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Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Dr. Gokul Solai, CEO of Novatio Solutions, a leading Digital Workforce solutions provider that transforms challenging, time-consuming or labor-intensive tasks into jobs for ‘robots' joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Gokul Solai discuss the following:
What is a digital workforce? How does it work?
What are the technologies involved?
What is the difference between a digital workforce, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence?
What are the benefits of digital workforces?
What type of companies do you work with and how are you implementing a digital workforce for their organization?
How will this revolutionize the healthcare industry?
Gokul Solai, MD, serves as CEO of Novatio Solutions where he works to improve and streamline business processes through technology and automation to provide a more efficient and scalable digital workforce.
Prior, Solai spent five years working as a physician at Edward Hospital. He has always had a passion for innovation and technology, especially in the healthcare field. Upon completing his medical degree, Solai identified several opportunities in which technology could help facilitate healthcare delivery, which ultimately motivated his move towards the technology space with Novatio Solutions.
Gokul received a BS in Biomedical Engineering and Economics from Northwestern University and is American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certified.
Website: www.novatiosolutions.com
Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NovatioUSA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/novatiosolutions
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Craig Newman, Chief Strategy Officer of HealthChannels, a suite of three specialized companies whose collective goal is to enable providers to improve clinical outcomes by providing highly-skilled care team support joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Craig Newman discuss the following:
Can you describe how CareThrough is operationalizing the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care?
What is a Care Navigator and how do they fit into the clinical team?
Research shows that CareThrough navigation improves health outcomes for patients and expedites the referral process, how so?
How do Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs work, and how much does Chronic Care Management cost the patient?
You live in Washington DC and must hear about policy changing quite a bit. What advice do you give to partners who are constantly having to pivot strategy and how does CareThrough help?
Craig Newman serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for HealthChannels where he provides partners with critical insights to navigate the changing healthcare landscape in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Newman’s work focuses on analyzing health system functionality and right-sizing clinical teams to ensure doctors work top-of license.
With the increase of provider burn-out due to administrative burden, along with changing healthcare policies, Newman deploys medical scribes and care navigation programs to drive consistent results for provider organizations. Through its sister companies ScribeAmerica and CareThrough, HealthChannels oversees the recruitment, hiring and training process of medical scribes and navigators to address the myriad of population health needs of hospital systems, Emergency Departments, and outpatient clinics.
Newman is a trusted source on healthcare policy, revenue-cycle management and the shift to value-based care, and was recently featured in Digital Journal. He also leads the Client Solutions Team to develop new strategic initiatives to better serve HealthChannels partners.
Prior to joining HealthChannels, Newman spent over eight years with the Advisory Board Company, a leading healthcare research and solutions firm. While with the Advisory Board, Craig worked in a consultative role to support hospitals and health systems with their service line planning and clinical technology assessment. Newman also worked to launch several initiatives focused on network strategy, referral management, and various use cases for leveraging real time-predictive analytics. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Websites: www.carethrough.com | www.HealthChannels.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareThrough Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareThrough
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Actor Kyle Stefanski the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Rhonda's Kiss organization dedicated to making a difference for those dealing with cancer joins eHealth Radio and the Cancer Information and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Kyle Stefanski discuss the following:
Tell us about your charity, Rhonda's Kiss.
Why did you start Rhonda's Kiss?
What should people know about your work?
How can people get involved and help?
What is the goal of your charity, looking at the big picture?
Tell us about you and your background outside of Rhonda's Kiss and how you became an actor?
Executive Director of Rhonda’s Kiss, Kyle Stefanski grew up with his four brothers and sisters in Cleveland, Ohio with their mother and father, Rhonda and Marc Stefanski. The Stefanski family suffered enormous difficulty when Rhonda was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. In only two short months Rhonda lost her battle and painfully left her loving family behind in November 2014.
Crushed by the loss of his mother, Kyle and his father created Rhonda’s Kiss. In her honor, Rhonda's Kiss provides financial assistance for the non-medical costs associated with cancer treatment. Through events in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Palm Beach, Florida, Rhonda's Kiss provides money for patient social services at nationally recognized hospitals.
Kyle is determined to help patients and their families with non-medical expenses and supports cutting-edge research to fight cancer from multiple fronts.
Website: www.rhondaskiss.org
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhondaskiss instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhondaskiss
Saturday Mar 10, 2018
Saturday Mar 10, 2018
Andrei Soran, CEO at Novaseek Research that is transforming how researchers access clinical data and human biospecimens joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Andrei Soran discuss the following:
What does Novaseek do?
Who are Novaseek’s end customers, and how do they benefit from using Novaseek’s CDNR platform?
What motivates hospitals or labs to partner with Novaseek?
It’s great that hospitals and clinical labs benefit financially and are able to participate in clinical research, but doesn’t this create a lot of extra work for the personnel?
