Best Inflect Health Podcasts (2025)

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Emerging Technologies (Part 3): Microsoft’s Chief Architect for Health on the Saga of Interoperability and AI 48:06

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Dr. Josh Mandel says his first love was software. But on a whim, while studying computer science and software engineering at MIT, he took a course that opened his eyes to the world of medicine and genetics. It changed the trajectory of his career away from software – but only temporarily. He entered medical school after earning a bachelor’s degree …

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Emerging Technologies (Part 2): Past, Present & Future of Healthcare Interoperability with HTD Health's Brendan Keeler 49:12

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Brendan Keeler’s path into healthcare interoperability has been anything but straightforward. After early stints implementing Epic in the U.S. and Europe, he helped hundreds of startups connect to provider and payer systems at Redox, Zus Health and Flexpa before taking the reins of the Interoperability Practice at HTD Health. Along the way, his Hea…

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Emerging Technologies (Part 1): Inside Perspectives from Epic’s Seth Hain 49:02

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Seth Hain has spent two decades at Epic, watching the electronic health record evolve from digital filing cabinet to care-delivery platform. Now he thinks the entire stack of software is being re-imagined, only this time it isn’t mobile or cloud driving the change, but generative AI. In a conversation with Keith Figlioli, Hain explains how new tool…

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How a Tech-Minded CEO Sees the Future: CareFirst’s Brian D. Pieninck on Medicare, Medicaid & the AI-Driven Inflection Point in Healthcare 45:17

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Brian D. Pieninck didn’t take a conventional path to healthcare leadership. He started his career as an 18-year-old IT contractor and spent two decades working across the industry before becoming President and CEO of CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. He now also serves as Chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, bringing both local and nati…

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Medicaid Uncovered: Decoding the System 44:57

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Kody Kinsley has been called many things—operator, innovator, Medicaid “nerd”—but above all, he’s a fierce advocate for the health and well-being of the populations Medicaid serves. Now a senior advisor at the Milken Institute and recently North Carolina’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kinsley joins Keith Figlioli for a wide-ranging conve…

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Where Medicare Stands—And Where It’s Headed with Aetna’s Dr. Ali Khan 49:25

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Dr. Ali Khan has spent his career at the intersection of medicine, public policy, and value-based care. He’s also been at the forefront of some of the country's most innovative care delivery models—from Iora Health and CareMore to Oak Street Health and now Aetna, where he serves as Chief Medical Officer of Medicare at Aetna, a CVS Health company. I…

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Opportunities in Oncology (Part 3): Getting Deep Into Patient Care with Mass General Brigham’s Head of Radiation Oncology 37:19

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The first two episodes in this Healthcare is Hard podcast series on “Opportunities in Oncology” explored the relationship between academic medical centers and community care, with guests Dr. Stephen Schleicher from Tennessee Oncology, and Dr. Harlan Levine from City of Hope. For the third and final episode in the series, Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan joine…

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Opportunities in Oncology (Part 2): Balancing Cutting-Edge Research and Community Care 40:47

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Dr. Harlan Levine began his career practicing internal medicine but soon moved into business leadership roles at national healthcare organizations to help improve the dysfunction with payer-provider relationships that he experienced firsthand as a physician. At United Health Group, Dr. Levine joined as clinical lead of the team that launched Optum,…

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Opportunities in Oncology (Part 1): The Intersection of Clinical Care, Business and Policy 48:19

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There’s been a massive gap in oncology where people who have been responsible for a dramatic increase in the standard of care have lacked a solid understanding of the business, payment and policy constructs required to deliver it. Dr. Stephen Schleicher has spent the early part of his career working to fill that gap. Dr. Schleicher entered medical …

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Episode 114: Trump's Tariffs & Controversial Cabinet Picks With Aaron 48:37

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Just before Thanksgiving, Aaron joined me to talk about his thoughts on the election results, Trump's tariff restrictions with Canada, Mexico, and China, as well as his controversial cabinet picks.Including: Matt Gaetz, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Linda McMahon, Robert F Kennedy Jr., and Lee Zeldin.…

