Shot of Digital Health Therapy

Who knew that picking up that Yellow pages at age 24 would lead to Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities ? In this episode #169 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce & I spoke to Pat Sukhum who took us from attic-living startup grit to changing lives at scale - 2200 youths and counting. We talked Definity Health (sold to United), RedBrick Health (sold to Virgin), Thai food, and why the humble leader is the fiercest force for good. There's wisdom, there's vulnerability, there's even an IRS - Harvard study drop. Pat proves you can be both a CEO and a sidekick, and still lead with heart. Just a few highlights:

⚠️ Warning: Listening to this episode may cause spontaneous inspiration, side effects include rethinking innovation, falling in love with Denmark, and Googling “intelligent bricks.” Meet Anne C. Fleischer — engineer, innovator, former LEO Pharma exec, and now leading Consumer Engagement & New Business Models for Obesity at Novo Nordisk. She grew up in a village so small that your soccer team was whoever showed up to class that day. She wanted to be a helicopter pilot or a doctor, but got motion sickness and couldn't get into med school...... So she built a new path- literally - constructing heart pump mannequins, NFC-enabled pavement tiles, and eventually digital health products that helped millions.

Picture this: you're 7 years old, just got rejected from every game on the block, so you cannonball into the YMCA pool… 15 years later, you're one of the top U.S. swimmers. Fast forward another few decades, you're sitting at a desk once occupied by Andy Molnar at Pear, building the digital health reimbursement movement one payer at a time.

Ever wonder what happens when a German economics grad skips the surf lessons in Sydney and builds one of Australia's fastest-scaling startups? Farina Schurzfeld did exactly that — and then turned the same operational firepower toward mental health. In this episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I speak with Farina who shares her journey from launching Groupon in Australia to co-founding Selfapy (Germany's leading digital mental health platform) and taking it through the bureaucratic gauntlet of DiGA approval - before stepping back to build AndRobin, a sidekick-for-hire growth and ops squad.

What do William Wallace, smart pill bottles, and pharma sales have in common?They all showed up in this week's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy. Jim Joyce and I had a chat with Innes Meldrum - Scottish-born, New Jersey-rooted CEO of AdhereTech. Innes unpacks his journey from flunking high school to running $Big brands and now cracking one of healthcare's stickiest problems: medication adherence. We covered:

What do angel investing, cosmonaut training, and funding a 10-year health community project have in common? Esther Dyson. Obviously. In our latest episode #164 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure to catchup with Esther. We covered:

Imagine starting life with a speech impediment and ending up as a Broadway's beatboxing, improv master - that's Anthony Veneziale's journey! A presentation and storytelling expert, Grammy-nominated star of both Broadway and film, he is the co-creator of the acclaimed Freestyle Love Supreme, an improvised, hip hop, live musical performance with a rolling cast of characters including the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs. Anthony proves that the best ideas come from embracing yes, and... Jim Joyce and I had a blast on today's episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth today as it was packed with epic freestyle moments, brain science, and enough energy to light up all of Las Vegas.

#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy took a deep dive with Payal Bhandari M.D. ,and let's just say... minds were blown, hearts were inspired, and Jim Joyce almost started singing “Country Roads” when he heard Payal was from West Virginia.

Ever wonder what happens when you mix a lawyer's mindset, cold-calling resilience, and a deep love for healthcare investment? You get Richard Lungen, a guy who turned rejection into an art form and convinced 100+ healthcare execs to hand over $$$ for HC9 Ventures.

Ever wonder what really drives success? Fearless risk-taking, AI-powered interns, and, uh… a chicken heart?!

Welcome to Wednesday - Jim Joyce and I are bringing to you #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy from the same EST timezone

On this Thanksgiving episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy

Happy Wednesday! I am super proud of Jim Joyce and I for staying consistent again with #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy. Those podcast coaching sessions must be working!

Happy #WorldKindnessDay and welcome to another episode (#153) of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy.

This week on #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I wished that we had booked our guest for at least 3 hours as the nuggets of wisdom kept coming. It was our pleasure to

Another meticulously unproduced episode (#151) of #TheShot of Digital Health Therapy is here !

On Episode #150 Jim Joyce and I sat down

Jim Joyce and I realize its Thursday but we decided to do #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy Live from Frontiers Health conference this week.

Jim Joyce and I are back, continuing our tradition of staying consistently inconsistent and meticulously unproduced

"Being an immigrant child meant figuring things out fast – from homework to speaking English. That mindset is what drives me in healthcare.' – Dorsa Barzin Jim Joyce and I got a shot of energy on today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy - even though Dorsa did the recording from a hopistal room and suppsedly at 50% energy! Thats dedication! Her unique journey through public health, case management, and risk adjustment (yep you heard that right) is fascinating:

Jim Joyce and I had so much fun today on #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy. On this episode, we covered the whole health care "system" with the super energetic Amanda Goltz. Tune in now - you wont regret it:

Jim Joyce and I, were super honored that Rachel Trobman agreed to spend a full hour with us on her birthday!! Happy birthday

From living on four continents by the time he was 18 to breaking barriers in health tech... On this week's hashtag #TheShot of hashtag #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I chatted with Samir Batra, Managing partner at HIP:

Jim Joyce and I had a blast recording

Jim Joyce and I seem to be consistently inconsistent with #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy but we welcome you all to Episode #142. Today we had a blast speaking with Dominick Kennerson, SVP at HSBC Innovation Banking