From the clinical researcher side, how does it work?
SUMMARY: Aim is to help streamline the process of getting medicines from the lab to the drugstore quicker, less expensively – patients receive the ultimate benefit when that happens.
Andrei Soran, Chief Executive Officer, founded Novaseek Research Inc in 2014. Having served at the helm of several large hospitals, he recognized the opportunity for hospitals to play a bigger role in the clinical research process while generating additional revenue and the power of technology to connect researchers with biospecimens. He formed Novaseek Research, a health IT company that enables clinical researchers to prospectively assemble patient cohorts from whom the biospecimens are collected. Andrei has more than 30 years of experience that includes leadership of financial turnarounds and strategic growth of complex medical centers around the country and has negotiated several large mergers and sales. He has a steadfast commitment to building excellence in clinical programs, enhancing quality and patient service. Career highlights include serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Verity Health System; serving as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Detroit Medical Center, a Tenet Healthcare facility; serving as President of Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, DMC Surgery Hospital; as Chief Executive Officer of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, MA, part of Vanguard Healthcare Inc. and others.Andrei’s career in healthcare began in the field of physical therapy, caring for countless patients over many years. Today his dedication to healthcare is fueled by his interest in improving the health of entire communities, including the underserved. Andrei has served on the boards of the New England Quality Care Alliance, the Boston University/Metropolitan College, the Mass Bay Community College and the de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
Website: www.novaseekresearch.com
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Jay Akin the CEO of Mushroom Networks, a leading SD-WAN vendor that has been enabling wired and wireless networks to run on autopilot joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jay Akin discuss the following:
Please tell us about Mushroom Networks and how your solutions have been helping organizations in healthcare?
Tell us about some of the use cases and benefits of your mobile 4G LTE routers in healthcare?
How about clinics and hospitals? Can they also benefit from Mushroom appliances?
What is involved in installing one of the Mushroom Networks devices and how does the total cost of ownership look like for typical deployments?
Any predictions, tips or recommendations for 2018 and beyond regarding healthcare IT that you can share with our listeners?
Before founding Mushroom Networks, the industry leading SD-WAN company, Dr. Jay Akin was a venture partner at ITU Ventures for 7 years. Previously, Dr. Akin has worked as a senior marketing consultant at Princeton Brand Econometrics - a boutique marketing consultancy firm on Wall Street – New York. Dr. Akin has managed the Adaptive Systems Laboratory within Qualcomm Institute, a $12 million project which spun off 2 venture backed startup companies.
Dr. Akin received his Ph.D. and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Akin has worked on technical and research aspects of communications for over 20 years including several patents and many publications. Dr. Akin was a nominee for the Most Admired CEO award by San Diego Business Journal. Dr. Akin is a recipient of the NATO Graduate Study Scholarship award and was a national team member for the International Mathematics Olympiad in 1993.
Webiste: www.mushroomnetworks.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MushroomNetworks Twitter: https://twitter.com/mushroomnet
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Dr. Mark McKenna, CEO and Founder of OVME a consumer facing, technology enabled, medical aesthetic company that is reinventing elective healthcare joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Mark McKenna discuss the following:
Tell us about the medical aesthetic industry and your latest venture "OVME".
How is OVME reinventing elective healthcare in the medical aesthetic industry?
What led you to pursue a career in the medical field and what effect has your medical experience had on your business?
As a lifelong entrepreneur do you have any advice for others looking to follow a similar path?
Do you have any habits that you feel contribute to your success and overall health?
OVME’s philanthropic philosophy is guided by passion and commitment - what organizations do you support and would you say that same passion and commitment are behind everything you do?
S. Mark McKenna, MD, MBA is a Medical Doctor licensed in Surgery and Medicine by the Georgia and Florida State Board of Medical Examiners. He is a passionate patient advocate and a dedicated community servant. Dr. McKenna, originally from New Orleans, LA, is a graduate of Tulane University Medical School. After completing his medical training he began to practice medicine with his father while simultaneously launching McKenna Venture Investments, a boutique real estate development firm. Over the years McKenna went on to acquire/launch Universal Mortgage Lending and Uptown Title, Inc. This portfolio of companies would grow to over 50 employees and offered turnkey design-build, finance, and real estate closing services. On August 29th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city of New Orleans and most of McKenna’s business interests. In the aftermath of the storm, he actively participated in the rebuilding of New Orleans through the redevelopment of low-moderate income housing. In November of 2007 McKenna relocated to Atlanta, GA and launched ShapeMed, a wellness and aesthetic based medical practice. ShapeMed was sold to Life Time Fitness Inc. (NYSE – LTM) on November 1st, 2014. Dr. McKenna served as National Medical Director of Life Time Fitness Inc. until July 2016. In July 2017 Dr. McKenna became the CEO/Founder of OVME a consumer facing, technology enabled, medical aesthetic company that is reinventing elective healthcare. Dr. McKenna is married to Gianine McKenna, they are the proud parents of daughter Milana Elle and a four-year old Pomeranian, Ryder. Dr. McKenna is currently a member of Entrepreneurs Organization and he has previously served as a board member of the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Industrial Development Board.
