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In this episode, our guest is Becky Sanders. She is the Executive Director of Telehealth Services for OPYS Physician Services. Becky comes to OPYS with nearly 15 years of experience in rural healthcare and telehealth. She holds a master's in business administration, with a focus on healthcare administration, as well as a LEAN Healthcare Blackbelt. At OPYS, their physicians actively practice in both Rural and Urban facilities. They are experienced in the Mid-Western Rural States, as they understand the needs of Critical Access and Community Hospitals. Combined with the experience of leading trauma centers, and tertiary care facilities, OPYS Physicians bring the necessary balance of experience, depth, and integration to our partner hospitals.
Tim is the senior Product and Technology leader at AdvancedMD with 19+ years of experience in Product Lifecycle Management, He is an Agile expert with extensive experience bringing new products to market in short cycles to efficiently find Product-Market fit. Tim is also known for building scalable and extensible platforms to serve customers that are flexible, and easy to maintain. AdvancedMD was born as a true multi-tenant SaaS platform over 20 years ago and now serves over 40,000 medical providers in nearly all specialties and mental health providers in all 5 states with an integrated workflow for medical practices that help improve the overall patient experience.
Today, our guest is James Rose, the director of the content snare. Content Snare makes it easy to collect information from clients. Content Snare started building their product in 2009 as a web design. Today, their primary audience includes professional services like accountants and lawyers.
In this episode, our guest is Sam Lippolis. Sam works with clinicians, organizations, and digital health companies using step-by-step methods for scaling a successful telehealth program the right way. She is an OG in telehealth having been in the field since 2010. Sam specializes in clinical training and has been implementing telemedicine for 12 years, across 19 specialties, and trained over 3000 clinicians from MA to doctor.
Today, our guest is Spencer Hutchins. He is the co-founder and CEO of Concert Health. Concert Health is working in the behavioral health and mental health space to make healthcare accessible to underserved populations including those with Medicare/Medicaid and via rural health clinics. Currently, they have over 130 employed behavioral health clinicians on the team that work hand in hand with primary care practitioners and care for over 20,000 patients.
In today's episode, our guest is Margo Jacquot. She is the award-winning founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest counseling and therapy practices across Chicagoland, with over 60 clinicians at 5 locations, plus across Illinois with Teletherapy. Margo also hosts the podcast, Your Mental Health Business Mentor, helping clinicians find the balance between providing compassionate client care and business agility to grow their mental health practice. Dr. Jacquot also provides one-on-one business consulting to mental health professionals and practice owners.
In today's episode, our guest is Ms. Kym Tolson. Kim Tolson is an LCSW with online private practice and is living as a digital nomad. She is a coach for therapists and virtual assistants who want to learn insurance billing, work remotely, and travel the world. Kim has trained over 950 therapists and virtual assistants to incorporate bill insurance into telehealth and live their best lives.
In today's episode, our guest is Louis Silberman, the founder and president of the National Laser Institute and Louology. He has always wanted to be a healthcare entrepreneur but was just too scared to jump in without the proper vision and mission, but with the right determination, Lou Silberman was able to create a video-centric medical business empire dedicated to the global community of people in the aesthetic and beauty field.
In today's episode, our guest is Adam Lorton. Adam is a healthcare independent data consultant, who helps value-based care executives to solve expensive data problems. His experience in the health space was completely an accident, being a data scientist at a software company. Today, he revolutionized the healthcare industry by introducing numbers and algorithms to interpret that data in the medical field.
In today's episode, our guest is Tim Kelly, the CEO of TeleRay. Tim has always been involved in the radiology field, he is one of the forefront personalities in providing the latest cutting-edge technology in healthcare imaging. TeleRay was the first to combine comprehensive telehealth and radiological image management system on a single platform at a cheap cost while maintaining the greatest level of security and efficiency.
In today's episode, our guest is David Stein, the co-founder, and CEO of Ash- a healthcare start-up that enables at-home diagnostics for easy healthcare delivery. The company works with health & wellness companies, medical institutions, public health institutions, universities, and pharmaceuticals to provide the most comprehensive and inclusive at-home / remote diagnostic testing.
In today's episode, Molly Ticknor, an executive director at Show Me school-based health Alliance of Missouri, discusses the health care gaps and the lack of equitable access to youth- care in Missouri. The organization collaborates with school districts and the community to help identify the best school-based healthcare program in meeting the demands of quality healthcare services to the youth in the area.
