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David Metcalf, Director of the METIL lab at the University of Central Florida joined Pat Salber to discuss the growing role of Alexa in the management of health and healthcare. She makes it easy to remember to take your meds. She can connect you to your doctor for a video conference. She can even turn your hospital room into a smart room so you can use your voice to close the blinds, turn on the TV or ask your nurse for more medication. Who knows what she will be doing in the future as the form factors evolve and her functionality grows.  

The results of President Trump's heart health tests were the topic of much discussion and a lot of confusion. Cardiologist Andrew Waxler, MD, joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss heart health testing.

Nomad Health has made it easy for hospitals and clinics to find clinicians (docs and nurses) to fill open positions. Dr. Alexi Nazem joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss how the company finds and helps credential and license doctors and nurses across the country. They have recently expanded their services in NY to include doctors as well as nurses.

It is so much easier to see how digital health things can work, interact, and provide value when you can see them in the context of life. Pat Salber MD interviews Harry Pappas, Founder and CEO of the IntelligentHealth Association and the IntelligentHealth Pavilion that creates full-on iHomes and iHospitals so prospective purchasers can see digital health devices in context.

UPMC is so much more than just a Medical Center, it is an innovation powerhouse leading the charge to transform healthcare. Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) talks with Rasu Shrestha MD, Chief Innovation Officer who explains all of the ways the organization is pushing the cutting edge of healthcare innovation.

In today's interview, we will be speaking to Dan Fronczak, CEO of HealthRoster. What is HealthyRoster? What should I know about this company and how is it related to me? Well, if you are an athlete or a trainer or even a parent, friend, or relative of one, this may interest you. According to Dan, "Healthy Roster is the only injury documentation tool that allows athletic trainers to build deeper relationships with parents and prove outreach works." Tune in to find out more.   About HealthRoster At Healthy Roster, we're empowering Sports Medicine departments to easily prove their immense value through end-to-end injury tracking and reporting. By providing AT's with a dramatically better mobile injury documentation and communication tool, and integrating Healthy Roster with your healthcare system's main EHR, we can help prove the value of outreach to your healthcare organization!

Today, we will be interviewing Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Chief Medical Officer of BaseHealth. As BaseHealth's Chief Medical Officer, he brings a distinctive blend of medical practitioner and business strategist, both national and international, to the realm of healthcare technology. At BaseHealth, van Terheyden will bring the physician perspective, helping the company bring practical solutions to market that always keep an eye first and foremost on the patient.   About BaseHealth BaseHealth is the comprehensive predictive analytics company for population health management. The company's proprietary platform leverages machine learning to sift through millions of medical journals and patient records curated by scientists and physicians to offer healthcare providers the ability to identify patients with underlying risks for 43 chronic diseases and prevent costly treatments before they're needed. At BaseHealth, we take the guesswork out of risk and population health management and put science in the driver's seat.   BaseHealth was founded in 2011 by an interdisciplinary team of leading clinical geneticists, healthcare executives, software engineers, and physicians. Learn more at basehealth.com.

Today, we'll be talking about the importance of flossing. Now, most Americans think that if they floss, they will just have a prettier smile. What they don't realize is that if they don't floss, they are more susceptible to periodontitis. Periodontitis, unfortunately, can contribute to other health problems. To undertand the importance of flossing, we have Deborah Lyle, RDH, BS, MS, Director of Professional and Clinical Affairs, Waterpik, joining us today. She will be discussing why it is important to floss and how water flossing (if string flossing isn't your thing) can be easier and more beneficial to your health. As Lyle says, it is so important to floss once a day as a means to prevent plaque from building up. "It starts building up within minutes of visiting your dental hygienist and can cause visible signs of infection in as little as two weeks. You simply can't rely on professionals alone to care for you. String flossing will not work for most people. You need the pulsating action of water flossing to clean bacteria out of deep pockets. Only water flossing can find its way into hard to reach places."

Today, we will be speaking to Jeanne Pinder, CEO and Founder of ClearHealthCosts. In this episode, Jeanne will be focusing on how they are bringing transparency to the healthcare marketplace by telling people prices for medical procedures and items. According to Jeanne, by revealing prices, they are empowering consumers to make informed decisions about the costs of their medical care and coverage.

