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About Jordan Penn: In the past decade, Jordan Penn has spent his healthcare career as a storyteller, leveraging healthcare data and analytics to follow the patient journey, assist in research, and more. His expert knowledge of medical and pharmacy claims, lab data, and EMR/EHR data has made extraordinary contributions to his clients, he has also been deeply involved with analyzing patient journeys...

About Judith Kulich: Judith serves as ZS’s lead for patient health and equity, focused on partnering with clients across the healthcare industry to drive meaningful progress in health equity. She is also an elected member of ZS’s Shareholders’ Council where she serves as the chair of the ESG Committee and leads the ZS Practice Council. Judith has spent much of her 20-plus years in the healthcare i...

Today, in the average ICU, there are 35 smart devices with independent alarms, resulting in 750 alarms per patient per day.   And technology that was supposed to make life easier for medical professionals is overwhelming them and contributing to burnout.   So, what can innovators do build technology that supports providers and enhances the care experience?   Tom Polen serves as President, Chairman...

About Simon Gisby: Simon is a principal and the Life Sciences and Health Care Group leader with Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC (DCF) and a principal in Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP. He has more than 20 years of investment banking experience focused on the healthcare industry. Before joining DCF, Simon was a director with Houlihan Lokey where he specialized in the financial rest...

Imagine having 24/7 access to your primary care physician.   Doctors and patients alike are frustrated with the current model of rushed visits and disconnected care. But what if there is a better way? What if we leverage a combination of virtual and in-person support to deliver a new model of value-based care?   Dr. Tom X. Lee is CEO of Galileo , a next-generation healthcare delivery system that u...

About Yaw Fellin: Yaw J. Fellin, is the VP of Product and Solutions and Clinical Effectiveness for Wolters Kluwer Health Yaw Fellin brings more than 15 years of experience as a healthcare executive, with proven results leading cross-functional teams, generating value and revenue growth, most recently at Optum, a global healthcare IT company. Prior to that, Yaw spent over 12 years at the Advisory B...

We recognize that nutrition is the front line of health care.   But it’s challenging for patients to sustain lasting changes to their eating habits outside the clinical environment.   Can technology help us promote healthy eating after a patient leaves the hospital or exam room? How do we deliver a customized digital nutrition coaching experience that keeps users engaged for the long-term?   Vanes...

About Heidi Riney: Dr. Riney is board-certified in sleep medicine and neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) and National Sleep Foundation (NSF), where she serves on the Public Affairs Committee. She completed her medical training at Wake Forest, neurology reside...

We have come to understand the importance of mental wellness in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Nevertheless, many of us don’t have access to traditional therapy, or we’re hesitant to visit a psychiatrist’s office. And a growing number of people are looking to online therapy as an alternative.   But can you build strong relationship with a therapist virtually? What does qu...

About Taha Kass-Hout: Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS is the Director of Machine Learning and Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and leads AWS Health AI strategy and efforts. He led teams at Amazon responsible for developing the science, technology, and scale for Covid-19 lab testing, including Amazon’s first FDA authorization for testing our associates—later offered to the public for at-ho...

Several years ago, leading VC Marc Andreessen proposed the notion that innovation happens through a process of unbundling and rebundling.   Healthcare is no exception.   Through the micro-specialization of companies, we’ve witnessed a great deal of unbundling in the industry. Now, we’ve begun the process of rebundling.   So, what does this mean for the future of healthcare tech? And how do venture...

About Jaime Murillo: Dr. Jaime Murillo is a Senior VP and the Chief CardioMetabolic Health Officer at Optum Labs.  He is focused on disruptive care delivery solutions to improve health in the community using AI-powered technology, social-behavioral determinants of health, and community-based collaboration. His work also includes advanced analytics to identify gaps in care with an emphasis on healt...

