Health Care

HealthJibe the first mobile app and web api platform to attack metabolic syndrome

Bob Blonchek, President of Digital Health Innovations, that is the developer of HealthJibe the first mobile app and web api platform to attack metabolic syndrome joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare & Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Bob Blonchek discuss the following: What is metabolic syndrome and how big of a problem is it?Why does HealthJibe focus on health risk management?Can you explain how the HealthJibe platform works and describe some of its unique features?We understand that data analytics, sometimes referred to as big data, is also part of your solution. Tell us about that?How does HealthJibe impact the provider/patient relationship?
Tip: The key to health risk management is to move prevention and risk awareness into the daily digital routine of the consumer.
Duration: 12:55
Bob Blonchek is a 30-year veteran of the IT and software industries. He brings a unique blend of technology, business, and marketing expertise to the development and execution of products and service strategies that drive business growth. Bob excels at combining actionable market insights, emerging technologies, and new business models to meet customer needs in compelling new ways. He is the architect and designer of the HEALTHJIBE digital-health platform. Prior to Digital Health Innovations Bob co-founded and managed multiple mid-market technology companies from start-up through exit.
He has a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from The Ohio State University. He is the author of Act Like An Owner: Building an Ownership Culture published by John Wiley & Sons and is active in the Baltimore, Maryland start-up technology community acting as a mentor to start-up technology companies.
Bob lives near Baltimore, Maryland with his wife Lori and is “Dad” to three children.

Links:
www.healthjibe.com
@healthjibe

Fast and accurate patient identification to mitigate risk and avoid complications

Michael Trader President of M2SYS Technology that oversees their RightPatient healthcare division joins eHealth Radio and the HealthCare and Technology Channels. RightPatient offers fast, accurate patient identification to mitigate risk and avoid complications that could arise from misidentification.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Michael Trader discuss the following: Why is now an opportune time for healthcare organizations to investigate the adoption of more secure, accurate patient identification solutions?Can you please explain how your biometric patient identification solution works and what distinct advantages it offers over more traditional forms of patient identification?Why is it important for healthcare organizations to invest in a patient identification solution that can be expanded for ID at each and every patient touchpoint?How does the use of biometrics for patient identification help increase medical data integrity and why is this important in the context of EMPI, inter-operability initiatives, and health information exchanges?What impact has RightPatient made for the healthcare organizations that have deployed it for patient identification?
Duration: 8:25
Michael Trader President of M2SYS Technology, helped grow the company from a startup to a leader in biometric technology. As President, he spearheaded many strategic partnership initiatives and played a crucial role with the company’s product development roadmap. Michael is responsible for overseeing business development and marketing activities, building partnerships, government outreach and providing senior leadership on business and policy issues.


Prior to joining M2SYS, he was a key executive and Vice President of Global Sales at BayBuilder where oversaw all global sales activity and developed business relationships with dozens of Fortune 1000 companies to help them implement profitable sourcing methodologies utilizing leading-edge technology.
After the acquisition of BayBuilder, Mr. Trader served as the Executive Director of Application Consulting at PurchasePro where he worked closely with other sales and business development executives and managed the product development team.
Mr. Trader graduated with honors from the pre-medical program at the Universtiy of Vermont earning a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences.

Web Site: www.m2sys.com/healthcareFacebook: www.facebook.com/RightPatientTwitter: @rightpatient

Smart Monitor, monitoring and tracking solutions for people with chronic health conditions

Anoo Nathan, CEO & Founder of Smart Monitor that provides monitoring and tracking solutions for people with chronic health conditions joins eHealtH Radio and the Health Care & Technology Channels. Smart Monitor fuses together sensor, mobile and cloud technologies with big-data analytics in a seamless environment.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Anoo Nathan discuss the following:What is Smart Monitors vision?What is the problem you are solving for the medical industry?What is the SmartWatch? Describe how it works.What have the options been for people with epilepsy before Smart Watch?How is this innovation helping doctors and patients of epilepsy?Where can doctors and patients get the SmartWatch?
Duration: 14:19
Smart Monitor provides monitoring and tracking solutions for people with chronic health conditions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, CA, Smart Monitor fuses together sensor, mobile and cloud technologies with big-data analytics in a seamless environment. Our patent protected solutions foster autonomy and enhance safety for people with chronic health conditions, while offering significant peace-of mind to their families and care providers.