Today, we will be speaking to Rebecca Lord, VP of UX at Medullan, a Boston-based digital health consultancy. In this episode, Rebecca will be focusing on the role of patient advocacy in healthcare: partnering with patient organizations to offer the support, context, and guidance that individuals need after receiving their test results for specific diseases and partnering with well-known organizations (like Susan G. Komen for breast cancer-related diagnoses, for example), which could provide the credibility and specificity needed to deal with these kinds of results.

On-air with us is Dr. Kelly Sullivan, one of the nation's pre-eminent board-certified plastic surgeons at Sullivan Surgery and Spa in Annapolis, Maryland. As a world-class plastic surgeon for over 20 years with expertise in breast surgery, body contouring, facial rejuvenation, and cancer reconstruction, Dr. Sullivan is a renowned expert in her field, and has been recognized as one of America's Top Plastic Surgeons, receiving Most Compassionate Doctor and The Patient's Choice Awards, selected for the Top One Hundred Women in Maryland, as well as Castle Connolly's Top Doctors. In this episode, she will be discussing with us the new data released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). It reveals that Americans want to put their best face and body forward as their annual plastic surgery procedural statistics show a 3% growth in cosmetic procedures over the last year. According to ASPS statistics, there were 17.1 million surgical and minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures performed in the United States in 2016. The data also shows new cosmetic trends in both facelifts and fat.

San Francisco-based ConsejoSano, which makes a health services navigation platform for Spanish speakers in America, has raised $4.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by 7wire Ventures. The company, whose name means “HealthyAdvice” in Spanish, mainly works with health plans, employers and at-risk providers who are trying to increase engagement from their Spanish-speaking customers, employees, and patients. ConsejoSano's integrated platform arms clients with multi-channel messaging, care navigation, data analytics and 24/7 access to native Spanish-speaking medical navigators. The latest funding will be used to develop more sophisticated data collection and analytics that will be parlayed into preventive care. While many healthcare and technology companies offer Spanish-language options, like Anthem BlueCross's Spanish telemedicine and messaging capabilities, most function as add-ons to the more comprehensive services offered mainly in English. That's where ConsejoSano wants to set itself apart.

By the age of 35, two-thirds of American men will experience some degree of hair loss. By the age of 50, approximately 85% of men will have significant thinning hair. August is National Hair Loss Awareness Month and more than 95% of hair loss in men results from androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness.  Thankfully to technology and medicine, there more and more treatments are being developed to help with hair loss. Today, we have Dr. Kenneth Anderson, board certified hair restoration surgeon from Atlanta, GA and a specialist in Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for hair loss, joining us for the discussion. From the most innovative stem cell research to the older strip surgery procedures, Dr. Anderson expert doctor can educate you on what really works and what does not work.

A new breakthrough treatment for advanced bladder cancer has just received FDA approval under the accelerated approval program. The new treatment is Genentech's new cancer immunotherapy medicine TECENTRIQ (atezolizumab). This is the first cancer immunotherapy approved to treat this form of cancer. And until now, there have been no treatment advances for advanced bladder cancer in more than 30 years. Join us as we talk to Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, medical oncologist and Professor of Medicine and Urology at the Yale Cancer Center and one of the lead investigators on the TECENTRIQ (atezolizumab) clinical trial, and Lou, a patient from the clinical trial, about the new breakthrough treatment.

We'll be interviewing Co-Founder, Swathi Kiran, about her company, Constant Therapy, who provides mobile applications for continuous and customized therapy to people with speech, language, cognition, memory, and learning disorders. In this interview, we'll drill into what Constant Therapy is, what their goals are, and just exactly how they are different from Lumosity and all those other brain games apps.   A little about Constant Therapy Born out of groundbreaking research at Boston University and in use at prominent and nationally recognized rehabilitation institutions, Constant Therapy provides the most comprehensive set of tools for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke survivors and for people with aphasia or dementia. Therapy tasks are based on the latest research and are easy to use. With 65 task categories and a growing library of over 60,000 exercises, patients can continue to make progress at home or even after traditional care ends in the clinic. For more information: http://constanttherapy.com/.

