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
1151
Nurse Impact in Big Tech with Kelly Robke & Mol...
<p>&nbsp;In this episode of the SONSIEL series, we are privileged to host Molly McCarthy and Kelly Robke. Molly McCarthy is the National Director of US Health Provider and Plans for Microsoft. Kelly is the current US Health and Chief Nursing Officer at Microsoft.</p> <p>Kelly and Molly discuss how their company contributes not just to the technology but also the people. Molly shares two great examples of what Microsoft is doing to add value for clinicians and patients, and Kelly added her own examples of how her company advances health towards transformation. Kelly also touched on innovation, health equity disparities, and analytics. Both guests also discussed why nurses are the most trusted profession, understanding the nursing workflow, improving health outcomes, and how the clinicians at Microsoft are ensuring that customers understand the technology and know-how to use it. We also cover communication, collaboration, SONSIEL, setbacks, and more. It was a fantastic interview and we've pulled a lot of insights, so make sure that you listen. Please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/sonsielseries3/2021/05/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
33 min
1152
Leveraging Adversity to Meet Your Goals with Ch...
<p>In this episode, as part of the Nurse Leadership Series with SONSIEL, we are privileged to host a fantastic guest, Dr. Chris Recinos. She is the CEO and Founder of the Nurse Leader Network podcast and the creator of the mental health app for teens Hello Harmony. The Nurse Leader Network podcast is dedicated to helping nurse leaders with tools, resources, and connections to revolutionize health care while not sacrificing the important things in life.</p> <p>Chris discusses the genesis of the Nurse Leader Network and how it is adding value to healthcare. She shares her inspiration for becoming a nurse then a nurse leader, the story behind Hello Harmony, and what sets the Nurse Leader Network community different from other organizations.</p> <p>There are so many things to learn from this inspiring conversation, and Chris’s life story is a well of insights for parents and healthcare providers, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/sonsielseries2/2021/05/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
21 min
1153
The Powerful Difference School Nurses Make in O...
<p>In this inaugural episode of the SONSIEL series, we are privileged to feature two amazing nurse leaders - Rebecca Love and Robin Cogan - to kick off the series.</p> <p>Rebecca is the President at SONSIEL and Robin is a Nationally Certified School Nurse and is the legislative co-chair for the New Jersey State School Nurses Association.</p> <p>Rebecca and Robin discuss the importance of having school nurses and their impact on public health. Rebecca talks of the school nurses especially in this time of COVID and shares some history and statistics. Robin shares about the role of the school nurse in addressing vaccine confidence on the ground community level and the other health issues children have. Currently, 25% of schools have no nurse at all, 35% only have a part-time nurse, and the remaining 40% may have a full-time school nurse who has to take care of thousands of students. Both guests emphasized the value of having a trusted health professional in the school setting and raised frustrations and challenges school nurses are facing. We also cover safety, wanting our children to be safe, how they have provided solutions to problems, and some setbacks. There's plenty of stats, heartfelt stories, and callouts shared in this wonderful conversation, so do something about it and please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/sonsielseries1/2021/05/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
42 min
1154
Detecting the Deadliest Cancers at Early Stages...
<p>Today, we are privileged to feature the outstanding Jo Bhakdi, Founder and CEO of Quantgene. Jo discusses how his company is building the most advanced genomics technology that can detect cancer and other diseases earlier, while they are easier to treat. He talks about the genesis of the Quantgene, the benefits of merging genomic sequencing with AI, Serenity System and it's amazing ability to detect diseases, the challenges they faced, and many more.</p> <p>Jo and his team are building the future of medicine, which is so exciting. Learn more about Quantgene and how it can impact healthcare in this podcast episode.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/quantgene/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
34 min
1155
How No-Code is Transforming Healthcare with Kar...
<p>In this episode, I am honored to have the outstanding Kara Dennis on the podcast again. Kara is the Head of Healthcare at Unqork and she discusses how her company modernizes healthcare companies through the no-code platform. She talks about modernizing the front-end experience, digitizing workflows and business processes, reducing variability, and delivering better care to patients. Kara shares examples of how Unqork has helped healthcare businesses. She also added insights on overcoming setbacks, pivoting, and changing your messaging to get the right market. This is one great conversation in health, technology, and application development, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/unqork/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
25 min
1156
Digital Charisma: Using AI to Improve Health Be...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Dr. Ravi Komatireddy, Founder and CEO of Motiv Health Inc., the most advanced, personalized, and persuasive digital health coaching system. Ravi discusses how his company leverages AI and coaching to help improve human behavior. He talks about how lifestyle and behavior impact health, and the importance of training our mindset to be healthy. He clarifies the difference between health and health care, and shares his insights on behavior change, motivating people, knowing the real Whys of people, and more. It's a very interesting conversation and we've really enjoyed it, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/motiv-health-inc/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
25 min
1157
What 2021 holds for Biotech, AI, and Genomics w...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the outstanding Tom Chittenden, Chief Data Officer and Founding Director of the Genuity Science Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory. Genuity Science is a data insights company.</p> <p>Tom discusses how his company leverages AI and sequence data to find or build techniques that can robustly identify the drivers of disease. He explains about creating more effective therapeutics by applying AI in diseases, from cardiovascular disease to thoracic aortic aneurysm, and more recently COVID-19. Tom also shares some of Genuity Science's breakthroughs and challenges as well as his thoughts on single-cell science.</p> <p>There's so much to learn from this amazing interview with Tom, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/genuityscience/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
26 min
1158
Exploring The Future of Health through Dreams a...
