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The future of healthcare delivery demands innovative solutions that maximize physician time and improve patient access.
Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare, is leading the charge for how health systems deliver virtual care nationwide.
With over two decades of experience as a practicing physician, health system executive, and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Berkowitz brings unique insights into transforming healthcare delivery.
As the founder of KeyCare, he's pioneering a new model of virtual care that leverages Epic's EMR platform to create seamless experiences for both providers and patients.
While together, Dr. Berkowitz shares how he and his team are building a nationwide network of virtual providers and how KeyCare helps health systems expand access while reducing provider burden.
Join us to discover how Dr. Berkowitz and the KeyCare team are bringing their vision to life by offering tech-enabled, team-based care to help reshape healthcare delivery. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS is a primary care physician, a healthcare innovator, a futurist, a digital health expert and a serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating real world solutions which improve the quality and efficiency of the healthcare system for both patients and physicians.
Dr. Berkowitz is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KeyCare - a new type of virtual care partner designed to help health systems and others transform how they manage their populations. We do this by offering health systems access to a tech-enabled virtual care team that works on our telehealth-optimized instance of Epic. This allows health systems to augment their workforces and expand virtual care options while ensuring a consistent and high quality experience for their patients.
Dr. Berkowitz also has a long history of helping healthcare systems, companies and investors rethink problems and solutions. Special areas of focus include innovation strategies and tactics, digital health technologies, workflow automation, telehealth, electronic medical record optimization, precision medicine, product design, physician leadership, change management, and disruptive thinking (so you can do it to yourself before someone else does it to you!).
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How can we reimagine diabetes management to make it more personalized, intuitive, and effective?
Our next guest, Matthew Tremellen, is tackling this challenge as CEO and Founder of DiabeticU.
Driven by his family's 30-year journey with diabetes and his own diagnosis, Matthew experienced firsthand the complexities and gaps in diabetes care.
Today, he's leading DiabeticU in creating a comprehensive platform that combines CGM data, personalized meal plans, exercise guidance, and AI-powered insights- all in one place.
Join us to discover how DiabeticU is transforming diabetes care by connecting patients with certified educators, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and building an ecosystem that empowers individuals to take control of their health journey. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Matthew Tremellen is the CEO and Founder of DiabeticU, a healthtech startup focused on revolutionizing diabetes management through personalized tools and cutting-edge technology. His mission is to create innovative solutions that simplify diabetes care and improve health outcomes for millions of people. With over 15 years of leadership experience, Matthew is passionate about scaling impactful businesses that make healthcare more accessible.
As a visionary in healthtech, Matthew has led multiple initiatives that have driven strategic growth, built high-performance teams, and developed groundbreaking platforms. He is committed to leveraging technology and personalized care solutions to transform diabetes management, making it more intuitive and effective for users around the world. Through DiabeticU, Matthew aims to reshape how people live with and manage diabetes, empowering them to lead healthier lives with confidence.
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How can we democratize access to personalized nutrition care?
Our next guest, Vanessa Rissetto, is revolutionizing the field as CEO and Co-founder of Culina Health.
With a unique background blending nutrition expertise and business acumen, Vanessa has built a rapidly growing virtual nutrition platform that's covered by insurance.
Under her leadership, Culina Health has expanded to over 90 registered dietitians, raised more than $20 million in venture funding, and is a trusted referral partner for physicians nationwide.
As an underrepresented founder breaking barriers in both healthcare and tech, Vanessa is passionate about making quality nutrition care accessible to all.
Join us to discover how Culina Health is transforming the nutrition landscape and improving health outcomes through personalized, expert-led care. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Vanessa Rissetto is a registered dietitian and the co-founder and CEO of Culina Health, a clinical nutrition care company she established in 2020. Prior to founding Culina Health, Vanessa served as the Director of Dietetic Internships at New York University (NYU), where she led clinical nutrition treatment for a diverse patient population and mentored early-career dietitians, many of whom now work at Culina Health
Vanessa holds a bachelor's degree in history from Fordham University and a master's degree in marketing from NYU. She later pursued her passion for nutrition by completing her dietetic internship at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she worked as a senior dietitian for five years She is certified in Adult Weight Management (Levels I & II) by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Under Vanessa's leadership, Culina Health has raised $13 million in venture funding and has become a leading trusted care provider for physician referrals, with patient outcomes consistently surpassing industry averages. She has also cultivated an all-female leadership team that strives to make nutrition care more inclusive and accessible for everyone.
