On Call with AngelMD

Dr. Mario Ramirez - From ER to Entrepreneur by AngelMD

As we approach the midterm elections, it's a good time to look at how the face of healthcare has changed during the Trump presidency. Dr. Wendy Whittington is our guest as we talk about legislation, the ACA, the FDA, and what investors should know moving forward.

As the Baby Boomer generation nears 65, the United States healthcare system must find a way to handle the generational shift in both its staff and patients. On this episode of AngelMD, we’ll explore the oncoming “silver wave” and how it could be solved by entrepreneurship.

This week's episode of On Call is a preview of our new podcast for premium members: Startup Insider. Each month our CEO, Tobin Arthur, will interview executives of the up-and-coming startups on our network. This episode features Indago, a company creating the operating room of the future with its smart platform for a highly efficient, tech-enabled surgical suite. ... Learn more about AngelMD Premium: https://www.angelmd.co/en/blog/introducing-angelmd-premium/ Learn more about Indago: https://www.angelmd.co/en/startups/indago

Boards are an important part of any company, but can be especially critical to a startup's success. In this episode, we go over some pitfalls in board organization and leaderships with the help of Ana Dutra, CEO of Executives' Club Chicago. TechCrunch Article: techcrunch.com/2016/11/05/what-y…t-startup-boards/ Ana's full talk at Alpha 2018: www.angelmd.co/en/blog/ana-dutra…artup-leadership/

To build on last week's conversation and further illustrate the diversity of AI applications, we've interviewed three startup executives from the AngelMD network about how they are using AI to solve a problem in healthcare: Zeenat Ali of Mammoth Technologies, Marc Cohen of Kinometrix, and Nick Delmonico of Strados Labs. More about Mammoth Technologies: http://mammothtechnologies.io/ More about Kinometrix: https://www.angelmd.co/startups/kinometrix More about Strados Labs: http://stradoslabs.com/about/

Artificial Intelligence is one of the fastest growing fields out there and it’s no wonder, anywhere there’s data, there’s a potential for AI. We spoke to Mohsen Hejrati, CEO of ClusterOne, who has been working on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence his entire career. Mohsen shares his AI first philosophy and likens the tech to the arrival of electricity. Accenture Report: https://www.accenture.com/t20171215T032059Z__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/PDF-49/Accenture-Health-Artificial-Intelligence.pdf AI Index report: http://aiindex.org/2017-report.pdf More about Cluster One: https://clusterone.com/

If you’ve read any story coming out of Silicon Valley in the past few years, you might be familiar with the term unicorn in reference to a super-promising, hyped-up startup. With a valuation of $1 billion or more, unicorns are hailed as the holy grail, but research and some influential individuals have started to question the mindset. In this episode of On Call we’ll explore why unicorns are such a big deal, how they can be misleading, and whether chasing unicorn status is really the right move for a healthcare company. Links: Wired Article on Study: https://www.wired.com/story/unicorns-are-rare-study-suggests-they-should-be-even-rarer/ Edison Partners Blog Post: https://www.edisonpartners.com/blog/the-unicorn-delusion-3-things-you-should-know CBS Insights Unicorn Map: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/unicorn-startup-market-map/

Despite owning 38 percent of businesses (and making up roughly half the population) female entrepreneurs only receive about 2 percent of all venture funding. Even in a sector like healthcare where 78 percent of the workforce are women, that number isn't much higher. We talked to two female founders about what they've created and how they got there: Gloria Kolb and Mylene Yao, founders of Elidah and Univfy, respectively. Learn more about Elidah: https://www.angelmd.co/en/startups/elidah Learn more about Univfy: https://www.angelmd.co/en/startups/univfy-inc Link to Social Capital Report: https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/06/s23p-racial-gender-diversity-venture/

We caught up with founder and CEO of NovApproach Spine, Raymond Cloutier, to discuss how he started his company while still working for a major company.

From entire cities to spin-offs within a big company, Gina Luna, CEO of Luna Strategies, has seen all kinds of innovation initiatives thrive. In this episode we chat we her to find out the best practices when working to encourage innovation.

This week we are talking all about patient experience and how this informs more than just care.

This week on On Call we'll hear from Drs. Billy Cohn and John Simpson about medical device innovation.

This episode of On Call focuses on the potential impact of wearables within healthcare, whether it be positive or negative.