Breaking Health

In the eyes of Tiber Health CEO David Lenihan, MD, the "medical school model" is broken. Can his venture-backed startup Tiber Health teach future physicians more effectively and help avoid the coming global doctor shortage? The Problem: Tiber Health says we'll need an additional 14 million medical professionals by 2039.Tiber's Solution: Tiber is building what it hopes will be a reproducible education model.Side note: David Lenihan was at Tiber's school in Puerto Rico during the interview. We got disconnected twice.

Tripp Peake co-founded Long River Ventures in 2000, just before the tech and venture capital industries took a dive. The firm survived, thrived, and is very much alive raising a $100 million fund under a new brand, LRVHealth. The new name and tight healthcare focus reflects the firm's strong connections to hospital networks and other healthcare institutions making up its limited partner base. With a broader investment team and new purpose, LRVHealth is looking to connect healthcare innovators and end-users. Overview: More money for Series A rounds. Good news!Surprises: I didn't know the origin of the Long River name.Regrets: A question or two about LRVHealth's existing portfolio would have been niceEnjoy this podcast!

This week Steve Krupa chats with Dave Grandin, president and CEO of Kiio, about the company’s work to help payers and providers manage patient care. Dave Grandin brings an outsider’s perspective to healthcare, finding great success leading sports technology companies like Avid Sports. Following a short break, Dave returned to the start-up world to help healthcare tackle its own problems by leading Kiio. The company has a unique focus on evidence-based care pathways and low back pain, two areas that likely don’t receive enough attention from Digital Health start-ups.Overview: Kiio seems to be working an untapped market. Surprises: Dave Grandin is candid about the company’s strategic pivot.Regrets: I didn’t get Steve Krupa’s Super Bowl prediction.

Bill Geary, cofounder and partner of Flare Capital Partners, muscles through a strained voice to discuss the growing trepidation over Digital Health. But he emphasizes the many reasons for enthusiasm in 2018 including new capital and likely consolidation.

Jeff Immelt gained a unique perspective from high atop his CEO chair at GE.In this interview at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, Bill Geary, co-chair of the conference and co-founder of Flare Capital Partners, leads the high-profile executive through the many challenges facing healthcare.

In this week’s podcast, Breaking Health co-host Tom Salemi catches up with summit co-chairs Bill Geary and Robert Mittendorff, MD, immediately after the close of the sold-out Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit. The trio share their highlights from the summit including lessons from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt and broader observations about the maturation of Digital Health.

Following a successful run as a tech entrepreneur and executive, Rajeev Singh heard numerous warnings about joining a healthcare start-up. But Singh, like many, saw the opportunity to affect true change in healthcare too tempting to ignore. Two years ago, he assumed the CEO role at Accolade, a company using phone calls, AI, and Machine Learning to help self-insured employers understand their healthcare needs.

Keith Figlioli found himself on a senior management track, helping to run some of healthcare’s more impactful companies including Premier, the purchasing network of close to 200 hospitals. Now he is a partner at Long River Ventures, a smaller venture firm with an extensive, successful history of investing in healthcare IT companies. In this Breaking Health Podcast, Figlioli shares the lessons learned on his lengthy path to Long River and explains what’s next for the growing venture capital firm.

DHIS co-chair Bill Geary, partner and cofounder of Flare Capital Partners, announces the final additions to this year’s Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit. Jeff Immelt, former GE CEO, and Troyen Brennan, MD, CMO of CVS Health, will sit down to discuss their respective views on the future of Digital Health.

Few can make a stronger case for the health of Digital Health then Robert Mittendorff, MD, general partner at Norwest Venture Partners, co-chair of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, and emergency room physician. In this episode, Dr. Mittendorff talks up the strength of iRhythm, the wisdom of the FDA, and areas where he’d like to invest more capital. He also discusses the company’s recent investment in VisitPay.