Podcast appearances and mentions of gil bashe

Humanity, empathy, and respecting patient wishes are paramount when navigating the complexities of end-of-life care. In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Gil Bashe, Chair of Global Health and Purpose for FINN Partners, delves into these sensitive topics. Drawing from his unique background as a combat medic, ordained clergy member, and health innovation advocate, Gil discusses the crucial, yet often misunderstood, differences between palliative care, hospice care, and end-of-life planning. He clarifies that palliative care focuses on improving comfort and quality of life at any point during a serious illness, potentially alongside curative treatments. Hospice care, conversely, is typically reserved for the final stages, Gil explains, when the focus shifts entirely to comfort and dignity, often requiring additional medical support but tailored to the individual's needs and choices. Host Christopher Kunney shares poignant family experiences, grounding the conversation in real-life challenges. Together, they explore the emotional difficulties faced by patients, families, and even clinicians in initiating these necessary conversations and making decisions, highlighting the discomfort many doctors feel. Gil also strongly emphasizes the enduring importance of human connection, intuition, and empathy over purely technological solutions, urging listeners to prepare emotionally and spiritually, perhaps even through letters, alongside legal documents like living wills. Tune in and learn why understanding these distinctions and respecting a patient's final wishes are essential aspects of compassionate care!

On this special episode host Gil Bashe recorded live at HIMSS25 with guest Tom Leary, Senior Vice President and Head of Government Relations at HIMSS. In this role, he leads the organization's digital health policy development and strategic engagements with government entities and members. They discuss the evolving global landscape of healthcare technology and digital transformation. His team provides legislative and regulatory analysis, offering practical guidance on health information and technology policy development. Tom also serves as the Executive Director of the HIMSS Foundation, focusing on public policy discourse and advancing education in clinician informatics and data science through scholarships and other opportunities. ​ https://www.himss.org/ To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode host Gil Bashe recorded live at HIMSS25 with guest Tom Lawry, author, keynote speaker and AI thought leader. They discussed the upcoming release of his book: ""Health Care Nation: The Future Is Calling and It's Better Than You Think""; 1st Edition. Whether a patient, health consumer, physician, nurse, health executive, or elected official, somewhere deep in our brains is this simple truth: the American health system isn't working, and it will only get worse if we don't do something about it. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters engage fellow Healthcare NOW Radio host Gil Bashe. They discuss his new book in production "Lived & Learned: The Transformation of Health in America". Gil invites readers on an inspiring journey through his multifaceted life as a health advocate, leader, and changemaker. More than a memoir, this book reflects on the lessons he's learned from decades of personal experiences and professional challenges in the health sector landscape. Written in a voice that blends conviction with compassion, Lived & Learned serves as both a call to action and a guide to understanding the human and systemic forces shaping the future of global health. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

How Top Healthcare Tech Companies Are Doubling Growth Through Caregiver IntegrationHealthcare tech founders: are you tapping into the $347B caregiver market opportunity? While most companies focus solely on patient solutions, industry leaders are seeing 2-3x faster growth by integrating caregiver support into their strategies.

In this episode of Digital TherapeuTalks, host Dr. Simi Burn, PharmD, dives into the evolving role of digital health in community pharmacy with special guests Ritesh Patel, Managing Partner of Global Digital Health at FINN Partners, and Ashton S. Maaraba, J.D., President of Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC) and Digital Health, LLC. Drawing insights from Gil Bashe's MedikaLife post, "Digital Health Revitalized Returns to the Industry and Investment Sectors' Priority Dashboard," we explore the resurgence of digital health investment, with a staggering $12.4 billion invested across 719 deals in Q2 2024—outpacing Q1's $5.3 billion. From AI and large language models (LLMs) to connected medical diagnostics, digital health is gaining momentum. But what does this mean for community pharmacies? Tune in as we discuss the practical applications of these digital health innovations in pharmacies, how they're transforming patient care, and what the future holds for independent pharmacies leveraging these tools. Don't miss this insightful conversation on the intersection of digital health and pharmacy care!

