The PennHealthX Podcast

By PennHealthX

The Penn HealthX Podcast focuses on the intersection of medicine and business, with an emphasis on healthcare management, entrepreneurship, and technology (H-MET). This podcast has two aims.

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The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.

The PennHealthX Podcast episodes:

July 20, 2017 Episode 3 - Ryan Littman-Quinn, mHealth, and Botswana
Ryan Littman-Quinn tells us about how he became an mHealth expert, and the challenges of overseeing successful projects abroad in Botswana and other African countries.
Map:
5:20 – reaching out to click diagnostics and taking the job as graphic designer
8:20 – going to Botswana
14:00 – what is mHealth?
21:00 - working for the UPenn Botswana partnership
27:00 – Ryan’s first project – mLearning to support medical education
32:00 – challenges in mHealth projects and learning on the job
38:30 – Peak Vision
51:00 – Funding projects that are mix of entrepreneurship and non-profit
Links:
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlittmanquinn/
The Botswana-UPenn Partnership
http://www.med.upenn.edu/botswana/
Andrew Bastawrous TED Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_bastawrous_get_your_next_eye_exam_on_a_smartphone
Peek Vision Website
https://www.peekvision.org/
Lancet Paper Framing the Need for Vision Care
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30293-0/fulltext
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1h 3min
July 20, 2017 Episode 2 - Dr. Kovarik and Teledermatology
Dr. Kovarik tells us about her career, and how she became a leader in the teledermatology field.
Note: In the intro, I mistakenly said that the Accessderm Platform was rolled out both in Philly and Africa. It is a U.S only platform. Other local platforms are used in Africa.
Map:
5:22 - Finding Dermatology at Baylor
8:39 - The beginning of telederm
12:20 - Becoming a leader in the field
14:45 - Issues in Derm field – shortage, long wait times, etc. and how telederm helps solve them
22:00 - Barriers to the growth of teledermatology
37:30 - Aligning incentives
44:00 - Limitations of teledermatology
Links:
Dr. Kovarik Profile
https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/carrie-kovarik
Her Twitter
https://twitter.com/carriekovarik?lang=en
Penn Med Teledermatology
http://healthcareinnovation.upenn.edu/projects/teledermatology
AlJazeera Article
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/17/teledermatology-helpspeoplefrommalawitophilly.html
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50min
February 21, 2017 Episode 1 - Dr. Fajgenbaum, Castleman Disease, and the CDCN
We kick off the Penn Health-X Podcast with Dr. Fajgenbaum!
Map
4:30 – football at Georgetown, his mother’s illness, and starting AMF
8:45 – getting to Penn Med and being diagnosed with Castleman Disease
13:40 – relapsing, and not being content with the state of research
17:20 – mentors, the orphan disease center, and starting the CDCN with an email
21:00 – getting the MBA and learning to manage a group of researchers
23:30 – learning to negotiate
24:50 – how biomedical research funding needs to change
31:00 – using the CDCN model for other orphan diseases
34:00 – thoughts on high drug prices, right-to-try legislation, and FDA regulation, and off-label use
39:55 – being compared to a Nobel Prize winner, and planning for another potential relapse
43:45 – final thoughts
Links:
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfajgenbaum/
NYTimes Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/his-doctors-were-stumped-then-he-took-over.html
Actively Moving Forward (AMF):
https://healgrief.org/actively-moving-forward/
CDCN Website:
http://www.cdcn.org/
Getting More by Stuart Diamond
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-More-Negotiate-Succeed-Work/dp/0307716902
The Castle Man Image
http://files.www.cdcn.org/3590_SketchWarrior-process-s312x341.jpg
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48min

FAQs about The PennHealthX Podcast:

How many episodes does The PennHealthX Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.