This Week In Health Innovation

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa catches up with healthtech expert, author and consultant Shahid N. Shah, CEO of Netspective and FounderHealthcare Guy. Shahid's bio notes he's:  'an award-winning Government 2.0, Health IT, Bio IT & digital Medical Device Inventor & CTO with over 27 years of technology strategy, architecture, engineering, entrepreneurship, speaking, and writing experience.' For more information on Shahid's work see Netspective and Healthcare Guy. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with go-to life sciences, biotech, pharma, medical device and more investor JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa catches up with Livzo Co-founders Nataliia Karpenko, CEO and Toni Sicola, Vice President, Corporate Wellness. Livzo provides: 'an innovative health and wellness engagement platform for the workplace and fitness centers'. For more information on Livzo, click  here. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.  

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running concurrent with JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa extracts the international angle on innovation trends given recent U.S. Presidential Elections from Roberto Ascione, CEO of Healthware International.  According to their website: 'Healthware International: is a global leader in healthcare agency services, Healthware is a unique blend of innovation, advisory, communications & marketing agency services and technology capabilities.' For more information on Healthware International, click here. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running during JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, Gregg Masters catches up with Direct Practice pioneer Erika Bliss, MD, CEO and co-founder of market leader Qliance, follow on twitter via @Qliance.  From the Qliance website: 'Qliance membership gives you health security with unlimited access to doctors, nurse practitioners and healthcare team experts for all of your primary care medical needs.' For a brief video introduction to Qliance vis Dr. Bliss, click here. Interviewed and produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

Wednesday January 18th 2017 PopHealth Week thought leaders Fred Goldstein, Douglas Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on the latest indicia of the emerging 'Trumpcare' substitute for the Affordable Care Act. For timely consideration, the hearing for Rep Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services was aired today on C-SPAN, watch here. Join us!   

At the third annual health 2.0 WinterTech conference running during JP Morgan Healthcare conference week in San Francisco, co-founder Matt Holt offers his key takeways sourced from the themes and topics generated from a power packed faculty and series of moderated sessions. Health Innovation Media co-host Jessica DaMassa engages this thought leader in a informative and timely conversation. Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH forHealth Innovation Media.

#xMed 2016: Meet    The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Brendan Byrne MD, Chief Innovation Officer,Telus Health Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Yosef Safi Harb, Founder Happitech.   Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Jules Lancee (Biomedical Engineer) and Robin Hooijer (Design Thinker) at Radboud University Medical Center REshape. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

On Pophealth Week veteran health industry operators Douglas Goldstein, Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on precision medicine, population health and accountable care. Happy Holidays to all, see you in 2017!        

A recent Medicare Learning Netork (MLN) call dove into CMS's Quality Payment Program unbundling it's core elements including MACRA, MIPS, and APMs. Introductory comments are provided by Acting Administrator, Andy Slavitt. The deck is here, and transcript is here.   

On PopHealth Week we chat with David B. Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health. 'Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, Nash’s pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. He is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board and he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA). Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, Florida, and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennslyvania Health Care Cost Conta

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with first time Exponential Medicine attendee Frederic Grabli MD, Psychiatrist from Strasbourrug, France.  Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Eugene Borukhovich who weighs in on innovation and power of the #pinksocks tribe.  Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

On Pophealth Week December 7th, 2016 our special guest is Judson Brewer MD PhD, of Claritas Mind Sciences (@ClaritasMind). Judson “Jud” Brewer is the founder of Claritas Mind and a thought leader in the “science of self-mastery,” having combined over 15 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, spoken at international conferences, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, at TEDx, Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, CNN, BBC, NPR, Businessweek and others. He also writes an addiction blog for the Huffington Post. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University, Received his MD PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed his psychiatry residency at Yale University School of Medicine, where he spent 5 years on faculty as an assistant professor and medical director of the Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic at Yale. He is currently the Director of Research

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Daniel van den Berg, architect and partner at EGM architecten, who is also a musician, and illustrator. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Dave Zaboski @cre8tivealchemy. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and curated by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Milind Kamkolkar, PA Consulting, Life Sciences. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy  

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and cusrted by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins debriefs with Rob Kaul CEO & Founder CloudDX a finalist in the Qualcomm Tricoder x-Prize. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy

The 2016 gathering of the global community congealing under the banner of Exponential Medicine and cusrted by the digital health evangelist Daniel Kraft, MD convened at the Hotel Del Coronado for it's 6th conference. In this session Nick Adkins debriefs with Dave Chase, noted healthtech entrepreneur and VC turned 'mock-u-mentarty' film Executive Producer of 'The Big Heist'. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy