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Healthcare Innovation Panel: How the Midwest is Becoming Healthcare's Next Hub

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On our ninth episode of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Front Door Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and first-ever in-person podcast panel, Architect Health Co-founder & CEO, Sohum Shah hosts an exclusive interview on healthcare innovation with five incredible healthcare leaders in Chicago.

  • Rushil Desai is the CEO of Aetna Better Health of Illinois and manages over 370,000 Medicaid members.
  • Ryan Fukushima is the COO of Tempus Labs, a leader in AI-enabled diagnostics for precision medicine, which recently went public.
  • Maureen Sullivan is the former Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and now advises healthcare companies and venture capital firms.
  • Anil Saldanha is Rush University Medical Center’s Chief Innovation Officer and drives innovation in public health, community health, and technology.
  • Brian Whorely is the Founder & CEO of Paytient and is transforming how Americans access and afford healthcare.


    • Audience Questions:

    1. How do you see healthcare data getting pooled? In the future we'll need a bigger collection of that data. Who is collecting the data, who is going to pay for it and how is it going to be paid for?
    2. How do you keep the humanity in healthcare and provide the best compassionate care to our patient population?


      3. Architect Health's The Front Door Newsletter interviews healthcare executives, founders, and experts on healthcare innovation, digital health, and preventative care. The goal is to identify pain points in these spaces and paint visions on how to address them, inspiring decision makers at traditional healthcare orgs.


      ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Architect Health⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a digital health aggregator, navigator, and vendor manager that makes it easy for health plans and their members to access virtual-first care solutions. Architect optimizes health plan RFP processes in a consolidated and comprehensive platform, reducing admin burden and costs. This helps health plans realize digital health cost savings opportunities - up to a 7x ROI. Architect's Digital Health Quality Index has vetted and scored thousands of telehealth solutions on efficacy, company reliability, and health equity. Co-founders Sohum Shah and Sidd Hariharan have deep expertise working with health plans and have built care management programs and aligned technology for Humana and BlueCross BlueShield. Architect Health is backed by Drive Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), Cherrystone Angel Group, Plug and Play Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and strategic advisors.

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