fred Ronnau, CTO of RubiconMD. RubiconMD is an eConsult platform that connects primary care physicians to specialists in order to obtain timely, educational opinions for the care of their complex patients. The RubiconMD platform enables the remote exchange of insights between clinicians that eliminates unnecessary referrals and services, reduces...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Sandy interviews Abner Mason, Founder and CEO of ConsejoSano. Founded in 2014, ConsejoSano is the only patient engagement and care navigation solution designed to help clients activate their multicultural patient and member populations to better engage with the healthcare system. Abner Mason has held several leadership roles including at Workplace Wellness Cou...

In this episode, we speak with Derek Newell, SVP of Commercial at Virta Health. Virta is the first clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes (T2D) without medications or surgery. Derek brings with him a 20-year successful track record of growing and leading innovative healthcare technology and service companies. He previously was CEO of Jiff, which he then sold...

In this episode, Lora catches up with Florian Otto, Co-Founder and CEO of Cedar, at the Wharton Healthcare Business Conference. Cedar is deploying best in class technology to power a more meaningful patient experience. The company started off by tackling billing, creating a more seamless and transparent manner by which patients can pay their medical bills. Cedar is on an ultimate mission to make t...

In this episode, we chat about some of Lisa’s pithy, spot on publications (“3 Questions Every Investor Must Ask”, “13 Rules for Healthcare Entrepreneurs/Innovators”), her role in advancing women in healthcare, and how she got to where she is today. Lisa Suennen currently works at Manatt, where she runs the digital technology group, consults with the healthcare group, and runs Manatt Venture Fund....

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, Vivien interviews Matt McCambridge , Co-Founder and CEO of Eden Health about his entrepreneurial journey in building the future of patient-centered healthcare. Eden Health is a new kind of doctor's office that combines a private primary care practice, 24/7 telemedicine, and a personalized insurance navigation into one simple platform.

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, we interview Lauren Lisher, Chief Product Officer of Mount Sinai Health Partners about her journey in innovating the delivery of healthcare in NYC. Mount Sinai Health Partners is forging new partnerships with purchasers and investing in population health to improve costs while maintaining quality and increasing access.

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, we interview Mike Botta, founder of Sesame, about his path to founding a direct-care marketplace with David Goldhill. Sesame is a New York-based startup building out a direct care marketplace for individuals to purchase a full range of medical services.

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, we interview Michael Meng, Co-Founder and CFO of Stellar Health, about using data to help providers capitalize on new incentive opportunities by integrating them within existing workflows. StellarHealth is an early stage startup working to bridge the incentive gap between insurers and providers by offering its technology solution to guide providers engaged in...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Michael Greeley, co-founder and general partner at Flare Capital Partners. Jason and Michael discuss Flare's investment strategy and focus on people and talent development. Flare Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with healthcare entrepreneurs and established healthcare organizations to reinvent the business of healthcare.