On today's episode of Health UnaBASHEd,our guest is Nick Adkins, Co-Founder, Pinksocks.Life a tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization focused on promoting human connection around the world. We discuss the genesis of tbe movement and the role of gifting 'for free and for fun' to make a difference in the lives of others. The pinksocks movement empowers people from all walks of life to connect with anyone, anywhere, by creating a global community of pinksocks-wearing people who are focused on kindness, empathy, connection, and love. The movement has been decommoditized from its beginning in 2015 – all pinksocks are gifts. Every connection made between the gift giver and recipient is based on an authentic connection, not a transaction.Do follow Nicks's work on the web at www.pinksocks.life or on twitter via @NickisnPDX Stay social with Gil and me on Twitter @Gil_Bashe (BASHE) and @GreggMastersMPH and that's Gregg with 2 Gs. Don't forget to give your tweets some zing with our hashtag #HealthUnaBASHEd.

On today's episode of Health UnaBASHEd,our guest is the 1st Chief Techonology Officer of the U.S. under president Obama, Aneesh Chopra. Aneesh served president of CareJourney, acquired by Arcadia in June of this year, where Aneesh now serves as Chief Strategy Officer of the combined company. CareJourney is an open data membership service building a trusted, transparent rating system for physicians, networks, facilities and markets on the move to value. He served as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer under President Obama ('09-'12) and in 2014, authored, “Innovative State: How New Technologies can Transform Government.” He serves on the Board of the Health Care Cost Institute, the New Jersey Innovation Institute, and earned his MPP from Harvard Kennedy School and BA from The Johns Hopkins University.

On today's episode of Health UnaBASHEd,our guest is B2B thought leader, content creator, and top technology influencer Evan Kirstel. We discuss tools and platforms available to build and curate community in the health innovation economy. Evan has built, quite the digital footprint and following in the tech space including 420K Twitter, 56K LinkedIn, 70K Instagram, 6K Clubhouse, and 5K YouTube followers and/or subscribers. Additionally, he has 35K newsletter subscribers. Evan focuses on educating and informing his audience to grow sustainable, long-term businesses. His expertise lies in areas like Telecom, Cloud, Unified Communications, 5G, IoT, CX, and more. B2B tech brands such as Intel, Amazon AWS, Dell, Microsoft, and others hire him to achieve massive visibility and scale through the power of social media12. If you'd like to learn more, you can visit his website at evankirstel.com or explore his work on Forbes Business Council and Thinkers360.

At the Health Information Management Systems Society (HiMSS) annual gathering Orlando, Florida, March 11th-15th 2024, global thought leader, editor and host Gil Bashe of Health UnaBASHEdon HealthcareNOW Radio chats the Phil Bradley, digital health strategist for HiMSS. We discuss the state of uptake and efficacy of EHR and related digital healt IT platforms,with an emphasis on clinician user experience, fatigue and the need for clinician engagement to be 'actionable'. ==##==  

Hosts Gil Bashe and Gregg Masters MPH preview Gil's planned near term conference schedule including SCOPE (Summit for Clinical Ops Executives) Boston, HIMSS (Health Information Management Systems Society) Annual Meeting in Orlando, ViVE Los Angeles, The CNS Summit Boston and others, including Dr. Daniel Kraft's NextMed Health conference in San Diego, with a brief 2023 look back and Gil's sense of likely key themes in 2024. Gil and Gregg also weigh in on general climate of health innovation. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

We often have serious conversations about the future of global warming as well as global health crises, but it is not as often that these two topics are connected in discussion. In fact, taking care of our planet is crucial for the wellbeing of billions; environmental factors like availability of clean water, consequences of industrial agriculture, and geopolitical conflicts that affect access to important resources all have a dramatic impact on health outcomes, especially in underprivileged areas. Today, we had a fascinating discussion with Gil Bashe on the importance of upcoming technologies in solving these problems, and we'd love for you to tune in and hear about younger generations' power to take control of the future of our health and the planet's health.Health UnaBASHEd Radio Show: www.healthcarenowradio.com/programs/health-unabashed/​Medika Life: medika.life/tag/gil-bashe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learnon/message

Gil Bashe has championed well-being from the trenches to the top tiers of the corporate world. His illustrious journey has seen him don many hats - from serving in an elite military unit to lobbying for industries, from steering the ship as a worldwide agency executive to making impactful decisions in public service and private equity realms. With a career punctuated by leadership roles at three "Most Admired Health Agencies," including Medicus PR, Hill & Knowlton, and Makovsky, Gil's compass has always pointed towards making a difference. His passion for communication, especially in health and government, has its roots in his early roles. Whether he was on the battlefield as a paratrooper unit combat medic or collaborating on policies, Gil recognized the indispensable role of communication in care. In his words, "Medicine – to be dedicated to healing – requires imagination and collaboration." To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

