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From Journalist to HealthTech Investor: Chrissy Farr, OMERS Ventures

October 19, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, StartupsChrissy Farr, CNBC, Fast Company, HealthTech Investor, India Edwards, Logan Plaster, Omers VenturesStartUp Health NOW

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This week on the podcast we sat down with Chrissy Farr, a HealthTech Investor at OMERS Ventures, where she focuses on women’s health and behavioral health. In this interactive chat, Chrissy talked about her priorities for the remainder of the year, including focus areas of women’s and behavioral health, as well as her experience making the change from being a full time journalist covering the health-tech beat at major publications like CNBC and Fast Company, to a venture capitalist, and how that has impacted her view on company storytelling. She also gave the inside scoop on OMERS Ventures and how to position yourself to get on her, and the broader company’s, radar.

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The Future of Health Innovation With Microsoft’s Dr. David Rhew

October 12, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedDr. Rhew, health innovation, Healthcare, Healthcare at Microsoft, India Edwards, Logan Plaster, Microsoft, Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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This week on the podcast, we’re bringing you a conversation with Dr. David Rhew, the Chief Medical Officer & Vice President of Healthcare at Microsoft. In this interactive session, Dr. Rhew broke down Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and explained how the broader suite of Microsoft tools – from natural language processing to using Teams for telehealth – can help healthcare startups scale more quickly. Bottom line? If a startup wants to move quickly, don’t reinvent the wheel. The infrastructure you need might already exist in the marketplace. Finally, we learned specifics on how startups can partner with Microsoft directly. This interactive Fireside Chat was hosted by StartUp Health’s Media Director Logan Plaster in front of a live audience of founders from the StartUp Health portfolio.

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These Three Startup Health Entrepreneurs Are Working to Fight Addiction and End the Opioid Epidemic

September 28, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAddiction, chronic pain, end addiction, Health Moonshot, Health Moonshot Series, Health Moonshot Update, India Edwards, JD Meints, Logan Plaster, moonshot, NuLife, NuLife Virtual, opioid, overdose, Quit Genius, StartUp Health, Sumeet Maniar, WellBrain, Yusuf SherwaniStartUp Health NOW

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This special episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Each month we take one of StartUp Health’s 12 audacious health goals and highlight founders working to make the impossible a reality. This month we’re talking about the moonshot to End Addiction & the Opioid Crisis. Hosts Logan Plaster and India Edwards discuss three entrepreneurs from the StartUp Health portfolio who have developed incredible technology to help fight addiction. J.D. Meints, CEO and Founder of NuLife Virtual, has created a behavioral health platform that extends the benefits of a close-knit rehab community into the home. Yusuf Sherwani, MD, CEO & Co-founder of Quit Genius, has built one of the world’s first digital clinic delivering a comprehensive medication-assisted treatment program for multiple addictions. Last but not least, Sumeet Maniar, CEO & Founder of WellBrain, has developed a digital chronic pain management platform for providers.

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Sales Strategies With Reed Mollins and Brian Neman

September 14, 2021Business, Health, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAccess to care, Brian Neman, Cure Disease, doctor.com, Katya Hancock, Press Ganey, reed mollins, Sanguine Biosciences, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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This week on the podcast we get tactical with two founders from the StartUp Health portfolio to talk about sales strategies. Our first guest is Reed Mollins, the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Press Ganey. Mollins is well known in our community for co-founding Doctor.com and scaling it over most of a decade before being acquired by Press Ganey last year. Our second guest is Brian Neman, the CEO & Founder of Sanguine Biosciences. Brian built his clinical trials platform from zero to eight-figure revenue today.

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Dr. Bob Wachter and Dr. Howard Krein on Achieving Health Moonshots in a COVID World

September 7, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedBob Wachter, coronavirus, Covid 19, hospitalist, Howard Krein, md, Pandemic Response, PhD, UCSFStartUp Health NOW

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On a recent Fireside Chat, Startup Health’s Chief Medical Officer Howard Krein, MD, PhD, caught up with Bob Wachter, MD, renowned UCSF internist, bestselling author, and former podcast host of ‘In the Bubble – From the Frontlines.’ Over the last 18 months, Dr. Bob – who coined the term “hospitalist” and is a national leader in quality, patient safety, and the digitization of medicine – became a trusted voice on COVID. Our candid conversation covered navigating COVID and the after-COVID world, the state of digital innovation, and the future of healthcare.

