This Week In Health Innovation

May 2016 the Center for Wireless Communications at UC San Diego held its inaugral 5G Connected Health Workshop. See complete faculty here, and agenda here. In this session I chat with Charles Boicey, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS (@N2InformaticsRN) the Chief Innovation Officer, of Clearsense a company that: 'believes in data science—in the extraction of knowledge from data. We also believe in people—that people will, if given access, explore data and discover within it the knowledge that can truly transform care.' A video version of the interview is available here. Produced for the Center for Wireless Communications by Gregg Masters of Health Innovation Media.

On PopHealth Week Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 our special guest is Ron Loeppke, MD, MPH Vice Chairman, U.S. Preventive Medicine. Dr. Loeppke's bio notes: '...over 30 years of clinical and physician executive experience in occupational health, preventive medicine and medical management. He has presented nationally and internationally, as well as authored numerous articles and book chapters on the topics of preventive medicine, employer health and productivity, workplace wellness, occupational health, managed care, quality care improvement, adoption of evidence based medicine, consumer driven healthcare and innovative models of healthcare delivery. Dr. Loeppke is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine; Fellowship trained in Occupational Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). Dr. Loeppke was President of ACOEM and a member of the Board of Directors for eight years. He also served as Co-Ch

On Wednesday, October 26th, we're re-broadcasting at 12 noon Pacific, the July 13th, 2016 episode with Randy Williams, MD, CEO, Pharos Innovations and Jessica Cunningham, RN, BSN, PHN Manager Clinical Populations HealthEast Care Systems. Pharos provides chronic care management services to hospitals, payers and ACOs. Their programs incorporate their proprietary Pharos' platform, patient engagement outreach, provider engagement support, care coordination support and marketing outreach. The Pharos platform includes: Algorithm-based population targetingDaily surveysCare Manager AlertsCare Manager coordination,Patient feedbackIn an analytics driven process. As providers move to Value Based Payments and ACO structures, it’s been well documented that ACO’s have not been very successful in achieving cost savings. We’ll discuss with Randy and Jessica why that is and some of the ways to improve results at HealthEast.

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with John Mattison MD, Assistant Medical Director and Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California. Dr. Mattison discusses the applications of Blockchain technology in healthcare operations separating the hype from the hope. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with Adrian Gropper, MD, patient-centered health information evangelist and medical device developer. For some of Adrian's insights mentioned in the interview on Blockchain applications in healthcare, see 'Blockchains Power the Physician-Patient Relationship'. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with Keller Hawthorne, Director of Marketing for @Intel subsidiary @CareInnovations who previews a new smart sensor that integrates with Health Harmony to capture activities of daily living. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Gregg Masters debriefs with Casey Quilan for whom the experience at Health 2.0 was as a first timer. As an active voice in patient centered care I thought her perspective as a 'newbie' would be both insightful and timely given the 10 year milestone. We spoke on a number of topics from what she would do if she were appointed 'healthcare czar' to her key take-aways from the conference.   Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with Healthcare IT analyst and Founder of Chilmark Research John Moore,  Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs Muthu Krishnan, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Care Coordination platformRibbideo 'a Silicon Valley based Digital Care Platform connecting patients,physicians, affiliates and hospitals.' Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy!   

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with Ted Tanner, Jr, Co-founder and CTO of Pokitdok who discusses the launch of Dokchain and more. Segment filmed and produced for Health Innovation Media by Gregg Masters, MPH. Enjoy! 

The annual 'fall classic' aka the Health 2.0 Fall Conference convened at the Santa Clara Convention Center for it's 10th Annual gathering from September 25th - 28th, 2016. In this session Douglas Goldstein debriefs with Rasu  Shrestha, MD, MBA, Chief Innovation Officer, UPMC and Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises. 'As chief innovation officer for UPMC, Dr. Shrestha plays a leading role in driving UPMC’s innovation strategy, serving as a catalyst for transforming the organization into a more patient-focused and economically sustainable system.' A fascinatnig chat with key insights into resolving the inherent tensions as hospital systems pivot to clinically intergrated enterprises with a heallth plan component. Health Innovation Media has been covering this event every year since 2008. Segment produced by Gregg A Masters, MPH. Enjoy!  