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26 min
1159
Keep Breathing: Avoiding Hypoxia with the McMur...
<p>We have Roxanne McMurray, inventor of the McMurray Enhanced Airway and also the co-founder of McMurray Medical Group, and Noah Hendler, a nurse practitioner, health care technologist, strategist and co-founder of SONSIEL. Noah dives into the importance of nurses in healthcare, and the value of nurse innovators. Roxanne discusses the McMurray Enhanced Airway, how the innovation came about, and some of her challenges in putting the product on the market. These two nurse leaders also share their insights on the role of nurses in improving outcomes and being persistent despite setbacks. It's a great interview and there are many things to learn about nurse anesthetists and some of the work that SONSIEL does, so please tune in.</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/mcmurraymed/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
27 min
1160
An Innovative Approach for Advanced Physician T...
<p>In this episode, we are excited to feature a thought leader in life sciences and health care - Ziad Rouag. Ziad is the President and CEO of Biomodex, a digital health company offering enhanced 3D printing. &nbsp;In this podcast, he talks about the various applications of enhanced 3D printing in the medical device sector. He also shares how his company's product can improve difficult and complicated surgeries, increase the comfort level of physicians, and reduce variability. &nbsp;Ziad shares his thoughts on leveraging novel technology to continually improve health care, doing things a little differently, and the possibility of 3D printing to revolutionize medicine. You can hear the excitement and enthusiasm in Ziad's voice as he shares about Biomodex. If you're a med device company looking to leverage tools like this to grow your business, this is a podcast you should listen to!</p> <p><a href="In this episode, we are excited to feature a thought leader in life sciences and health care - Ziad Rouag. Ziad is the President and CEO of Biomodex, a digital health company offering enhanced 3D printing. In this podcast, he talks about the various applications of enhanced 3D printing in the medical device sector. He also shares how his company's product can improve difficult and complicated surgeries, increase the comfort level of physicians, and reduce variability. Ziad shares his thoughts on leveraging novel technology to continually improve health care, doing things a little differently, and the possibility of 3D printing to revolutionize medicine. You can hear the excitement and enthusiasm in Ziad's voice as he shares about Biomodex. If you're a med device company looking to leverage tools like this to grow your business, this is a podcast you should listen to! https://outcomesrocket.health/biomodex/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/biomodex/2020/09/</a></p>
29 min
1161
Using VR and AI to Upskill Health Workers and R...
<p>There's Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR). Now, there's Extended Reality (XR). What is XR and how can it improve healthcare?</p> <p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the amazing Dr. Alex Young, &nbsp;CEO and founder of Virti, a training platform that leverages training, extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help healthcare professionals prepare for high-stress situations.</p> <p>Alex discusses the importance of data-driven training and how his company creates a scalable on-demand training scenarios while also reducing variability. He shares how Virti helped train NHS staff during the peak of the pandemic, increased knowledge retention, and helped workers feel less anxious because they were better prepared to put on protective equipment.</p> <p>Virti has won a wealth of awards and grants, including being voted one of Time's best innovations and inventions of 2020, so it's a great opportunity to discuss with Alex and learn about the XR platform. Tune in for a wonderful interview with Dr. Alex Young!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/virti/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
23 min
1162
The COVID Vaccine with Dr. Alex Greninger, Assi...
<p>In this episode, we are privileged to host the outstanding Dr. Alex Greninger, Assistant Director of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Lab. Dr. Greninger dives deep into the work he does and how they help improve outcomes. He discusses viral diseases, innovations that helped produce the COVID vaccine, how the vaccines work, the difference between RNA and traditional vaccines in creating the immune response and more. We've really enjoyed the stimulating conversation with Alex, so don't miss it!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/uw-medicine/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
31 min
1163
A Curious Way to Improve Outcomes in Substance ...