Web Site: www.smart-monitor.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/SmartMonitorTwitter: @1SmartWatch

MyBloodWorks App, a personal medical health tracker

Glen Ogle, President of GOGLE LLC, the creators of the MyBloodWorks App, a personal medical health tracker which is available in the Apple App Store joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Duration: 5:58
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Glen Ogle discuss the following:What's new with MyBloodWorks App?Anything else new?What makes MyBloodWorks unique?What do you think about Medical devices that plugs into your phone?You have stated that hospitals put results on their websites for patients to see privately. How does this impact MyBloodWorks?
I tried many ways to monitor my health. Until I created MyBloodWorks, it was very difficult to keep track of my health. One out of three Americans will get high blood pressure. Changes in your pulse can be a clue to something. Many people have blood tests. Diabetes is on the rise. MyBloodWorks will track YOUR health, if you only want to track some areas of your health in MyBloodWorks, then just track what YOU want.
As a transplant patient with years of dialysis under my belt, iv'e been to over 100 physician visits and stayed in hospitals over 6 months of my life, not including dialysis. I know what you need to monitor. I take suggestions on improving MyBloodWorks as I have already updated the App on a MyBloodWorks users suggestion. I think this is the easiest medical App on the App Store.

Web Site: www.mybloodworksapp.com
App Store: www.itunes.com/apps/mybloodworks
Facebook: www.facebook/goglellcTwitter: @gogleonline

Integrated Change, Digital Healthcare Agency your mobile solutions location for the healthcare industry

Scott Hague, Development Director and owner at Integrated Change, a London based Digital Healthcare Agency that designs and develops mobile solutions for the healthcare industry joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Scott Hague discuss the following:Health and fitness apps have boomed over the last 12 months; do you think these hold the key in helping patients manage their health via mobile?A lot is talked about patient facing mobile apps – what other areas do you think can benefit from mobile health?Depending on what you read, there are between 40,000 to 90,000 healthcare based apps available. It’s quite competitive out there – what would you say are the 3 key aspects in getting an app noticed do you think?You now have Google Glass in the UK? How will Integrated Change be looking to deploy this device?What do you think the future holds for mobile healthcare?
Duration: 14:46
Scott Hague is the Development Director of Digital Healthcare Agency Integrated Change. Based from London, their team of seven people focus solely on the healthcare sector, designing and developing digital solutions to improve the patient outcome and enhance hospital efficiency. Integrated Change work with private and public health services, pharmaceutical companies, charities and a wide range of healthcare professionals.
Since the first iPhone came out, Scott has been involved in deploying nearly 60 native mobile app solutions from realtime ‘mobile’ bed management systems, disease management, cancer awareness, hospital brand exposure, patient referral systems and much more. Integrated Change not only design and develop mobile solutions but they provide a complete a ‘digital strategy’ service wrap from engagement tracking, app analytics, deep linking and online PR and marketing.

Web Site: www.integratedchange.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/IntegratedChange
Twitter: @integratedchg

The Stay in Step Foundation provides spinal cord injury patients with a step forward toward recovery

Romy Camargo and Co-Founder of Stay In Step and Legal Counsel for the foundation Kendall Almerico join eHealth Radio and the Rehabilitation, Health Care & News Channels. SCI was formed to provide spinal cord injury patients with a step forward toward recovery through world class rehabilitation and collaboration. Stay In Step will be a non-profit recovery center designed to provide state of the art recovery to SCI patients in the Tampa community and surrounding areas.
Duration: 16:29
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guests Romy Camargo and Kendall Almerico discuss the following: Romy you have quite the inspirational story. Please tell our listeners the inspiration behind the Stay in Step Foundation?What is the overall goal of the SCI Recovery Center? For those who maybe can’t afford the surgery you underwent, what is your suggestion on where to turn for treatment? Can you describe a little more of your backstory when it came to making the decision to go overseas for surgery.What is the most important part of the recovery process?It is a fact that 81 percent of people that were married before their injury were still married five years later. I understand that your wife Gaby is a big inspiration and supporter. For those listeners that are married are there any tips you have on how to cope once you know your spouse is injured? Any advice you can provide from your vantage point or words of advice?I understand you are creating a rehabilitation center. We have Kendall Almerico on the phone today, Kendall what are some tips for those non-profits that may not be doing the best job fundraising?How can our listeners donate and help your organization and cause & where can our listeners go or who can they call for more information on the foundation?
About Romy Camargo