Today, we will be talking to William Rosenzweig, Dean and Executive Director of The Food Business School, about what The Food Business School (FBS) is and what aspirations and goals they envision FBS to be.  William B. Rosenzweig has spent more than twenty-five years integrating the practices and perspectives of an entrepreneur, venture investor, and educator. He is regarded internationally as an expert in cultivating and transforming impactful ideas into thriving enterprises. Will was founding CEO (and Minister of Progress) of The Republic of Tea, an award-winning specialty tea company that is credited with creating the premium tea category in the United States. As an entrepreneur and investor, he has been involved in Odwalla, Stonyfield Farms, Trinity Springs, Winetasting.com and Brand New Brands, a functional food incubator he founded in 2003. In November 2014, Will joined forces with The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to launch The Food Business School (FBS), the CIA's new center for executive and graduate education. As dean and executive director of The Food Business School, Will is working with industry experts to create specialized programs that enable and empower entrepreneurs to design, deliver, and lead transformative innovations that address the world's most pressing food challenges—and its greatest business opportunities.   A little about FBS's mission The Food Business School enables and empowers entrepreneurial leaders to design, deliver and lead transformative innovations that address the world's most pressing food challenges—and its greatest business opportunities

Today's guests are Adam and Neal Kaufman of Canary Health, formerly known as DPS Health. Why the sudden change in name? And exactly what are they intending to do forward? Well that's what we'll be asking Adam and Neal so tune in.   About the company... DPS Health, the leader in digital health self-management, announced that effective immediately on May 27th, it has renamed the company Canary Health to better align with its mission to engage consumers to arrest the trajectory of chronic illness. While organizations have traditionally invested in the healthy and very sick populations, they must now invest in a third group, the "Emergent-Risk" population—adults with one or more prechronic and early-stage chronic conditions. Canary Health enables health plans, provider systems, and employers to impact the health of the Emergent-Risk; a group now comprising 25%-30% of the U.S. adult population.

Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. And today, we have Navigant's Paul Keckley looking at the goals of the law and discussing what's working and what's ahead for the ACA. So Is It Working? Has it increased access to coverage? Yes, at least for some, and at least for now. Has it reduced costs? It's too soon to know. Has it improved the public's understanding of the U.S. health system? Regrettably no. What's Ahead? The stakes in the states are higher The winners and losers are shaking out Innovators with value-driven solutions are disrupting the status quo The ACA will be a spotlight issue in Campaign 2016 Tune in to listen to more of what Paul Keckley has to say with our host Patricia Salber (@docweighsin).

Today's guest is Boston emergency physician, Dr. Sean Kelly, Chief Medical Officer of Imprivata, healthcare IT security company. He will be discussing the state-of-the-art of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) and as well New York's groundbreaking legislation known as I-STOP that will be implemented in March 2016. EPCS is an emerging technology that is just now moving into the national healthcare IT spotlight in part because of I-STOP. I-STOP mandates that all medications be prescribed electronically, including highly addictive opioids and other controlled substances. New York is the first state to require electronic prescribing, which is a major shift in how medications will be prescribed in the future. It is hoped that EPCS will streamline order workflow, reduce patient wait times for prescriptions, improve provider andpatient satisfaction, reduce prescription errors, and help meet Meaningful Use goals. It should help address prescription drug abuse, including opioids and other controlled substances.    

Today's guest is Neil Smiley, CEO of Loopback Analytics, a pioneer in empowering hospitals and post-acute care providers to more effectively manage care transitions and reimbursement challenges in a “pay-for-outcome” environment. Loopback Analytics's vision is to serve as the management platform that helps transform health care to a performance-based model. And they promise to provide clients with reliable, cost-effective, technology-enabled solutions to improve clinical outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.  As we know, the number of narrow networks continue to increase in this area. We'll be talking to Neil to see just how he has come up with a solution to this problem. 

Today's guest is Dr. Farzad Mostashari, Founder and CEO of Aledade. Our host, Dr. Pat Salber, will be discussing with Farzad the recent news with Aledade since our last conversation with him, which can be found here. Sneak Peek: 1.  The Aledade ACOs (a Delaware ACO and a Primary Care ACO spanning NY, MD, and AR) launched on January 1st. CMS Announcement: http://blog.cms.gov/2014/12/22/acos-moving-ahead/http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/sharedsavingsprogram/Downloads/MSSP-ACOs-2015-Starters.pdf Aledade Blog on the Approval:  http://www.aledade.com/its-official-aledade-acos-up-and-running/ 2.  In preparation for the ACOs going live, Aledade has instituted two major tech advancements at their practices: "Outreach," a Patient Engagement Application.A software platform to notify primary care docs and their staffs  when patients are admitted, discharged, or transferred into/out of hospitals and other treatment facilities. 3.  Brookings released an "ACO Toolkit" 

