A Healthy Idea
Entrepreneurship
A Healthy Idea is a podcast solely dedicated to exploring the digital health space. We interview founders and early team members, to understand how technology and entrepreneurship are changing the healthcare space. All opinions made on A Healthy Idea Podcast are our own. Sign up to receive updates on new episodes, exclusive Q&A, and future giveaways. https://ahealthyideapodcast.com/subscribe Never want to miss an episode? Follow our LinkedIn page where we share digital health news and new episodes! https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-healthy-idea-podcast
Location:
United States
Genres:
Entrepreneurship
Description:
A Healthy Idea is a podcast solely dedicated to exploring the digital health space. We interview founders and early team members, to understand how technology and entrepreneurship are changing the healthcare space. All opinions made on A Healthy Idea Podcast are our own. Sign up to receive updates on new episodes, exclusive Q&A, and future giveaways. https://ahealthyideapodcast.com/subscribe Never want to miss an episode? Follow our LinkedIn page where we share digital health news and new episodes! https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-healthy-idea-podcast
Language:
English
Website:
http://ahealthyideapodcast.com
Episodes
How Your Relationships are the Biggest Predictor of Happiness in Life, Creating an App as a Non-Technical Founder, and How to Understand your Customers, with Ali Maggioncalda, Founder/CEO of Lovewick
7/8/2021
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Today we sit down with Ali Maggioncalda, the CEO and founder of Lovewick. Lovewick is an app centered on creating deeper relationships for couples. Ali started off her exploration of love and relationships at Stanford doing extensive research on the psychology of healthy relationships and how that plays into the health of our daily lives.
Throughout her research, she noticed there was a huge difference in finding and...
Duration:01:00:59
Jackson Square Ventures Partner Victor Echevarria on Why the Best Founders are Incredibly Humble; Why SPACs are Overhyped, and Why the First $100B Healthtech Company is Closer Than You Might Think.
6/24/2021
Today's special guest is Victor Echevarria! Victor is a Partner at Jackson Square Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software businesses. A founder turned investor, his investments include 1upHealth, WELL Health, and Trust & Will.
Prior to joining JSV in 2018, Victor founded Remedy Labs, a healthcare fintech company focused on patient and payer billing accuracy. He was also a very early team member at TaskRabbit, where he ran marketing and business development,...
Duration:00:46:19
The Importance of Building Community to Promote Healthy Behaviors with co-founders of MindthruBody Elsa Jimenez and Arelys
6/11/2021
Elsa and Arelys are the co-founders of MindThruBody, an online community focused on empowering Latinx women to pursue physical activity through the power of community and sharing experiences.
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Duration:00:48:41
Next Generation Dental Care Using AI, with Dr. Wardah Inam, CEO & Co-founder of Overjet
5/28/2021
Dr. Wardah Inam is the CEO and co-founder of Overjet. Overjet is a software company that develops a platform designed to reduce costs and improve the quality of dental care. It uses artificial intelligence and analyzes dental data to determine what treatments are necessary for the patient, enabling patients to get improved dental care.
She has been ranked among the 32 most influential people in dentistry by Incisal Edge. Prior to founding Overjet, she led product development at a Silicon...
Duration:00:52:54
Why Dental Care Needs to be Better and How Wally Health is Reinventing The Dental Care Experience, with Tyler Burnett, CEO and Co-Founder Of Wally Health
5/14/2021
Wally Health is the one-stop shop for oral care. Wally is reinventing the end-to-end dental care experience with personalized, accessible, and affordable dental products delivered to your front door. Consider Wally Health the Hims & Hers of dental care.
Tyler is a mission-driven entrepreneur who previously co-founded Western Canada's largest private digital OOH media company (exit to Canada's 3rd largest co). After receiving a dental treatment plan for 8 fillings, when he actually only...
Duration:00:57:20
Building a First Class Sales Organization and Truly Understand Your Customer’s Needs with Ryan Hungate DDS, CEO and Co-founder of Simpleye
5/13/2021
Today we sit down with Ryan Hungate, CEO of Simplifeye. Simplifeye is building an all-in-one suite of products to help dental offices manage their patients. Simplifeye provides an out-of-the-box solution that offers Live Chat, Payments, Scheduling, and connected telehealth to customers. Ryan provides some fantastic insights on sales, defining your company's value proposition, and his mindset on how he approaches creating a product that users actually want.