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These Two StartUp Health Entrepreneurs Are Driving Down Healthcare Costs

August 30, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAver, Bill Nordmark, Cost to Zero, Health Moonshot Series, India Edwards, Innovarx, Ismail Badjie, Logan Plaster, moonshotStartUp Health NOW

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This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about mental health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies creating new ways to drive down healthcare costs. Ismail Badjie, CEO & Co-founder of Innovarx, has built a conglomerate of healthcare services including multiple brick and mortar stores, an e-commerce business, a global telemedicine platform, and a mobile clinical unit called, “Wellness on Wheels,” all formed to become the primary clinical service company in The Gambia. Bill Nordmark, CEO of Aver, has developed a purpose-built single instance, multitenant, HITRUST certified platform that supports payers to design and implement value-based contracts.

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Health Assurance With General Catalyst’s Chitra Nawbatt

August 24, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, StartupsChitra Nawbatt, General Catalyst, Healthcare, healthcare industry, investing, investment, Logan PlasterStartUp Health NOW

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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we spoke with Chitra Nawbatt, Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation at General Catalyst. During this 60-minute chat, Chitra shared her focus on investing in companies that are transforming the healthcare industry from a “sick care” system to a resilient, proactive health assurance system. She also gave her perspective on what makes a company stand the test of time and best practices to collaborate across systems, leaders, portfolio companies, partners, and operators.

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Melissa Buckley Gets Candid on How Philanthropies Partner With Startups

August 16, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedCalifornia Health Care Foundation, CHCF, Digital Health, health innovation, impact investing, Logan Plaster, Melissa Buckley, Philanthropy, StartUp Health, startupsStartUp Health NOW

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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we sat down with Melissa Buckley, the Director of the Innovation Fund at the California Health Care Foundation, a non-profit with a unique mission and vision for how to support health innovation. In this conversation we unpack the philanthropic foundation and the unique way it invests in new ideas based on impact, strategies behind impact investing, how startups can find opportunities working with philanthropies, and how Melissa’s work in California can help us see where the market is heading next more broadly.

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Scott Powder Launches Advocate Aurora Enterprises to Build Health System Innovation Partnerships

August 10, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAdvocate Aurora, entrepreneurs, health system, hospital, Logan Plaster, Scott Powder, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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On this episode we interview Scott Powder, president of Advocate Aurora Enterprises and former head of strategy at Advocate Aurora Health System. Advocate Aurora is rooted in the Midwest and covers 26 hospitals, 500 care sites and 75,000 employees, including 10,000 physicians. In our conversation, which was held in front of a live audience of founders from the StartUp Health portfolio, Scott breaks down the Advocate Aurora Enterprises investment thesis, and we discuss best practices for startups wanting to link arms with an enterprise health system.

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These Three Founders Are Upgrading the Mental Health Toolkit

July 27, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAreva Martin, Butterflly Health, Health Moonshot Series, India Edwards, kavi misri, Logan Plaster, mental health, Mental Health & Happiness, Richard Hanbury, Rose Health, Sana HealthStartUp Health NOW

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This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about brain health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies rethinking mental health and happiness. Areva Martin, CEO & Co-founder of Butterflly Health, has built a behavioral health platform that provides users with peer-to-peer support, therapist matching, access to coaching, and more. Kavi Misri, CEO & Founder of Rose Health, provides evidence-based mental health care for patients and providers on a platform built with tools and technology designed with the patient in mind. Lastly, Richard Hanbury, CEO & Founder of Sana Health, has developed a non-addictive simple mask and headphones that uses audiovisual stimulation to increase the balance between the left and right sides of the brain leading to greater relaxation.

In this episode, co-hosted by Logan Plaster and India Edwards, the three entrepreneurs break down their innovative solutions and how they’re advancing mental healthcare.

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