Today's guest is Wade Hayes, country singer and advanced colon cancer survivor. He is here with us to help support awareness in colon cancer during Colon Cancer Awareness Month in March—a disease impacting nearly 93,000 people this year.    Wade was at the height of his country music career with Billboard hits and a promising road ahead when he was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Like so many people facing a cancer diagnosis, he had to put his life on hold. After successful treatment, the singer is determined to reignite his career. Wade is in NYC launching his brand new album and song “Go Live Your Life”—an emotional song that he wrote after his oncologist told him he was cancer free. For every download of “Go Live Your Life” purchased on iTunes, a donation of a $1 will be made to the Colon Cancer Alliance Blue Note Fund, a non-profit that supports colon cancer patients who are currently in treatment. Please go visit the site at www.goliveyourlife.com.

Today's special guest is Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky of Care at Hand. As Co-Founder of Care at Hand, he and his team are committed to achieving the Triple Aim and eliminating health disparities for vulnerable populations by creating disruptive technology. What does that mean? Well listen in to see what he has to say and how he plans to achieve the triple aim.

Prima-Temp brings new, innovative approaches to many of today's healthcare challenges through the application of 21st century thermometry. Prima-Temp's continuous temperature sensors and associated software allow the most precise method to measure true core body temperature, with the potential to address a multitude of applications including fertility, early disease detection, sleep disorders, drug therapy, weight control and exercise. Come visit their site at http://www.prima-temp.com/.

Today's special guest is Sean Duffy from Omada Health. He is back again to update us on the happenings of his company. Here is a sneak peek at what our conversation is about: As of January 1, Omada rolled out several new curriculum tracks within Prevent Right before Christmas, the CDC -- for the first time -- approved digital programs as having met the curriculum standards for the Diabetes Prevention Program. And guess who is one of those digital programs.... Commercial HC plans will start having to covering behavioral counseling as a preventative service under the ACA -- what can this mean for Omada Health? We just found out that Omada Health was named as one of the Top 50 of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World earlier this week. CONGRATS!

Today's special guest is Quikiks Founder Steve Kaufman. So, what exactly is Quikiks? For people with arthritis or anyone who struggles with a task as simple as putting on shoes, the Quikiks Step-in-Go Shoe System offers a hands-free solution. The shoes easily open and close using hinges and magnets. Simply step into the shoes for a secure fit and strike the back of your heel to remove. No need to bother with laces or Velcro. How easy is that?! Listen in to our conversation with Steve about Quikiks.  

On December 2, Giving Tuesday, Medshare's Western Regional Council CEO Andy Pines joins us to talk about Medshare's mission, what the organization has accomplished so far and the vision for the future. MedShare collects still good medical supplies and equipment from hospitals in the US and sends them, on order, to facilities ithe developing world and to Safety Net clinics in the US.  The bonus:  Environmental-prize winning MedShare keeps all that equipment and supplies out of landfill. Join us for an inspiring conversation - one that we hope will inspire you to give generously on GivingTuesday. Here's a link: http://bit.ly/1E2T1r6 (Host Pat Salber, MD (@docweighsin) is a member of MedShare's Western Regional Council.)

Sepsis, sometimes called blood poisoning, is the body's deadly response to infection. It is a serious illness that affects more than 1.6 million people in the US every year.  In fact, every two minutes someone in the United States dies of sepsis. And although most people don't know it, sepsis is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. (after heart disease and cancer). Thanks to the Sepsis Alliance, a charitable organization run by a team of dedicated laypeople and healthcare professionals who who work behind the scenes is to raise sepsis awareness so it can be prevented, detected, and treated early, we were able to connect with Doreen Bettencourt, a young woman who survived sepsis.  On today's episode, Doreen will share her story.  Please join us.

Hello listeners!! This is a follow up on Aledade, their activities, challenges, and things learned. We'll be chatting with Farzad Mostashari to get his insight on how the company is doing and what they plan to do in the future from what they have gathered in these past few months since we last spoke with them. Perk your ears to listen to their story. If you haven't already listened to our previous podcast with Aledade and Farzad, check out our episode list and listen to that before listening to this one. It'll give you more perspective on what we'll be discussing.  Also, please go and check out the Aledade website at www.aledade.com for more information on what the company is about. Until then!!