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Duration:00:52:22
Using Software as a Drug: An Introduction to All Things Digital Therapeutics (DTx), with Danny Kim, Head of Corporate Development @ WELT
4/22/2021
Today, we have part two of our interview with Danny Kim, the Head of Corporate Development at WELT!
WELT was founded in 2016 as a spin-off of Samsung to explore the intersection of healthcare and technology. WELT creates personalized digital therapeutics that combine sensor and digital biomarker technologies with therapeutic contents for the treatment of diseases with a high unmet medical need.
In the past, Danny served as the Director of Business Development at Soundable Health, VP at...
Duration:00:52:19
The Importance of Being an Operator & Patient-Centric Design: A Pill-Pack Case Study with Danny Kim, Head of Corp Dev @ WELT
4/16/2021
Today, we have part one of our interview with Danny Kim, the Head of Corporate Development at WELT. WELT was founded in 2016 as a spin-off of Samsung to explore the intersection of healthcare and technology. WELT creates personalized digital therapeutics that combine sensor and digital biomarker technologies with therapeutic contents for the treatment of diseases with a high unmet medical need.
In the past, Danny served as the Director of Business Development at Soundable Health, VP at...
Duration:00:13:21
Digital Health News: The Prince and the Digital Health Startup, plus Digital Health's $7.1 Billion Fundraising Glow-Up.
4/9/2021
New podcast format alert! Iman and I are trying something new this week. In this episode, we will be discussing some of the most recent and interesting news in the digital health space! In today's episode, we talk about: - Prince Harry's new job as an Executive at a Digital Health Company - The $7.1 Billion that digital health companies raised in Q1 2021 - How only 14% of 2019 funding went to companies that were led by women If you liked the format of this episode, send us an email at...
Duration:00:24:53
“With Great Personal Data, Comes Great Responsibility": Managing Your Personal Data in a World with Vaccine Passports, with David Lucatch, CEO of Liquid Avatar Technologies
4/2/2021
David Lucatch is the CEO, President & Chair of the Corporation at Liquid Avatar Technologies. He has spent over 35 years as a serial entrepreneur in the international marketing arena and over 25 years of that developing technologies and taking them to market. Today, David’s focus is set squarely on Liquid Avatar (formerly The KABN Network), as its Chair, and its mission to empower individuals, through Self Sovereign Identity, to manage, control, and profit from the use of their identity and...
Duration:00:34:40
Burnout, Leadership, and Creating Positive & Productive Work Cultures with Hamza Khan, Managing Director of Student Life Network
3/20/2021
Today’s episode is on Hamza Khan is a multi-award-winning marketer & entrepreneur.
He’s the Managing Director of Student Life Network, Canada’s most comprehensive resource hub dedicated to helping and empowering millions of students across the country. He co-founded both Splash Effect, a boutique marketing & creative agency, as well as SkillsCamp, a soft skills training company. Hamza recently released his latest book, “Leadership Re-Invented" on Amazon, discussing strategies leaders can...
Duration:01:10:54
The Product Manager Mindset to Health, E-commerce, and Entrepreneurship in Dubai, with Tony Pagliocco, Fmr. CPO of Hello Chef
3/13/2021
Today’s special guest is Tony Pagliocco, the Former Head of Product for Hello Chef. Tony formally served as a Product Manager for Wizards of the Coast and as Head of Product for the Analytics division at Boeing. Hello Chef is a Dubai-based meal-kit service, delivering chef-curated recipes and pre-portioned, fresh ingredients to thousands of customers across the UAE every week. Using analytics on customers, Tony talks about the importance of data to inform product decisions and deliver value....
Duration:00:42:24
The 16 Billion Dollar Market in Healthcare that is Often Overlooked, How AI is Fundamentally Changing the World of Medical Coding, with Andrew Lockhart, CEO & Co-Founder of Fathom Health
3/6/2021
Today, we spoke to Andrew Lockheart, CEO of Fathom Health, about the world of medical coding. Medical coding is the process of assigning standardized codes that tell health insurers what services they used and how that service should be reimbursed.
