Podcasts about health connect south

Hansa Bhargava, MD, FAAP is Chief Medical Officer at Medscape Education. Her leadership includes an eye to innovation and cutting-edge topics in health care. She has practiced for over 10 years as a clinician and was previously Senior Medical Director At WebMD. She has extensive experience in producing digital content, collaborating in partnerships, and in thought leadership.Her previous position included working closely with the editorial, product, and news teams and developing digital apps. With expertise in parenting, mental health, and pregnancy, she has helped develop products such as the WebMD Baby App and WebMD Pregnancy App and has published on digitally monitoring pregnancy and outcomes. Her partnership efforts have included those with the University of Alabama, Jed Foundation, CDC, the White House, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She represents Medscape and WebMD in media including CNN, HLN, Politico, NPR, Vice, and WSJ Radio and writes regularly for Forbes. Bhargava has participated in conferences, doing keynotes/talks at meetings such as Peds2040, GaTech Innovation Day, Exponential Medicine, and the FDA. She has moderated discussions at UNICEF, Emory Global Health Institute, and Health Connect South. In 2012, she served as an expert panelist with first lady Michelle Obama at the WebMD/Let's Move Town Hall in Miami.Outside of WebMD, Bhargava has worked with the AAP nationally and locally. She is an elected executive member of the AAP Committee on Communications and Media. She was previously on the advisory board for UNICEF and is currently is on the Global Council for Emory University Global Health Institute and on the advisory board for CWC.A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, she completed her residency at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She is board certified in pediatrics. She lives in Atlanta and has two children. Check out Dr. Bhargava's recent book Building Healthier Kids: Stress-Busting Tools for Parents This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM

Chat Guest Jay Shaffer is an enterprising Tech Executive, Angel Investor, and Mentor combining product management and lean startup operating experience. Jay served as Implementation Manager at HelloPackage in 2017-18, a top 10 innovative company in Georgia. He helped implement the startup's initial Build Out, Onboarding, and  Support. Prior to that, Jay helped Health Connect South launch its first annual flagship gathering of 500+ healthcare leaders in metro Atlanta. Jay's career also includes product management, working on NCR Silver PRO Retail Office. Jay was a co-Founder of VoiceQuilt (“music boxes that play memories”) which created a platform to create unique, personalized keepsake gifts.  As COO, he provided strategic direction for the development of new products and the sale of all VoiceQuilt products, achieving over $1 million in revenue. Jay was responsible for pricing all VoiceQuilt products and services.  Prior to founding VoiceQuilt, Jay worked for over 14 years at Sun Microsystems. He started his career at Sun in the Revenue Management group forecasting sales mix for over $1.2B of  Sun's hardware products. Jay helped launch Sun's Professional Services Group and oversaw multiple long-term engagements combining Sun's hardware, software, support, and consulting services. Jay earned his MBA at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill and a BS Chemistry, cum laude, at Washington and Lee University.   Jay volunteers for MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta and serves on Boards of  Atlanta Technology Angels and Georgia Tech Business Network. Chat Highlights When looking back on the coronavirus crises many years from now, what is the story you want your grandchildren to hear about how you responded? What's Jay's vision for that future? Jay chat's about intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation and modeling the behavior you expect from your team as a leader. How Jay is putting his beliefs into practice with his leadership style. Quote shared from Winston Churchill, “I'm an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” Jay shares insights in the technology investment community right now for entrepreneurs. What kind of challenges is Jay seeing for startups pitching investors in the current situation of an uncertain economy? What advice would you have for them to continue to pursue their business idea and forge ahead? Change management is a key skill for leaders as change is the only constant. What does returning to normalcy when we re-open the economy look like Jay? What changes does he foresee being more permanent for the better? Jay shares some interesting ideas around the growth of a gig economy and the portability of healthcare coverage Jay is a student of leadership and a life-long learner. He shares the names and resources of leadership thought leaders who are inspiring him today. For those in the startup community Jason Calacanis and This Week in Startup Brad Feld of Foundry Group and Techstars For Leaders: Simon Sinek's books "Start with Why" and "Leaders Eat Last". Get In Touch For Founders, ideally with MVP and traction, go to https://www.angelatlanta.com/ or contact jayshaffer208@gmail.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Improving Quality of Diagnostic Data Dr. Carolyn Compton, a panelist at the upcoming 2016 Health Connect South event September 21, took time out to join me on the show to talk about the need for improving the quality of data we get through diagnostic testing through better control of how specimens are gathered, handled, and […] The post Improving Quality of Diagnostic Data appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Chris Clark of UCB Russ Lipari, Founder, Health Connect South UCB on Epilepsy and Collaboration On this week s episode I hosted CEO/Founder of Health Connect South, Russ Lipari, and Chris Clark, Portfolio Strategy and Intelligence, Epilepsy at UCB, a pharmaceutical research and development company with a US location in Smyrna, GA. It s been three years […] The post UCB on Epilepsy and Collaboration appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