Chief Warrant Officer Romulo “Romy” Camargo has been in the United States Army since April 6, 1995. Most of that time has been spent in the Special Operations community with the 75th Ranger Regiment and 7th Special Forces Group. He was deployed to Central and South America as well as completing a trip to Nairobi Kenya.
However, 9/11 changed a lot of things for a lot of people, including Romy. He was deployed to Afghanistan, which was certainly more than an experience. The missions were intense, the risk was high, yet every day was fulfilling to someone like Romy, a soldier at heart.
On September 16, 2008 (during his third deployment to Afghanistan), Romy's mission had been cancelled. He opted to do a humanitarian mission which involved medical professionals going into a village, operating and taking care of women, men, and livestock.
As a humanitarian mission, it was considered low risk but as soldiers know, there is no such thing as low risk when you are in a war zone. That day Romy’s detachment was ambushed. As bullets rained down on the entire team, Romy took a gunshot wound to the back of his neck. His fellow soldiers saw him go down. He lay limp in the bed of his GMV (Ground Mobility Vehicle). The soldiers managed to repel the attack, as the team Medic ran to Romy. They turned his limp body over and immediately did an emergency tracheotomy and began bagging him, all in the midst of cross fire. The soldiers remained calm and focused on one purpose...getting Romy out alive.They stabilized him enough for the medevac which prepared him for the flight to Germany. This became merely a stopover as they shipped him immediately to Walter Reed Medical Center. Romy was conscious, but unaware of what had happened. He landed on September 19, 2008 in Washington, D.C. A day Romy and his family will never forget. Gaby never thought she would spend her birthday like this, waiting to greet her husband in the hospital. Unsure of what to expect, she merely prayed and asked for continued strength to be able to handle whatever God may have in store.
About Kendall Almerico

Kendall Almerico is a Board Certified attorney with 25 years’ experience who is also considered one of the top crowdfunding experts in the United States. Kendall has appeared in USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, Business Insider, Fox Business Network and hundreds of newspaper, blog, radio and television interviews including CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX and The Sean Hannity Show.
Kendall is the founder of Crowd It Forward, a charity-based crowdfunding site that performs “Random Acts of Crowdfunding” and raises money for people in need through a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation. When Kendall heard Romy and Gaby’s story, he knew without a doubt he needed to commit his skills and resources to make an impact. Not only did Kendall know he could assist in raising funds through crowdfunding side, but he also knew he could contribute his professional legal skills.

Web Site: www.stayinstep.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stayinstepcenter
Twitter: @stayinsteporg

Prime, a digital healthcare record in your pocket

Tyler Hayes, Founder & CEO of Prime, a digital healthcare record in your pocket joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Tyler Hayes discuss the following:Why did you decide to start up Prime?What does Prime do exactly?What are some of the challenges people face when trying to access personal health records?What can our listeners do to take control of their health information? Where can our listeners get Prime?What advice would you give families supporting a loved one with chronic illness?
Duration: 6:40
Tyler Hayes is the CEO of Prime. Before co-founding Prime, Tyler was an early employee at Disqus and was responsible for Disqus' publisher-facing products and services, including Disqus' mobile and internationalization teams. Prior to that, Tyler led the Community team at Disqus. Tyler earned B.A.s in Neuroscience and Japan Studies from St. Olaf College.

Web Site: www.stayinyourprime.comTwitter:@stayinyourprime

The Innovation HealthJam, a collaborative brainstorming event LIVE through June 19!

John Nosta, the Founder of NostaLab and contributing writer for Forbes and Bloomberg joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Health Care Channels. John will be hosting one of the The Innovation HealthJam's eight discussion forums that is a collaborative brainstorming event that is happening NOW through 6pm Pacific time on Thursday, June 19.
You can register at www.innovationhealthjam.com to be part of a free, three-day virtual conference that is bringing together the, top minds from across the healthcare landscape to discuss a variety of emerging industry issues across eight important healthcare-related topic areas.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest John Nosta discuss the following:What is the Innovation HealthJam?What is your role/involvement in this event?Who should participate in this event and why?Who is sponsoring the event and why did they decide to get involved?What else is going on at this event that would make this special?What are you hoping to learn from this event?
Duration: 10:38
First and foremost, John Nosta is a thinker. A thinker entrenched in the world of science, medicine and innovation. John is the founder of NOSTALAB--an amorphous, self-organizing neural network dedicated to the advancement of digital health.
Unwilling to accept the status quo, he’s a contrarian with a focus the future of health and wellness. A leading voice in the convergence of technology and health, Nosta helps define, dissect and deliberate global trends in digital health. He is also the #1 Kred-ranked social media influencer in health, and in the top 10 of both the Pharma100 and HIT100 lists, and a Google Glass Explorer. John also pens HEALTH CRITICAL for Forbes--a top global blog on health and technology with over 1.5 million page views in the last year. He has made appearances on Bloomberg Surveillance as a contributor and guest host.
John has a established reputation as a vocal advocate for strategic thinking and creativity. He has built his career on the “science of advertising,” a process where strategy and creativity work together for superior marketing. He has also been recognized for his ability to translate difficult medical and scientific concepts into material that can be more easily communicated to patients, clinicians and scientists. He is also a popular lecturer on a variety of topics--always presented in a unique and stimulating way.
John is actively redefining the role of social media and influence marketing in healthcare. He is also a major influencer in the digital space and ranked globally in the top .01% in marketing, health, doctors and social media.
Additionally, John has distinguished himself as a scientific thinker. Earlier in his career, John was a research associate at Harvard Medical School and has co-authored several papers with global thought-leaders in the field of cardiovascular physiology.
John cut his teeth at the "big" agencies including Ogilvy CommonHealth, where he has held a series of positions including Chief Creative Officer, Chief Strategic Officer and unit President.