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30 min
1164
How COVID Inspired SDOH Food Support Program Ex...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of having Moshe Pinto, CEO at WiderCircle, a platform to connect neighbors for better health. Moshe discusses how his company brings a new community care model where neighbors support each other and form trusted delivery networks that enable health care information to flow better and translated into action. He talks about WiderCircle's three-pronged strategy and shares insights on trust and relationships and the lack of communal support and sense of purpose among seniors. He also explains the company's BUDDY program with benefits 75,000 seniors. There's plenty of things to learn about community-based care in this episode, so make sure to tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/widercircle/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
27 min
1165
Extending the Point of Care to Any patient, Any...
<p>In today's episode of Outcomes Rocket, we are excited to share with your our interview with Howard Rosen, the CEO and founder of LifeWIRE Corporation. Howard talks about how his company is empowering providers, payors, and patients through a communications platform on any device available with no need for a download. He shares his thoughts on transitioning from a different field to healthcare, things he has learned in the process. and insights on leveraging tech to improve health outcomes. If you're new in healthcare or you want a better light on your path as an entrepreneur or innovator, this is a podcast you must not miss!</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/lifewire/2020/09/">https://outcomesrocket.health/lifewire/2020/09/</a></p>
20 min
1166
How Employers are Transforming Healthcare with ...
<p>In this podcast, we are honored to host Lee Lewis. Lee is the Chief Strategy Officer and GM Medical Solutions for the Health Transformation Alliance. He discusses how his company is trying to save lives and billions of dollars. He shares how his company is working on getting daily data feed so they can make better-informed decisions clinically and financially, on bringing due diligence up to par. He has some very interesting (and funny) comparisons and is just an amazing conversationalist. There's plenty of nuggets in this interview, especially in terms of getting the best value of our health care dollar, so please tune in and enjoy!</p> <p><a href="//">https://outcomesrocket.health/healthtransformationalliance/2020/09/</a></p>
31 min
1167
Latest Insights in US Healthcare with Amanda Be...
<p>This episode features the outstanding Amanda Berra, Research Leader at The Advisory Board, a membership-based research organization</p> <p>Amanda educates us on how her company researches and analyzes the most consequential problems to find answers not just in hospitals and health care but in other fields as well. She shares successes and improved outcomes, &nbsp;ways to engage with the resources, insights on healthcare, mid-career change, and more. She also talks about systemness,</p> <p>some challenges of healthcare CEO's and many other unique insights drawn from her expertise. &nbsp;This is a great conversation you don't want to miss!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/amanda-berra/2021/04/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
21 min
1168
Healthy Habits- Connecting Health & Financial W...
<p>In this episode, we are privilege to host Justin Perun. He is the founder and CEO of MedPay and Healthy Habits. Justin talks about the consumer finance approach angle of MedPay. He discusses the benefits his company provides both on the patient and provider. In this pandemic season where many people are living paycheck to paycheck, MedPay gives people a safety net so they can live with less stress and better quality of life. This is a very interesting conversation filled with consumer insights and a lot of opportunities especially if you are an employer or a payer, so please tune in and enjoy!</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/healthyhabits/2020/09/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://outcomesrocket.health/healthyhabits/2020/09/</a></p>
30 min
1169
April 7th Deadline - YPO A+ Accelerator Cohort ...
<p>In this episode, we host Chris Dimock, the Chairman of the YPO Leadership Development and Women's Business Network. &nbsp;The YPO Leadership Development and Women's Business Networks are collaborating to produce the third successful A+ Accelerator program which is now open for applications. They are looking for early-stage companies interested in applying. The program is designed to accelerate the growth of early-stage companies with sustainable values through superior YPO mentorship and access to YPO resources.</p> <p>Pat LaPointe, Founder of Frontier Angels, is the facilitator and they designed the program to&nbsp;help participants create a significant number of high-paying jobs in local communities across multiple regions of the world by accelerating their path to maturity and success.</p> <p><strong>The program is free to participating entrepreneurs</strong> and is designed to provide them with expert training on topics critical to startup success, along with world-class, global&nbsp;mentorship that only YPO can provide.</p> <p>If you or someone you know are in some way connected to a startup that would benefit from the program, please have them apply through the link below.</p> <p>If you are a YPO member interested in mentoring the participating companies, they would love to have you join as a mentor.&nbsp;Please see the detailed information below, or contact Chris with any questions. &nbsp;chris@elation.com</p> <p>The calendar is organized around 3 work-sessions each week:&nbsp;Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday for 3 hours.&nbsp; The program will run in the morning hours in Australiasia. 8 am Tokyo time.&nbsp;Session 1&nbsp;is on April 13th and the&nbsp;final session&nbsp;is on May 14th. For those in the Americas region, it will be the evening before. NYC 7 pm; LA 4 pm. Sessions are from 3 May - 3 June 2021</p> <p><strong>Deadline to submit: 7 April 2021</strong></p> <ul> <li>Start-Up Application Form Link:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/4veudUL9842jHbga8" target="_blank" title="https://forms.gle/4veudul9842jhbga8">https://forms.gle/4veudUL9842jHbga8</a><br> What are the criteria for admission? Learn more about the program here:&nbsp;<a href="https://accelerator.ypo.org/" target="_blank" title="https://accelerator.ypo.org">https://accelerator.ypo.org</a></li> <li>If you are interested in mentoring the participating companies, we would love to have you join as a mentor.&nbsp;Click Here to Apply:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/UfXbMXDnXQkz8z6k6" target="_blank" title="https://forms.gle/ufxbmxdnxqkz8z6k6">https://forms.gle/UfXbMXDnXQkz8z6k6</a></li> <li>(YPO Members Only) Join the A+ Accelerator Group on Connect Here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ypoconnect.org/#/group/1f7b6488-08aa-4699-ba41-bd9416382918" target="_blank" title="https://www.ypoconnect.org/#/group/1f7b6488-08aa-4699-ba41-bd9416382918">https://www.ypoconnect.org/#/group/1f7b6488-08aa-4699-ba41-bd9416382918</a></li> </ul>
9 min
1170
Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Care wi...
