

Outcomes Rocket
Saul Marquez
At Outcomes Rocket, we are the shared knowledge hub for healthcare's toughest problems. Our goal is twofold and clear. To help inspire and guide our listeners to 1. Improve patient outcomes and 2. Experience business success in healthcare. Tune in to learn more!
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Aug 24, 2021 • 23min
Driving Change by Using Research-Based Evidence with Kaajal Singh, Principal of Client Engagement for RTI Center for Health Care Advancement
In this episode, we interview the outstanding Kaajal Singh. Kaajal is the Principal of Client Engagement for the RTI Center for Health Care Advancement. She discusses how RTI leverages data and delivers health-focused interventions. These solutions are backed by years of research and presented to the table with analytical capabilities that are truly fundamental to a research institute. Kaajal shares RTI's drive to improve quality and outcomes and reduce cost. She also talks about the benefits of relying on an independent third party to assess your business's study or new technology. If you're looking for a way to scale your business at a lower cost, or you need help in the decision-making process, a research institute like RTI can help you. We truly enjoyed our exciting conversation with Kaajal. Please tune in to the entire episode to learn more.
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Aug 23, 2021 • 28min
Quantified Health and Strength Training Data with M-T Strickland, Co-Founder at Metric Mate, Inc.
In this episode, we are privileged to host M-T, the co-founder of Metric Mate. Metric Mate is a first of its kind patented AI platform that enables you to receive professional trainer level results without the time or physical proximity restraints. M-T discusses how Metric Mate allows users to seamlessly track their workout data, monitor performance, and receive real-time feedback using your mobile device. He shares how this cutting-edge, patented technology actually started in a gym. M-T also talks about the advantages of using Metric Mate post-surgery, the value of data they are collecting through the platform challenges the company has faced, especially with the advent of COVID-19, and more. You'll definitely pick up some pearls in this conversation, so please tune in to the full episode.
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Aug 20, 2021 • 18min
Managing Chronic Pain with High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation with Dr. David Caraway, Chief Medical Officer at Nevro
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. With the ongoing battle against the opioid epidemic, we need another alternative for dealing with pain.
In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting Dr. David Caraway, Chief Medical Officer at Nevro, a global medical device company that focuses on delivering advanced and innovative spinal cord stimulation to help with chronic pain.
Dr. Caraway shares how his company is helping treat patients with chronic pain and adding value to healthcare. He shares his thoughts on the opioid epidemic, nonpharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain, HFX Cloud, overcoming setbacks, and many more.
This is a great conversation on mitigating chronic pain so please tune in!
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Aug 18, 2021 • 26min
Mitigating Needle Stick Injury for Improved Clinicians and Patients Experience with Hilario Castillo, Founder, Innovative Neurons LLC
Needle stick injury is one of the most common injuries that happen to healthcare workers.
In this episode, we are privileged to feature Hilario Castillo, Founder, and CEO of Innovative Neurons. He is the inventor of the Fast Access Safety Technology (F.A.ST) Syringe, a revolutionary syringe that has unique time-saving and safety features.
Hilario shares the genesis of his invention and company and some of the challenges he faced in putting the product on the market. He discusses F.A.S.T.'s special features and how it saves time and decreases risk to all healthcare workers. We also cover his thoughts and insights on nurse entrepreneurs, nurse-led innovations, and the importance of recognizing nurses’ solutions.
This is an exciting conversation packed with amazing stories and insights, so please tune in!
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Aug 17, 2021 • 31min
Introducing Computational Trust to Healthcare with Jim Nasr, CEO at Acoer
Today’s podcast features Jim Nasr, CEO at Acoer. Acoer is a software development company committed to building software that is usable, interoperable, and block-chained enabled to ensure trust, transparency, and security. In this podcast, Jim talks about how his company focuses on building modern and usable real-time healthcare technologies. He speaks of improving health care by making data more accountable, delivering easier access to data for better efficiencies, and insights to understand blockchain technology. We learned a lot from our conversation with Jim, and we hope you’ll find great value in it as well. Enjoy!