Web Site: www.innovationhealthjam.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/innovationhealthjam
Twitter: @innovhealthjam

VoiceFirst by Honeywell, developers of innovative voice solutions for the healthcare market

James DiLella, the Vice President of Business Development, Enterprise Sales, and Product Strategy for VoiceFirst by Honeywell, developers of innovative voice solutions for the healthcare market joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Telemedicine Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest James DiLella discuss the following:What is EHR voice overlay and how does it work?How is VoiceFirst’s voice solution different than Nuance and other dictation-based voice systems?With which EMRs does VoiceFirst integrate? How does VoiceFirst benefit healthcare organizations? How does VoiceFirst benefit clinicians? Where can our audience go to learn more about VoiceFirst? 
Duration: 10:01
As Vice President of Product Strategy, James DiLella is responsible for ongoing innovation, functionality, development and design of the VoiceFirst EHR voice overlay solution. Prior to VoiceFirst, DiLella was vice president, chief technology officer, and co-founder of EasyTalk MD, an iOS platform mobile data/speech workflow tool for EHR/EMR concentrated in the physician medical specialty area of healthcare. He has touched all areas of healthcare solution design, development, integrations and business initiatives, from initial concept, realization through commercialization since 2004. James is acutely focused in end user ease of use, workflow efficiency and user experience. He has a technical background in electronics and worked as an electronics engineer for the U.S. Government.

Web Site: www.voicefirstsolutions.comFacebook: facebook.com/VoiceFirstHealthTwitter: @Voice_First
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/voicefirst

How MedjetAssist is different than travel insurance

John Gobbels, the Chief Operating Officer/Vice President and transport expert for MedjetAssist, the premier global air-medical transport membership program for travelers including college students once again joins eHealth Radio and the Travel Health Care Information Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest John Gobbels discuss the following:What is MedjetAssist, and how is it different from travel insurance?Without a Medjet membership, what is the average cost range that travelers face when transported from across the globe to their hometown hospital?Can you briefly describe the various types of memberships that Medjet offers, and what is the price range?When it comes to transports, what are the different kinds of medical emergencies or mishaps that Medjet has serviced?With this month and next month being graduation season, how can college graduates benefit from a Medjet membership if they’re planning to take a big trip over the next few months? Would a short-term membership be appropriate? And for families traveling with kids in tow this summer, what is the best type of Medjet membership they should invest in?
Duration: 9:04
John Gobbels brings over 23 years of pre-hospital and hospital service and management experience to his role as vice president and COO of MedjetAssist. Since joining the premier medical evacuation membership program in 2006 as director of transport operations, Mr. Gobbels has been responsible for complete oversight of all transport and repatriation operations.


Before moving from his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Medjet’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Gobbels spent 13 years with STAT MedEvac, the air ambulance arm of the renowned University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). During his tenure, he played integral roles in almost all aspects of the program, from base operations to communications and clinical operations.
For six years Mr. Gobbels served as clinical director of STAT MedEvac, overseeing compliance with the Commission on Air-Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), as well as the continuing education requirements for all clinical staff. Previously, he was a flight nurse and paramedic. Mr. Gobbels began his career with UPMC in 1991 as a critical care nurse.
Mr. Gobbels holds a Masters degree in Management and Information Technology from Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA., as well as multiple degrees in health care.

Web Site: medjetassist.com
Facebook: facebook.com/medjetassist
Twitter: @MedjetAssist