On PopHealth Week's Wednesday, October 5th 2016 broadcast co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters engage with entrepreneur, author, healthwonk and now 'The Big Heist' documentary film executive producer Dave Chase. The Big Heist 'is a documentary film that seeks to make the indecipherable understandable and demonstrate that there is reason for great optimism that a partnership between doc-entrepreneurs and forward-looking clinicians with individuals (fka “patients”) can dramatically out-perform against Quadruple Aim* objectives compared to traditional healthcare orgs.' Dave is widely published, and co-authored the healthcare Book of the Year in in 2014. He was the CEO and co-founder of Avado which was acquired by and integrated into WebMD and the most widely used healthcare professional site - Medscape. For context see: Have PPO Networks Perpetrated The Greatest Heist In American History?  Join us!

On PopHealth Week, 9/21/16 at 3PM ET/12 Noon PT our guest is Ken Saitow, President & CEO, CareWire a company that helps hospitals, health systems, ASC's, and other healthcare providers improve performance, enhance patient outcomes and deepen loyalty. Ken Saitow has more than 25 years of experience providing performance improvement solutions for leading healthcare organizations across the country. Prior to taking the helm at CareWire, he held operational and strategic leadership positions for a number of premier healthcare consulting firms establishing a track record of successfully bringing new solutions and services to market. Most recently, Ken was a Managing Director in Huron Consulting Group’s Healthcare Practice. Prior to that, he was an owner of Stockamp & Associates Inc. and a partner within the Global Health Services Practice at Accenture. Ken holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Georgia. Join Pop Health Week co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters.

On the Friday, September 16th, 2016 broadcast of PopHealth Week our special guest was the CEO of a pioneering state organzation enabling the success and support of Accountable Care Organizations in the the state of Florida, Nicole Bradberry. During the broadcast we'll get this industry veteran and innovator to weigh in on the significance of the recent CMS results reporting of ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). and a preview of the upcoming 3rd Annual FLAACO gathering in Orlando, Florida.  For more information click here, and for a summary take on CMS's results reporting click here.  And for our prior chat's with Nicole, click here, and here.

Wednesday's, September 7th 2016 broadcast of Pophealth Week Fred Goldstein, Douglas Goldstein and Gregg Masters weigh in on population health, precision medicine and ACOs including the perhaps definitive fall from grace of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Other issues we cover is Sharecare acquisition of Healthways (a transaction few saw coming), the Cancer Moonshot, and CMS's release of results of ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings program. For a summary view via Ashish Jha, MD one take see: 'ACOs Winners and Losers: A Quick Take' . Mentions of Health 2.0 Fall Conference, Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACO) and Frost and Sullivan's Award to Validic as defacto standard of interoperability in the digital health. 

Via PopHealth Week, our special guest is Kevin Mergruen, Vice President, Vertical Solutions, Information Builders (IBI), the 'Makers of business intelligence (BI), data integrity, and integration software?'. Follow Information Builders on twitter via @infobldrs. "Kevin is responsible for state and local government, education, and healthcare business across North America. The solutions his team drives address the vertical sector needs for enterprise data integration, data integrity and operational business intelligence, enhancing overall efficiency, modernization of legacy systems, and improved quality of care. Mr. Mergruen is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and executive briefings. He graduated from Hofstra University with a dual degree in finance and computer science." For IBI's webinar series see: Transforming Healthcare With Better Data and Analytics Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH.

Our LIVE from ATA 2016 broadcast series from the Care Innovations booth included a rich roster of major thought leaders and best in class providers of telehealth or virtual care services. The full schedule of interviews is here. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Douglas Goldstein (@eFuturist) chats with Krista Drobac, Executive Director,Alliance for Connected Care (@ConnectwCare).  For the latest on Telehealth and Remote Patient Management, check out RPM Academy. Enjoy! 

Our LIVE from ATA 2016 broadcast series from the Care Innovations booth included a rich roster of major thought leaders and best in class providers of telehealth or virtual care services. Full schedule here. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Nick Adkins (@NickisnPDX) chats with outgoing American Telemedicine Association President Reed Tuckson, MD (@DrReedTuckson). For the latest on Telehealth and Remote Patient Management, check out RPM Academy. Enjoy!   

On PopHealth Week, Fred Goldstein and mois chatted with Douglas Goldstein aka @eFuturist for his key take-aways from the recent Office of the National Coordinator conference segment focused on Precision Medicine. Enjoy!  

Our LIVE from ATA 2016 broadcast series from the Care Innovations booth included a rich roster of major thought leaders and best in class providers of telehealth or virtual care services. Full schedule here. In this session Health Innovation Media co-host Douglas Goldstein (@eFuturist) chats with Mercy Virtual's President Randall (Randy) Moore, MD, MBA. Follow Mercy Virtual via @FollowMercy. Enjoy!