In the fifth episode of ReBootHealth, I speak with Arash Zohoor, founder of Inkblot Therapy, a digital mental health platform designed to deliver convenient, affordable, and confidential mental health services. Inkblot Therapy was founded in 2015 and was acquired by Green Shield Canada in 2021.  Arash is a family physician and in many ways was well ahead of the curve with digital mental health services, one of the hottest sectors in digital healthcare over the last 12-24 months. We discuss his role as clinician and founder, the need for strong vision and flexibility by entrepreneurs, how he started Inkblot Therapy, thoughts on the digital mental health space, and a framework for thinking about this space and its potential opportunities. This was a great conversation by a clinician and operator that I was very much looking forward to exploring for quite a while. As always, I hope you find the episode valuable.

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Episode recorded on July 8, 2021.

05:00—Systemic barriers to change in healthcare and the way forward.

07:45—Balancing the clinician role with entrepreneurship.

14:43—The need for flexibility with a strong vision.

22:05—Building value for Inkblot Therapy.

29:15—Exploring the use of data in mental health and healthcare.

37:48—The explosion of digital mental health services.

43:20—What might happen next and moving forward with digital healthcare.

49:47—A framework for assessing opportunities in the digital mental health space.

54:40—Challenges to innovation in Canadian healthcare.

In the fourth episode of ReBootHealth, I speak with Jehangir Appoo, Founding Partner of AIoT Health, a physician led syndicate investment partnership. Jehangir has recently transitioned from cardiovascular surgeon to early-stage start-up investor and advisor. We talk about a broad range of topics on the show including his transition from clinician to investor, his sources of learning and his advice for early-stage founders entering healthcare. This interview was particularly fun as it brings insight from an individual who was recently able to make a major career transition in a short amount of time and do so in a graceful manner. Jehangir will no doubt have a lot to offer the Canadian healthcare venture system. As always, I hope you find the episode valuable.

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Episode was recorded on June 23, 2021.

05:00—The lure of digital technology in healthcare.

08:00—Learning and the power of conversations.

16:55—Overcoming the ‘imposter syndrome'.

18:30—Advice for healthcare start-up founders

23:42—Technology is not enough.

33:40—The next layer of healthcare and untapped domains.

42:50— Mentorship versus capital to build the ecosystem.

In the third episode of ReBootHealth, I speak with Sachin Aggarwal, CEO of ThinkResearch. Sachin was successful in taking the company public recently and I wanted to get him on the show to talk about the journey from startup to public company. Rather than a high-level overview we focus on two central elements and how they change through a company’s growth: KPI’s and culture. This episode will dig into choosing KPIs for your startup and how to make them relevant for the healthcare market.  We then attack the nature of culture…developing it and maintaining it. It was a pleasure interviewing Sachin and getting his insights. As always, I hope you find the episode valuable.

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Episode recorded on June 16, 2021.

04:19—ThinkResearch and the global knowledge crisis

09:25—Engaging healthcare providers

14:15—Choosing your KPIs for healthcare

23:43—Changing KPIs as you grow

28:55—Focusing on value vs cost-containment

31:45—Developing your startup culture

34:35—Reducing friction between you and your customer

38:10—How to maintain culture with growth

42:35—Current trends in healthcare innovation

In the second episode of ReBootHealth, I interview Noah Crampton, CEO/founder of Mutuo. We cover a fair bit of ground in this episode including how to balance life as a clinician and a founder, the impact of computers in examining rooms, natural language processing (NLP) and its role in healthcare, the mindset of clinician versus entrepreneur and thoughts on Canadian healthcare innovation.  Noah provides insight on moving from a clinician to a founder and how the two roles overlap. I hope you enjoy today’s discussion with Noah Crampton.

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Episode recorded on May 26, 2021.

04:40—Balancing the clinician and founder roles

09:45—Patient-physician-computer relationship

17:00—Personal learnings of Noah his research

19:00—Starting Mutuo

24:46—NLP and its roles in healthcare

30:56—Clarifying Mutuo’s value proposition in clinical care

35:28—The impact of a clinical lens on an early founder

42:30—What we can do better to support start-ups

In the first episode of ReBootHealth, I interview Joshua Liu, CEO/founder of SeamlessMD. We touch on a lot of points in this podcast with Joshua including how he got started, navigating the pull of healthcare customers, early wins, and the role of peer-review evidence in supporting your venture. Joshua had a lot of great insight as an early-stage entrepreneur and hopefully, his learnings can help others thinking about moving down this path. I hope you enjoy today’s discussion with Joshua Liu.

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Episode recorded on May 12, 2021.

05:00--How SeamlessMD landed on patient engagement

10:47--Balancing customer pull and vision

13:49--Is founding a startup in healthcare really different?

19:00--Keeping track of early wins.

20:40--Does peer-review evidence matter for startups? What outcomes are important?

26:38--Adding healthcare members to the founding team.

31:58--Choosing geographic markets. USA vs. Canada

36:00--Defining the problem to solve in healthcare as a startup?

39:50--Improving the Canadian healthcare ecosystem.

43:45--Not everything in healthcare is bad.

This is the inaugural episode of RebootHealth and I'll be your host, Amol Deshpande. This episode explains why I decided to launch this podcast. It's a short piece setting out the map for our journey to explore the people and technology rebuilding the digital health care system. If you have any interest in learning from founders, researchers, clinicians, or investors and how they're trying to help build a better health care system for the future, then I encourage you to have a listen.  See you inside...