Websites: http://ovme.com | www.drmarkmckenna.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smarkmckenna Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmarkmckenna
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Robert E. Grant, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Concierge Key Health, a first-of-its-kind mobile app that provides on-demand access to elite physician specialists, urgent care clinics and hospitals nationwide joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels.
CONCIERGE KEY offers a first-class fast-pass upgrade to the U.S. healthcare experience that over time has become increasingly inconvenient and impersonal—by eliminating excessive appointment and in-office wait times through an exceptional subscription-based membership.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Robert E. Grant discuss the following:
I know you’ve conducted intensive research into factors impacting U.S. consumer’s overall satisfaction with their healthcare experiences. What key insights did your studies reveal?
Can you tell us more about the discrepancies between what today’s savvy consumer expects in their daily life from virtually any product or service vs. what they settle for when they visit a doctor?
How will patient issues like extensive wait times & lack of ease of access to top specialists be impacted by continued consolidation & the expected worsening U.S. doctor shortages?
How are doctors impacted?
Can you tell us how the concierge medicine of today is changing the U.S. healthcare experience for both patients and doctors? What are the limitations of traditional concierge medicine? How is CONCIERGE KEY Health different and transformative?
Entrepreneur, inventor and investor, Robert E. Grant brings tremendous experience in innovation and dynamic growth for Fortune 500 companies to his role as Founder and CEO of CONCIERGE KEY Health. For over 20 years, he has played a pivotal role in successful technology and business development in pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare markets. In addition to founding Concierge Key, Grant is founder and vice chairman of ALPHAEON Corporation, as well as founder, chairman and managing partner of its parent company, Strathspey Crown Holdings, LLC. Most recently, Grant was CEO and president of Bausch+Lomb Surgical, leading the significant growth of its product portfolio. From 2006 to 2010, he served as president of Allergan Medical, leading the $3.2 billion Inamed acquisition and the commercial success of the Botox Cosmetic, Juvederm, Natrelle breast implants and Lap-Band brands. Grant also served as director, board chairman, CEO, president, COO and CFO of Biolase Technology from 2003 to 2006 after holding various senior management positions at Lumenis for six years.An independent director on several corporate boards including Acufocus, Myoscience and ReShape, Grant has served on several community and civil boards including Make-A-Wish Foundation, Young Presidents Organization, University of California, Irvine (UCI) CEO Roundtable Steering Committee, Chapman Schmid College and both UCI's school of law and Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Grant received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and graduated with honors from Thunderbird School of Global Management, where he earned his MBA. He has also attended the President's Seminar at Harvard Business School and has lived and worked in nine countries, with fluency in Japanese, French, Korean and German.
Website: www.conciergekeyhealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conciergekeyhealth Twitter: https://twitter.com/concierge_key
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Dr. Scott Howell, Chief Medical Officer of Tenet Diagnostics, a provider of high-quality laboratory and genomic testing and evidence-based research designed to direct patient care for clinicians, employers and payers joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare & Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Scott Howell discuss the following:
Why should there be greater access and an expanded number of labs to provide drug testing?
Are the challenges particularly relevant to NY and NJ? How is Tenet working to end the opioid crisis in these states and nationwide?
What is the importance of expanding physician prescribing education?
What other services does Tenet offer?
Why would you recommend genomic testing?
How does genomic tumor testing represent the future of medicine?
Scott Howell, M.D., MPH & TM, CPE, Chief Medical Officer of Tenet Diagnostics, is a board certified physician in family practice, preventative medicine public health and addiction medicine for the last 25 years. Dr. Howell is on staff at a large academic medical center in Los Angeles. He was an executive medical director at Heritage Provider Network, and the National Senior Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for Network and Population Health at Optum Insight responsible for risk adjustment, quality performance, network analytics, predictive modeling, clinical consulting and acquisition due diligence. Prior to Optum, Dr. Howell was the Regional Chief Medical Officer (RCMO) for the Northeast Region of Americhoice, Inc. focusing on the Medicaid and Dual SNPs populations. Prior to United Healthcare, Dr Howell was the Medical Director for Managed Care at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the first HIV SNP in the nation, along with responsibility for international consulting in Russia, Ukraine, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti. Dr. Howell was the lead scientific advisor to Management Sciences for Health the prime contractor for PEPFAR in Haiti. Dr. Howell is board certified in Family Practice, Preventative Medicine and Public Health and Addiction Medicine. In addition, he has a Masters in Economics from the University of Miami, Master in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPH&TM) from Tulane University, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from California State University Fresno and certified by the American College of Physician Executives as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) Dr. Howell has served the military for 25 years and his current reserve assignment is with the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) at the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoDIG) concentrating on the Wounded Warrior Program, BioAssurity, and Ebola Outbreak Assessment. Dr. Howell has published peer-reviewed articles in both disciplines finance and medicine.