About The Guest(s):Gil Bashe is the editor-in-chief of a publication that sees about a million readers per month and the Chair Global Health and Purpose at Fin Partners. He has a background in environmental affairs and served in the Israeli army as a paratrooper and combat medic. Gil is passionate about health communication and believes that authentic communication based on accurate information can help people make informed decisions about their health.Summary:Gil Bashe, editor-in-chief of a popular publication and Chair Global Health and Purpose for Fin Partners, joins the Healthcare Trailblazers Podcast to discuss his journey into healthcare communications and the importance of effective communication in healthcare. Gil shares his experiences serving as a combat medic in the Israeli army and how it shaped his career path. He emphasizes the need for authentic communication in healthcare and the impact it can have on patients' decisions and outcomes. Gil and the host also discuss the challenges of the fragmented healthcare system and the importance of addressing social determinants of health. They highlight the role of communication in bridging gaps in the system and improving access to care for vulnerable populations. Overall, Gil's unique perspective and passion for improving healthcare through communication shine through in this engaging conversation.Key Takeaways:Authentic communication based on accurate information can help patients make informed decisions about their health.The fragmented healthcare system and social determinants of health contribute to the high cost of healthcare in the US.Medicaid patients often face barriers to accessing quality care, including limited resources and lack of support.Effective communication is essential in bridging gaps in the healthcare system and improving patient outcomes.Gil's experiences as a combat medic in the Israeli army shaped his passion for healthcare communication and his commitment to helping others.

On this special episode hear these selected interviews from Justin's show at ViVE 2023 in Nashville: Rasu B. Shrestha, MD, MBA, Enterprise EVP & Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer for Advocate Health and Gil Bashe, Managing Partner, Chair Global Health, FINN Partners. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio.” Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Gil Bashe, Chair of Global Health and Purpose at FINN Partners, agrees that connecting data by using technology is the key to unlocking the power of information. Gil had an opportunity to talk with Tom Lawry. Mr. Lawry serves as Director of Worldwide Health for Microsoft. In this role he works with providers and life science organizations in planning and implementing innovative analytical solutions that improve the quality and efficiency of health services delivered around the globe.

On today's episode of Health UnaBASHEd, our guest is Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA, (@RasuShrestha) enterprise executive vice president & chief strategy and transformation officer for Atrium Health, one of the largest non-profit and leading academic health systems in the US. In addition to his enterprise and transformational role he spearheads a renewed focus on innovation, launching new healthcare inventions, discoveries and ideas to benefit patients and the communities Atrium Health serves. Previously, Dr. Shrestha served as chief innovation officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he was responsible for driving UPMC's innovation strategy, serving as a catalyst in transforming the payer-provider organization into a more patient-focused and economically sustainable system. In addition to leading innovation at UPMC, Shrestha also served as executive vice president of UPMC Enterprises.   ==##==  

On this special episode executive producer and co-host Gregg Masters takes the mic and interviews principal co-host Gil Bashe for a season 1 wrap-up, preview into season 2 and Gil's recent journey to Moldova and Ukraine. They highlight some past guests that made the show a great conversational platform for health game changers; takeaways from season 1 and why public health, health communications and a culture of purpose are vital to our personal and planet's future. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

On this episode of Health UnaBASHEd Executive Producer and co-host Gregg Masters takes the mic to interview principal host Gil Bashe for a season 1 look back, preview of season 2 and overview of Gil's recent medical mission to the Moldova adjacent warzone. We highlight some of the guests and key takeaways from season1 and gain additional insight to the man, the mission and the drive behind Gil's determination to make a ddiference in the public's health and wellbing including his role seeding a purpose driven culture at FINN Partners, a market leading global marketing and communications company. ==##==  

Hosts by Gil Bashe and Gregg Masters welcome Dr. Irfan Khan, Founder and CEO of Circuit Clinical, a company he launched to make it easier for people to find, understand, and choose clinical research as a care option for themselves and their loved ones. Dr. Khan is a cardiologist who has served as a principal investigator on both therapeutic and device clinical trials for more than a decade and is passionate about improving access and equity in clinical trials, community engagement, and patient education and empowerment. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