T3 Labs Deepal Panchal Tackling Cardiovascular Disease Through Research, R and D Health experts will be addressing top disease states & explore collaborations that will reduce their occurrence at the upcoming Health Connect South 2016 event. Panelist, Dr. Neal Weintraub of Augusta University talks about obesity, its contribution to cardiovascular disease, and research aimed at […] The post Tackling Cardiovascular Disease Through Research, R and D appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Georgia Tech HomeLab I caught up with Georgia Tech s Dr. Brad Fain at the 2016 Health Connect South event. We talked about the innovative approach they are taking to evaluate how effectively older persons, particularly those with disabilities, are able to utilize a variety of technology solutions. It is not uncommon to learn that in […] The post Georgia Tech HomeLab appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dan Cerutti 2016 Health Connect South Event I had the opportunity to sit down with several presenters and attendees at the 2016 Health Connect South event. On this week s show I share three segments with IBM Watson Health, VP of Population Health and Cognitive Decision Support, Dan Cerutti Dan Shook, National Park Service Kittyhawk Jim Schwoebel, […] The post 2016 Health Connect South Event appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS 2016 Health Connect South Event I had the opportunity to sit down with several presenters and attendees at the 2016 Health Connect South event. On this week s show I share three segments with IBM Watson Health, VP of Population Health and Cognitive Decision Support, Dan Cerutti   Dan Shook, […] The post 2016 Health Connect South Event appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Complying with MACRA MCCI (Medical Care Consortium, Inc.) is a physician owned Medical Group who partners with Humana to engage Primary Care Provider offices successfully transition to a quality or value based model of care by providing practice support around quality related activities such as appropriate documentation and coding, care coordination, Patient Centered Medical Home […] The post Complying with MACRA appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections Jay and I sat down with Sam Perkins, CEO of Pūrgenix , a company that has developed a technology that enables healthcare organizations to contain, and in fact, reduce rates of occurrence of hospital-acquired infections. It is well known that pathogens such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile are challenging to treat and equally […] The post Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