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Election Implications (Part 4): Forecasting For Healthcare As The Second Trump Administration Takes Shape 36:09

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Elements of the new Trump administration are coming into focus as announcements of key healthcare appointments and nominations provide indications for what the market can expect starting in January. To dissect the impact these changes might have, Wall Street Analyst Jeff Garro joined Keith Figlioli to wrap up a four-part series of episodes on elect…

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Election Implications (Part 3): JP Morgan’s Read on Trump 2.0 and What’s Next for Healthcare 45:44

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Healthcare was not a major focus during the 2024 election where other key issues drove most of the discussion. This left a vacuum around specific healthcare policies and what to expect from a second Trump Administration. With few details available and political capital to spend from the ‘red sweep’ this election, healthcare stakeholders are ponderi…

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Episode 113: New York's Jazzy R&B Duo Acute Inflections 48:56

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Known in and out of New York as the Jazzy R&B Duo, Acute Inflections joins me to talk about how the met, fell in love, and through music found a deeper connection performing together.Perpetually on the road they talk about a fond performance in Philly, performing What a Day a Difference Makes in with a reggae twist, "No Ordinary Love" by Sade being…

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Edge AI Revolution: Building Private Enterprise Automations with Knapsack's Mark Heynen 24:01

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Edge AI Revolution: Building Private Enterprise Automations with Knapsack's Mark Heynen Mark Heynen is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Knapsack, where he's building private AI automations for enterprise use. A seasoned entrepreneur and technology executive, Mark has founded five companies and held key positions at tech giants including …

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Episode 112: From Türkiye to Vietnam with Anthony 42:10

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From Türkiye to Vietnam, Anthony shares his journey teaching English abroad, the differences between countries, being part of the LGBTQ+ abroad, and his life lessons that brought him to his present life.By Fancy Face

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Election Implications (Part 2): This Wall Street Analyst Agrees, “Healthcare is Hard” 30:42

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With the White House and Congress up for grabs this election, anticipation in the healthcare industry is high. Shifts in healthcare policy will influence how care is paid for and delivered, which will of course influence the flow of investment dollars in both public and private markets. During the first episode of a four-part series on election imp…

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The Human Firewall: AI's Double Edge in Cybersecurity with Rob Gurzeev of CyCognito 31:36

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The Human Firewall: AI's Double Edge in Cybersecurity with Rob Gurzeev of CyCognito Rob Gurzeev is the CEO and Co-Founder of CyCognito, a cutting-edge cybersecurity company trusted by over 20 of the Global 100 companies. With a background in the elite Israeli Intelligence Corps unit 8200, Rob brings a unique blend of offensive security expertise an…

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Beyond Spreadsheets: How Ambient AI is Reshaping Financial Planning with Runway’s CEO Siqi Chen 24:57

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Beyond Spreadsheets: How Ambient AI is Reshaping Financial Planning with Runway’s CEO Siqi Chen Siqi Chen is the CEO and Founder of Runway, a finance platform revolutionizing business planning and analysis. With a diverse background spanning gaming, social media, and technology, Siqi has been a serial entrepreneur and leader in the tech industry fo…

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Secure RAG Systems: A DeepTech Exploration with Protecto’s COO, Protik Mukhopadhyay 34:26

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Secure RAG Systems: A DeepTech Exploration with Protecto’s COO, Protik Mukhopadhyay Protik Mukhopadhyay is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Protecto.ai, a venture-backed company specializing in secure and privacy-focused Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions. With over 15 years of experience in artificial intelligence, large language m…

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Election Implications (Part 1): Angst, Uncertainty and an Urge for Calm from Maverick Health Policy’s Julie Barnes 45:42

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Julie Barnes has made a career helping health plans, tech vendors, investors and others in the healthcare space decipher health policy. She’s a former Hill staffer who earned her law degree and spent a decade in corporate law serving healthcare clients before moving to policy think tanks, business consulting, and founding Maverick Health Policy. At…

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Scaling AI For Enterprise: Inflection AI’s Roadmap to Human-Centered Solutions with CEO Sean White 25:41