<p>Does transportation improve healthcare outcomes? In this episode, Mark Switaj, Founder and CEO of Roundtrip, discusses how his company helps improve health outcomes through better transportation. He talks about some variables that affect the no-show rate, working together with health plans, serving the entire population, streamlining efforts, coordinating with EHRs, and improving the perception of high-quality care. Mark is a wonderful entrepreneur and a great conversationalist with a lot of insights to share. If you're looking for something new and creative to boost your entrepreneurial spirit, this podcast could be the one you're looking for!</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/roundtrip/2020/09/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://outcomesrocket.health/roundtrip/2020/09/</a></p>
27 min
1171
The Growing Role of NPs/PAs in Healthcare with ...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege to host Richard Zwickel, Founder and CEO at POCN Point of Care Network. Richard discusses how his company is a trusted source for many nurse practitioners and physician assistants who want to learn about the latest clinical and industry news network to improve outcomes. He shares how POCN helps practitioners earn, learn, care and connect across the different elements of how they're helping themselves in their career especially at the local level.</p> <p>Richard also talks about America's top NP and PA programs, the mentor-mentee initiative, &nbsp;the importance of having the right source and information in situations where NPs and PAs have to move to a different job, and POCN's AI capacity to gather data in real-time.</p> <p>There are so many things we can learn about NPs and PAs in this interview! If you're looking to level up your skills, you're a PA, an NP or even if you're a system leader and you want to figure out a way to level up your staff skills, this is something that you should not miss out on. Please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/pocn/2021/03/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
25 min
1172
Advancing Life Quality with Objective Research ...
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18 min
1173
Let's Consider Non-Vaccine Solutions to COVID w...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Nathan Jones, CEO of Xlear. Nate is the son of Dr. Lon Jones, whom we’ve had twice in this podcast. Nate discusses how his company makes oral hygiene simple, easy, and cost-effective. He explains more about xylitol and its health benefits. He also shares his thoughts on reactive vs proactive healthcare and emphasizes the importance of managing health and for upper health respiratory products. Nate also talks about National Wash Your Nose Day and the petition to the CDC to allow the use of nasal sprays or nasal hygiene in light of the pandemic. Learn a new way to improve your health with Nate, so please tune in!</p> <p>Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: <a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/xlear/2021/03/">outcomesrocket.health</a></p>
21 min
1174
Genetics and Technology for Real World Care wit...
<p>In this episode, we are honored to listen to Dr. Evan Muse. Dr. Muse is the lead for cardiovascular genomics at the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and he's a cardiologist and assistant program director for research of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at the Scripps Clinic in La Hoya.<br> <br> Today, Dr. Muse talks about leveraging existing technologies to shape the future of prevention and treatment. He discusses cardiovascular genomics and offered some specific examples of how it impacts patients and populations. He shares his thoughts on how genomics can be fully utilized, how education can enable people to find the best applications for this technology and the need for patient involvement in clinical trials. We covered some great topics in this fascinating conversation with Dr. Muse, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did.</p> <p><a href="https://outcomesrocket.health/evanmuse/2020/08/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://outcomesrocket.health/evanmuse/2020/08/</a></p>
19 min
1175
The Quest to Eliminate the Data Silos In Life S...
<p>In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting the outstanding Arnaub Chatterjee, Senior Vice President of Product and Ecosystem at Acorn AI at Medidata Solutions. Arnaub discusses how his company manages and builds products off of historical clinical trial data to assist the biopharma space. He educates us into the complicated pharma data world, and how the silos between clinical data and real-world data are making it difficult to see and understand the whole patient experience which is crucial in building a better drug. Arnaub also shares some successes, including using a synthetic patient population for phase 3 studies without having actual patients go through a very invasive trial. There are so many things to learn from this amazing interview on clinical trials, AI, and patient data, so please tune in!</p>
26 min