This episode of Health UnaBASHEd with Gil Bashe is featured on This Week in Health Innovation. Dr. Kate Merton is the executive director of ChicagoARC, an innovative company focused on leveling the playing field in health equities. Her background is in the life sciences having previously served as head of innovation at Johnson & Johnson JLABS Boston and NYC. We discuss the broader space of investment, acceleration and optimiization of entities and business models intent upon disrutping chronic health inequities. ==##==  

This episode of Health UnaBASHEd with Gil Bashe is featured on This Week in Health Innovation. Dr. Kate Merton is the executive director of Chicago ARC, an innovative company focused on leveling the playing field in health equities. Her background is in the life sciences having previously served as head of innovation at Johnson & Johnson JLABS Boston and NYC. We discuss the broader space of investment, acceleration and optimiization of entities and business models intent upon disrutping chronic health inequities. ==##==  

On this episode Gil Bashe and Gregg Masters welcome Jamey Edwards, Chief Operating Officer, StartUp Health. We discuss the state of the digital health economy and the many entrepreneurial challenges start-ups typically face from vision to operations at scale, including available resources to increase the odds of success. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Dr. Katherine Saunders sits down with mentor and renowned obesity expert Dr. Louis Aronne and they are joined by health industry expert Gil Bashe to discuss the history, current state & future of obesity treatment and weight management.

On this episode Gil and Gregg welcome Reed Omary MD, MS, physician, scientist, innovator and climate activist to Health UnaBASHEd. Dr. Omary presents with a unique blend of academic talent including Professor and Chair of Radiology at Vanderbuilt University Medical Center with an appointment as Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Vanderbuilt University. His passion is climate science and the pursuit of a sustainable healthcare ecosystem. Among the thought provoking questions he poses is ; 'what's the carbon footprint of a diagnosis?' While my co-host Gil Bashe posits 'climate health' is public health. Join us for a fascinating conversation! Join us! ==##==  

On this episode of Health UnaBASHEd co-hosts Gil Bashe and Gregg Masters welcome physician-scientist and master curator of digital health innovation content Daniel Kraft, MD. Dr Kraft is a technology enthusiast, theorist and practitioner. We discuss bench-to-beside innovation that matters, the proliferation of digital health apps, and the need for curation that facilitates the onramp of tech into care delivery best practices including key trends, tailwinds, and likely headwinds. For more information or to access our library of on-demand broadcasts, go the Health UnaBASHEDshow page at HealthcareNOW Radio. For more information on Dr. Kraft's work in digital health apps curation click here.   ==##==    

FINN Partners, a leading marketing agency acquired Medika.Life, an online publisher of medical-related content. How will FINN navigate being a PR partner to its clients AND remain a trusted source of health information? Gil Bashe sits down to give us the inside scoop on the company's plans to keep Medika.Life independent and non-commercial. Learn more about FINN Partners: https://www.finnpartners.com/ Join the HITMC healthcare marketing community: https://www.hitmc.com/

Gil Bashe, the Nostradamus of healthcare (says Matthew), predicted the rise of digital health in 2000 with his book Branding Health Services: Defining Yourself in the Marketplace. In addition to being an ordained rabbi and former combat medic, Gil is a patient advocate, a champion of health innovation, and a promoter of human compassion. He currently serves as the Chair of Global Health at Finn Partners, a marketing agency, where he advocates for brands that improve the lives and health of their communities. Gil talks about the need to put more care into healthcare, the importance of being present, and books that are at his bedside.For more information, visit https://OffScrip.com and follow @MatthewZachary, @VaxOnPod, and @OffScripHealth on Twitter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode, John Nosta who is the inventor / creator of Nosta Lab Driving Innovation in Digital Health | NOSTALAB spars spars / duels (Do not worry there is no death or ER visits) with who is no better a Friend than the legendary Gil Bashe who is Chair Global of Healthcare at Finn Partners Both John Nosta & Gil Bashe go back twenty years in their friendship and admiration. Yes…there is a high level of honesty and ability to share openly in this podcast. John & Gil not only know each other's button but they know how to push them and to go close to the edge. All in fun & sport to make healthcare better. All in a spirit of let's be real & push healthcare & its stakeholders…As they are both premier healthcare / digital healthcare influencers. In this episode, John & Gil chat about: Innovation, all innovation especially is crowdsourced, John says no, Gil Bashe says yes. Why? Gil is working on a piece of top 10 digital health trends to be published in Medika Life. Feel free to share with Gil Bashe any trends. John would say no way to this. What the heck is digital health? The biggest buzz would. Where does it end and begin? Too many Mic drops, John Nosta shares about Fire as one of the starts to innovation, AI, and what is stopping innovation is Implementation. 100 years ago we had a typewriter that would type 20% faster. We said no. Sound familiar to healthcare? Hard to believe that 100 years ago disruption was there in the QWERTY Keyboard So we are rigid, medicine, healthcare is rigid which prevents implementation of all and any innovation