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Scaling AI For Enterprise: Inflection AI’s Roadmap to Human-Centered Solutions with CEO Sean White Sean White is the CEO of Inflection AI, a pioneer in human-centered artificial intelligence. With a career spanning decades in tech innovation, Sean has been at the forefront of computer vision and AI technology. His experience includes key roles at M…

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AI Strategy Unveiled: Former IBM Chief AI Officer on Enterprise AI Success 31:12

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AI Strategy Unveiled: Former IBM Chief AI Officer on Enterprise AI Success Seth Dobrin is a prominent figure in the AI and data science industry. He is the co-founder and GP of One Infinity Ventures, a venture fund focused on deep tech and responsible AI. Seth is also the founder of Quantum AI, a consulting company specializing in AI strategy, gove…

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Beyond ChatGPT: Unlocking Enterprise Value in the Age of Generative AI with Paul Baier 23:46

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Beyond ChatGPT: Unlocking Enterprise Value in the Age of Generative AI Paul Baier is the CEO of GAI Insights, a company specializing in generative AI strategies for enterprises. With over 25 years of experience in B2B sales and venture-backed companies, Paul has become a thought leader in the AI space. He previously worked at FirstFuel, using tradi…

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Ethical AI in Action: How Plainsight is Transforming Business Intelligence with Kit Merker 30:53

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Ethical AI in Action: How Plainsight is Transforming Business Intelligence Kit Merker is the CEO of Plainsight Technologies, a company specializing in computer vision and AI solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, Kit has held positions at major companies like Microsoft and Google, where he was an early team member for Kub…

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What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Performance Improvement? 38:00

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OSF HealthCare stands as a model health system for those who want to do innovation right. One of the defining characteristics of the Peoria, Illinois-based system is how it aligns innovation with operations for everyone – all 24,000 employees across 159 locations, including 16 hospitals. Becky Buchen is responsible for driving innovation at OSF Hea…

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The Next Frontier in AI: Multi-Agent Frameworks and the Path to AGI with Martin Musiol 40:01

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The Next Frontier in AI: Multi-Agent Frameworks and the Path to AGI Martin Musiol is an AI expert, founder, and CEO of GenerativeAI.net. With a background from the Technical University of Munich, Martin has been at the forefront of generative AI since 2016. He created the world's first online course on generative AI and has worked as the Gen AI lea…

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AI as Your Co-pilot: Hal9's CEO on Reshaping Enterprise Workflows 40:23

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Javier Luraschi: AI as Your Co-pilot: Hal9's CEO on Reshaping Enterprise Workflows Bio: Javier Luraschi is the CEO and Founder of Hal9. With over 15 years of experience in software engineering, Javier has worked at companies like Microsoft Research, RStudio (now Posit), and SAP. He co-created open-source tools such as MLflow and ported PyTorch and …

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Data-Driven Decisions: Transforming Insurance from the C-Suite Down with Max Cho of Coverage Cat 31:11

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Max Cho is the CEO and co-founder of Coverage Cat, a startup revolutionizing the insurance industry through data-driven solutions. With a diverse background in technology and finance, Max has held key positions at industry giants including Google, Two Sigma, and Microsoft. His expertise spans software reliability, quantitative analysis, and consume…

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Help or Harm? How CHAI is Mitigating the Risk of AI in Healthcare 54:30

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With great power comes great responsibility and in healthcare, those words may have never held more meaning than they do with the advent of artificial intelligence. AI most certainly has the power to transform healthcare, and those in the industry working to develop and use it have an immense responsibility to shape principles that ensure these tec…

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The Data Dilemma: How Blind Insight is Revolutionizing Secure Analytics for Enterprises ft. Jackie Peters and Nick Sullivan 27:16

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The Data Dilemma: How Blind Insight is Revolutionizing Secure Analytics for Enterprises ft. Jackie Peters and Nick Sullivan Jackie Peters: Co-founder and CEO of Blind Insight, Jackie brings over 25 years of experience in tech, with a strong focus on healthcare and privacy. Her career spans product development, health tech, and decentralized technol…