A sought-after speaker, Vanessa is a frequent guest on the "Today" show and has shared her expertise at investor and industry summits such as Rethink, Graham & Walker, and Tensility. Her insights have garnered national press coverage in publications including The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Vogue, Women's Health, Shape, Good Housekeeping, Men's Health, Prevention, PopSugar, Well+Good, Refinery29, INSIDER, and Allure.
Recently, Vanessa was honored by Goldman Sachs as one of the “Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs in 2023.” She has also been recognized by Essence as one of the "Black Nutritionists Who Will Change the Way You Think About Food," by Byrdie as one of the "Dietitians Carving Out Space for Black People in the Nutrition Industry," and by NPR as "A Black Dietitian Wants to Close the Nutrition Gap."
Beyond her professional endeavors, Vanessa is known for her love of Doritos, her commitment to her community, and her uncanny ability to remember people’s birthdays
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How can we transform the billions of dollars in wasted building energy into actionable cost savings for healthcare?
Our next guest, Chris Hallendy, is tackling this challenge as CEO of Resolute Building Intelligence.
With deep roots in IT analytics and data science, Chris helped pioneer a revolutionary approach to building intelligence.
Previously serving as Resolute's lead architect and chief product officer, he developed a patented solution that can analyze building data in just one day- a process that typically takes months.
Driven by a mission to optimize healthcare facilities that operate 24/7 and directly impact patient care, Chris shares Resolute's innovative vision for turning complex building data into real-time, actionable insights.
Join us to discover how Resolute's analytics-powered platform is transforming healthcare operations and beyond. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Chris is the CEO of Resolute Building Intelligence, a leading Building Analytics solution provider that helps customers improve building performance by transforming the massive amounts of incoherent data generated daily by building systems and equipment into real-time, actionable answers needed to effectively resolve the everyday, real-world problems that cause building systems and equipment to underperform, operations to be inefficient, and critical resources to be wasted.
Prior to assuming the CEO role, Chris was Resolute’s lead architect and chief product officer and was the driving force behind the Company’s automated and patented building-integration technology, resulting in the world’s only Building Analytics solution that can be connected, configured, and used in a single day, accelerating time to value while reducing total cost of ownership.
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What does it take to transform healthcare from reactive to proactive while making it more accessible and affordable?
Our next guest, Dr. Tom Maddox, is pioneering this evolution as Vice President of Digital Products and Innovation at BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine.
With decades of experience as a practicing cardiologist and health services researcher, Tom brings unique insights into healthcare's digital future.
While together, Tom shares his passion for leading both the Healthcare Innovation Lab and BJC Digital team, and how he and his team are transforming care delivery through predictive analytics, virtual nursing solutions, and digital patient engagement tools.
Join us to explore how Tom is leveraging technology to create personalized, frictionless healthcare experiences while empowering caregivers with modern tools and workflows. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Dr. Maddox is a senior health system executive overseeing digital health and innovation programs, a practicing cardiologist, a health services researcher, and a national leader in cardiology professional societies.
Dr. Maddox is the Vice President, Digital Products and Innovation at BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this role, he provides strategic oversight and direction of both the BJC/WUSM Healthcare Innovation Lab and the BJC Digital Products team.
The Healthcare Innovation Lab catalyzes care delivery innovation through research and development at BJC HealthCare and its academic partner, Washington University School of Medicine. To date, the Lab has developed innovations in predictive analytics, digital point-of-care tools, and remote patient monitoring.
The BJC Digital team is responsible for delivering the digital vision of BJC HealthCare to support its enterprise goal of customer-centricity. The digital team builds and deploys digital products - such as online portals, apps, and wearables – that can help our patients and care teams receive and deliver optimal healthcare experiences and outcomes. Current products enable clinician search, online scheduling, primary care visit preparation, nurse scheduling, and virtual nursing.