On Health UnaBASHEd our guest is Yele Aluko MD MBA, Chief Medical Officer at Ernst & Young @EY_US @EYnews. Lead host Gil Bashe (@Gil_Bashe) engages Dr. Aluko in the profound significance and impact of the social determinants of health, and its slow uptake by the acute care health system, noting missed opportunities - decades in the making - to rightfully mitigate health disparities and equity. Dr Aluko speaks candidly, with global insight proferring a balanced perspective unique to his leadership vision as a prominent national voice in the conversation. We also discuss innovation writ large and the imperative healthcare leaders face under the current strain of the pandemic. Follow Dr. Aluko's and E&Y's work on Twitter via @YAluko, @EY_US and @EYNews, respectively. ==##==    

S1E2: Global health thought leader and host Gil Bashe and public health advocate, producer & co-host Gregg Masters engage the Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, and recent author of "Take Control of Your Cancer Risk" Dr. John Whyte. The three discuss the current state of the innovation economy, its principal headwinds, tailwinds, and opportunities. In his role as chief medical officer of WebMD, Whyte leads efforts to develop and expand strategic partnerships that create meaningful change around important and timely public health issues. Prior to WebMD, Whyte served as the director of professional affairs and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

S1E1: On this debut episode, host Gil Bashe and co-host Gregg Masters invite president and founder of the digital health think tank, NOSTALAB, John Nosta to discuss the current state of innovation in the digital health economy. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this Episode of Bring a Friend, Dream-big healthcare; we have Gil Bashe and friends Amir Kalali and Ritesh Patel They discuss the 2021 CNS Summit and the future of healthcare, but since they are all friends the conversation is lighthearted and helpful. Keep an ear-out for some specific call-outs as to whom and how things could be done better. CNS Summit 2021 begins on November 7th. https://cnssummit.org/CNS-Summit-2021.aspx https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbashe/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirkalali https://www.linkedin.com/in/riteshpatel/ https://bringafriend.fm

In this Matrix addition of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I brought back Daniel Couchman Kendall as he was the main inspirer and instigator of #TheShot and he had some awesome updates on a newly launched HealthUnmuted.com. But that's not all.... Dan did some amazing legwork in helping us review the full Season 7 and shed some light on pod-fading.. (what?) Gil Bashe - https://youtu.be/F8jkkkWgVL0 Nina Sossamon-Pogue - https://youtu.be/raseDYMGl_k Laura Indolfi - https://youtu.be/roLUc2cbs2w Ana Maiques - https://youtu.be/EDw2GUSjLCY Tobias Silberzahn - https://youtu.be/x7EJsE3H-Ao Dale Beermann - https://youtu.be/TRw-zxv4ZN4 Solome Tibebu - https://youtu.be/xCW1FjeEVi8 Parisa "Risa" Vatanka, PharmD, CTTS - https://youtu.be/D8uSrAQWG9w

Host Carol Flagg welcomes Gill Bashe, Managing Partner and Chair of Global Health for FINN Partners and Beth Friedman, Founder of AgencyTen22. FINN Partners, a global omnichannel communications and marketing agency recently acquired AgencyTen22, a boutique PR agency out of Atlanta, Georgia with a focus on health IT. Gil and Beth share their decision making process for the acquisition, driven in part by their shared passion for healthcare innovation as a change agent for improving health care for all. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

#TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy day!! #TGIW - Jim Joyce and I got our shot of energy from a great & wise human being Gil Bashe today. From a combat medic, to public relations and lobbying to private equity the key for Gil has been "constantly finding purpose":

In this episode I interview John Nosta and Gil Bashe about the digital health revolution. Head to my YouTube page to access the video. To the listeners - my audio has echo and there is some feedback. I recommend listening on loud speaker rather than using headphones. Enjoy this great content.