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Patrick Obeid: How AI Simplifies ESG Reporting and Data Infrastructure w/ ESG Flo 38:31

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Patrick Obeid: How AI Simplifies ESG Reporting and Data Infrastructure w/ ESG Flo [Audio] Patrick Obeid, is the founder of ESG Flo, the leading ESG software that leverages artificial intelligence to seamlessly automate the collection and transformation of ESG data into audit-ready metrics. In this episode we discuss: Introduction to the HumAIn podc…

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Live from DHIS East: Mass General Brigham CIO, Christopher Coburn 44:17

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Chris Coburn has been driving health system innovation for decades. He is currently chief innovation officer at Mass General Brigham (MGB), the nation’s largest academic research enterprise with over $16 billion in annual revenue, 1.5 million patient visits and more than $2.4 billion in research expenditures. MGB also has a managed care organizatio…

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Reinventing Pharmacy (Part 3): Optum Rx CEO, Dr. Patrick Conway, Brings the PBM, Provider and Payer POV 40:32

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Optum Rx serves more than 62 million people, processes 1.6 billion prescriptions and generates more than $110 billion of revenue annually. Dr. Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum Rx, is the third and final guest in a series of Healthcare is Hard episodes exploring the transformation of the pharmacy business – following conversations with Mark Cuban and Dr…

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Reinventing Pharmacy (Part 2): Dr. Troyen Brennan Disputes the False Narrative of Good vs. Bad Actors 42:49

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In the first of a series of episodes exploring opportunities for innovation in the pharmacy space, Mark Cuban offered perspective from an outsider intent on disrupting the status quo. In this, the second episode, Dr. Troyen Brennan gives an insider point-of-view from someone who has studied and worked in the space for decades. Dr. Brennan was Chief…

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Reinventing Pharmacy: Mark Cuban Says Trust Is Missing Across Healthcare. Here’s What He’s Doing About It 43:34

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Mark Cuban built a career disrupting industries and creating new ones. Now, his sights are set on healthcare. There’s no secret ingredient to Mark’s success. As the world sees very publicly on Shark Tank, his style is the opposite of keeping secrets. It’s based on providing respectful, but direct, honest and unvarnished opinions. He’s bringing that…

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Max Galka: How AI Transforms Decision-making on the Blockchain 30:53

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Max Galka: How AI Transforms Decision-making on the Blockchain [Audio] Max Galka is the CEO of Elementus, the first universal search engine for blockchain and institutional grade crypto forensics solution. In this episode, we talk about all things Blockchain, Bitcoin, Data, and AI. Episode Links: Max Galka LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxg…

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Is Innovation Stuck in Healthcare? Two Brothers Get to The Bottom of It 46:21

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In most industries, innovation leads to an improved product or service while ultimately helping to lower cost. Healthcare is the exception. Despite a constant pursuit of new science, technology, operational efficiencies, business models and more, healthcare expenditures in the U.S. have continued to increase for decades with little sign of bending …

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Putting Trust at the Center of Healthcare Transformation: Press Ganey CEO, Pat Ryan 36:20

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Through its work with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities and the industry’s largest database of patient feedback, Press Ganey gives organizations the data and insights they need to put the human experience at the center of healthcare. Since it was founded nearly 40 years ago by Professors Press and Ganey at the University of Notre Dame, the com…

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Deciphering the New Normal (Part 4): Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Chief Strategy Officer, Sukanya Soderland 37:02

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This is the final episode in a four part series with heads of strategy at providers and payers from across the healthcare ecosystem to explore “the new normal” in a post-COVID operating environment. For this episode Keith Figlioli welcomed Sukanya Soderland, Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, to explore how a regiona…

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Deciphering the New Normal (Part 3): Humana’s Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer, Dr. Vishal Agrawal 38:16

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The previous two episodes of Healthcare is Hard explored the “new normal” from the provider perspective with heads of strategy at an innovative regional health system, OhioHealth, and one of the nation’s largest, CommonSpirit. For the third episode in this series, Keith Figlioli welcomes Humana’s Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, Dr…