About Tenet Diagnostics
Tenet Diagnostics offers fast, accurate, high-quality laboratory and genomic testing to hospitals, clinics and physicians’ offices to help them provide the best patient care. As collaborators with employers, payers and clinicians, we offer an extensive range of testing services, including specialized diagnosis, screening and evaluation for a host of conditions and diseases related to orthopedics, pain management, primary care and oncology. Tenet Diagnostics has been accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to ensure the highest standard of care for patients.
Website: www.tenetdiagnostics.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenetdiagnostic Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenetdiagnostic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tenetdiagnostics
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Dan Dodson, President of Fortified Health Security, a leader in information security, compliance and managed services, focused solely in the healthcare industry joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels. Dan discusses the challenges healthcare organizations face in monitoring and managing risks associated with connected medical devices and IoT.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dan Dodson discuss the following:
Tell us how Fortified Health Security helps hospitals and health systems protect themselves from cybersecurity threats?
Why is IoT/medical device security becoming more and more challenging from a business and technical perspective?
What does Fortified Health Security’s Connected Medical Device & IoT security program include?
What are the benefits the “dashboard” includes in your program?
As we look toward the future, what new challenges will medical devices pose on a healthcare organization’s cybersecurity posture?
Dan L. Dodson serves as President of Fortified Health Security where he brings over 10 years’ experience in the healthcare and insurance industries. During this time Dan has served as both an operational leader and sales leader. Dan’s specific focus has been in aligning organizational strengths with client needs through the execution of relevant go-to-market strategies and solution development.Prior to joining Fortified, Dan served as Senior Vice President at Hooper Holmes, Inc. (AMEX: HH), a company serving the health and wellness and life insurance industry. Dan led sales and account management efforts for a $100+ million business unit. Dan, along with the executive team, crafted a new strategic plan, which resulted in the company selling under-performing business lines and focusing on the growing health and wellness market. Prior to joining HH, Dan served as Global Healthcare Strategy Lead for Dell Services (formally Perot Systems), where he was responsible for strategy, business planning and M&A initiatives for the company’s healthcare services business unit. He helped develop market strategies for Dell’s health information exchange, informatics, community physician and electronic medical record services. He also led the development of the division’s Asia-Pacific strategy including joint venture business planning and Brazil and China market entry plans. Prior to joining Perot Systems, Dan held numerous positions within various healthcare organizations including Covenant Health System and The Parker Group.
Dan holds an M.B.A. in Health Organization Management and a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Texas Tech University. Dan currently serves on the Southern Methodist University Cyber Security Advisory Board.
Website: www.fortifiedhealthsecurity.com
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Paula Patel the Director of Outreach & Mission Fulfillment for the Disque Foundation, with a focus to maintain a strong bond between medical staff and patients, continually striving for strong communication between the team and providing the highest level of medical care joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Healthcare Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Paula Patel discuss the following:
For the benefit of our listeners, please tell us about the Disque Foundation.
Why is life support training so important to the communities that the Disque Foundation serves?
Concerning the goal of empowering a million people with the ability to save a life by 2020: Tell us more about this initiative and how the Disque Foundation intends to achieve it.
What are some notable successes the Disque Foundation has accomplished?
What else would you like listeners to know about the Disque Foundation?
Paula R. Patel manages outreach and mission fulfillment initiatives with the Disque Foundation and the Save a Life Initiative. For the past 10 years Paula has experienced the highs and lows of medical care both in the United States and abroad. This personal experience has helped her identify the specific needs and individualistic societal behaviors that affect optimum health care. Paula’s passionate about helping others through medicine and believes education is what makes this possible.
She finished her Bachelor’s degree in Bioscience & Biotechnology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. After which she went to the Medical University of Lublin in Poland where she received her Medical Degree. She went on to earn her Master’s in Business Administration while working as clinic manager at a non-profit clinic she developed from the ground up.
Her focus is to maintain a strong bond between medical staff and patients, continually striving for strong communication between the team and providing the highest level of medical care. Paula utilizes her combined medical and business knowledge in efforts to provide high quality medical care and is eager to spread health care education.
In her spare time Paula enjoys playing with her four-legged child, Vincent, going to music festivals, traveling and living life to the fullest.
Website: www.disquefoundation.org
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisqueFoundation Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisqueFNDN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savealifeinitiative