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In this podcast, presented jointly with Twilio, we welcome Twilio’s Sr. Global CX Consultant, Mauro Faili joins us to talk about innovation and different strategies to reimagine your communication operations using the existing data your system has. Additionally, learn about different ways you can personalize your patient communication.Mauro Failli is a Senior Global CX Consultant is currently the team lead for Twilio Foundry - a consulting practice designed to inspire executive engagement vision. With over 20+ years of industry experience his knowledge spans from communication technologies, IT service management and lifecycle frameworks, and customer engagement / experience management. He enables customers to deliver their engagement vision through reference architectures, milestone planning and facilitating the creation of success criteria through diversified stakeholder discussions.

Peloton comes under fire for safety concerns about its Tread+ treadmill; Electronic health record usability scores take a nosedive, possibly contributing to burnout among nurses . Also: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said the U.S. needs to do more to promote racial equity.Links to the stories:Consumer safety group warns parents to stop using Peloton Tread+ after reports of child injuries and deathNurses give EHR usability an 'F' in new studyDerek Chauvin conviction prompts HHS vow to tackle racism as a serious public health threat

Host Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett and MobiHealthNews Associate Mallory Hackett welcome Startup Health President Unity Stoakes to discuss Q1 2021 digital health funding. With more than $7 billion raised according to MobiHealthNews's tracker and more than $8 billion according to Startup's, we can all agree it was an impressive month. But how do those numbers compare to the past? To other industries? And what does it all mean for the health of the space? Tune in to find the answers to those questions and more.Talking points:2021 funding in a larger historical contextThe changing geography of digital health startupsDramatic changes to digital health market dynamicsThe talent infrastructure underpinning digital healthHow today’s startups are putting together decades of piecesIs the digital health market oversaturated?We’re far from the ceiling for digital health fundingDigital health subsectors to watch“Boomerang” innovation from other geographiesWhere digital health investment is headed nextFrugal innovation and what it can teach usMore about this episode:Investors pour $7.1B into digital health investments during Q1 2021Digital health completes a record-breaking first quarter driven by mega dealsWith $8.5B Raised Globally in Q1, Health Innovation Funding Hits New Milestone (Startup Health's Q1 Report)SPAC deals attract younger, less-funded digital health startupsStartup Health NOW Podcast StartUp Health’s 2020 Midyear Insights Report: A Conversation With Jonah Comstock

The CDC and FDA halt use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to rare, severe reactions; Mayo Clinic launches new AI-powered clinical decision support platform . Also: Omada Health rolls out new physical therapy tool.Links to the stories:CDC and FDA pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine over rare blood clot concernsMayo Clinic launches remote diagnostics platform, forms 2 new companies to support itOmada's latest MSK tech empowers physical therapists to conduct remote appointments

Dr. John Sedor and Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury join host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to discuss innovation in the kidney space, especially the fruits so far of the US government's Kidney X innovation prizes. Talking points:What is Kidney X and what’s it’s missionThe Redesigning Dialysis prize competitionsThe implantable kidney and patient innovation prizesWhy has innovation been so slow in the kidney space?Health equity implications of kidney diseaseKidney disease’s “cellphone moment”Why patient-centricity is important to innovationRemote monitoring and IT infrastructure for kidney careWhat’s next for Kidney X?The kidney space is open for business — and seeking innovatorsKidney care Dr. McCoy's wayMore about this episode:The KidneyX Innovation AcceleratorHHS CTO: Opioids, open data, kidney disease are key focus areas for departmentHHS, American Society of Nephrology launch Phase 2 of KidneyX projectThe Fed’s plan for 2020? Bring long-awaited innovation to kidney diseaseHHS, American Society of Nephrology announce $10M prize for artificial kidney$10M artificial kidney prize now live via HHS, American Society of Nephrology

