The Heart of Healthcare

🤗 In this bonus episode, pharmacoeconomist Yoona Kim, co-founder and CEO of Arine, talks about tackling the $530 billion problem of medication mismanagement. She shares her approach to optimizing medication therapy using data science and clinical expertise.

We cover:

💊 The shocking scale of medication-related problems and their impact on patient health and healthcare costs

🛢️ How data silos and time constraints in healthcare contribute to dangerous medication errors

🌐 The use of AI and machine learning in predicting and preventing medication-related issues

⚖️ Balancing cost optimization with clinical appropriateness in medication recommendations

🚧 The challenges of integrating with existing healthcare systems and winning provider trust-

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About our guest:

Yoona Kim is the Founder & CEO of Arine, an AI-driven SaaS platform company focused on medication intelligence that grew 100% last year, and has produced more than 33 million life-improving recommendations for over 15 million patients. Prior to Arine, she was the Head of Clinical Modeling and Analytics at Proteus Digital Health. She was responsible for health economic and clinical implementation activities for Proteus Digital Health. Her team developed health economic value propositions from strategic conceptualization to business case development to actualization in the real-world.

Yoona holds a Bachelor's Degree from Stanford University, a PharmD with an emphasis in health policy and management from the University of California, San Francisco and a PhD in health economics and outcomes from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Despite heart disease being the leading cause of death in the United States, cardiovascular care has been an overlooked opportunity in digital health. With 1 in 3 Americans facing cardiovascular disease in their lifetime, how can innovation help turn the tide?

In this episode, we explore heart health in the digital age with Dr. Jeff Wessler, cardiologist and founder/CEO of Heartbeat Health, the nation's largest virtual-first cardiovascular company.

We cover:

⌚If we can trust cardiovascular data from wearable devices (and what doctors call “Apple Heart Syndrome”)

🔢 The difference between “heart age” and “chronological age”

🤨 Why he’s skeptical of the remote monitoring market

❣️ The impact of stress on heart health and the role of inflammation

⚖️ Why he believes GLP-1s are the best heart drugs that have ever existed

🩺 Practical tips for listeners to improve their cardiovascular health (including the important but often-overlooked LPA test)

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About our guest:

Dr. Jeff Wessler is a Cardiologist and the Founder and CEO of Heartbeat Health, the nation's largest virtual-first cardiovascular company. Dr. Wessler graduated from Williams College, received an MPhil in public health and epidemiology from Cambridge University, and his MD from Harvard Medical School.

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Make America Healthy Again?

It's official— Trump was elected as our 47th president and plans to use his second term to "go wild on health." For this special episode, Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer and author of Innovative State: How New Technologies can Transform Government, joins Steve to talk about what we can expect in Trump's second term.

We cover:

🔮 The future of the Affordable Care Act

💻 What a privatized version of Healthcare.gov could look like

🤝 The potential for value-based care to thrive in a bipartisan environment

♀️ The challenges facing women's health and reproductive rights

👵 How Medicare Advantage is facing significant financial and outcome challenges

🏆 Who will be the winners and losers of the next four years

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About our guest:

Aneesh Chopra advocates for interoperability and data-driven approaches that help providers, payers, and employers make smarter decisions to succeed in the shift to value-based care.

Chopra’s influence and leadership in technology includes extensive experience in the public sector. He served as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer under the Obama Administration, where he spearheaded initiatives to modernize the nation’s healthcare system using electronic health records and health information exchanges. These efforts strengthened the data infrastructure used in healthcare delivery reform, ultimately helping the industry progress toward a more connected and efficient healthcare ecosystem.

Chopra also served as Virginia’s Secretary of Technology under Governor Tim Kaine, where he championed the growth of the state’s technology sector, enhanced educational opportunities through technology, and drove innovation in government operations. As a public servant, Aneesh fostered better public-private collaboration, a theme central to his 2014 book, “Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government.”

Chopra’s significant contributions to the fields of technology and healthcare have cemented his reputation as a forward-thinking leader committed to leveraging technology for the public good. He’s been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and one of the top 25 "Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers” by Government Technology magazine.

Chopra serves on the boards of IntegraConnect, Virginia Center for Health Innovation, and the George Mason Innovation Advisory Council. He earned his master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School and holds a bachelor’s degree in health policy from Johns Hopkins University.