In today's episode, our guest Dr. Juan Carlos Correa, the managing physician at Modern Vascular Overland Park Clinic talks about the new tools and new techniques that they do in a very simple outpatient setting to help save people's legs. The company is doing complex vascular treatment and interventions despite the influence of the pandemic on their staff and in providing healthcare to their patients, they advocate for Peripheral Arterial Disease and mitigate the stigma underlying the disease in order to spread awareness and educate on proper treatment.
Breakthrough Technology in the Drug Delivery System In today's episode, our guest is Don Turner, the Chairman, and CEO of Neosinus Health which has commercialized a fully integrated platform for optimizing drug delivery and health outcomes The company is playing a leadership role in advancing high-potential existing drugs for new indications and developing a new and innovative class of brain drugs that will address the largest global health burden and finally deliver new therapies that have been unattainable for many decades.
This week's guest is Cherie Kloss, the CEO and founder of Snap Nurse A tech-powered staffing platform, SnapNurse quickly and easily connects healthcare facilities with on demand nurses and allied professionals. Whether it's an urgent crisis or a long-term staffing need, Snap Nurse can fulfill the staffing requirement in a timely manner while offering flexible contracts to avoid being understaffed or overbooked like traditional methods allow for.
Graphium creates innovative, mobile-based software to support the back-office functions of medical facilities specializing in anesthesia. Their goal is to optimize the management of backend data and technologies, so healthcare providers can spend less time running the business and more time focused on serving patients.
As advanced healthcare technology continues to emerge, extra attention is being paid to existing pain points that it could solve for providers, payers, and patients around the world. In today's episode, our guest Amihai Neiderman, CEO and co-founder of Nym Health, discusses the top concerns and proposed solutions around healthcare insurance claims.
Hitesh is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Nutromics and is passionate about bring innovative new wearable and AI-driven health-tech products and solutions to the market for impact. Hitesh has more than 10+ years of experience consulting globally within Healthcare and previously worked at IBM Watson Health.
Cameron Carter is an experienced product strategist within the value-based ecosystem explains how he goes about tackling some problems in the healthcare industry. [02:17] What gave Cameron confidence to pursue to pursue a new opportunity rather than just staying put? He talks about how he learned a lot from startup and that he really fancied working at a big company. [5:50] How does Cameron's day to day schedule and responsibility look like? He says that his day-to-day life is all about being creative. He adds up that at the same time, it's always about being consumer centric, or patient centric. [7:55] How does Cameron go about finding other resources and build up his weakness? Mr. Carter says that he tends to lean on others and lean into others as well. Carter adds up and says that he's quite observant and asks questions a lot. [9:52] Obstacles encountered within the company and how did Cameron solve that moment of adversity? He says that there hasn't been a laundry list of adversity because he feels like that would be a red flag. [11:47] What kind of advice would Cameron share to some companies looking to diversify? Cameron speaks emphasizes the importance of listening and understand, that decoupling your comfort creates growth. [17:52] What are some of the trends in the healthcare space? Here, he says that he is excited about people really questioning the historical context, the historical design of the healthcare system. [21:37] What sort of advice would Cameron give to other health care companies that are looking to make an impact in the healthcare industry? He says that industries should start locally and deliver good care to local schools and banks. Links: @CamDotCarter - Twitter https://www.davita.com/
Dr. Patricia Boulogne is a certified functional medicine practitioner, Chiropractor, speaker, coach, and also bestseller author. Over the last 35+ years, Patricia has dedicated her life to helping people to focus on the whole person, thus eliminating chronic problems.
In this episode, Rodney Hu is joined up Ryan Grant as his guest for the show as they tackle various issues faced in the healthcare industry. Ryan Grant, a Neurosurgeon and Healthcare Entrepreneur impacting the healthcare industry.
Hello guys and welcome to yet another captivating episode of the Medstreet Journal podcast. Our usual host of this show, Rodney Hu is joined up by a very prominent guest in Martha Futterman-Troop, a lady that applies cutting edge innovation to solve complex challenges in the healthcare industry About Martha Futterman Martha Futterman-Troop is a senior-level pharmaceutical and homeopathic business development and sales professional who has more than 15+ years of experience in rheumatology, sports medicine, orthopedics, neurology, cardiology and other professions. Martha is also the director of business development in a well-respected global manufacturer of pharmaceuticals called LyfeGroup. Martha dedicated her profession in the company by enhancing life via educational and medical research and also applying high-grade innovation in order to tackle complex development challenges in the healthcare industry.
Meet Maor Cohen, a man integrating the senior citizens with modern technology. Hello guys and welcome to another episode of the Medstreet Journal Podcast. Our host for the show is Rodney Hu as always. In this episode, Rodney interviews a special guest in Maor Cohen. Maor Cohen is the CEO and Co-Founder of ngram health. It's a company that develops therapeutic virtual reality experiences that improve the quality of life for senior citizens with cognitive impairment along with their families, and their professional caregivers.