Dike Drummond is on with us again with an update on his book, Stop Physician Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn't Working. And to all the listeners out there, a special $10 discount of the book is given to you if you type in the promo code: BREATHE.

Natural, stress-free baby making. Ovatemp is the next generation of fertility tracking. Their unique app helps you figure out what your body needs to optimize your fertile health and delivers a personalized plan on how to get there. Today, we will be talking to the Co-founders of Ovatemp, Ana Mayer and Daniel Graf. Tune in to check out what it's all about!

Veronica Barajas will be announcing the newest iteration of the application live with Dr. Pat Salber.  What is Care4Today Mobile Health Manager? Care4Today™ Mobile Health Manager is a free, secure, two-way messaging platform, mobile app and website. Staying on schedule with your healthcare and keeping up with your medication can get complicated. And unlike apps that just send reminders,Care4Today™ Mobile Health Manager gives you tools to help encourage you to take your medication on time.

Are You Dense, Inc. is dedicated to informing the public about dense breast tissue and its significance for the early detection of breast cancer. Their Goals Are To: EDUCATE THE PUBLIC about dense breast tissue and the early detection of breast cancer by raising awareness through a web site, media, speaking engagements, social media, informational materials, and resources; IMPROVE THE CONDITION of women diagnosed with breast cancer by raising awareness about the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of living with the disease; ADVOCATE CHANGES TO PUBLIC POLICY and breast cancer detection guidelines; and SUPPORT NEW AND EXISTING RESEARCH for the early detection of breast cancer for women with dense breast tissue.

What's “new in asthma?” It's important first to point out what is not new. Although there is not yet a cure for asthma, very effective therapies exist—and have existed for some time. Yet asthma continues to consume increasingly scarce health care resources, and to limit the lives of some 25 million Americans, including more than 7 million children. Is this changing? It is. While biomedical and clinical research continue to extend our understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease, and how to mitigate that through new therapies, what I see as most exciting are changes on other fronts: changes which have the potential to make the therapies that we have more impactful.    At AAFA, we know that improving control of asthma leads to fewer emergency room visits and hospital admissions, so that payment models that transfer risk create strong incentives is to improve clinical outcomes. While asthma has not been the central focus of payment reform, it will often be in scope as payers and providers pilot new models to address common and costly chronic illness.    This excerpt was taken from Dr. Cary Sennett's, CEO and President of AAFA, blog post. Click here to read more.

Donald MacFarlane is a hematologist/oncologist on the faculty at the University of Iowa, and developer of "Lexeme", a patented innovation with the potential to truly disrupt the field of medical records and the way clinical narrative notes are generated, processed and coded.  Lexeme is currently pre-prototype and could benefit from dialogue (so-called "customer discovery") with clinicians from a wide variety of specialty areas. 

Nathan Cortez, JD co-wrote an article on FDA regulation of mobile apps published in the July 24, 2014 issue of NEJM. Luckily, we snagged an opportunity to interview him - you can listen here. We covered a wide variety of topics including: Why regulate mHealth anyway?The new FDA guidance — what needs to be regulated and what does not?How does the FDA handle at continual updates of mobile health products – so different from the pharmaceuticals that they regulate?  How do they decide whether an update constitutes a major change, requiring re-review and one that is minor and does not?What is “substantially equivalence” and how is it being used in mHealthHow does the FDA handle mHealth products that provide consumer decision support (CDS)?  What is the difference between low risk and high risk CDS?Does the FDA have the right people/processes in place to provide oversight of mHealth? Professor Cortez teaches and writes in the areas of health law, administrative law, and FDA law.  His research focuses on emerging markets in health care and biotechnology. Prof. Cortez has become one of the world's leading legal scholars on medical tourism, patient mobility, and cross-border health insurance, and has published several articles and book chapters on the legal and ethical implications of these phenomena. His research also addresses mobile health technologies, how to regulate innovations that disrupt static regulatory regimes, the First Amendment restraints on FDA regulation (including FDA's graphic tobacco warnings), immigration federalism, and alternative modes of regulation.

