Tech Tonics

Sean Duffy was one of those kids building monumental Lego edifices when his friends were playing outside. He continued to progress on the building front until he hit on his latest endeavor, the establishment of Omada Health, a company that helps people reduce their risk of progression to Type 2 diabetes by employing a mix […]

I first met Elli Kaplan, CEO of Neurotrack, when she won the SXSW best new start-up competition a few years back. She wowed the audience for the scope and creativity of what she is trying to do: create a non-invasive test that predicts patients’ risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease years before […]

When 23andMe veteran Linda Avey pitched her new startup, We Are Curious (which focuses on integrating patient-reported symptoms and experiences) she thought she’d emphasize a condition that seemed like an easy win: menopause-associated symptoms. VCs, she reasoned, would be immediately grasp the size and associated economics of this market, the need to better understand the […]

As a child growing up in Ethiopia, John de Souza witnessed the grim reality of poverty — families wishing for rapid death for their sick children because a cure was out of reach socially and financially. Fast forward a number of years to when he was able to emigrate to the U.S. and was accepted […]

Innovator and entrepreneur Kelly Brezoczky, Founder and CEO of Butterfly Health, has always had a keen interest in where the consumer and health merge. And in Kelly’s case, that merger occurs in very intimate places, as she has pioneered [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Martin Kelly, Conductor of a Global Orchestra of EntrepreneurshipTech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: Jim Joyce, A Man of Genius Makes No MistakesTech Tonics: Molly Coye’s 360 View of the Healthcare SystemTech Tonics: Sometimes You Just Need to Start Things – Marcus Osborne and the…

“If Amazon can personalize book recommendations, if we can get digital prescriptions of drugs nailed down with Walgreens, why can’t the two come together so that physicians can give personalized prescriptions for healthy eating?” wonders Dr. Jason Langheier, the [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: 2016 PreviewTech Tonics: Eric Leuthardt… neurosurgeon, inventor, playwright, book author, clothing…Tech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: When Companies Go AwryTech Tonics: Amy Abernethy – Dosage, Disney & Data

Many people who work in the medical industry come to it for personal reasons. For scientist and hardware hacker Erik Douglas, his stint helping diagnose patients in the remotest parts of Africa and Asia was a pivotal moment. It led [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Amir Dan Rubin, Change AgentTech Tonics: Jim Joyce, A Man of Genius Makes No MistakesTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: Susannah Fox, Learning from MacGyver PatientsSiemens Integrated Lab Diagnostics

This week we are delighted to feature an interview with Venrock partner Dr. Bob Kocher, who probably knows more about the business of healthcare delivery than almost anyone in the world. He grew up in Seattle and was the fourth [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Brad Hirsch, A Cancer Doctor With Management ChopsTech Tonics: Amir Dan Rubin, Change AgentTech Tonics: Jess Mega of Verily Actually Is Making the World a Better PlaceTech Tonics: iRhythm’s Uday Kumar… What Makes Him TickTech Tonics: Darshak Sanghavi, Public Health Pediatrician

Today’s Tech Tonics Podcast features Geoff Clapp, CEO of Better, Inc. From the apple growing community of central Massachusetts to the Apple Computer community of Silicon Valley, Geoff has been a lifelong high technology fan. He started out as a [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: When Companies Go AwryEricsson and the Transformation to 5G – Intel Chip Chat – Episode 444Tech Tonics: Molly Coye’s 360 View of the Healthcare SystemTech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: Sarah Iselin of Florida Blue – Bringing Light to the Darkness

Announcing our 3rd edition of Tech Tonics, the Podcast. Today’s show features an interview with long-time digital health entrepreneur Michelle Snyder. Michelle is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Welltok, a company that works with health plans and other population [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: 2016 PreviewTech Tonics: Our Favorite Bioethicist, Michelle MeyerTech Tonics: Jim Joyce, A Man of Genius Makes No MistakesTech Tonics: Patients are why technology mattersTech Tonics: Deborah Kilpatrick – Calling Audibles