Category Archives: Innovation

#111: Cost to Zero Moonshots – Radically Reducing Healthcare Costs – Jonathan Bush, athenahealth



In this Fireside Chat, Jonathan Bush, CEO & Co-founder of athenahealth, engages in a lively banter with author & Wall Street Journal columnist Andy Kessler at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about building sustainable solutions to drive healthcare costs down.

GUEST: Jonathan Bush, athenahealth
HOST: Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Driving Healthcare Costs Down: Cost to Zero Moonshots
Bending the Cost Curve
Pricing Models to Help Drive Costs Down


#108: Longevity Moonshots with Dr. J. Craig Venter



Dr. J. Craig Venter, Founder and Executive Chairman of Human Longevity, Inc., delivers a fascinating fireside chat on Longevity Moonshots at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about interpreting genomics in a fundamentally new way, not just to make people live longer, but to have a healthy life.

GUEST: J. Craig Venter, PhD, Human Longevity, Inc.
HOST: David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy
LOCATION: 2017 StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Dr. J. Craig Venter & Human Longevity, Inc.
The Health Nucleus
Longevity Moonshots


#100: Transforming Disease w Data, Tech & Personalized Medicine-Mike Pellini, MD, Foundation Medicine



Mike Pellini, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Foundation Medicine, sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival for a Fireside Chat on analyzing tumors through genome sequencing and how new innovations are helping to advance the way physicians can treat cancer and potentially cure all diseases.

GUEST: Mike Pellini, MD, Foundation Medicine
HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
Mike Pellini and Foundation Medicine’s Moonshot
Curing All Diseases – A Bold Goal
Mike and StartUp Health – An Interesting Connection


#109: Access to Care Moonshots: Delivering Quality Care to the World



Melanie Evans, health reporter for the Wall Street Journal, moderates a lively Fireside Chat with Toby Cosgrove, MD, CEO & President, Cleveland Clinic; Steven J. Corwin, MD, CEO, NY-Presbyterian Hospital; and Jena Hausmann, CEO & President, Children’s Hospital Colorado, on ways in which hospitals and providers can provide quality care to everyone, regardless of income or vulnerability.

GUESTS: Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Steven J. Corwin, NY-Presbyterian Hospital, Jena Hausmann, Children’s Hospital Colorado
HOST: Melanie Evans, Wall Street Journal
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA


#107: Building Your Network – Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital



Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner at SeventySix Capital, talks about his decision to become a venture capitalist, raising his first fund, his advice on building your network “one business card at a time” and his new book, ‘Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel.’

GUEST: Wayne Kimmel, SeventySix Capital
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Studio, StartUp Health Village, New York, NY

IN THIS EPISODE:
Deciding to Become a Venture Capitalist
Raising His First Fund
“Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel”

(Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/44879379a801)


#106: Fundamentals for Digital Health Startups: Mike Vennera, Independence Blue Cross



Mike Vennera, Chief Information Officer of Independence Blue Cross, discusses how medical trends and changes driven by the ACA are creating big shifts in the healthcare system, exciting innovations he sees in different spaces of the healthcare landscape and how he feels innovators should ‘focus on the basics’.

GUEST: Mike Vennera, Independence Blue Cross
HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
LOCATION: Accenture HealthTech Challenge Regional Round in NYC

Show Notes and Key Takeaways (Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/36d6d3f16262)


#105: Digital Health Innovations With Moonshot-Based Thinking – Brian Kalis, Accenture Health



Brian Kalis, Managing Director of Accenture Health, discusses the digital landscape around innovation, venture and startups, what solutions he feels are still needed to be built by innovators and how Accenture Health is encouraging the development of technology through the Accenture HealthTech Challenge.

GUEST: Brian Kalis, Accenture Health
HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
LOCATION: Accenture HealthTech Challenge Regional Round in NYC

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Digital Health Landscape Around Innovation, Venture, and Startups
An Unmet Need
Moonshot-Based Thinking

Show Notes and Key Takeaways (Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/8cab1622294e)


#104: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories for Better Health – Beth Sanders, LifeBio



Health Transformer Beth Sanders, Founder and CEO of LifeBio, chats with StartUp Health Co-Founder & President, Unity Stoakes, about how LifeBio is helping people capture and share their stories in healthcare and dispenses a few words of inspiration to motivate other entrepreneurs.

GUEST: Beth Sanders, LifeBio
HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Studio, StartUp Health Village, New York, NY

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Mission of LifeBio
How LifeBio Fits into Practice Management
Columbus, Ohio: A Great Place for a Startup

(Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/6cb512be2ce2)


#103: Delivering Smarter Patient Care Decisions with A.I. – Avinash Kodey, MDOps



In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW! MDOps Co-founder and CEO, Avinash Kodey, talks about his background in AI, workflow automation, and how MDOps is helping health care professionals deliver smarter patient care decisions without compromising efficiency.

GUEST:Avinash Kodey, MDOps
HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Studio, StartUp Health Village, New York, NY

IN THIS EPISODE:
A Snapshot of Avinash Kodey
Explaining Workflow Automation
MDops in the Field

(Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/7e28023460fd)


#102: Revolutionizing the Future of Orthopedics – Teddy Hodges, BRACEUNDER



Health Transformer Teddy Hodges, co-founder and CEO of BRACEUNDER, discusses his company’s cutting edge technology in the restorative and therapeutic treatment of orthopedic injury and the impact BRACEUNDER holds for the future of orthopedic medicine.

GUEST: Teddy Hodges, BRACEUNDER
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Studio, StartUp Health Village, New York, NY

IN THIS EPISODE:
Entrepreneurship. “It’s in My Blood.”
Why BRACEUNDER Was Founded
The Technology Behind BRACEUNDER

(Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/f0d455decc5e)