Welcome to yet another fascinating and productive episode of the Med-street journal podcast. Our ever-jovial host for the show, Rodney Hu gears up and welcomes his guest in Andrew Kelley, who is the Chief Commercial Officer at BoxLock.
Welcome to this episode of the Medstreet Journal podcast show. In this episode, or host Rodney Hu, cheerful as always welcomes Jennifer Petrosky, buckle up folks as we get some insight into what Jennifer Petrosky is all about. Jennifer is the life sciences director at QAD. QAD is a global enterprise software company that has been around since 1979. Before joining QAD, Jennifer led market strategy for Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation company and leading PLM & IOT consulting and system Integrator Jennifer explains how the pandemic has impacted digital transformation (2.15) Rodney asks Jennifer how the pandemic accelerated the pace of digital transformation in the life sciences field where she talks about different decision making and processes automation. They touch a little bit about digital transformation and Jennifer says that digital solutions are expediting the delivery of advanced therapeutics
In this latest episode of the Medstreet Journal Podcast, our host for the show Rodney Hu is joined up by a very special guest in Ivan Dunskiy who is the current CEO of Demigos. Demigos is an IT development company that builds solutions for healthcare companies and start-ups. They get deeply involved in clients' business targets and use advanced technologies to build unique solutions that help hospitals, senior living facilities, and healthcare start-ups streamline their processes and build new competitive IT products.
Tedd is the CEO and founder of Uplift Ventures and is also the chairman and co-founder of Innovative Wellness Systems. He is a Global citizen and 30-year entrepreneur with residence and operating experience in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Blake Adams is the VP of Marketing in Florence Healthcare, where he leads marketing, strategy, analytics, and sales development teams. With more than 6 years in executive leadership roles in healthcare technology, he's passionate about helping research teams advance cures by introducing them to innovative software solutions.
“You have to have that vision and believe in it, but at the same time, take into consideration the market, what your customers are looking for and be able to pivot based on that data that's presented to you.” [17:40]Brief Bio about Mr. Byun and SalJust a little bit of insight into what our guests are all about. Salvatore and Bayan are both CEO and co-founder respectively (chief business Officer at Continuous pharmaceuticals.) continuous pharmaceuticals offer a unique end-to-end fully integrated, continuous manufacturing capability. The company's proprietary ICM technology enables timely on-demand manufacturer of drugs with significant advantages in production, lead time, quality and costs.Rodney asks about the obstacles experienced in the pharmaceutical manufacturing field (4.01)They talk about the resistance to change in how drugs are manufactured which has become a really major challenge.Sally is asked how life as a CEO is like? (7.55)Sally talks about personal infrastructure, the unit to run the business, but he says that his day-to-day role is really focused on making sure that the activity that we have and the goals are really met on a regular basis.Byun sheds some light on some of the problems they should be focusing on (13.10)Byun says that education piece does go hand in hand with business development, and also the publication results that then provide more substance and complements.Sally comments on some of the trends in pharmaceutical manufacturing space (15.19)He says that there is actually a lot of emphasis being placed now in using more efficient and agile, manufacturing processes to produce better quality medicine.Rodney asks what sort of advice he’d have for professionals trying to tackle problems within the pharmaceutical manufacturing space. (20.05)Byun says that you have to have fortitude in terms of your product and what you're looking to sell or what your vision is. Sally adds up on it and says that professionals in the manufacturing pharmaceutical space shouldn’t fear to change the current status quo.They discuss about the most influential people in their lives (25.16)Both men talk about their dads as their main source of inspiration.Relevant linkshttps://www.continuuspharma.com/ https://twitter.com/ContinuusP https://www.linkedin.com/company/continuus-pharmaceuticals/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CONTINUUSPharmaceuticals
Just a little bit of insight into what our guests are all about. Salvatore and Bayan are both CEO and co-founder respectively (chief business Officer at Continuous pharmaceuticals.) continuous pharmaceuticals offer a unique end-to-end fully integrated, continuous manufacturing capability. The company's proprietary ICM technology enables timely on-demand manufacturer of drugs with significant advantages in production, lead time, quality and costs. Episode Website
Meet Amiad Fredman, a man who advocates for the benefit of the gaming world to health. Amiad is the Chief Medical Officer at Aegis Digital health is focused on clinical product development and making the path to market for digital health start-ups. In today's episode, your host for the show Rodney Hu welcomes Amiad Fredman and discuss the usefulness of virtual reality technology in the medical world
Sheema Qurashi owns a healthcare Social Media Marketing Agency that works with dentists. She has eight years of social media marketing experience. In this episode, your host for the show Rodney Hu welcomes Sheema Qurashi and discusses some of the strategic methods that social media can elevate your profile.