In this extraordinary radio interview with Dike, the founder and CEO of “The Happy MD,” we covered a wide range of topics, including How common is physician burnout? (It averages about 1 in 3 physician, year after year, regardless of country)What's going on the the US that compounds physician burnout? (Take a wild guess)What are the symptoms?  How do burned out physicians behave? (Ask an empowered patient)Is it identifiable?  Treatable?  Preventable? (Yes, Yes, & Yes!)Are there tactics that physicians can employ to feel better again? (Dike has identified at least 117)What is The Happy MD?  How can it help?  (Ah, this is what we talk about – be sure to listen to the interview) Also, don't forget to check out Dike's new book, "Stop Physician Burnout: What to do when working harder – isn't working", on October 1, 2014. Dike Drummond is a Mayo trained family practice doctor and executive coach who is an expert on ways to lower stress and prevent burnout in doctors and healthcare organizations. He is the CEO of TheHappyMD.com and creator of the Burnout Prevention MATRIX Report and the One Minute Mindfulness Program for Physicians. He is a frequent guest blogger on KevinMD.com, thedoctorweighsin.com, ConsultantLive.com and other major healthcare blogs. He has an international coaching clinetele and community members from 63 countries and counting.

Today's guest is Rushika Fernandopule, Co-Founder and CEO of Iora Health. Iora Health is restoring humanity to healthcare by providing a radically different model of primary care built from the ground up.  Iora Health's care model provides extraordinary service to patients to ensure improved health outcomes while also lowering overall plan costs. Our patients enjoy the benefits of better access to care, office and non-office based encounters (e.g. phone, text messages, and email), an accessible and transparent medical record, and robust educational offerings. Our practices, across the U.S., enjoy the benefits of smaller sizes, closer relationships with patients, and the opportunity to lead systemic change in healthcare delivery while working with a true team. For more information, please visit www.iorahealth.com. We will be covering the topic of Iora Health and the new Las Vegas Clinic Rushika is forming in collaboration with Tony Hsieh (Zappos) and ZDoggMD. Rushika is a physician who has spent much of the last ten years involved in efforts to improve the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. He was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, and served as a Managing Director of the Advisory Board Company. He serves on the faculty and earned his AB, MD, and MPP from Harvard University. He completed his clinical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. www.linkedin.com/pub/rushika-fernandopulle/5/898/807

Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator for HIT and more recently a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, has launched a new VC-backed company, Aledade.   Aledade provides the smarts and some of the infrastructure to help independent primary care physicians form and join Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).  ACOs are a new care delivery model in which doctors are paid to deliver the best care as opposed to the fee-for-service model that encourages them to do more care.  Farzad notes in his blog that his tenure at Brookings allowed him to go on a healthcare "walkabout."  He visited and talked to docs and healthcare wonks around the country and came away with 'a rare stereoscopic view of the change sweeping through healthcare - the anxiety of those with "one foot on the old business model's grave and the other foot on their new business model banana peel," mingled with the excitement of those who would disrupt the process.' He says, during the process, he also found his cause. "It's to help independent primary care doctors re-design their practices, and re-imagine their future...It's to support them with people who will stand beside them, with no interests other than theirs in mind.  It's to promote new partnerships built on mutual respect, and business arrangements that they will truly reward them for the value that they uniquely can bring - in better care coordination, management of chornic diseases, and preventing disease and suffering.  It's to achieve lower cost through better care and better health." Listen in on this fascinating discussion.

May is Pregnancy Awareness Month and it would be refreshing to hear from a Board Certified Physician who specializes in Pregnancy and Maternal Fetal Medicine to dispel the current myths and trends that are dominating.  Dr. Jaffe with Rosh Fetal Medicine in NYC can speak about several topics related to high-risk pregnancy, when to worry and when not to, what are the best nutritional guidelines, weightlifting and exercising during pregnancy (is CrossFit healthy when pregnant?), eating your placenta, dangers of home-births, etc.   Dr. Ira Jaffe is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and comes to ROSH Maternal-Fetal Medicine with 17 years of experience providing comprehensive obstetrical and gynecologic care to women. He attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in Greenwich Village. Dr. Jaffe brings his expertise in high-risk obstetrics, vaginal breech deliveries & VBAC. He has a very low c-section rate and is committed to helping women manage high-risk pregnancies resulting in a normal birth experience. In addition to these expertise, Dr. Jaffe is specially trained in osteopathic relief of pregnancy back pain. This training is based on a model of health and healing that focuses on the whole person as opposed to one organ at a time and gives him the ability to offer effective, safe treatments for the common aches and pains that accompany pregnancy and the post partum period. He has extensive experience performing laparoscopic hysterectomies, managing ovarian masses, treating endometriosis and performing procedures that allow a woman to go home the same day of surgery and resume normal activities within 1 to 2 weeks.