Fathom Health is focused on using AI to reduce the amount of time and errors made while assigning codes to medical procedures. Fathom currently powers coding operations at over 2,000 provider sites, spanning over 100 million medical...
Duration:00:41:15
How to Build a Top-Rated Digital Health Companion and the Future of Medication Management, with Omri Shor, CEO of Medisafe
2/22/2021
Today’s interview is with Omri Shor, the Chief Executive Officer of Medisafe, a digital health application that has over 49K top ratings on the App Store.
Medisafe is an evidence-based digital therapeutics company providing medication management solutions for patients. Medisafe uses their application solution to help patients manage their medication intake, and has gained over 7 million users across iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, who have recorded over 4 billion medication doses...
Duration:00:39:13
Innovation in Orthopedic Care, with Ben Schwartz, CIO of Healent
2/15/2021
Today’s interview is with Ben Schwartz, the Chief Innovation Officer of Healent and a LinkedIn 2020 Top Voice.
Healent is a remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform that is dedicated to supporting patients with Musculoskeletal issues (think bone, muscles, joint pain, arthritis, orthopedic surgery, etc.). Healent uses technology to help patients monitor and manage their arthritis, deliver virtual physical therapy, support patients before and after surgery, and connects patients with their...
Duration:00:28:44
Telehealth for Pets and Connected Pet Care with Bobby Reddy, COO and Co-Founder of Anipanion
2/6/2021
Today we sit down with Bobby Reddy, COO, and co-founder of Anipanion, a telehealth product for pets! Bobby has been an entrepreneur since his time in college where he and his roommate (later co-founder) were intrigued by the combination of connected health systems and the pet care space, later leading into Anipanion.
Bobby highlights the issues affecting the vet world on both the clinic and pet parent sides and where disruption can benefit both parties. We learn about the constraints of...
Duration:00:39:49
The Future of Orthopedic Surgery, with Scott Day, CCO of Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics
1/22/2021
Today, we spoke to Scott Day, CCO of GramercyOrtho (also known as GEO), about the challenges behind supplying and managing orthopedic surgical equipment. Prior to joining GEO, Scott was the Head of Sales at Black Forest Medical Group and a VP at Orthofix. GEO’s flagship product is a mobile implant and instrumentation inventory system that uses RFID technology to automatically track medical equipment usage. Essentially the Amazon Store of Surgical Equipment, just take what you need from GEO’s...
Duration:00:50:39
The Digital Disruption in Health with Justin Norden, VC Investor and Partner at GSR Ventures
1/9/2021
In this episode, we sit down with Justin Norden, a Partner at GSR Ventures. GSR Ventures is one of the world’s most successful early-stage venture firms, with over $3B under management and with investments in Kinsa, Deep 6 AI, DataVisor, Plus AI, and Didi (the Uber of China), just to name a few. Prior to joining GSR Ventures, Justin worked on Apple's digital health team, graduated from medical and business school from Stanford, and helped launch the Stanford Center for Digital Health...
Duration:00:47:32
Patient-Centered and Preventive Healthcare 2.0 with Unmesh Srivastava, CTO of P3 Health
12/5/2020
Today, we sit down with Unmesh Srivastava, CTO at P3 Health. P3 is a value-based care organization that’s bringing digital solutions to the healthcare space. We learn about Unmesh’s experience with partners in the P3 network and how they use digital to manage patient lives. We learn about patient-centricity as a result of digital as well as the influence of policy at care organizations. Lastly, we talk about what’s in store for the future of healthcare and how digital can contribute to...
Duration:00:34:43
Your Health with Only a Camera + Creating the Foundation of the Brain-Computer Interface @ DARPA with Dr. Phillip Alveda, CEO of Brainworks
11/13/2020
We sit down with Dr. Phillip Alveda, the founder of Brainworks, an AI company that can calculate your heart rate, oxygen levels, breathing rate, and heart rate variability only using the camera on your phone or laptop! It’s incredible tech, and we hear of Phillip’s journey to developing amazing technology from his time at MIT, NASA, DARPA, and interactions with neuroscience leaders like Elon Musk. We talk about singularity and how AI surpassing human intelligence may prove more good to...
Duration:00:39:22