In this episode, we have Dr. Alan D. Snow, he is Founder & CEO of Cognitive Clarity Inc. and former Research Associate Professor of Pathology at University of Washington in Seattle, where he was an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center project team leader for over 10 years.
In this episode, we have Tim Gronniger, he has served as the President & CEO of Caravan Health since 2019. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Accountable Care Organizations. Tim joined Caravan Health in 2017 as the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Development, becoming the company President in 2018. In those roles he oversaw the company’s delivery and operations as well as marketing and its strategic growth plan.
In this episode, we have Elisabeth Bohlmann, she is the VP of Client Strategy at December Labs, a high-touch Design & Development rm for mobile and web products that are at the frontline of innovation. She drives December Labs’ expansion strategy and accompanies up-and-coming startups and enterprise companies towards scalable and continuous growth, making her a sought-out speaker from key industry events such as CES to deep dive workshops. “We want our clients to be successful. And the best cases are where we really build long lasting relationships and where we don't just help them build their initial product, but also then continue to strategize” - Elisabeth Bohlmann [20:30] Episode Highlights: - Who is Elisabeth Bohlmann and how she got into healthcare industry? [00:50] - What is December Labs and how it serves people? [3:00] - Elisabeth cited some companies they have worked with [6:00] - Creating ultimate user-experience [9:30] - Common problems that they are facing [11:00] - How can Elisabeth see that they’re helping their customer’s customer? [17:00] - Elisabeth’s specific role and responsibility as VP of Client Strategy? [18:10] - What does that transformation that December labs takes them through to kind of help position them for success? [22:30] - Advice to companies that are looking to deploy some sort of digital solution for their company. [26:00] - Rodney with the rapid-fire questions [29:10]
In this episode, we have Tim Coan, he is the co-founder and CEO of ALN, a company that provides revenue cycle management services to independent physician practices across the country. He has been working in healthcare for 30 years. Tim is one of the founders of ALN and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 2000. Tim directs ALN’s overall strategy and business development efforts. One of his primary roles is helping ALN’s clients develop their future business strategy. He is a frequent national speaker on healthcare issues and writes a blog on matters that are important to independent physicians. Episode highlights: • Who is Tim Coan and how he got into healthcare industry? [1:00] • What is ALN and how do they serve people? [1:38] • Since Tim is working with large companies, when it comes to working with all independent physician practices, what do they need to start focusing on when it comes to revenue cycle management, that they may not already be focusing on? [3:00] • Why choose ALN as a company and how they serve them as a business solution [11:00] • How technology advantages his company [12:00] • The plumbing analogy means [14:00] • What are some negative consequences for physicians who don't take this part of their business seriously or they aren't putting as much focus on it [15:00] • What sort of like positive impacts, have you noticed personally with customers and clients that you've worked with, who've actually taken the proper steps to manage them in their revenue cycle management? [17:30] • Client transformation through ALN [21:15] • What sort of advice would Tim give to physician practices that are looking to work with a revenue cycle company? [24:50] • Rodney, the host, with the rapid-fire round questions [26:50] Resources and Links: https://alnmm.com/ Connect with Tim
In this episode, we have Mehdi Tabrizi, he is the Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Innovation & Customer Experience for Moda Inc. He leads the marketing organization for Moda Health and its portfolio of businesses.
In this episode, we have Stewart Gandolf and we talked about Healthcare Success which specializes in getting their clients results. Their clients are typically hospitals, medical practices, other healthcare networks, and medical manufacturers who want to reach patients. Their company has three divisions, Education, Consulting, and a full-service healthcare marketing agency.
In this episode, we have Sheryl Puterman, she is an internationally trained and Certified Mind-Body Nutrition & Wellness Practioner. She is also an expert in Stress Relief Management, Conscious Relationships,& Nutritional Psychology. We discussed how she helps people with the use of the best of mind-science, correct nutrition, and psychology practices with the use of their strategies and techniques help overcome, stress, fatigue, unhealthy habits both physical and emotional, and more.
In this episode, we have Dr. Mike Fedewa, he is a researcher in Exercise Science at the University of Alabama. Dr. Ben Fedewa is a board-certified physical therapist in Oakland California. Together, they are Co-Founders of made Health and Fitness LLC and have developed a simple and accurate tool that can measure muscle and fat from a single picture using your smartphone or tablet. Athletes and weekend-warriors can measure their progress with research-grade accuracy for less than a cup of coffee.
