Healthcare Rap

We're joined by Kostas Koukoravas, Co-Founder and CEO of Qalzy, the first nutrition tracking platform that includes an AI-powered kitchen scale with a camera. He shares the impact on other areas of health when we remove the friction involved in calorie counting, and how it gives consumers a whole new way to track nutrition that fits within their constellation of care.

All that, plus a shout out to Altro Health for its recent fund raise and pivot to become the clinical infrastructure for wellness businesses. 

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Larry Williams joins Jared to talk shop about rewriting the growth playbook for B2B health and wellness brands. They discuss how it’s harder than ever to stand out among the AI-generated noise today, and how they're advising brands to gain traction through modern thought leadership and a value-first approach to relationship building. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Walmart’s new rural health ambassador pilot. What will determine the pilot’s success, and what does it signal about retail health’s latest pivot? 

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Priya Bathija and Lauren Riplinger share AHIMA’s new nine-step framework for building patient trust based on their new white paper, how to incorporate the framework’s steps when collecting, using, and sharing social determinants of health data, and offer an exclusive preview of this year's AHIMA conference in San Antonio. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the newly formed Personal AI Health Alliance. Who’s involved, what’s their mission, and how do they plan to carry it out? 

DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER, Building Patient Trust in the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Social Determinants of Health Data: 

https://www.ahima.org/media/xl0gr014/d4bh-patient-trust-wp-final-4.pdf

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Alex Doyne, Chief Strategy Officer at Zocdoc, joins fresh on the heels of the company’s newly announced expansion beyond its marketplace to power access to care everywhere, their new partnership with Gemini, and what it all means for consumers’ AI-influenced health journeys. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the CMS ACCESS Model’s newly announced expansion. What five new tracks did it add to its payment model, and how is the program spurring new levels patient-facing innovation? 

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Kimberly Powell, VP of Healthcare at NVIDIA, kinda blows our minds about how quickly we are approaching AI-native hospitals, what it looks like, and how NVIDIA is working with partners and health systems to make that vision a reality. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Apple’s newly announced Health features. How is Apple getting into the longevity space, and how can we each bridge the gap of trusted information? 

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Dr. Manish Arora, Founder and CEO of LinusBio, introduces Traced, the first direct-to-consumer wellness test that uses a single strand of hair to provide a day-by-day view of exposure to elements and toxins in your environment, then walks through Jared's screening results live. 

All that, plus a shout out to Evergreen Telehealth for launching as a company and debuting with a virtual weight loss and longevity program that seems to be clued into how consumers want help with proactive health. 

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Melissa Jaeger, Head of Nutrition at MyFitnessPal, dives deep into the intersection of nutrition tracking, fitness, and GLP1s, opportunities for healthcare institutions to guide consumers in their health journeys, and the increased need for better partnerships to support consumers in reaching their goals. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Jared's wish list for CTA Health Week. What specific actions do we hope come out of this week’s gathering in the Capitol, and how can those involved share in their accountability for what comes next? 

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Adam Cherrington returns to highlight examples of how he’s seeing patients create workarounds to improve their experience with the healthcare system and what it tells us about where to focus on improving on their behalf.

All that, plus a Shout Out to Stitch Marketing Research for joining MDRG, bolstering a team that has been one of the strongest advocates for the consumer voice in healthcare. 

TED Talk by Kate Canales: The Accidental Brilliance of Makeshift Signs https://youtu.be/5CvlKCBrPHI?si=3KXz-QFt5V5p-LPU

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The CMS Health Tech Ecosystem hit its one-year anniversary, so what does that mean for health consumers?

Ryan Howells, Principal at Leavitt Partners; Priyanka Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO of HealthEx; and Rishabh Rajiv, Director, Health Records at WHOOP, give an inside look at the work being done on behalf of patients and providers in the Ecosystem's first year and what progress they expect to see in the next 12 months. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about how referring to a single Digital Front Door can impede progress for consumer initiatives. 

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Consumer Panel #2 dives deeper into personal experiences with wearables, from connecting with continuous glucose monitoring, to coordinating multiple devices, to data privacy. 

Thanks to panelists Kate Fisher, WD Partners; Hussain Ahamed, Ultrahuman; April Engram, Oracle; Jason Ovryn, Priorly; and Rashel Hariri, Rashel Hariri Consulting. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Garmin Health’s Scalable Prevention Insight Report. What signals does it give that consumers are producing a continuous health record outside the healthcare system, and how does that phenomenon create both opportunities and responsibilities? 

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