Outcomes Rocket

At Outcomes Rocket, we are the shared knowledge hub for healthcare's toughest problems. Our goal is twofold and clear. To help inspire and guide our listeners to 1. Improve patient outcomes and 2. Experience business success in healthcare. Tune in to learn more!

Health & Fitness
Medicine
976
Care Innovation in People, Process, and Technol...
<p>Technology is not the answer to everything, but it can certainly help us be more efficient. In this episode, we hear from Molly K. McCarthy, National Director of US Health Provider and Plans for Microsoft, about how new models of care that integrate technology and human resources can improve health systems. Thinking differently about how people approach to care, technology, and processes can be challenging. Molly talks about how there can be innovative human-centered models that use technology to address workforce challenges and pressure, isolation, and burnout.</p> <p>Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance will bring new inclusive designs, development processes, and ambient clinical intelligence improvements. Additionally, Molly discusses care-at-home as a developing model of care and how social determinants of health are essential for its implementation.</p> <p>Tune in to this episode to listen about how technology can complement and improve new and existing models of care!</p>
14 min
977
SONSIEL: Biodesign and Innovator Nurses with On...
<p>There is a massive potential in innovation ready to be tapped. In this episode, we hear from Onike Williams, nurse practitioner and Director of Program Development at UCLA Biodesign, about how the program is working with professionals from the medical field, including nursing, to educate them as innovators and develop new technology. As she still is a nurse practitioner, she also speaks of how that balances and enriches her work and contributions to the Biodesign program.</p> <p>Onike explains what the program’s health tech accelerator strives for and how the one-year fellowship develops ideas to patent and take to market. She emphasizes that there is no bad idea and encourages medical professionals, especially nurses, to be inspired by those ideas to innovate.</p> <p>Tune in to this episode to listen from Onike Williams about nursing innovation and her work at UCLA Biodesign!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/algorex-health/2021/03/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
17 min
978
ROI of Social Determinant Programs with Alex Tr...
<p>Today, we are privileged to host Alex Trahey, VP of Data Science at Algorex Health. Alex shares his passion for merging modern technology and helping people. He discusses how his company leverages consumer marketing techniques in the world of health care to try to address social determinants of health and shares some successes of Algorex Health in partnering with companies to improve health outcomes. Alex also talks about standardizing data, scaling up interventions, running models on addressing social isolation, and more. Learn more about Algorex Health and what they are doing to help improve health in this exciting conversation with Alex, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/algorex-health/2021/03/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
26 min
979
A World Without Cancer: The Ultimate Goal with ...
<p>Access to diagnostic imaging is a challenge many patients still face around the globe. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Wesley Gilson, the senior director of MR Business Development for Siemens Healthineers North America, about the expansion plans he is leading for diagnostic care. He discusses accessibility challenges and opportunities and the latest developments through innovations that derive from collaboration and technology integration.</p> <p>Following the acquisition of Varian by Siemens Healthineers, the recent marriage of advanced diagnostic imaging and leading-edge cancer therapeutics prompted by the merger is introducing promising outcomes. Dr. Gilson explains why and how many unprivileged patients don’t have healthcare that provides access to diagnostics and treatment. He also raves about how the collaboration between Siemens Healthineers and Varian, will improve the targeting of cancer diseases, a health concern for a large portion of the global population.</p> <p>Tune in to this episode to listen about his work expanding access and bringing more advanced healthcare to more people worldwide!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/constella-intelligence/2021/01/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
16 min
980
SONSIEL: Spearheading the Nursing Innovation Mo...
<p>When someone’s passionate about something, it goes across the board in everything they do.</p> <p>Today’s guest is Olga Kagan, a registered nurse with a background experience that goes back to her childhood when she gave her grandmother her insulin shots to cardiothoracic ICUs, other clinical settings, and finally academia! From a very early point in her career, Olga started innovating and her work was constantly gyrating around academia.</p> <p>Olga's work has inspired many others, from fabricating reusable gowns and facemasks to founding community groups on social media. She is also a passionate educator who brings a different perspective to the field. Tune in to listen to her experience and her journey!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/constella-intelligence/2021/01/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Go to <a href="https://sonsiel.org/" target="_blank">Sosiel's Website</a> to learn more about what they do.&nbsp;</p>
24 min
981
Cybercrime Amid the Pandemic with Alberto Casar...