Keith Somers is the Co-founder & COO of HealthCorum, it is a health data analytics company uniquely focused on identifying care that is unnecessary and of low-value to patients, eliminating wasteful spending prevalent in provider networks and saving money for healthcare organizations. In this episode, we talked about how HealthCorum uniquely focuses on developing technology to identify and reduce the delivery of low-value care.
In this episode, we talked about how Brendan Keel started his journey in healthcare and we discussed about Redox - a modern API for healthcare, they enable best-in-class software to easily and securely interoperate with EHRs. By connecting to Redox once, digital cloud applications can utilize existing infrastructure to integrate with any health system and augment the quality and scope of patient care. Redox is the leading integration platform with an ecosystem powering hundreds of enterprise healthcare applications.
CEO Jon Lensing, CTO Curtis Olson, and COO Christian Williams Founded in January of 2020, the small start-up, Open Loop, has come a long way. Originally conceived as a service to directly connect clinicians with open jobs, the pandemic forced Open Loop to pivot. In just one year, Open Loop has exponentially expanded their reach and their services. Their partner hospitals went from 4 to 26. Their physician number surged from 80 to a 1,000. Join us to see where they plan to take Open Loop in 2021.
Dr. R. Jason Hallock, MD, MMM leads the management of clinical and administrative strategy at SOC Telemed, ensuring that top-rated medical standards are met across all clinical specialties. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Dr. Hallock discusses how hospitals can start and optimize the use of telemedicine practice in their workflow. He also shares how they can help enable organizations to build sustainable telemedicine programs in any clinical specialty.
Evan and Irma are founders of eViRa Health, a B2B digital marketing consultancy with an exclusive focus on social media in Health and Life Sciences. They founded eViRa Health in 2017 with a mission to bring their decades of experience and know-how in product development, technology, storytelling, business development, social engagement and patient experience to serve the global Health Tech community. Evan and Irma’s work earned each of them top Healthcare Social Graph Scores (99+ out of maximum 100), based on Symplur’s trusted analytics and database of tens of thousands of healthcare topics with billions of conversations and millions of healthcare influencer profiles. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Evan and Irma discuss the advantages of digital marketing and how it has drastically become relevant to the modern world. They will share their insights on building thought leadership and content around digital health and the health tech road.
Neil Littman is the CEO and Founder of Bioverge Inc. Bioverge is an investment platform that funds visionary entrepreneurs with the aim of transforming healthcare and bringing science fiction to life. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Neil Littman shares what he’s working on in Bioverge, his experiences in the healthcare industry and how it led him towards creating a company with an entrepreneurial management team skilled in venture creation as well as science.
Matthew Gibbs is the President of Commercial Markets for Capital Rx, the fastest-growing pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in America. He is a pharmacist by background and also has various leadership positions experience for both national health plans and several PBMs for over 20 years. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Matthew Gibbs shares his experience and journey about what he does for Capital Rx and how they make sure to deliver their goal which is to offer optimal patient outcomes with drug-transparency for pricing.
Brian Yarnell is the President and Co-founder of Bluestream Health. They are changing the way healthcare is delivering. They are dedicated to providing seamless, cost-effective access to healthcare experts throughout the healthcare continuum. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, we’ll hear about how Brian started his journey and founded a team that created a platform which allows healthcare professionals to instantly request and receive remote video assistance at the point of care across virtually any expertise.
Richard Vazquez is the CEO of SafeStart Medical. SafeStart Medical is a healthcare IT company that is composed of partnership surgeons, healthcare experts, and engineers specializing in the development, distribution and marketing of innovative surgical safety and efficiency applications. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Richard shares their vision and goal as they currently and actively work to innovate in the world of surgical operations to smooth the workflows, create operating efficiencies, enhance patients’ safety, and increase patients’ satisfaction.
Mario Anglada is the Founder and CEO of Hoy Health LLC. With over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, he has found opportunities and come up with the resolution that is accessible for everyone. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Mario shares his way through healthcare space and how he uses his vast experience from working with large healthcare companies such as Procter & Gamble, J&J, and Cardinal Health to identify the two main challenges of the healthcare industry and provide solutions in the most efficient way.
Tafari Alexander is the Vice President and Director of Healthcare Technology for Recruit Group. They are a full service staffing and executive search firm that uses a consultative approach to provide the best team for their clients. In this episode of MedStreet Journal, Tafari Alexander shares his experience in the recruitment firm for 17 year, 14 years of which is spent in representing healthcare technology companies. With his vast experience, one thing he focuses on is the authenticity of his personality and how it played a big role in gaining the candidate's trust.