Empowered Patient Podcast

Andrew Schroeder PhD, Director of Research and Analysis, Direct Relief discusses the global spread of Zika and other mosquito borne viral diseases, impact of climate change on insects, and using real-time maps to prevent and mitigate epidemics by getting medicine to the right place at the right time.

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DirectRelief.org

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Dr. Nancy Hardt drew on her experience as an OB/GYN and pathologist to map at risk neighborhoods in Gainesville, FL in coordination with the Sheriff to identify the correlation between domestic violence and health of the population with reflections on how location visualization can reveal surprises and promote cooperation.

A Sheriff and a Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma

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Bill Roth, Founder and President, Blue Fin Group, consultants to the healthcare industry, talks about the impact of expiring blockbuster drugs, appealing to specialty populations, getting to value based outcomes for expensive drugs, and how patients need to be more accountable for their own health.

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Blue Fin Group

Summer Collins, VP of Population Health Data Strategies, Dr. Angela Moemeka, VP and Medical Director of Community Health, and Aijaz Syed, Visualization Specialist, Children's Health on using visualization and GIS to better understand health neighborhoods and identify social determinants of health with insights about their Wellness at WIC program for under-served children under 5 years of age.

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Todd Schuble, Manager of GIS Research for the University of Chicago's Division of Social Sciences and senior lecturer in the University of Chicago's Committee on Geographical Studies talks about how time and transportation options are key when measuring health service accessibility, what drives choices about care providers, and value of taking an asset census of community resources to promote healthier life-styles as demonstrated by the HealthERX project in Chicago.

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HealthERX

Dave Chase, Managing Partner Healthfundr and widely published author on healthcare transformation emphasizes the need for changes in the process of delivery of healthcare in order to take full advantage of technology innovations with examples of proactive care models that can put out a spark before it turns into a full "fire".

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95 Theses for a New Health Ecosystem

Dora Barilla, President and Co-Founder, HC2 Strategies on how location impacts the health of a community, how mapping technology can integrate vast amounts of relevant environmental, social and patient data, the right to health not just healthcare, and seeing patient care in a more holistic way.

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HC2 Strategies

Curt Becker, Co-Founder and CEO, Molecular Assemblies is a pioneer in the world of synthesizing DNA and has now started this new company to develop higher quality synthetic DNA in a process that does not require toxic chemicals and opens to doors to more advance use of synthetic DNA in precision medicine research.

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Molecular Assemblies

Laurence Girard, CEO and Co-Founder, Fruit Street explains how their telemedicine solution provides medical and health professionals with tools that are often reimbursed by insurance companies, can be used to help modify patient behavior, and are embraced by patients particularly the virtual food diary.

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Jefferson McMillan, Manager, Business Intelligence and Clinical Analytics, Children's National Health System talks about how GIS tools are revealing hidden patterns related to pediatric burns, childhood obesity and chronic diseases, using digital tools to get outside the 4 walls of the hospital to provide better care, and how innovation is built into their mission since the founding of the institution in 1870.

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ChildrensNational.org

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