Technology

Communicate and collaborate with Igloo Software

Stephen Rahal, Director of Product Marketing, at Igloo Software that fashions itself as an intranet you’ll actually like – helping to improve how companies like Aetna, Drug Information Association, Home Instead, American Family Insurance and Everyday Health communicate and collaborate with their employees and customers using social technologies joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Stephen Rahal discuss the following: What’s the value of social technology to healthcare organizations?What type of healthcare organizations are tapping into the potential of social?How are healthcare organizations using social technologies?What is the biggest mistake organizations make?How do you recommend healthcare organizations get started?
Duration: 10:09
Stephen Rahal the Director of Product Marketing at Igloo Software, leads Igloo’s corporate marketing team, including product marketing, content strategy and communications. Prior to joining Igloo, he was the marketing lead for a boutique internal communications agency which he helped grow to acquisition by Protiviti, a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI). Stephen holds an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Links:
Website: www.igloosoftware.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Igloo-Software
Twitter: @IglooSoftware

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

Tapimmune, a biotech company focused on stimulating the body’s own immune system to fight cancer

Glynn Wilson, Chairman and CEO of Tapimmune, a biotech company focused on Immunotherapy, which stimulate the body’s own immune system to fight cancer and viral diseases joins eHealth Radio and the Cancer Prevention and Technology Channels. For Dr. Wilson, this fight against breast cancer is personal.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Glynn Wilson discuss the following: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this is an important time to bring awareness to the cause? Can you share your personal story with our audience?How does the TapImmune breast cancer vaccine work?We think of vaccines for prevention? How do these vaccines prevent against reoccurrence of cancer?What other cancers or diseases can your vaccine technology address?What have clinical studies shown for far?How do patients access information on trials?Where can we learn more about TapImmune?
Duration: 9:11
Glynn brings an extensive background of success in corporate management and product development with tenures in both major multinational pharmaceutical companies and start-up pharmaceutical/biotech organizations. Dr. Wilson’s former positions include Head of Drug Delivery at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Research Area Head in Advanced Drug Delivery at Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals, and President and co-founder of Auriga Pharmaceuticals.
As Executive Vice President of R&D at Tacora Corporation he was responsible for merging the Company with Access Pharmaceuticals. He is a recognized leader in the development of drug delivery systems. Glynn has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and conducted medical research at The Rockefeller University, New York. He has been on the Board of TapImmune for 5 years.

Links:
www.tapimmune.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Tapimmune-Inc
@TapImmuneInc

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

Possible cure for chronic tinnitus which is now ready for clinical trials with Dr. Ian Dixon

Dr. Ian Dixon, a biomedical engineer and innovator who has worked on Tinnitus for 9 years joins eHealth Radio and the Health, Technology & News Channels. He and software engineer Tony Burgess have invented a possible cure for chronic tinnitus which is now ready for clinical trials.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Ian Dixon discuss the following:For those of our listeners who don't know much about it, could you describe what chronic tinnitus is and how it arises?Could you describe the treatment you've developed?How would tinAway cure tinnitus?How would people with tinnitus use tinAway when it's available?tinAway is ready for clinical trials, but I understand you need help to fund them?
Duration: 10:30
Ian has both technology and business expertise. Ian is an experienced and successful innovator and inventor. Ian completed his PhD tinnitus research at Monash University (Australia) in 2013 after 9 years of investigative work in the field. In addition to a PhD in biomedical engineering from Monash University, Ian has an MBA and has worked in Australia, Cambridge UK and California USA on product and process development.
People interested in learning more or contributing to the campaign are invited to visit http://igg.me/at/tinaway.

Web Site: www.tinAway.com
Twitter: @tinnitoff

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

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

Kindara, fertility awareness in your hands with Courtney Miller

Courtney Miller, Community Manager at Kindara, a company that gives women the tools and knowledge to take control of their reproductive health joins eHealth Radio and the Female Health and Technology Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Courtney Miller discuss the following:What is Kindara?How does Kindara help women achieve better outcomes with their reproductive health?How is Kindara different from other fertility apps?Tell me about what Kindara has been working on lately.What’s one thing can women do now to improve their fertility?
Duration: 6:37
Courtney Miller is the Community Manager at Kindara, a company that aims to give women the tools, knowledge, and support to understand their fertility and achieve better outcomes with their reproductive health. Kindara's commitment is that every woman feels supported in navigating her fertility and reproductive health.
Kindara's first product: Kindara Fertility Tracker for iPhone is a top rated fertility app on the iOS App Store, helping hundreds of thousands of women get pregnant, avoid pregnancy naturally or better understand their cycles. Kindara’s future products will help women take control of their health in other areas.

Web Site: www.kindara.comFacebook: facebook.com/KindaraFertilityTwitter: @Kindara_Inc