ChronicCareIQ This week Jay and I sat down with Matt Ethington, CEO of ChronicCareIQ to learn how this technology company is providing physicians and hospitals with tools that empower them to better manage patients with chronic illnesses. The Affordable Care Act has put in place measures around patient outcomes that can affect how much the […] The post ChronicCareIQ appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Zyrobotics We host Dr. Johnetta Maccalla, CEO of Zyrobotics, an assistive technology company that was conceived in the summer of 2012 and officially incorporated in 2013 as a Georgia Tech Venturelab spin-off company. Their mission is to create accessible technologies that engage and empower children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life. The technology […] The post Zyrobotics appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Karol Hatzilias Brain Monitoring Headphones We host Karol Hatzilias, Chief Science Officer of United Sciences, the company that has developed custom-made, personally-fitted brain monitoring headphones. Karol talked about how he had helped to develop a device that gives 3D mapping of the features of the outer ear and canal. Using the data from the […] The post Brain Monitoring Headphones appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Cyber Security Jay and I hosted Steve Robb, SVP of Security Marketing & Product Strategy of ControlScan, a firm that specializes in information and network security for enterprises, including healthcare organizations. With the rise of “smart” devices of all kinds that have sensors that communicate with applications via networks and/or internet, there are now a […] The post Cyber Security appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Migraine Again This week, Jay and I hosted Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of MigraineAgain.com. As the leading Migraine Wellness website for patients, Migraine Again helps patients and their families suffer less and live more — until there’s a cure. Migraine Again helps bridge the access to care, bringing evidence-based healthcare content to migraine warriors in 45 […] The post Migraine Again appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Neurgain Chronic back pain (traumatic and neuropathic) affects over 26 million Americans, of which about 7 million have spinal stiffness (spasticity). Current therapeutic management is not working: drugs in use have poor efficacy, and cause undesirable side effects such as resistance, dependency/abuse and other disorders. The estimated annual economic burden of back pain is over […] The post Neurgain appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Return of the House Call We sat down with Sam Zebarjadi of Medicast on this week’s show. This company is using technology to facilitate the return of the house call as model of healthcare delivery. Founded in 2013, Medicast is a healthcare technology company that enables hospitals and health systems to deliver care in a […] The post Return of the House Call appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Halyard Health Provides Alternative To Opioid Pain Meds The current opioid abuse epidemic has been called the worst drug crisis in American history. Death rates now rival those of AIDS during the 1990s, with overdoses from heroin and other opioids now killing more than 27,000 people a year. People across the country are asking themselves: […] The post Halyard Health Provides Alternative To Opioid Pain Meds appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dr. Ashish Advani and Dr. Ted Matthews of Mercer University Mercer University Health Services We sat down with Dean and SVP of Health Services, Dr. Ted Matthews, and Dr. Ashish Advani, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy from Mercer University. Mercer University s College of Pharmacy is ranked among the top five pharmacy programs at private institutions […] The post Mercer University Health Services appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Radix Health Jay Shaffer and I sat down with co-founder of Radix Health, Dr. Arun Mohan. Radix Health uses technology to improve patient access. Radix s flagship product, DASH, is a patent-pending, cloud-based software platform that optimizes ambulatory capacity utilization and reduces scheduling cost. DASH automates and optimizes much of the work currently done by schedulers. […] The post Radix Health appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

KSU BrainLab On this week’s episode we sat down with Steve Krontz, Director of Innovation at the KSU BrainLab, located in the Coles College of Business. They’re doing some remarkable work, using brain activity studies to analyze how individuals react to a logo, or a flavor, or a host of business-related stimuli. Additionally, Steve and […] The post KSU BrainLab appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Sharing Spaces Program On this week’s episode we focused on how the Cobb-Douglas Department of Public Health is working to reduce rates of childhood obesity. The Sharing Spaces program and Power Up for 30 program both aim to facilitate more physical activity among our student-aged populations. Childhood obesity is rising among our young people at alarming […] The post Sharing Spaces Program appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