With his new company Transcarent, Glen Tullman and his team are looking to go through self-insured employers to create a healthcare experience in line with 21st Century consumer expectations and free of the waste and misaligned incentives endemic in the larger healthcare system. It's a lofty aspiration and one that's been tried before with varying degrees of success —  notably with the failed Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JP Morgan Chase venture Haven.On today's episode, Tullman sits down with host Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett, and Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Susan Morse to discuss his new company's mission and game plan.Talking Points:The problems Transcarent is trying to solveMaking healthcare convenient like other industriesWhat healthcare consumers want: Unbiased information, trusted guidance, ease of accessBringing together the worlds of consumer tech and healthcare… againThe misnomer of patient engagementLessons learned from LivongoMoving toward consumer-directed, always-on healthcarePatients lack a real advocate in healthcareHow Transcarent fits into the move to value-based careHow to counteract misaligned incentives in healthcareFinding and eliminating waste in the healthcare systemLooking ahead to the future of telehealthMore about this episode:TranscarentTranscarent looks to overhaul self-insured marketAmazon Care's nationwide telehealth expansion 'may be bigger than the sum of the parts,' says firmLivongo's lead investor on what the next model of care could look likeHaven disbands, ending speculation on what innovation at such a scale could doWith price transparency an inevitability, hospitals need to start working toward compliance

U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuit against UnitedHealth alleging market shenanigans; Insurtech company Bright Health looks to strengthen telehealth foothold with Zipnosis acquisition. Also: AstraZeneca is teaming with Massachusetts General Hospital to create and clinically validate patient-centric digital health solutions.Links to the stories:U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcareInsuretech company Bright Health buys telemedicine startup ZipnosisAstraZeneca working with Mass General on tech for heart failure, asthma

WHO says the introduction of the coronavirus through a laboratory incident is “extremely unlikely”; Amazon secures EAU for an at-home COVID-19 test kit. Plus: Digital health and wellness practitioners believe their sector to be high-risk.Links to the stories: Spread of coronavirus from lab is extremely unlikely, WHO report saysCoronavirus likely escaped from a Wuhan lab, says former CDC Director Robert RedfieldAmazon lands EUA for COVID-19 test with home sample collection89% of digital health leaders perceive the industry as risky, says report

In her new book Humanizing Healthcare, out April 6th, Dr. Summer Knight leverages her experiences as a physician, an entrepreneur, a patient, and a mother of a son with cancer to present a paradigm for how healthcare can change — to be a better experience for healthcare consumers, and find better cost savings and outcomes along the way.Dr. Knight joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss some of the key ideas in the forthcoming book.This episode is brought to you by League. Talking pointsDr. Summer Knight’s story and why she wrote Humanizing HealthcareHumanizing Healthcare as a North Star for reforming all the parts of healthcareThe 3 +1 key drivers of healthcare transformationWhy humanity has to be hardwired in as technology improvesChanging the culture of care delivery and creating therapeutic alliancesRethinking the healthcare consumer as client, not patientHealthfulness hubs - an infrastructure for operationalizing care networksReforms to preventative care and healthcare financeDr. Knight’s advice for HIMSSCast listenersMore about this episode:Pre-order the bookHumanizing Healthcare: the websiteFirecracker HealthAllegheny Health Network team enhances transitional care managementHands-free voice tech helps Saratoga Hospital save PPE and ensure staff safetyWeaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19Memorial Health uses chatbots to boost patient experience, streamline workflowsCare coordination, telehealth startups merge to support vulnerable senior populationsHealth equity focused startup Cityblock lands $53.5M in fundingUnite Us raises $35M to connect healthcare with social services

AstraZeneca vaccine shows 79% efficacy in trials but is not without controversy; Everlywell acquires PWNHealth and subsidiary Home Access Health . Plus: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs undertaking a strategic review of its Cerner electronic health record modernization program .Links to the stories:AstraZeneca vaccine shows 79% efficacy in phase III trialAstraZeneca is questioned over potential use of outdated information in its COVID-19 clinical trialEverlywell forms new at-home lab testing subsidiary through PWNHealth purchaseVA to undertake strategic review of EHR modernization program