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Join us today on iRemedy, as hosts Tony and Gary Paquin talk with Richard Bennett, co-creator of Epicured. Richard previously worked with Northwell, and created their healthcare incubator, Northshore Health Ventures. More recently, Richard has teamed up with friend and co-creator, Renee Cherkezian, RN. They are using their collective experience in fine cooking, healthcare, and entrepreneurship to put the healing power of food to work. Epicured brings the culinary world together with the clinical world. Epicured has developed a subscription meal delivery service in the New York area that offers 100% low FODMAP and gluten-free food. The meals are healthy, unique, and digestion-friendly. The recipes shy away from the many carbohydrates and sugars that are hard to digest, and even harder to keep track of. The menu is both exciting and accessible; it’s filled with original healthy creations and our takes on everyday favorites and comfort foods. Listen in to today’s podcast to learn more about how the clinical world ties into consumer’s needs for delicious, healthy, quick meals.   Key Takeaways: [3:05]  Find out how Epicured was founded. What inspired the idea? [4:44]  Where in New York can I get Epicured delivered? [5:25] What are some of the challenges in the food delivery business? Mount Sinai Hospital has partnered with Epicured to help provide care in several departments. It’s important for the food to feel like restaurant food, look like restaurant food, smell like restaurant food and be delicious. Fifty percent of our Epicured customers have no clinical need for our food. They eat it because the food is incredible! [7:30] How does Epicured work? Epicured offers a weekly subscription offering from five meals, up to 20 meals a week. Food is prepared fresh, cooked, and delivered in sustainable packaging to your home or office 1 or 3 times a week. Food just needs to be reheated. [9:45] It’s difficult to find the balance in this hyper-paced world. Epicured can help you create and get clean, healthy meals quickly. [10:50] Thirty percent of the U.S. population has some sort of serious digestive disorder.  Currently, Epicured is focused primarily on digestion. Epicured is also beginning to focus on creating menus for heart health, diabetes, neutropenic diet, and dysphagia diet. [12:05] What is FODMAP? FODMAP is an elimination diet, composed of short chain carbs, sugars that are hard to digest, Monash University in Australia, pioneered the FODMAP Diet. Digestive patients cannot get the nutrition that they need to survive. The Epicured diet is 100 percent low FODMAP and 100 percent gluten free. [14:52] Are your meals created to minimize sugar?  Epicured food is clean and generally healthy, with no added sugar. [16:21] How is Epicured different? We have developed  23-40 dishes that permutate into 100 different options. We will be in perpetual research and development. [17:59] Epicured is currently available in “commuter New York.” They are currently exploring how to best tackle an expanded national delivery area. Currently, over 200 doctors are working with Epicured on a variety of levels. [19:54] Where does Epicured food come from? Our basil comes from vertical farming growing basil on the roof in Bronx! [22:22] How is social media factoring into the business? [25:28] What role do the Chefs play at Epicured? We have partnered under Renee’s leadership with our culinary team, led by Daniel Chavez-Bello and sous chef Tahirí Gonzále. They are food scientists, and love to understand the impact that certain ingredients have on body chemistry, and how flavor profiles can advance the taste, keep it delicious, but also have a positive impact on one’s body. Connect with Richard at Epicured.   Mentioned in This Episode: Epicured Home Page Monash University iRemedy Home Page

CEO and founder of iRemedy, Tony Paquin welcomes his brother and business partner, Gary Paquin. The discussion focuses on the massive retail giant, Amazon, and the role that it is currently playing and may be playing in future health care. Can the current Amazon business model work in healthcare?  Listen in as some of the challenges of providing health care services are discussed. HIPAA, personal medical records, protected health information, relationships and reps expertise are all discussed in today's episode. Amazon is a trusted retailer for many consumer  healthcare needs, such as latex gloves, bandages, and lotions. But, will Amazon ever be able to meet our trusted, confidential health care needs?   