Funding in technologies, especially software in healthcare, has been booming in the last few years. Recently, SPACs - special purpose acquisition companies have gained in popularity. SPACs are not a new vehicle that makes it much easier for companies to go public. But it seems like their use has been reborn in the last year. This episode is prepared in partnership with mHealth Israel. mHealth Israel, led by Levi Shapiro, recently organized a webinar about SPACs. That webinar is adapted for audio in this episode.  This is a three-part episode. First, you're going to hear about what SPACs are as explained by Keith Townsend from the law firm King & Spalding. Then Sari Kaganoff, General Manager at Rock Health will take you through the state of SPACs in healthcare. The two presentations are followed by a Q&A session. The whole content is moderated by Gil Bashe, digital health thought leader and Managing Partner at Finn Partners marketing agency.  Watch the SPAC webinar on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnjpZPexQg&t=2854s Join the premiere of (OVER)DOSE documentary: https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/overdose-how-can-we-prevent-medication-errors Join the chat already before the premiere at the event's site on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/events/over-dose-howcanwepreventmedica6800062280823263232/ Leave a rating or a review: https://lovethepodcast.com/facesofdigitalhealth

Ed talks with former Israeli Combat Medic about military service and current issues and innovations in the digital health landscape. 

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Adaptrack. To learn how Adaptrack is helping healthcare avoid malpractice, burnout & administrative risks: https://www.adaptrack.com/ (CLICK HERE) --- Named as one of the top Top 50 Health Influencers by PR Week and Fast Company’s “50 People to Watch in the New World of Work,” our next guest is a globally recognized healthcare innovation leader that inspires so many others to create impactful solutions that can bring positive change to the healthcare industry! Gil Bashe, Managing Partner of Global Health for Finn Partners, joins us to discuss his journey from the battlefield to the boardroom and his mission to inspire others to advance people’s well-being and access to health innovation.  Additionally, Gil shares why he continues to seek to mobilize communities of influence through his work at Finn Partners and as a health policy author for Medika Life on Medium, as well as where he sees healthcare innovation heading into the future and how and why you should be a part of this exciting movement.  Join us for this energy-filled and inspirational message from Gil as we continue to work together to move the health of our communities forward! Episode Highlights: Gil’s time spent as a military medic continues to fuel him to innovate healthcare Where and how all of us can help the healthcare industry innovate Areas of significant opportunity for innovation from Gil’s perspective What we need to contemplate while the healthcare industry continues to dramatically change What Gil and his team are dedicated to at Finn Partners Opportunities to engage with Gil and his international work and mission About our Guest:  Champion for health innovation to sustain life and improve patient care, Gil has been tapped by PharmaVOICE "as one of the 100 most inspiring people in healthcare;" included in the Fast Company “50 People to Watch in the New World of Work”; chosen as a MM&M Top 10 Innovation Catalyst; by PRWeek/MM&M as a Top 50 Health Influencer;" noted by Medium's Medika Life as a "Top 50 Healthcare Influencer;" recognized by the PRSA Health Academy with its "Excellence in Public Relations" award, PM360 with its "Trailblazer Lifetime Achievement Award" and selected for the PR News "Hall of Fame." Gil has led four top agencies cited by PRovoke Media (The Holmes Report) as "Healthcare PR Agency of the Year" winners. He is a Medika Life Medium "Being Well" author and a Top 10 digital/health influencer. He serves on a number of national industry and patient advocacy boards. Gil has led agency teams that contributed to numerous global med/tech and biopharma blockbusters in cancer, diabetes, heart, respiratory, women's health and non-communicable and orphan disease therapies. His background in payer, provider, policy, pharma marketing and patient-advocacy communications enables him to integrate ideas that impact patient access to health innovation. Dedicated to inspiring colleagues to succeed for clients and their customers, he was Group Company CEO, CommonHealth, and at WPP Group sister-company Hill + Knowlton, EVP, Worldwide Health Practice Director - its first Global Practice Head. He served as CEO of Health!Quest Global Communication Partners, a GTCR-backed private-equity firm now with $10 billion in active assets. Gil held leadership positions with New York-based agencies Makovsky, Medicus, (today part of Publicis Healthcare), and at pioneering integrated health-marketing agency Sutton Healthcare Group (acquired by Medicus). As a drug development policy and environment lobbyist, he served as a director with the New Jersey Health Products Council representing the health products industry. He completed his military service as a paratrooper combat medic and staff sergeant.  Links Supporting This Episode: Finn Partners website: https://www.finnpartners.com/ (CLICK HERE) Medika Life Author website: https://medika.life/ (CLICK HERE) Gil... Support this podcast