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Aug 12, 2021 • 25min
Making Healthcare Affordable, Predictable and Simple with Rajesh Manglani, VP of Pharmacy Product Strategy at Cigna
What are the forces impacting health care?
In this episode, we are privileged to feature Rajesh Manglani, VP of Pharmacy Product Strategy at Cigna. Rajesh discusses Cigna's goal to make healthcare affordable, predictable, and simple for everyone. He explains how his company delivers sustainable solutions, early behavioral lifestyle interventions, and timely cost-effective access to care. He also talks of the value of data integration and benefits integration.
Rajesh provides great examples to support his points, what he looks forward to, and the challenges the pharma space faces.
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Aug 11, 2021 • 33min
ENCORE: IoT Applications for Contact Tracing, Predictive Cleaning, and Occupancy Monitoring with Tim Panagos, CTO of Microshare
This episode features the outstanding Tim Panagos, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Microshare.io, which combines wireless data sources to allow better decision-making while respecting the individual's privacy. Microshare's universal contact tracing solution has been adopted globally as the centerpiece of comprehensive COVID-19 responses. Today, Tim talks about how his company leverage data and technology to help people and businesses make better decisions, improve disease management, and increase productivity. He discusses the possibilities and potential of their new contact tracing technology. He shares insights and hopes to push the data in real-time to empower people to make their own decisions and improve interventions globally. This is an incredible conversation, so please tune in!
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Aug 10, 2021 • 24min
Democratizing Access to Hospital-Grade Disinfection with Eli Harris, President and Co-Founder of R-Zero
COVID-19 curtailed the growth of many companies, but it also became the reason for the creation of new companies seeking to improve health standards.
In this episode, we are privileged to host the outstanding Eli Harris, President and Co-Founder of R-Zero. R-Zero is a disinfection company seeking to reduce the spread of infectious diseases by leveraging ultraviolet C (UV-C) technology.
Eli discusses how R-Zero was formed, what he and his co-founders learned as they start unpacking the disinfection industry, stats and a little bit of history on UVC light towers, and about "value extraction". He also talks about "Arc", the floor-standing UVC device the company re-engineered that can reduce infectious diseases and create safe public spaces. He shares his thoughts on challenges and company plans keeping him on his toes.
Don’t miss this exciting conversation with Eli Harris. Please tune in!
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Aug 9, 2021 • 18min
Practical and Affordable Healthcare with Shane Foss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Hooray Health
Not everyone can afford expensive health insurance. If you're looking for a way to access health care affordably, this is an episode you cannot miss!
Today, we are privileged to feature the outstanding Shane Foss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Hooray Health. Shane explains how his company serves the underserved by offering affordable health insurance to part-time and hourly-rate workers.
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Aug 5, 2021 • 27min
Fostering Creativity and Insights in the Pharma Ecosystem with Tai Chung, the Director of Partnerships for ZS Medullan
The pharma space has a very prescribed linear process and this is to reduce errors and avoid uncertainties and deviations. With the advent of digital therapeutics, there’s a need to do things differently, to be open to ideas, and to take analogs from different verticals.
In this episode, we have the privilege to host Tai Chung, the Director of Partnerships for ZS Medullan. Tai talks about the challenges of getting pharma manufacturers on communicating the value of digital strategies and the importance of being creative, agile, and having a curiosity-driven mindset when it comes to going digital. We also covered some of the topics and takeaways from his recent webinar like data sharing, trends in the pharma value chain, and some solutions foreign markets can innovate along with the key trends.
There’s so much change going on in the pharma space and a lot of challenging new paradigm shifts for the industry and manufacturers, but Tai and his team have a solid understanding of the problem and different solutions to solve it for their customers. Don’t miss this insightful interview with Tia Chung!
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