Key Takeaways: [1:25] Tony and Gary brainstorm what the health care industry might look like if purchased on Amazon. [2:23] Learn the differences between the commonly used e-commerce terms B2B versus B2C and store versus marketplace? Could Amazon be a trusted, reliable partner to produce health care services? Can a marketplace provide products that you are willing to use for your health care needs? [5:16] Gary shares a personal experience about the startup of an e-commerce Catholic health care system and some unforeseen bumps in the road. It proves challenging to police such a large amount of  products in the e-commerce store to make sure that the products align with your health care mission. [8:40] Sometimes the most successful businesses sell only one product. Amazon may be too big to succeed in the health care arena. Could they merchandise key products in a specified, trusted source? Could they control and manage the supply chain? What role would HIPAA play in the transaction? Would electronic medical records (EMR) and protected health information (PHI) be shared with unprotected third party vendors? [12:24] Relationships are important in the healthcare relationship. Expertise that representatives provide is a big part of the equation for a successful experience in the hospital and surgical center services. [14:49] Find out which group of professionals ranks the highest in honesty and ethics in a recent gallup poll. [17:00] How does the data track back to patient outcome/efficacy? What is the treatment plan/outcome? The products we as consumers are purchasing need to come from a trusted source, but the information also needs to be part of the plan. The link back to the EMR needs to be protected. For this to happen, you must be fully integrated with trusted partners.   Mentioned in This Episode: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, by Chris Anderson Gallup Poll: Who do consumers trust?

Join us on iRemedy today as we welcome Dr. David Abramson. Dr. Abramson is the acting Chief of Surgery Services at Englewood Hospital and is the Chief Medical Officer at Nano Health. Dr. Abramson has worked in connection with orthopaedic surgeons to invent new Nano Cooling devices to aid orthopaedic patients in healing. This revolutionary amazing product replaces the ice pack. Join us as we discuss the many benefits of this new technology and the in’s and out’s of how this product works. Learn about phase change and how adjusting the chemical makeup changes this product from a liquid to a solid. Key Takeaways: [2:26] How did Dr. Abramson get involved with the NanoHealth team? Get introduced to a revolutionary wearable cooling vest that can freeze at 80 degrees! Learn about phase change and  its special chemical makeup that allows these specialized orthopedic products to freeze anywhere from below zero to boiling temperatures. [5:23] Dr. Abramson discusses some of the benefits of the Nano Cooling Technology: Continuous cooling without the risks of frostbite, preventing reprotrusion injury and decreasing edema. [7:26] Who can benefit from this mobile, comfortable device? Patients undergoing knee replacements, hip, and shoulder surgeries can all benefit from the device. Patients need 2 devices, one to wear and one to charge. Charging takes about 30 minutes and the wearable time is about 1.5 hours. [9:17] Dr. Abramson tells us more benefits from using the product: less swelling, less down-time, less narcotics needed for pain control, lower HCAP scores. Tony shares his experience with the product. He loved that it was non mechanical, easy to use, portable, and not expensive. [10:49] Listen to find out why the product is produced to maintain 59 degrees. [12:59] Where may we soon see this new technology, besides the orthopaedic arena? How can the product help prostate cancer patients and menopausal women? The application is also being considered for first responders and football players, to prevent heat exhaustion. [18:43] Listen in as Dr. Abramson describes the Nano Cooling Technology make up, consisting of a veltex layer of fabric on the outside with two layers of hexagonal shaped  polyurethane that allows the fabric to bend. This layer is protected by a fabric layer. The device is secured by easy-to-use straps. [20:35] Products currently available for orthopaedic use include: ankle, knee, shoulder, bolero (upper back and chest), lumbar back, midline back, elbow, and wrist. [21:32] Nurses enjoy using the Nano Cooling Technology products, and report that the product eliminates dripping ice, and is very convenient. The product is antimicrobial, and infection is not an issue. Learn more about Nano Health USA here: Nanohealthusa.com/how-it-works/   Mentioned in This Episode: Dr. David Abramson's Homepage Nano Health USA Homepage iRemedy Homepage