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Deciphering the New Normal (Part 2): CommonSpirit’s Chief Strategy Officer, Sheri Shapiro 41:11

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CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest integrated health systems comprising 142 hospitals and 2,200 care sites across 24 states. Three years ago, at the height of the pandemic, CommonSpirit’s Chief Innovation Officer, Rich Roth, and now former CEO, Lloyd Dean, spoke with Keith Figlioli on the Healthcare is Hard podcast to discuss their …

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Deciphering The New Normal With OhioHealth’s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Michael Krouse 40:28

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There are many reasons why central Ohio is a fertile ground for innovation and why the areas surrounding Columbus are ideal for testing new approaches to consumer behavior. It’s a diverse city with five Fortune 500 companies and 19 Fortune 1,000 companies in a wide range of industries, from banking and insurance to fashion. No single industry contr…

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Not Just a Side Gig: Government Contracting Takes Commitment, Says Booz Allen Hamilton COO, Kristine Martin Anderson 40:10

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Before taking responsibility for operational performance of Booz Allen Hamilton – the $9+ billion technology and consulting leader with 32,000+ employees worldwide – Kristine Martin Anderson built a career pioneering healthcare IT. Most notably, she spent nearly 14 years at an early innovator in the space, CareScience, where she helped advance work…

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Is AI Policy a Bigger Undertaking Than Meaningful Use? Kristen McGovern Thinks So 38:07

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Earning a Presidential Management Fellowship after law school gave Kristen McGovern firsthand experience working inside many of the agencies and offices that drive U.S. healthcare policy. Over a two year period with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) she worked at organizations including the National Cancer Institute and the Biomedic…

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AI Hype vs. Reality: A Conversation With Nuance (Microsoft) CSO, Peter Durlach 48:21

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Peter Durlach grew up around computers and was exposed to innovative technology at an early age by his father, who helped run a lab in the electronics department at MIT. After graduating college in the 1980s, Peter caught the entrepreneurial bug way before it was cool, and was employee number four at a company developing the first voice user interf…

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Destigmatizing Maternal Mental Health Through Technology 21:10

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Seven Starling is a digital clinic created to support women throughout their motherhood journey, helping treat mental health challenges patients may experience. In this episode, company CEO Tina Beilinson and Chief Medical Officer and practicing OB-GYN Dr. Amy Roskin explain how their startup is tackling the untreated mental health conditions and c…

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Making Healthcare More Equitable 21:55

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Dr. Alan Roga helped lead Teladoc Health through the COVID-19 pandemic as its Chief Clinical Operations Officer. Now he's the founder of Trulite Health, a health equity platform dedicated to reducing clinical bias. In this episode, he shares his entrepreneurial journey, what led him to tackle disparities in care, how healthcare systems can embrace …

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Scaling Up (Part 2). How Dr. Rasu Shrestha is Steering AI & Innovation After the Megamerger that Created Advocate Health 49:39

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Many physicians today choose to pivot their careers and apply their clinical knowledge to the innovation and digital transformation side of healthcare. Dr. Rasu Shrestha was an early pioneer of this trend and as he explains, went from “the dark side of radiology to the dork side of informatics” more than two decades ago. In addition to spanning bot…

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From Clinician to Founder: The Story Behind Joystik's Mind-Body Training App 19:06

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Dr. Sarah Pierce is the co-founder of Joystik, a health and wellness app using a modern approach to classical conditioning. In this episode, we hear about her solution to keeping people relaxed and free from stress. Plus, she talks about juggling her entrepreneurial journey with her work as a clinician — what advice does Dr. Pierce have for her fel…

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Smashing the Stigma: Tackling Chronic Illnesses Viewed as Taboo 18:17

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Sam Jactel is trying to treat an illness most people are probably uncomfortable talking about publicly. As the founder and CEO of Ayble Health, he wants to help patients better manage their gastrointestinal condition and remove the stigma that surrounds it and other chronic diseases. Hear about his entrepreneurial journey, advice he has on building…