In his faculty role, Dr. Maddox is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Washington University School of Medicine. He is a practicing non-invasive cardiologist, a trained epidemiologist, and an accomplished health services researcher. Dr. Maddox is well known for his contributions to digital transformation, healthcare delivery innovation, learning healthcare systems, and health services research in cardiac quality and safety. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Digital Health Action Collaborative and the Healthcare Innovators Professional Society. He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed publications and received multiple grants exploring optimal care delivery. He has also translated his quality-of-care research to clinical practice by designing and directing a national cardiology quality and safety program (CART) at the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). He is a leader in cardiology professional societies and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Cardiology. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Cardiology, an elected fellow of the American Heart Association, and an elected member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association.
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How can healthcare systems leverage innovation to provide equitable access to high-quality care across diverse communities?
Our next guest, Dr. JP Valin, is spearheading this mission as Chief Clinical Officer of Intermountain Health.
With deep clinical experience and a passion for connecting fragmented healthcare, Dr. Valin brings a unique perspective to addressing industry-wide challenges.
As the leader of clinical operations for one of the nation's top healthcare enterprises, he's driving initiatives to combat workforce shortages, harness AI's potential, and activate patients in their health journeys.
While together, Dr. Valin and I explore how Intermountain Health is reimagining care delivery across urban and rural settings, embracing technology to enhance clinician efficiency, and pioneering innovative solutions to create healthier communities.
Join us as Dr. Valin shares his vision for a future where personalized, accessible care is the norm. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Dr. JP Valin was named Intermountain Health’s Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) in 2022 immediately following the organization’s merger with SCL Health. As CCO, he is responsible for leading clinical operations across the enterprise to improve equitable access to the highest quality care for patients and communities.
Dr. Valin graduated from Georgetown University and New York Medical College, and he holds a master’s in healthcare administration from the Health Management Academy/University of Providence.
In addition to serving in various leadership positions, Dr. Valin also practiced clinically for 15years as both a full scope general internist and a full-time hospitalist.
Dr. Valin received the Clinician Experience Project’s CEO Award of Excellence in December 2020 as well as a special recognition from the Leapfrog Group for Pandemic Heroism. In August 2021 he received Huron’s What’s Right in Health Care® Hero Award. And most recently, Dr. Valin was named as one of Becker’s Healthcare’s 2023 Chief Medical Officers to Know.
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How can we harness the power of clinical data to ignite improvement in the healthcare industry?
Our next guest, Greg Miller, is on a mission to transform the industry through innovative data solutions at Carta Healthcare.
With nearly four decades of experience in healthcare technology, Greg brings a wealth of knowledge in leveraging data to improve outcomes and drive process improvement.
While together, Greg shares how he and his team are tackling the challenges of clinical data abstraction, combining artificial intelligence with human expertise to deliver faster, more efficient, and higher quality results.
Join us as Greg shares Carta Healthcare's groundbreaking approach to streamlining data collection for clinical registries, reducing costs, empowering healthcare providers with actionable insights and paving the way for a data-driven future in healthcare. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Greg leads marketing and business development for Carta Healthcare. For almost 40 years, Greg has been driven to transform healthcare, leveraging data to improve outcomes. Miller began his healthcare career within an academic medical center in Boston and for decades he has been leading digital health companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies, as they apply innovative solutions to drive healthcare process and quality improvement and digital health adoption. Miller’s leadership in privately-held, venture-backed companies has resulted in seven acquisitions with meaningful exits and two successful IPO’s.
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How can we build a sustainable, future-ready healthcare workforce to ensure exceptional patient care and advance health equity?
Our next guest, Geoffrey Roche, is tackling this challenge as the inaugural North America Director of Workforce Development at Siemens Healthineers.
With over 16 years of experience in hospital and higher education leadership, Geoffrey brings a unique perspective on bridging the gap between education and healthcare employment.
Driven by a passion for diversity and innovation, Geoffrey shares Siemens Healthineers' pioneering vision to transform workforce development through strategic partnerships, apprenticeship programs, and cutting-edge technology.
Join us to discover how Geoffrey and his team are attracting diverse talent, supporting current and future healthcare professionals, and revolutionizing career pathways to create a thriving, equitable healthcare ecosystem. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Geoffrey M. Roche, MPA, is the son of a nurse, healthcare expert, diversity advocate, and education enthusiast, presently serving as the inaugural North America Director of Workforce Development at Siemens Healthineers, Executive Advisor, LEAD3R, Vice President, Axios Strategy, and National Healthcare Practice Executive Advisor at Core Education PBC.