Gil Bashe, Managing Director of Finn Partners and Medika Life's top 25 most influential voices in healthcare for 2021 joins Todd Eury on a discussion about our nation's health disparities and our healthcare system's reflection of a broken system. Interact w/ Gil on twitter, here: https://twitter.com/Gil_Bashe  References: Angelina Zayas, co-founder of the Grace and Peace community center, turned her church into a food bank on Chicago's northwest side. Just 4% of residents in the ZIP code received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Sunday, according to data from the Chicago Department of Public Health. Similarly low vaccination rates exist in other majority-Latino and majority-Black neighborhoods across the city's south and west sides, despite COVID-19's disproportionate impact on those populations. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2021/02/12/data-analysis-chicago-vaccine-rollout-reflects-us-racial-disparities/4418978001/ Bashe, named by Medika Life as one of the top 50 healthcare influencers, outlines why health care technology must be more accessible to people with urgent health needs. https://medika.life/fifty-of-the-most-influential-voices-in-healthcare-for-2021/ [The US government is throwing the kitchen sink at the Covid-19 national response. It's doing so with an urgency so great that the Food and Drug Administration has issued Emergency Use Authorizations that tear down long-standing obstacles to telehealth, digital health, diagnostics and innovative medications that may prove effective against the virus.  By Gregg Girvan and Avik Roy The United States ranks 4th in the World Index of Healthcare Innovation, with an overall score of 54.96, behind only Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Americans are usually the first to gain access to major new medical advances, advances often discovered at American universities and developed by American companies. As a result, the U.S. ranked first for both Choice (57.65) and Science & Technology (75.14). https://freopp.org/united-states-health-system-profile-4-in-the-world-index-of-healthcare-innovation-b593ba15a96 Vaccine ‘Deserts' Released in early February, the study, a white paper posted on the University of Pittsburgh's website, found that in 69 counties, Black Americans would need to travel farther to get to sites such as hospital outpatient departments, federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, and community pharmacies that formed the early backbone of large-scale vaccination efforts. The study, which used a sample population and geographic data supplied by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration, among others, found that some of the worst so-called “vaccine deserts” for Black people were in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. In Lee County, Ga., for example, Black Americans are 825% more likely to live more than 10 miles from a vaccination location than whites. In Madison County, Miss., the figure is 976%. And in Chilton County, Ala., it's 1,193%, the study found. But disparities are not limited to the rural South, according to lead investigator Lucas Berenbrok, PharmD, an assistant professor of pharmacy and therapeutics at UPMC School of Pharmacy. “Of those 69 counties, 23 are in urban areas, some are in the West and Southwest, and a few are in the Northeast,” Berenbrok said. “The point this analysis makes is that our existing health care infrastructure probably isn't going to cut it in terms of achieving a good, equitable distribution of vaccines.” https://www.idse.net/Covid-19/Article/02-21/Pharmacy-s-Role-in-Addressing-Vaccine-Inequities/62669 This episode was sponsored by Ultiguard Safe Pack UltiGuard Safe Pack is the only pen needle product that comes with an all-in-one sharps container. Learn more about why UltiGuard Safe Pack is the best choice for your patients and your pharmacy. https://omny.fm/shows/pharmacy-podcast-network/playlists/ultiguard-safe-pack-podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overview The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  But never has a subject been explored as thoroughly as the role that the coronavirus plays in the present and future of public relations.  We've invited Gil Bashe back to steer us to our collective future as public relations professionals.  Gil's medical and healthcare background prepares him well to make observations that the rest of us haven't thought of.  You won't want to miss this special edition of PR Masters and learn from the consummate PR healthcare professional, Gil Bashe.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.   About Our Guest Gil Bashe, Managing Partner, Finn Partners Global Health Practice Champion for health innovation to sustain life and improve patient care, Gil has been tapped by PharmaVOICE “as one of the 100 most inspiring people in healthcare;” included in the Fast Company “50 People to Watch in the New World of Work”; chosen as a MM&M Top 10 Innovation Catalyst; by PRWeek/MM&M as a Top 50 Health Influencer;” recognized by the PRSA Health Academy with its “Excellence in Public Relations” award, and selected for the PRNews “Hall of Fame.” American Heart Association and Marfan Foundation advocate for patient engagement and access to care. Gil has led three top agencies cited by The Holmes Report as “Healthcare PR Agency of the Year” winners. Gil is associated with 40+ product launch campaigns for global med/tech and biopharma blockbusters in cancer, diabetes, heart, respiratory, women's health and non-communicable and orphan disease therapies. His background in payer, provider, policy, pharma marketing and patient-advocacy communications enables him to integrate ideas that impact patient access to care. He enables client messages and ideas to navigate successfully through the complex health ecosystem. Dedicated to inspiring colleagues to succeed for clients and their customers, he was Group Company CEO, CommonHealth, and at WPP Group sister-company Hill + Knowlton, EVP, Worldwide Health Practice Director – its first Global Practice Head. He served as CEO of Health!Quest Global Communication Partners, funded by GTCR Golder Rauner, a private-equity firm, now with $10 billion in active assets. Gil held leadership positions with New York agency Makovsky, Medicus, a global health-marketing company (today part of Publicis Healthcare), and at the pioneering integrated health-marketing agency Sutton Healthcare Group. As a health lobbyist, he was a director with the New Jersey Health Products Council.  He serves on the advisory boards of Lets Win for Pancreatic Cancer, Marfan Foundation and Galien Foundation.  He is also a member of the CNS Summit organizing committee and was honored by the Summit for his leadership role in the life science community. He completed his military service as a paratrooper combat medic and staff sergeant.@Gil_Bashe

