Breaking Health
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The Breaking Health Podcast features the innovators, investors and entrepreneurs who are building the technology and tools to break down and build up the country’s ailing health care system. With seasoned health care investor Steve Krupa, CEO of the Psilos Group, as host, Breaking Health delivers the earliest insights on the ongoing Digital Health Revolution.
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Mar 17, 2017 • 36min
Imagine Health Works to Lower Employers’ Healthcare Costs by Building Better Physician Networks
Imagine Health’s belief is simple – better physicians ultimately cost the healthcare system less money.“We believe strongly if you create a network where the default option is the quality option that people will be much better off,” Cigarran says.
Mar 10, 2017 • 15min
Why Does Oak HC/FT’s Annie Lamont Think This is an “Amazing Time” to be Investing in Healthcare?
OAK HC/FT is reportedly targeting $500 million for a second fund. At last year’s DHIS, we chatted with Managing Partner Annie Lamont about the firm’s origins as well as the many great opportunities facing healthcare investors and entrepreneurs.
Mar 3, 2017 • 42min
Avizia CEO Mike Baird Sees Telemedicine Perched at the Start of a Supernova of Healthcare Innovation
Host Steve Krupa delves deep into Avizia’s history and its approach to developing the right products for hospitals. How does it identify the features providers want, as well as those they may not know they even need?
Feb 26, 2017 • 44min
Can Halo Unleash the Power of the Brain to Help Top Athletes Achieve Their True Potential?
Competitive rower Brett Wingeier helped build one of the most ambitious Neurotech companies to aid people with epilepsy. Now he and another NeuroPace alum have created Halo, a neurological device that could give athletes another gear in their workouts.
Feb 17, 2017 • 39min
Arcadia’s CEO Sean Carroll Talks Greenheads, EHRs and Building A Leader in Data Management
Sean Carroll, CEO of Arcadia Healthcare Solution, shares his favorite beer and his strategy for Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, a data management leader that drew a $30 million new round from investors including newcomers Merck GHBi and GE Ventures.
Feb 12, 2017 • 41min
From Farmville To Pharma: How Alpha’s Thor Ernstsson Studies Small User Tests for Better Results
Alpha CEO Thor Ernstsson talks on the importance of making smarter product decisions through the right kind of user insight. Alpha builds a universal tool that tests the small incremental changes needed to improve engagement. With big name clients like Prudential, Pfizer, and Spotify, Alpha is proving the need for product versatility – within and outside of patient care.
Feb 5, 2017 • 36min
Eliminating the Pain Points: How Bright Health Works to Re-shape the Stress of Healthcare Coverage
Bob Sheehy, CEO and co-founder of Bright Health and veteran of the insurance game, shares his vision for a better healthcare system.
Jan 9, 2017 • 49min
A Taste of Their Own Medicine: How HealthPrize is Building a Winning Medication Adherence Tool
HealthPrize CEO Tom Kottler explains how we can save lives – and billions of dollars – by helping patients take their prescribed medications.
Dec 16, 2016 • 45min
Blue Mesa Building Digital Rx Tool to Help Diabetics Manage Their Condition
Curtis Duggan, Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Mesa, explains how the start-up is using mobile tech, wearables, and other tools to help people take control of their disease.
Dec 9, 2016 • 35min
Can Twiage Cut the Static for Communications between Ambulance and ER?
Yiding Yu, MD, founder and chief medical officer of Twiage, explains how her start-up is using mobile technologies to clear the line between the EMTs and ER personnel.