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Keep up with healthcare news in under an hour with our monthly Digital Health Download! We can't believe it's already November. In this episode, we cover the biggest headlines of October:

📝 Findings from Bessemer's State of Health Tech 2024 Report

🤝 Take-aways from the 2024 HLTH Conference

📊 New “AI services as software” benchmarks

😵‍💫 How election season is causing stress and anxiety

⚖️ New data on cost savings for ACOs

💊 Walmart plans to deliver prescriptions in as little as 30

💻 Oracle replacing Cerner with a new AI health record

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Doctors are not okay. Nearly half of physicians in the United States experienced burnout in 2023, leading to absenteeism, reduced productivity, turnover, and many leaving the profession altogether. In this episode, we discuss the clinician burnout and mental health crises with two expert guests: Dr. Jessie Gold, the first chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee System and author of "How Do You Feel? One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine," and Dr. Aparna Atluru, co-founder and chief medical officer of Marvin, a company that provides specialized mental health care for healthcare workers.

We cover:

😮‍💨 The definition and symptoms of burnout, and if we should add it to the DSM

👩‍⚕️ Gender disparities in physician mental health and suicide rates

💻 The impact of technology on clinician well-being

✍️ Personal experiences with burnout and mental health struggles in medicine

💡 Potential solutions and interventions, including specialized mental health care for healthcare workers

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You can learn more about Marvin at MeetMarvin.com.

You can learn more about Dr. Gold's work and buy her new book on DrJessiGold.com.

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Approximately one in five American children have a mental health condition, with many more at risk for developing one. In this episode, Halle Tecco and Michael Esquivel dive deep into the youth mental health crisis with Naomi Allen, co-founder and CEO of Brightline.

We cover:

📲 How technology has worsened the youth mental health crisis and how it can help solve it

🧭 Key drivers of the crisis

🏡 “Families are comorbid”: Family-centered care approaches in pediatric behavioral health

⚕️ The challenge of over-pathologizing vs. providing appropriate care

💡 Strategies for parents to manage children's technology use

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In this episode, Bryan Roberts, a partner at Venrock and one of the healthcare industry's most illustrious investors, shares insights from his 25+ year career.

We cover:

• The traits that have contributed to his success in healthcare investing
• How to navigate investment cycles and make non-consensus decisions
• Bryan's early investments in Illumina and Athena Health
• The current state of digital health and value-based care
• The potential impact of AI on healthcare efficiency and clinical practice
• Exits and IPOs in the current market
• Lessons from Bryan's biggest misses

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Ready for your October digital health download? This month, we discuss:

• Progyny losing business to Maven
• The entire 23andMe board resigning
• Particle Health suing Epic (and Epic clapping back)
• A plan to erase $4B in medical debt in North Carolina
• The first at-home nasal spray flu vaccine
• Weight Watchers losing Oprah and its CEO, can they get on the GLP-1 train?

Tune in for all the digital health tea 🫖!"

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In this episode, we sit down with one of the most influential figures in government today: Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. As the youngest FTC chair to ever be appointed, during her tenure the FTC has pushed to ban non-compete agreements, filed lawsuits against healthcare companies engaging in anti-competitive practices, and strengthened the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) to protect sensitive health data.

We cover:

• The FTC's role in healthcare and how it compares to other sectors
• The impact of consolidation and vertical integration in the healthcare industry
• The agency's efforts to combat rising drug prices, including the recent actions against major PBMs
• The controversial "Orange Book" patent challenges and their implications for drug innovation
• The nationwide ban on non-compete agreements and its potential effects on doctors
• Chair Khan's vision for the future of competition law and its application to healthcare

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With the election around the corner, Halle and Steve welcome Dan Diamond back on the show to talk about how the election will impact healthcare (and how healthcare impacts voting). Dan is a national health reporter for the Washington Post, focused on accountability, federal agencies, and public health.

We cover:

• Trump's concept of a plan and if he would really repeal the ACA
• Harris abandoning Medicare-for-all
• How reproductive health remains a contentious voting topic
• Medicaid redetermination leading to millions losing coverage
• Bipartisian issues like Medicare Advantage, drug pricing, and mental health coverage

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