Overview The Stevens Group is pleased to present a new podcast series that salutes the masters of public relations and revels in their observations, insights and advice to PR professionals.  This new series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.     About Our Guest Gil Bashe, Managing Partner, Finn Partners Global Health Practice Champion for health innovation to sustain life and improve patient care, Gil has been tapped by PharmaVOICE "as one of the 100 most inspiring people in healthcare;" included in the Fast Company “50 People to Watch in the New World of Work”; chosen as a MM&M Top 10 Innovation Catalyst; by PRWeek/MM&M as a Top 50 Health Influencer;" recognized by the PRSA Health Academy with its "Excellence in Public Relations" award, and selected for the PRNews "Hall of Fame." American Heart Association and Marfan Foundation advocate for patient engagement and access to care. Gil has led three top agencies cited by The Holmes Report as "Healthcare PR Agency of the Year" winners. Gil is associated with 40+ product launch campaigns for global med/tech and biopharma blockbusters in cancer, diabetes, heart, respiratory, women's health and non-communicable and orphan disease therapies. His background in payer, provider, policy, pharma marketing and patient-advocacy communications enables him to integrate ideas that impact patient access to care. He enables client messages and ideas to navigate successfully through the complex health ecosystem. Dedicated to inspiring colleagues to succeed for clients and their customers, he was Group Company CEO, CommonHealth, and at WPP Group sister-company Hill + Knowlton, EVP, Worldwide Health Practice Director - its first Global Practice Head. He served as CEO of Health!Quest Global Communication Partners, funded by GTCR Golder Rauner, a private-equity firm, now with $10 billion in active assets. Gil held leadership positions with New York agency Makovsky, Medicus, a global health-marketing company (today part of Publicis Healthcare), and at the pioneering integrated health-marketing agency Sutton Healthcare Group. As a health lobbyist, he was a director with the New Jersey Health Products Council.  He serves on the advisory boards of Lets Win for Pancreatic Cancer, Marfan Foundation and Galien Foundation.  He is also a member of the CNS Summit organizing committee and was honored by the Summit for his leadership role in the life science community. He completed his military service as a paratrooper combat medic and staff sergeant.