<p>In this episode, we are excited to talk with Alberto Casares, the VP of Risk Protection at Constella Intelligence. Alberto discussed the different online threats in the market and dark web. He also shared how his company is improving awareness of securing online presence, compromised data, early detection capabilities, and more! &nbsp;Alberto also shared important tips on how to avoid being hacked.</p> <p>We all want to secure our privacy, and this conversation will help you understand how we can do that. Please tune in to my very interesting conversation with Alberto Casares.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/constella-intelligence/2021/01/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
19 min
982
Addressing the Need for New Drugs to Treat of P...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the amazing Dr. Charles Keller, Scientific Director at the Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute. The CCTDI is a 501C3 non-profit biotech that tries to both understand how cancers work, but also test and evaluate thoroughly the drugs that might hit a particular target to stop cancer from working. Dr. Charles shares how his team is helping facilitate the development of medication that works while also de-risking investment in the pharma space. He talks about the preclinical gap and shares anecdotal, challenges, setbacks, and more. Dr. Charles and his team are doing a wonderful job helping children with cancer. Learn more about CCTDI and how you can help in this episode.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/cctdi/2021/06/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
19 min
983
How Data Can Improve Patient Outcomes with Ally...
<p>In this podcast, Allyson Jacobsen, Global Marketing Director of Artificial Intelligence and Analytic solutions at GE HealthCare discusses what her company is leveraging AI and technology to improve the quality of care while also reducing cost. GE HealthCare holds to very strict AI principles to ensure that the models will be trusted and won't be biased. Allyson shares examples of how GE healthcare products are well integrated into the system, thoughts on cross-functional alignment challenges, and more.&nbsp; This is one great conversation you don’t want to miss! Please tune in for my full interview with Allyson Jacobsen.</p> <p><a href="In this podcast, Allyson Jacobsen, Global Marketing Director of Artificial Intelligence and Analytic solutions at GE HealthCare discusses what her company is leveraging AI and technology to improve the quality of care while also reducing cost. GE HealthCare holds to very strict AI principles to ensure that the models will be trusted and won't be biased. Allyson shares examples of how GE healthcare products are well integrated into the system, thoughts on cross-functional alignment challenges, and more. This is one great conversation you don’t want to miss! Please tune in for my full interview with Allyson Jacobsen. https://outcomesrocket.health/gehealthcare/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/gehealthcare/2020/09/</a></p>
25 min
984
Empowering Patients with their Medical Data wit...
<p>Let's empower patients to live their healthiest lives with Credo. In this episode, we hear from Carm Huntress, the Founder, and CEO of Credo, about the development of digital healthcare systems that enables patients access to their medical record data. Many organizations and providers doing value-based care still operate through phone and fax when it comes to healthcare information exchanges that overlook patients. Credo seeks to provide a digital service that relieves the burden of carrying out those processes manually and enables patients access to their information.</p> <p>Carm discusses the benefits and obstacles of several factors that play a role in Credo’s goal like interoperability networks, healthcare data comprehensibility, and digital technology infrastructure. He explains how the platform will increase care quality and accessibility to empower patients with their data to improve their health.</p> <p>Tune in to this episode to listen about how Credo will impact healthcare systems with their medical record data platform!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/instant-access-medical/2021/04/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
17 min
985
A Better Way to Predict the Fertility Window wi...
<p>Today, we are privileged to host Amy Shannon, the &nbsp;Chief Commercial Officer at Prima-Temp. Prima-Temp is a medical technology company pioneering chronobiological healthcare for women. In this episode, Amy discusses how her company empowers women to make informed health care decisions. She talks about chronobiology and circadian biology and their impact on women's hormones, leveraging data and social community for better support for women's health journey, and she also introduced Priya, an innovative technology that tracks continuous core body temperature. She also shares insights on facing challenges as a company like shifting clinical trials, the democratization of healthcare, and more. Tune in for an amazing interview with Amy Shannon!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, resources, and transcript: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/primatemp/2020/10/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
21 min
986
Bridging HUGE Gaps between Consumers, Providers...