Jim Joyce and I are trying to stay consistent with #TheShot of Digital Health Therapy" though life gets in the way! Nonetheless, here we are... a day late with the upload but we know it was worth the wait as we get into deep convo with Stephen Konya, Senior Advisor to the Deputy National Coordinator at Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) From his early days in the Marine Corps to building innovation ecosystems at local and federal levels, Stephen's journey is nothing short of inspiring:

Another Wednesday, another #Shot! In episode #140 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I got to know Eli Ben-Joseph, CEO of Regard:

Welcome to Wednesday! In episode #139 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I really enjoyed chatting with Bryan Sivak, who has a lustrous career across both public and private sectors now investing into government-driven tailwinds at Evidenced :

One is a data point, two is a trend, three is consistency ! Thats right.... Jim Joyce and I are keeping with it - third week in a row after a 6 months hiatus and we are back today with Michael Perlmutter, SVP & Managing Director of Insights & Innovation at Lockton. This episode #138 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy we dive deep into the world of brokers, consultants and employers:

Happy Wednesday! Jim Joyce and I enjoyed hosting Sana Alajmovic, a shining light in life sciences from Sweden. Sana shared her journey in combating metabolic diseases with innovative, non-pharmaceutical solutions at Sigrid Therapeutics :

After a 217 day hiatus, Jim Joyce and I have returned to the "airwaves" with the #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy" podcast. First and foremost we hope you stick around for our #AI Generated jingle for the pod (there are 2 takes), hear our key themes for Season 15 and us rewinding back the last 6 months. No guest today as we didn't want to share the virtual stage as we each had a lot to say after being quiet for 6 months:

Jim Joyce and I are back..... #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy returns after a long hiatus and while we dont promise to be back next Wednesday, we do like to keep you pleasantly surprised .. We return with an amazingly fiun guest, Dave Kerrigan, founder of BenefitPitch. We chat to Dave about many topics: ☘️ Zero tolerance for BS ☘️ Digital Health whiplash ☘️ Changing landscape of employee benefits ☘️ Consolidation in broker space ☘️ Digital health solutions - best of breed? ☘️ oh and... the amazing Masked Broker Fun mentions as always: Steve Agular Nick Dougherty

On this week's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure to host a Cyberpsychologist and founder of sersha, Ruth Guest. Give this episode a listen as we chat through:

This Wednesday's #TheShot of #digitalhealth therapy was infused by the energy of ⬥ Ardy Arianpour ⬥, CEO and Founder of SEQSTER. Jim Joyce and I had a blast talking all things:

Thanks to our guest today, #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy has been augmented by Fireflies.ai - Jim Joyce and I had the plasure of hosting the awesome Justin Norden, MD, MBA, MPhil, Partner at GSR Ventures:

I am super happy to have Jim Joyce back for my own #mentalhealth Wednesday intervention - we are back with the real Jim on #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy and we were super happy to host the amazing John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer of WebMD:

In today's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, I experimented with a Jim Joyce virtual replacement - you judge for yourself how my "meticulously unproduced" skills worked. Me and Virtual Jim had the pleasure of hosting Kristian Ranta, CEO & Founder of Meru Health:

Jim Joyce and I have now had 126 episodes of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy and today's Season 14 kickoff without Jim was just strange... - missed you Jim! However, our guest today made it super easy for me. I had such a pleasure of hosting Deborah Lafer Scher today:

What a great way to end Season 12 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy by getting some amazing lesson in #sales. Jim Joyce and I got schooled in Sales 301 by none other than Mike Rolla, Chief Growth Officer at CCS and we talked:

On this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had our minds blown by none other than the amazing Daniel Kraft, MD - we covered so much ground that its hard to even pick out the bullet points but I will do my best:

One this lighting fast episode of #TheShot of #digitalhealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I spoke to Malin Johansson, Global Head of Digital Health Partnerships at Novo Nordisk and got the inside scoop on Jim aside from many other topics: ❄️ Large company vs. startup ❄️ Pharma and SAMD ❄️ Staying focused & obsessed ❄️ GLP-1 & digital health ❄️ oh and... snowboarding....?? Fun mentions as always: Even though we did not mention - I realized that we have not tagged Matthew Holt in ages...

On this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth therapy, Jim Joyce and I got to catchup with a Dutch entrepreneur, Yosef Safi Harb, Founder & CEO of Happitech and talked about: ❤️ Heart Health ❤️ Formula-1 and the path to Happitech ❤️ How to express the power of technology ❤️ #DigitalHealth Innovation climate in the Netherlands ❤️ oh and... balance between perfect and good Fun mentions as always: Herko Coomans Tim Cook, Apple (couldnt find him here!!!

On this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I went down the memory lane of the pharmaceutical industry with the awesome Naomi Fried, Ph.D., CEO of PharmStars - we could have gone for hours but given most of us these days have short attention spans we boiled it down to:

On this Wednesday's #TheShot of #DigitalHealth therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of spending time with the one and only Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association.. So many topics, so little time:

Jim Joyce and I are starting to get our cadence back with #TheShot of #DigitalHealth on your screen or in your ear (almost) every Wednesday. Today we bring you the awesome Tjasa Zajc, journalist turned business developer and a host of the Faces Of Digital Health Podcast. We #chatGPT'ed today about:

Cant believe its been ~2 months that Jim Joyce and I have not had our Wednesday mental health intervention... but #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy is back!!!! and we are happy to start off 2023 with none other than the energetic and graceful Grace Vinton - in this first episode in the new year we talked about:

#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy is coming to you from Milan (2/3) right on the heels of Frontiers Health. Jim Joyce and I had the amazing pleasure of having a long overdue guest on - Antonio Estrella