Roche speaks often on healthcare workforce topics at national conferences such as Becker's Annual Conference, HIMSS, HLTH, ASU+GSV, and ViVE. In 2022, Roche was nominated to the Forbes Business Council for his national level work.
Roche has over 16 years of experience in hospital and higher education leadership in the United States. He has served on various boards and committees, including the United Way of
North Carolina, United Way of Lebanon County, United Way of Pennsylvania, and Patient Safety Committee for WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital. Roche also presently serves on the JFF
Corporate Innovation Council, representing the healthcare industry.
Roche also serves as a Senior Advisor with Econsult Solutions, Partner with Product10x, DNPs of Color Advisory Committee, and Leavitt School of Health Advisory Council at Western Governors University, and strategic advisor to numerous startups
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How can we transform health research to make it more accessible, efficient, and impactful?
Our next guest, Chris Peng, is tackling this challenge as co-founder and CEO of Labfront.
With a background in nonprofit work and a passion for solving global health issues, Chris brings a unique perspective to the world of health tech.
Labfront is disrupting academic health research through its innovative platform, enabling real-world data collection and analysis at a fraction of the traditional cost and time.
By addressing the funding dynamics and incentive systems in clinical research, Chris and the Labfront team are working to democratize health research and accelerate groundbreaking discoveries.
Join us to explore how Labfront is empowering researchers, leveraging wearable technology, and reimagining the future of health research. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Labfront, a startup working to solve health by fixing health research. Labfront enables real-world research, taking the science out of the lab, 10x-ing research workflows while saving time and budgets. By addressing the funding and cost dynamic, Labfront helps disentangle the incentive systems from the pharmaceutical and corporate interests that fund the majority of clinical research.
Before Labfront, Chris was involved in nonprofit and volunteering projects in Thailand, Ethiopia, and Taiwan, including the building of the first ambulance system in Ethiopia.
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Is it possible to reimagine kidney care to improve outcomes and reduce costs for millions of our fellow Americans?
Our next guest, Chris Riopelle, believes deeply that the answer is yes and he is tackling this challenge as co-founder and CEO of Strive Health.
With over two decades of healthcare leadership experience, Chris brings a unique perspective to transforming kidney care delivery. Driven by a passion to help underserved patients, he's leading Strive's innovative approach of combining technology-enabled interventions with local provider integration.
Under Chris's leadership, Strive has improved care quality while significantly reducing hospitalizations and costs.
While together, Chris shares how Strive Health is partnering with payers and providers to create an integrated care delivery system supporting patients from chronic to end-stage kidney disease.
Join us as we explore how Chris and his team of "Strivers" are pioneering value-based kidney care and reshaping the future of health and care. Let's go!
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About our Guest:
Chris Riopelle is the co-founder and CEO of Strive Health, a value-based kidney care company. He leads the company in its efforts to improve the lives of underserved patients living with kidney disease – from chronic through end-stage. Strive Health supports 110,000 patients across 50 states with $3.8 billion in medical spend under management. Founded in 2018, Strive is home to 700 “Strivers” and has been recognized multiple times as a best place to work. Chris and Strive are proud to be partnered with blue chip investors such as NEA, CapitalG (Alphabet), CVS Health Ventures, and Town Hall Ventures.
In his role as CEO, Chris works to drive value for patients, providers and payors by transforming how kidney care is delivered in the U.S. Under his leadership, Strive Health’s innovative clinical model has improved care quality and reduced hospital admissions by nearly 50%, re-admissions by 30% and total cost of care by 20%.
Chris was recognized as a Denver Business Journal Most Admired CEO in 2023 and was named an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 2021. Chris started his career in healthcare at GeriMed, a company that sparked his interest in underserved populations and risk-bearing healthcare businesses. He spent 10 years in the kidney care industry at Gambro and DaVita, culminating in leading a $1 billion division of DaVita. Chris also served as COO of LaVie Care Centers, a $1 billion skilled nursing company, where he led the turnaround and successful exit of the business. He was also CEO of NorthStar Anesthesia, an anesthesia management company that grew from $130 million to $500 million in revenue under his leadership. Chris has a BA in Economics from Albion College and holds a JD/MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy.
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