Charles Wang, MD, co-founder of Lumo Body Technology, joins us today to talk about LumoBack and Lumo Lift, the company's two anti-slouching (good posture-promoting) devices.  We will also explore Dr. Wang's journey from practicing physician to successful start-up entrepreneur.  Join us for a fun half-hour of standing tall. BTW, for background here is a description of both devices from the LumoBodyTech website: "Lumo Lift is a small sensor that you can clip anywhere on your chest and shoulders using an interchangeable magnetic clasp.It focuses on improving how you hold your chest, shoulders, and upper back in order to help you gain confidence, improve your appearance, and lead a healthier, more active life. When you want to buckle down and really focus on improving your posture and presence, enter a PowerUp session to receive gentle vibrations when you slouch. Based on your profile and behavior, Lift provides insights and actionable recommendations to help you improve. You'll also earn badges and awards for being awesome!  Lumo Back is worn on a belt around your lower back and focuses on improving lower back posture, which is linked to back pain. It vibrates when you slouch to remind you to sit straight and stand tall. Lumo Back is great at helping to encourage you to move more throughout your day by tracking the amount of time you spend sitting and standing each day, as well as the number of times you stand up. It also tracks the number of steps you take, the distance you walk and run, and the calories you burn each day." Be sure to call in to ask Dr. Wang your posture questions.  We hope to talk to you online.  

Medtronic is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending the life for millions of people around the world. The Diabetes business at Medtronic (www.medtronicdiabetes.com) is the world leader in advanced diabetes management solutions, including integrated diabetes management systems, insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring systems and therapy management software, as well as world-class, 24/7 expert consumer and professional service and support. "Francine R. Kaufman, MD is Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Global,Clinical and Health Affairs at Medtronic Diabetes. In addition to her role at Medtronic, Dr. Kaufman is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Pediatrics and Communications at the Keck School of Medicine and the Annenberg School of Communications of the University of Southern California, and an attending physician at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Kaufman has published more than 200 peer-reviewed and invited publications. She is the author of more than 30 books or book chapters."

Better provides free tools and premium access to a team of real Personal Health Assistants so you can spend more time improving your health, not managing the logistics. Backed by the Mayo Clinic and the Social+Capital Partnership, their team has founded and grown some of the biggest healthcare and consumer internet companies in the world.  They would like to offer The Doctor Weighs In and Health Tech Hatch community a free month of Premium membership to Better.  Your Better Premium membership includes: -Your own Personal Health Assistant who can navigate health insurance and billing, find new providers and schedule appointments, and coordinate follow-up care -24/7 access to Mayo Clinic nurses -Tailored health information and other tools in the app   Claim your free membership.   "Geoffrey spent more than twelve years disrupting the telemedicine market with Health Hero Network. During his tenure at Health Hero, Geoffrey served multiple roles, including COO and CTO. As CTO, Geoffrey designed and implemented award winning hardware and software products, including Business Week's 2000 Product of The Year.  During his time as COO, he guided the company through the “bubble” bursting in Silicon Valley, and built the organization into the largest telehealth vendor in the world with cornerstone customers such as the Department of Veterans Affairs and McKesson. After selling Health Hero Network to Robert Bosch, Geoffrey now serves as advisor to Rock Health and dozens of other Health Technology Startups."

Our guest today is Bob Dobbins, Vice President, New Business Development at Panasonic Corporation of North America.  We will be talking to him today about Panasonic's upcoming Innovation HealthJam. The Innovation HealthJam is a completely virtual event that brings together a diverse and knowledgeable group of people from the healthcare and technology fields to brainstorm ideas, improvements and innovation in healthcare.  The event is co-hosted by a group of healthcare industry leaders and led by Panasonic's Innovation Group.  Sponsors include leading healthcare industry organizations: The American Medical AssociationThe Center for Technology and AgingThe Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)Personal Connected Health Alliancs (PCHA), a collaboration between Continua Health Alliance, mHealth Summit and HIMSS; along with technology providers Intel and Panasonic, and academic institutions UC Davis and UCSF There are eight focus areas for the Jam: Patient Engagement and Healthcare Design for Consumers  Technology and Older Adults: The New Era of Connected AgingA Mobile Health Agenda for Transforming Healthcare DeliveryCompute for Personalized Medicine: Finding the Cause and Cure through GenomicsTelehealth and Telemedicine: Emerging Opportunities in Addressing the Triple AimYour Physician of the FutureHealth Innovation for Vulnerable Populations - WorldwideRemote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Join us for an exciting discussion - Mr. Dobbins will be taking questions on air. This episode is sponsored by Panasonic USA.