<p>In this episode, we interview Evan Osborne, Founder and Managing Partner at Diabetics United and the President and CEO at Ride Salem. Evan discusses how his company provides an all-in-one platform for all diabetes, designed to promote a healthy diabetic lifestyle. Diabetics United has resources for all types of diabetes. It has a trusted shopping resource where vendors and products are safe, &nbsp;a community where people with diabetes can collaborate, share, and interact. It also has a wealth of resources about diabetes and researches and studies to improve the lives of people with diabetes &nbsp;Evan shares some of the challenges diabetics face in healthy and solutions his company has developed to help solve problems and add value. He also shares insights on business, educating fellow diabetics, and more. &nbsp;This is a fascinating conversation, so please tune in and learn more about Evan and Diabetics United!</p> <p>Click this link to the episode: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/diabeticsunited/2020/11/" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
22 min
987
Older Adult Independence in The Age of Social D...
<p>In these trying times, we look forward to the care and support we receive from family and friends. Can you imagine how having such a tight-knit and loving support would do to elderly people? &nbsp;In this episode, we are happy to host Carlos Montero-Luque, who runs Huginntech, a company dedicated to ensuring families can support their elderly loved ones with their health and independence. Carlos talks about the origins of the company and how they leverage technology to get involved in the support and care for elderly adults. He also shares the benefits of Huginntech to different stakeholders.</p> <p><a href="In these trying times, we look forward to the care and support we receive from family and friends. Can you imagine how having such a tight-knit and loving support would do to elderly people? In this episode, we are happy to host Carlos Montero-Luque, who runs Huginntech, a company dedicated to ensuring families can support their elderly loved ones with their health and independence. Carlos talks about the origins of the company and how they leverage technology to get involved in the support and care for elderly adults. He also shares the benefits of Huginntech to different stakeholders. https://outcomesrocket.health/ht/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/ht/2020/09/</a></p>
22 min
988
Exceptional and Affordable Home Care for Medica...
<p>Today, we are privileged to host Fred Johnson, a seasoned global strategist and leader, and the President &amp; CFO at Team Select Home Care. &nbsp;Fred talks about his reason for getting up every day and that os pioneering new home cares for medically fragile children. He explains the challenges faced by the family of medically fragile children, the difficulty of finding nurses that specialize in pediatric home care, and the impact of these challenges to the individual, family, and community. &nbsp;Fred also shares some of his observations from the Colorado related caregiver program and how the company provides training to parents, helping them become CNAs which in turn frees up nurses to work more at the supervisory roles. &nbsp;Team Select Home Care is saving the state tons of money while also providing jobs to parents. It is doing a phenomenal job at helping medically fragile children and the communities they serve, and you'll definitely pick up a lot of nuggets in this conversation. Tune in to learn more!</p> <p><a href=" Today, we are privileged to host Fred Johnson, a seasoned global strategist and leader, and the President &amp; CFO at Team Select Home Care. Fred talks about his reason for getting up every day and that os pioneering new home cares for medically fragile children. He explains the challenges faced by the family of medically fragile children, the difficulty of finding nurses that specialize in pediatric home care, and the impact of these challenges to the individual, family, and community. Fred also shares some of his observations from the Colorado related caregiver program and how the company provides training to parents, helping them become CNAs which in turn frees up nurses to work more at the supervisory roles. Team Select Home Care is saving the state tons of money while also providing jobs to parents. It is doing a phenomenal job at helping medically fragile children and the communities they serve, and you'll definitely pick up a lot of nuggets in this conversation. Tune in to learn more! https://outcomesrocket.health/teamselect/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/teamselect/2020/09/</a></p>
27 min
989
The Cybersecurity of Medical Devices with Pasca...
<p>One of the biggest challenges is securing connected devices, including medical devices. &nbsp;Welcome back to part two of our chat with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalpodvin/" target="_blank">Pascal Podvin</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-haltom-8728211/" target="_blank">Jeremy Haltom</a> from <a href="https://ordr.net/" target="_blank">Ordr inc</a>.; we also introduce <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbrady/" target="_blank">Jim Brady</a>, the CISO for <a href="https://www.fairview.org/" target="_blank">Fairview Health Services</a>, to the conversation on cybersecurity and healthcare. The three of them discuss the challenges that Healthcare Delivery Organizations face and what assessments they could do to increase the security of their devices to take care of patients.</p> <p>No one can protect anything without knowing what the threats are, so identifying them is a specific step in the process, and taking action will then make it fruitful. Technology is only one part of the equation; the other one is a great team that is constantly working on increasing the cybersecurity of the organization. Be sure to listen to the previous conversation with Pascal and Jeremy before listening to this episode!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/instant-access-medical/2021/04/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
25 min
990
Solving for Healthcare’s Biggest Issues with Da...