AirWatch by VM Ware On this week’s episode we sat down with Aamir Siddiqi, the Executive Director for Enterprise Sales, Healthcare, for AirWatch by VM Ware. AirWatch is known as an industry leader and innovator in the mobile enterprise security and services space. The rise and evolution of mobile devices as business tools has been […] The post AirWatch by VM Ware appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Investment Capital, Hospice, and Legal Trends in Healthcare Over the course of the show we have often heard our guests expressing the fact that access to investment capital is one of their biggest needs. On our previous episode we talked with Tif Walker from Georgia Center for Medical Innovation about the fact that in spite […] The post Investment Capital, Hospice, and Legal Trends in Healthcare appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Global Center for Medical Innovation and T3 Labs This week we hosted experts from the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) and T3 Labs. These two non-profit organizations are dedicated to providing an ecosystem and an environment that start-up healthcare technology companies can use to develop prototypes for new devices, as well as early […] The post Global Center for Medical Innovation and T3 Labs appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Genomics, Precision Medicine, and Big Data in Oncology We sat down with medical oncologist/hematologist, Dr. Brion Randolph, of Cancer Treatment Centers of America stopped by to talk about the impacts of genomics, precision medicine, and big data in oncology. Dr. Randolph serves as the Chief Hematologist for the Cancer Treatment Centers facility located in Newnan, […] The post Genomics, Precision Medicine, and Big Data in Oncology appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs We sat down with experts from two Atlanta area health technology companies, Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs. Joining us in studio were Lou Malice, Sam Zamarippa, and Tommy Cunningham. Intent Solutions is a start-up that is developing a device aimed at improving compliance with prescribed medication regimens, as well as helping […] The post Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Vitamin C and OBMedical Company On this episode of Health Connect South Radio we hosted the CEO and co-founder of Vitamin C and President/CEO of OB Medical Company. These two companies are creating technology innovations that help two distinct groups, physician practices and expectant mothers in the birthing process, respectively. Vitamin C’s Osama Hashmi realized […] The post Vitamin C and OBMedical Company appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Center for Health Transformation I hosted Steve Fraime, Director of WellStar’s Center for Health Transformation on this episode. WellStar is rather unique in its investment in an internal center for health innovation—that’s a department typically seen at academic medical centers. The WellStar health system engages with their providers to uncover ideas for opportunities to innovate that […] The post Center for Health Transformation appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Innovative Health Technology On this episode of Health Connect South Radio we featured two Atlanta companies developing innovative health technology. We hosted Monitor Med Solutions and HealPros to learn about the respective problems their solutions solve. Monitor Med Solutions was founded by several Georgia Tech students to create a device that would use bluetooth technology […] The post Innovative Health Technology appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Sleep Technology This week we focused on sleep and sleep technology. Lloyd Sommers, General Manager for ReST Performance came by to talk about how their company is addressing what is essentially an epidemic of poor sleep across our population. The Better Sleep Council cites CDC data on the quality of our sleep, stating that poor […] The post Sleep Technology appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Prescription Medications We talked about prescription medications on this week’s show. It’s true, prescription medications are an important part of the care we need for a number of health-related issues. It’s also true that many of these medications can be very expensive, particularly those that are not yet available as generic options. There are also some […] The post Prescription Medications appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Alii Healthcare On this week’s show we hosted experts from the telehealth platform, Alii Healthcare. Dr. Sylvan Waller, Founder/CEO of Alii Healthcare, Dr. Reginald Nesbitt, Christie Sherman, RN, and Alii client, Jennifer Smith joined us to talk about how the technology solution works. They have created a mobile app called, “Bond”, which uses a mobile […] The post Alii Healthcare appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Fighting Infections This week we hosted two experts whose companies are fighting infections from different directions. Michael Hellerstein is the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Systems for GeoVax. They’re a biotechnology company that’s developing vaccines for Ebola and HIV. Debora Carrier combined her experience as a fashion model and a healthcare provider to think […] The post Fighting Infections appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Nirav Desai, Principal Health Strategist for Mobiquity Mobiquity On this week’s show, Diana and I sat down with health technology strategist, Nirav Desai, of Mobiquity. Mobiquity is a professional services firm trusted by hundreds of companies to be their mobile engagement provider. On a global scale, the trends, strategy, users, platforms, technology, development, organizational […] The post Mobiquity appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Greenway Health A couple of topics that have come up repeatedly over the course of weeks since we started the Health Connect South Radio show: Population Health and Interoperability. On this week’s show we sat down with health IT expert, Mark Janiszewski, EVP of Product Management for Greenway Health. Mark shared how the company has […] The post Greenway Health appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Rimidi This week we hosted the President and CEO of Rimidi, Dr. Luci Ide. Rimidi is a healthcare technology company that is working to help patients and health providers better manage diabetes. It’s an important endeavor—roughly 24 million Americans are diabetic and as many as 86 million more are pre-diabetic (slightly elevated fasting glucose levels). […] The post Rimidi appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Elder Care This week we hosted experts whose companies address the care needs of our elderly population. We hosted Maria de la Guardia, of Assisted Living Locators, Chris Foster, of LivHome, and Blaine Warketine, of Vimty. Assisted Living Locators is a company that provides a free service for families in search of an assisted […] The post Elder Care appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Hospital Acquired Conditions According to CDC, there were over 700,000 hospital acquired conditions in 2011 (in this case, infections). When you add those numbers to other preventable situations such as falls, wrong drug/dose/patient, and others, it’s clear that hospitals can be potentially-dangerous places. This week, Diana and I sat down with two experts from companies […] The post Hospital Acquired Conditions appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