AsthmaMD is a multi-tiered asthma management app that makes the traditionally written asthma action plan both mobile and easily accessible for the first time. The app is a helpful tool for tracking symptoms and preempting an attack. Additionally, the new AsthmaMD Peak Flow Meter allows asthma sufferers to accurately monitor their lung capacity and input those scores into the app - the best way for a patient to catch symptoms early.

Kelly Turner PhD is the New York Times bestselling author of "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds." She is a researcher and lecturer in the field of Integrative Oncology. Her specialized research focus is on radical remission of cancer, which is when someone heals from cancer against all odds without the help, or despite the failure, of conventional treatments. On today's show, Dr. Kelly discusses what she learned from studying over 1,000 cases of radical remission, interviewing 100 cancer survivors, travelling to 10 countries and interviewing 50 alternative healers.  What she learned will surprise and inspire you.  Join us as we learn from Dr. Kelly, the nine most prevalent factors patients credited with helping them achieve radical remission. Dr. Turner holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley. Learn more a DrKellyTurner.com or RadicalRemission.com.

The Health Technology Forum is on an incredible growth trajectory. A few years ago, they were a Silicon Valley health tech meet-up. Now they have a national footprint with 4500 members and 13 chapters in 5 different countries: San Francisco, Dallas/FortWorth, San Diego, New York City, Atlanta, Washington DC, Austin, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Bangalore, and Manila. They have held close to 100 events world-wide, and some of them, like the upcoming Innovation Conference, have become “must attend” events in the health tech space.   In this chat on TDWI Radio, we asked the Founder, Pronoy Saha, about his passion in health and technology and his upcoming "Innovation Conference". To give a sneak peak: Saha's passion is to improve access to health care globally using technology. To do so, he organized a hackathon this last weekend focused on behavioral health - a topic that is often ignored in the rush to produce fitness apps and wearables. He and his team have also organized their upcoming annual Health Technology Forum (HTF) "Innovation Conference", themed "Pathways to Sustainable Health." There are more than 75 speakers including keynoter, Dean Ornish MD of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute at UCSF; Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD, Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Geoffrey Clapp, CEO of Better, and Eric Bing, Director, Global Health at George W. Bush Institute. And as an added bonus all of the competitors in the hackathon (mentioned above) are invited to attend and the top 4 winners will be demo'ing at the meeting. Join us as Pronoy describes the journey.  It should be fun.

Dr. Joshua Landy is an Internist and Critical Care Medicine Specialist as well as a co-founder of Figure 1. Prior to starting Figure 1, Landy was a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he researched online and multimedia-oriented approaches to health education. Landy'sunique perspective on healthcare is a result of his experiences in direct patient care, medical education research, and as the founder of a health-focused technology company. 

When Francis Kong was five years old, his father sat him down and told him he had two choices in life - he could be a physician or he could be a failure. At the end of his second year at the Royal College of Surgeons, one of his professors told him that he should go and have fun on his spring break because once he was back, it would be heads down with no time off for many years. So, together with a couple of medical school buddies, he boarded a 747 to Barcelona, Spain for what he hoped would be two weeks of fun in the sun. As they attempted to land at the Barcelona airport, the plane experienced what Francis thought was turbulence – followed by a failed attempt to land. Shortly after that the intercom came on and the pilot made an announcement – but it was in Spanish. The only thing word he could understand was one that was being repeated over and over:  “Emergencia, emergencia.” In those last few seconds, Francis saw in his mind's eye, his mom, his dad, his sisters and the faces of all of his mentors. “I told them I loved them very, very much. I thanked them for all of the gifts they had given me in my life.  And I said, ‘goodbye' – I am so sorry I had to go now.” Francis survived his near-death experience but life for him would never be the same. He formed Edge Interns in College and learned how to mentor young people on a large scale. Then in 2012, he founded Edge Interns to help young people figure out what their dreams are and help them to make them come true as early as possible. There were 5 interns in Edge's first year, now there are more than 330 from very prestigious institutions around the country. To read the full article, click here.