How can we transform patient health through personal and predictive care? By taking it home. Sheeza Hussain is the Chief Commercial Officer of Biofourmis , a global leader in digital therapeutics. Biofourmis has a vision to improve the delivery of healthcare by treating patients with chronic and acute medical conditions outside of the hospital utilizing advanced technology. On this episode, Sheeza...

Can we take what we learned from the influx of telehealth during the pandemic into the future to close the gap in health inequality? Scott MacLean is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at MedStar Health , a not-for-profit health system serving Maryland and Washington, DC. He's responsible for the leadership and vision of information services to support clinical research and academ...

The pandemic exposed the cracks in the healthcare system. But how do we prioritize resources to maximize capabilities for the future? By prioritizing partnerships. Dr. Rasu Shrestha is Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and Executive Vice President for Atrium Health , one of the largest non-profit and leading academic health systems in the United States. Dr. Shrestha is responsible for Atri...

Since the pandemic many health care providers have shifted to a remote approach. Though, not every provider looks to improve the root of total health. How can we power proactive, predictive health from real-time patient data with prevention in mind - all remotely? Dan Vahdat is the CEO and Founder of Medopad, a global HealthTech AI company with a vision to create a world where people can live long...

How do you optimize the outcome for a patient who has chronic kidney disease? By treating them as a whole person. Rani Khetarpal is Head of Value-Based Care Partnerships at CVS Health , where she leads the build and execution of innovative alternative payment models and risk arrangements. While she encompasses a diverse array of experience within the healthcare ecosystem, Rani’s area of expertise...

If you think about our phones, we all essentially have the same phone yet, it’s a deeply personalized experience for each one of us. What if healthcare was like that? -  Personalized and holistic, thinking about you, where you are. Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph. D., M.B.A., is the President of Verily Health Platforms, overseeing all health care platforms, including Onduo, Healthy at Work, and Verily’s V...

People talk about cost savings or about longevity but if you frame it with how many doctor visits you’re going to have per year, you want that to be the lowest number not the highest number. So, how do we prevent people from getting into an ICU? How do we do this when on the other side with capitalism you have people saying, “how do we get more people in here?” There’s this real tension in the hea...

The biggest opportunity in healthcare is to extend health equity and provide total wellness solutions through virtual and technology platforms. But what challenges does that present? And how can you simplify the human experience across the spectrum? Rajeev Ronanki is the President of Digital Platforms at Anthem® , where he is harnessing the power of AI to offer personalized healthcare for patients...

Virtual care solutions have come to be just as important, if not, more important than physical care options. How can we work to meet that need with many challenges including, affordability, accessibility, etc? How can we pioneer a new approach to health care that meets every aspect of one’s total health? CVS Health and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark, Sree Chaguturu and his team are working di...

Millennials are acquiring chronic diseases at a younger age than any prior generation. But the way they access healthcare is fundamentally different from other demographics. Millennials prefer virtual visits with providers and prescription delivery to visiting a clinic or pharmacy—and that’s why the consumer retail health company hims & hers is on an upward trajectory. Dr. Patrick Carroll is the C...

How do you optimize patient touchpoints to make the delivery of complex care easier and more meaningful? Manav Sevak is the Co-Founder & CEO of Memora Health , a company using artificial intelligence to digitize and automate complex workflows to modernize the care delivery experience for both patients and care teams. On this episode, Manav joins host Dr. Jessica Shepherd to discuss the first-hand...

There are 19,000 independent drug stores nationwide, the majority of which serve rural, underserved or socially vulnerable areas of the country. How can these small community pharmacies compete with large corporate entities entering the healthcare space? And what is the advantage of using a small, independent drug store versus Walmart or Amazon? Nimesh Jhaveri is the President of Community Pharmac...

About Theresa Demeter: Theresa Demeter is an entrepreneurial executive administrator with 30 years of healthcare performance and operational experience. As a Managing Director at Tegria, she brings her passion for conceptualizing and implementing innovative solutions that drive quality and performance improvement to optimize patient outcomes. Theresa developed Tegria’s offering that helps healthca...