SkyTherapist This week we sat down with the co-founders of SkyTherapist. Sky Therapist, Inc is a virtual platform for mental health support addressing the major complaints of patients in their course of treatment. They offer integrative solutions for intelligent patient-therapist matching, quick initial assessment, and continuity of care. CEO, Afshan Ali, and CFO, Keith Jones, […] The post SkyTherapist appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Exercise is Medicine This week we focused on the value of physical activity to our overall state of wellness. We were joined in studio by Dr. Felipe Lobelo of Emory University, Mike Tinney, of Fitness Interactive Experience, and JP Matzegheit, of Wahoo Fitness. We talked about the physiologic importance of physical activity along with innovative […] The post Exercise is Medicine appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Eating Disorders This week we focused on eating disorders. I sat down with experts from Eating Disorders Information Network, a non-profit organization aimed at outreach to increase awareness/prevention among students in grade school to high school, and helping people identify resources for treatment. According to the National Anorexia Nervosa Association, eating disorders are a serious […] The post Eating Disorders appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Intellimedix and Life University This week we sat down with experts from Intellimedix and Life University. Intellimedix is an Atlanta-based company that uses high-powered computing algorithms, coupled with genetic testing to identify existing medications that could potentially be re-purposed to effectively treat illnesses other than the ones they were originally designed to treat. One […] The post Intellimedix and Life University appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Liv2BGirl We’ve all heard the news stories about young people who have been victims of cyberbullying through social media. In some cases, kids have even gone so far as attempting or committing suicide over the experience. This week we sat down with Cindy Abel and Tosha Marks, co-founders of Liv2BGirl. It’s a social media environment […] The post Liv2BGirl appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Telemedicine This week I sat down with the founder of MedZed, a hybrid telemedicine platform that enables parents with sick children to receive care for their child with an in-home RN who establishes a remote link with a physician. Today, there are a growing number of urgent care centers available, along with after-hours pediatric care […] The post Telemedicine appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Population Health Management The notion of working to improve a population’s awareness of wellness and disease is not new. For decades we have sought to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including reduced smoking rates, early detection for cancers, and decrease obesity (not to mention containing healthcare costs) But with improving data capabilities, interoperability between […] The post Population Health Management appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

National Parkinson Foundation This week we sat down with the President and CEO of National Parkinson Foundation, Joyce Oberdorf and Larry Kahn, CEO/Founder of PD Gladiators, a man who develoed early-onset Parkinson disease. Approximately 1 Million people are living with Parkinson disease in the US today. The National Parkinson Foundation’s website describes Parkinson disease this […] The post National Parkinson Foundation appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Innovations in Heart Health This week, for Week 5, we focused on innovations in heart health. Emory physician, researcher, and professor, Dr. Omar Lattouf came by to share about research he’s been working on developing new techniques for some challenging heart disorders, and an exciting project he’s working on that is aimed at reducing the […] The post Innovations in Heart Health appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Diabetes Prevention Planning Team According to the CDC, as many as 28 million Americans have diabetes. And as many as 1:4 of them do not realize they have it. That means today, potentially almost 10% of the US population are dealing with this chronic disease that puts them at risk for a myriad of […] The post Diabetes Prevention Planning Team appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

American Cancer Society, GeorgiaCORE, and Kaiser Permanente A Note From the Host: Thank you! for listening to our inaugural show with Health Connect South. We are excited to provide a media outlet to supplement the efforts of the organization to move healthcare outcomes forward in our community. We were pleased to bring these experts together […] The post American Cancer Society, GeorgiaCORE, and Kaiser Permanente appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Join us for the inaugural episode of Health Connect South Radio on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 9am Eastern, hosted by CW Hall and sponsored by ShareWIK Media Group. ShareWIK Media Group is The Health & Wellness Solution – Content That Inspires Change. Learn more at www.sharewik.com     The post Health Connect South Radio launches on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 9am EST! appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Health Connect South and Medical Association of Georgia This week on TopDocsRADIO I sat down with Russ Lipari, Founder and CEO of Health Connect South and Donald Palmisano, CEO and Executive Director of the Medical Association of Georgia. The mission of Health Connect South is to improve the health of our community by acting […] The post Health Connect South and Medical Association of Georgia – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.