<p>In this episode, we are privileged to feature the excellent Dr. Stan Shepherd, Founder and CEO of Instant Access Medical. Stan discusses how his company develops a comprehensive, life-long, multi-lingual personal care record specific to each individual. He highlights the importance of having citizens be the primary data owner and cites great examples of what data integration has done for consumers in other industries. Stan also shares the benefits of people managing their own health care and his insights on setbacks and personalized medicine. Find out more about Instant Access Medical and how it can improve outcomes in this exciting interview with Stan. Please tune in.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/instant-access-medical/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
25 min
991
The Clinician of the Future: Challenges and Adv...
<p>Healthcare is an evolving system that has gone through many changes and will continue advancing over time. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Tate Erlinger, the Vice President of Clinical Analytics at Elsevier Clinical Solutions, about the advantages and challenges of the Clinician of the Future and Elsevier’s recent report, which points out possible obstacles and suggests improvements to the industry.</p> <p>The relationship between patient and doctor is at the core of healthcare. Dr. Erlinger says that technology has changed the relationship's nature and should be nurtured to keep on improving it. Accessibility through Telehealth, on-demand information, and payment for quality have been identified as challenges or advantages that need to be addressed. He believes this shouldn’t discourage the clinicians of the future, as they can participate in the resolution of those challenges and be rewarded with being able to help more people directly.</p> <p>Tune in to this episode to listen about his hopes, work, and thoughts regarding the future of healthcare!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/nymhealth/2021/01/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
26 min
992
Discovering Therapy Options for Hard-to-Treat a...
<p>Cancer is a prevalent condition that impacts not just the patients but also families, employers, and society. Without the right management and medication it can lead to financial loss, reduced quality of life, and even death.</p> <p>In today's episode, we are honored and thrilled to have Sanjeev Luther, CEO and President of Rafael Pharmaceuticals. Sanjeev discusses his company's mission to develop highly effective anti-cancer agents to improve the quality of life of patients with g AML, Burkitts &amp; pancreatic cancer. He shares his insights on innovation, collaborations, AI, challenges in the pharma space, fundamental shifts among regulation due to COVID, and many more. This is a great conversation on oncology in pharma so don't miss it!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/rafael-pharmaceuticals/2021/08/" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
17 min
993
A Safely Interconnected Healthcare Ecosystem wi...
<p>Cybersecurity and AI are two of the most spoken topics right now, and they are essential to the success of the future’s healthcare ecosystem. In this episode, we chat with Pascal Podvin and Jeremy Haltom while we were together at the ViVE conference this year. Pascal is the Chief Revenue Officer, while Jeremy is the director of Sales Engineering, at Ordr, a company that is leading the IoT security field.</p> <p>Pascal and Jeremy explain how Ordr works, how they are securely connecting devices, and what things are important to take into account to make the business scalable. They also share their part of the work in ransomware and the log4j vulnerability problem.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/nymhealth/2021/01/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
16 min
994
Autonomous Medical Coding with Ilyana Rosenberg...
<p>In this episode, we are privileged to feature Ilyana Rosenberg, the Principal Product Manager at NYM Health, a startup focused on automating medical coding. Ilyana educates us on the basics of medical coding and discusses how her company leverages automation to improve operational efficiency and compliance perspectives. She relays inspiring anecdotes and great insights on innovation in health care, keeping medical coders updates, and more. Ilyana is excited about the innovations happening in healthcare, and you can hear it in her voice. Please tune in and learn more about medical coding and its impact on healthcare.</p> <p>Click this link to the shownotes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/nymhealth/2021/01/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
23 min
995
Information to Action: The Intersection Between...
