#119: Dr. Joshua Schiffman of the Huntsman Cancer Institute

May 3, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedCancer, Cure Disease, Howard KreinStartUp Health NOW

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What can elephant DNA teach us about cancer? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Joshua Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist and researcher at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains why he believes elephant DNA might hold the secret to preventing cancer in humans.

GUEST: Dr. Joshua Schiffman, Huntsman Cancer Institute
HOST: Howard Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

#117: Transforming an Industry with Vinod Khosla

April 19, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedSteven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, speaks with Steve Krein, CEO of StartUp Health, about how entrepreneurs will transform health and wellness, while offering insight into how venture capitalists think about health innovation.

GUEST: Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

#116: Lessons from the White House Cancer Moonshot with Greg Simon

April 11, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedCancer, End CancerStartUp Health NOW

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We have the opportunity to end cancer as we know it during our lifetimes. In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Greg Simon, director of the Biden Foundation’s Cancer Initiative, shares what he learned as the head of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, and discusses how moonshot thinking can radically transform the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

GUEST: Greg Simon, Biden Cancer Initiative
HOST: Howard Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

#115: Jerry Levin: This is a Revolution

March 29, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedAccess to care, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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A revolution is taking place in healthcare. In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, talks about this revolution with Jerry Levin, the organization’s chairman, and discusses how StartUp Health’s global army is leading it.

GUEST: Jerry Levin, Chairman, StartUp Health
HOST: Unity Stoakes, Cofounder and President, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

(Access the full transcript here: https://medium.com/p/52d73bb87f0f)

#114: Children’s Health Moonshots: Transforming the Way We Care for Children

March 22, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedChildrens HealthStartUp Health NOW

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How can innovation transform the way we care for children? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, chief of digital innovation at Seattle Children’s Hospital, chats with Gil Peri, Children’s Hospital Colorado, James Wall, MD, Stanford Children’s Health, Andrew Burns, Gobiquity, and Bronwyn Harris, MD, Stanford Children’s Health to answer this important question.

#118: A Global Approach to Transforming Health – Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP

March 14, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, UncategorizedSteven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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How will enterprise software giant SAP help startups transform health and wellness? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, SAP CEO Bill McDermott offers advice to entrepreneurs, and explains why his organization is so eager to work with StartUp Health’s Global Army of Health Transformers.

GUEST: Bill McDermott, SAP
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
From the Deli to SAP
Keeping the Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
StartUp Health and SAP

Access our blog here: https://medium.com/p/87b9cf87834c

#113: The Rise of Healthcare’s Emerging Innovation Hubs

March 7, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorized2017 StartUp Health Festival, Access to care, Childrens Health, StartUp Health Festival, Steven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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Health innovation leaders chat at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about how their individual projects and institutions are rethinking health and healthcare with a shared goal of improving health and delivering the highest quality level of care.

INTRODUCTION: Jay Sullivan, DLA Piper
GUESTS: Esther Dyson, The Way to Wellville; David Feinberg, MD, Geisinger Health; Richard Zane, MD, UCHealth
HOST: Steven Krein, StartUp Health
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

Show Notes and Key Takeaways can be found here: https://medium.com/p/2d0450c18972)

#112: Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge: Leadership Panel

March 1, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorized2017 StartUp Health Festival, Access to care, Cost to Zero, StartUp Health Festival, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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In this latest episode of StartUp Health NOW!, thought leaders from the world’s largest health systems and health technology companies gather at the StartUp Health Festival to engage in an interesting conversation around digital disruption and its effect on patients’ lives.

GUESTS: Steven Nelson, Anthem; Clark Golestani, Merck; Karl Hick, Shire;
Matthew Collier, Accenture; Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health
HOST: Anne O’Riordan, Accenture
LOCATION: StartUp Health Festival, San Francisco, CA

IN THIS EPISODE:
The Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge
Digital Disruption: Why Now Is Important
The Digital and Value Age: What It Means to the Consumer

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

February 27, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorized2017 StartUp Health Festival, Access to care, Cost to Zero, StartUp Health FestivalStartUp Health NOW

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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

February 25, 2017Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorized2017 StartUp Health Festival, Longevity, StartUp Health FestivalStartUp Health NOW

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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