Center for Care Innovations

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We chat with Roza Do, who helped manage the Hubs program for the Center for Care Innovations. There she worked on a number of efforts focused on building human-centered design skills in the safety net, learning from other industries and fostering strategic partnerships with entrepreneurs.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. Luke Entrup, head of special programs and innovation at West CountyHealth Center in Guerneville, CA, shares West County’s creative culture and supportive leadership and how that fuels their experiments and adoption of new approaches to care. Key solutions Luke highlights are a cross-campus implementation of video visits, group visits, and connecting to community through Purple Binder.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We chat with Mike Aratow, the Chief Medical Information Officer at the San Mateo Medical Center. There he provides strategic leadership and manages a menagerie of information technology systems, from electronic health records to the bleeding edge interventions tested by the SMMC Hub. By leading innovation efforts with early stage companies, Mike helps provide a real-world clinical test bed for their new technologies and services.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk to two leaders in the field of social determinants of health: Dr. Danielle Oryn currently serves as Chief Medical Information Officer at Petaluma Health Center. She also provides leadership and support for initiatives in clinical systems, health information technology and quality. Barbara Spangler is an Independent Health Care Consultant that works with Petaluma Health Center on innovation projects and unified communication strategies.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Bob Quinn, the founder and CEO of 22otters, a mobile health care app that was founded in 2012 and specializes as a patient outreach platform under the name CareSparks. His company offers content customization for top clinics and hospitals nationwide, helping to make procedure logistics quick and easy for both the patient and the provider.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Hee Jae Choi, a program manager at the San Francisco Department of Public Health Innovation Hub. The Hub is made up of a team of technologists, educators, design thinkers, researchers, clinicians, and organizational leaders who catalyze, attract, and support innovation that improves patient care and population health.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Joseph Flesh, the co-founder and president of Purple Binder. He wears many hats, from sales and business development to UX design. Purple Binder is an app that matches people with community services that keep them healthy, by building networks of community care, for health systems providing value-based care to vulnerable populations.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Katherine Lancman, a partner in Raw Innovation who has deep experience working with health focused companies that are looking to develop new ideas that deliver better health outcomes for their customers and cost reduction for the system. She is excited about health because the accessibility of technology and more customizable care options are rapidly changing the landscape.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Sims Preston, an experienced executive with an extensive background in technology and health care. Prior to joining Polyglot, Sims spent fourteen years as a lawyer, both in private practice and as in-house counsel. Sims was drawn to Polyglot by the clarity of its mission and by its capacity to quickly and significantly benefit groups that have been underserved by the health care system.

Welcome to Health Pilots, where we interview people pursuing new solutions for health care in low-income communities. You’ll hear about new technologies and workflows, human-centered design, and how to collaboratively innovate. We talk with Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, a practicing physician and social entrepreneur who leads Care at Hand’s executive management and strategic vision. He has led teams at the World Health Organization, United States Senate, and San Francisco Health Department toward health system strengthening through technology. Andrey has contributed to legislation at the city and national level to advance care delivery for vulnerable populations. He is a published researcher in public health informatics, quality improvement, health care innovation, social entrepreneurship, and care coordination.