<p>Digital tools can be leveraged to be more equitable and give more healthcare access to people. We are back at the ViVE event 2022 with an incredible healthcare professional that just got off the stage, Manav Sevak, the CEO of Memora Health. Manav emphasizes the feeling of being in person at the conference after two years apart, thanks to the pandemic, and the main themes providers and healthcare systems should focus on moving on.</p> <p>Clinician well-being has become more important in the past 6 to 8 months, so avoiding burnout and guaranteeing safe environments for their work. Also, the transition of care delivery out of the conventional spaces is a vast topic that needs to be addressed; this is where Memora Health comes in to help health systems digitize and automate many processes. They end up the interview with the role AI and ML tools play right now in the healthcare field.</p> <p>Tune in to this conversation about healthcare delivery and technology being leveraged to improve outcomes!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/nymhealth/2021/01/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
15 min
996
Healing Yourself with the Direct Your Own Care ...
<p>This is the second part of the Chronic Pain Series with Dr. Hanscom. In our previous episode, Dr. Hanscom talked about the problems of overcare, different over operations, and waste in healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Hanscom discusses the solution and how his DOC roadmap can help address chronic pain. He also talks about the app that he is launching. As always, interviews with Dr. Hanscom are interesting and you'll find pearls you can apply in other aspects of your life. Tune in for a great podcast with Dr. Hanscom.</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/healing-yourself-with-the-direct-your-own-care-process/2020/08/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://outcomesrocket.health/healing-yourself-with-the-direct-your-own-care-process/2020/08/</a></p>
25 min
997
How Digital Is Making It Possible To Scale Effe...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege to feature Amanda Demano, Vice President at Avia Health Innovation. Amanda discusses how Avia, as the nation's leading network for the health system, seeks to innovate and transform through digital strategy. She shares excellent examples of how her company has improved outcomes, how Avia is helping health systems and payers address things like disparities in health care, her insights on health innovation, and more. Learn how Amanda and her team are assisting accelerate digital adoption. Enjoy!</p> <p>Click this link for the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/aviahealth/2020/12/">outcomesrocket.com</a></p>
18 min
998
HFX for PDN: A Nondrug Solution for Painful Dia...
<p>In this episode, we are privileged to host two outstanding healthcare leaders who can help us learn a new way of managing painful diabetic neuropathy. Niamh Pellegrini is the Chief Commercial Officer at Nevro, and Meredith Vornholt is the Senior Director.</p> <p>Niamh and Meredith discuss HFX for PDN and how it can help patients suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy. They share insights on leveraging technology to help patient care, employer impact, challenges, patient anecdotes, and much more.</p> <p>HFX for PDN is the only spinal cord stimulation device approved by the FDA with a specific indication to treat PDN.</p> <p>Learn more about this innovative treatment in this exciting episode of the Outcomes Rocket podcast, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/nevro-2/2021/08/" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
23 min
999
Older Adult Independence in The Age of Social D...
<p>In these trying times, we look forward to the care and support we receive from family and friends. Can you imagine how having such a tight-knit and loving support would do to elderly people? &nbsp;In this episode, we are happy to host Carlos Montero-Luque, who runs Huginntech, a company dedicated to ensuring families can support their elderly loved ones with their health and independence. Carlos talks about the origins of the company and how they leverage technology to get involved in the support and care for elderly adults. He also shares the benefits of Huginntech to different stakeholders.</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/ht/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/ht/2020/09/</a></p>
22 min
1000
Leveraging Digital Tools and Technology in Heal...
<p>Healthcare can always learn from industries that are very far away. In this episode, we chat with Erik Nielsen, CEO, and founder of TAG, a world-renowned game creator, about leveraging technology to improve people’s lives, mental health, and the intersection between healthcare, advertising, and gaming. With TAG, they are bringing real-life cases and a therapist that hands the coping skills to that specific issue to the audience.&nbsp;</p> <p>They have seen that caregivers are gyrating towards the platform to seek help and resources because they often struggle independently. One of their central values is having all of this content available and affordable, creating unlimited viewing packages for under 5 dollars. Erik also shares how the pandemic brought challenges to the business and how they have dealt with them to keep improving people’s lives.&nbsp;</p> <p>Tune in and enjoy this episode with Erik and our host Saul!&nbsp;</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/cybelangel/2021/09/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
17 min