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WEBNick Desai, Renee, on creating a personal health assistant for elderly and underserved patients. Subscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Substack, Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. In this episode, I sat down with…. Nov 21, 2022 •. Wharton Pulse Podcast. 2. Sean Duffy, Omada, on scaling virtual specialty

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Brad Fluegel, Walgreens, on increasing health equity with …

WEBIn this episode, we sat down with Brad Fluegel, lecturer at the Wharton School’s Health Care Management program and former Senior Vice President and Chief Healthcare Commercial Market Development Officer for Walgreens. Before that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer for Wellpoint, …

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Erica Jain, Healthie, on enabling healthtech companies to support

WEBIn this episode (and Jing’s last for The Pulse!) we are excited to feature Erica Jain, the Co-Founder & CEO of Healthie. At Healthie, Erica empowers health and wellness organizations to launch and scale their businesses and build long-term relationships with their clients to deliver personalized, preventative care.

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Michelle Davey, Wheel, on building the new virtual care …

WEBSubscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. In this episode, Sandy interviewed Michelle Davey, the Co-Founder and CEO of Wheel. Wheel is working behind the scenes to build many of the telemedicine services you’re familiar with. Its online platform matches doctors with …

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Josh Hix, Season Health, on making “food as medicine” accessible

WEBSeason Health is a platform that connects members with healthy meal ideas and grocery options to help members and providers manage chronic conditions. Prior to starting Season Health, Josh co-founded the meal prep delivery service Plated, which led to an appearance on SharkTank, investments, and eventual sale to Albertsons grocery store.

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Karan Singh, Ginger & Headspace Health, on solving the supply …

WEBIn this episode, we sat down with Karan Singh, Co-Founder & COO of Ginger, now Headspace Health, through a merger with Headspace that was announced in August, 2021. Headspace Health is the world’s leading provider of mental health and wellbeing solutions. It’s members and enterprise partners’ employees have access to …

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Dr. Somi Javaid, HerMD, on expanding access to female sexual …

WEBIn this episode, we chatted with Dr. Somi Javaid, Founder & Chief Medical Officer of HerMD. Dr. Somi Javaid is a board-certified OBGYN and pioneer in the women’s sexual healthcare space. She founded HerMD, a female-forward, insurance-based women’s healthcare center to help educate, advocate for, and empower women to take control of …

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Todd Park, Devoted Health, on building the "American healthcare …

WEBSubscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. Our guest on this episode is Todd Park. Todd is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Devoted Health, a Medicare Advantage “payvider” providing virtual and in-home medical care for older Americans and leveraging their …

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April Koh, Spring Health, on leading in precision mental health

WEBIn this episode, we sat down with April Koh, the CEO and founder of Spring Health, a comprehensive mental health benefit for employers. April has received honors from the American Psychiatric Association and has been featured in Crain’s, Wall Street Journal, and National Quality Forum. April Koh was named Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 in …

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V Bento, SWORD Health, on precision musculoskeletal (MSK

WEBIn this episode, we sat down with Virgílio “V” Bento, Founder & CEO of SWORD Health. SWORD Health aims to bring world-class musculoskeletal (MSK) care to patients around the world by connecting members with physical therapists and digital therapists through a member app that combines sensor technology with telemedicine to …

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Chris Severn, Turquoise Health, on bringing price

WEBIn this episode, we interview Chris Severn, the Co-Founder and CEO of Turquoise Health, a company working to bring real price transparency to healthcare.With recent and upcoming waves in pricing legislation, combined with its fundraise led by a16z earlier this year, Turquoise is tackling the transparency problem from several angles by …

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Jon Bloom, Podimetrics, on partnering with the VA to end

WEBSubscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Medium, Substack, Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. In this episode, we interview Dr. Jon Bloom, Co-Founder and CEO of Podimetrics. The company’s mission is to improve patient lives through early detection and prevention of diabetic foot ulcers. They are a virtual …

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Yury Yakubchyk, Elemy, on destigmatizing mental health to

WEBAddressing the technology gap to expand access: Before founding Elemy, Yury noticed that pediatric behavioral health solutions were focused on incubating new therapies that could bring higher clinical efficacy to treating childhood autism. However, Yury realized there was a lack of software infrastructure that connected viable therapies …

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Vijay Patel, CVS Health Ventures, on the imperative to

WEBIn this episode, we chatted with Vijay Patel, Co-Founder and Partner at CVS Health Ventures, a $100M fund dedicated to investing and partnering with high-potential health technology startups aimed at building towards CVS’ vision of creating more consumer-centric care. Prior to this role, Vijay held several leadership roles at CVS …

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Saeju Jeong, Noom, on using behavior change to improve health

WEBSubscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Substack, Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. In this episode, we interview Saeju Jeong, the Co-Founder and CEO of Noom. Founded in 2008, the company’s mission is to help people everywhere lead healthier lives through behavior change. Although today they are best …

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Clara Burtenshaw, Neo Kuma Ventures, on shattering the

WEBIn this episode, we sat down with Clara Burtenshaw, Partner and Investor at Neo Kuma Ventures. Neo Kuma Ventures is the first psychedelics-focused venture capital fund in Europe. Clara is a biotech and life sciences investor with significant transactional, VC, IP, and operational experience. Prior to founding Neo Kuma Ventures, she served …

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Erin Lee, Babylon Health, on leveraging AI to break

WEBSubscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Twitter, Apple, or Spotify. In this episode, we connect with Erin Lee, the VP of Global Operations and Managing Director of Babylon (U.S.). Babylon is a London-based telehealth startup leveraging AI to provide quality and affordable primary care around the world. …

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Julian Harris, Deerfield & ConcertoCare, on innovating elder care

WEBBefore Deerfield, Dr. Harris was the founding President of CareAllies, Cigna’s family of multi-payer provider services and home-based care businesses.Previously, he led US Strategic Operations for Cigna and managed a $500M internal investment portfolio focused on technology and innovation. Dr. Harris was also …

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