Outcomes Rocket

mRNA technology will democratize healthcare in a way this industry has never seen before.

In this episode of the HLTH Matters podcast, Shannon Klinger talks about how Moderna is making groundbreaking advances in vaccine technology, stimulated to fight the targeted disease with a vaccine that can be quickly marketed. She also discusses how its Charitable Foundation, Global Public Health Strategy, and mRNA Access program are ways the company tackles healthcare disparities with funding, presence, and shared knowledge.

Tune in to learn more about Moderna’s contributions to making a difference in public health!

How do we make imaging technology accessible and affordable to people around the world?

In this episode, Sandeep Akkaraju talks about how his work at Exo makes medical imaging more accessible to people worldwide, especially those in areas with limited access to healthcare services. He explains how Exo is building an entire ecosystem around medical imaging, including simplified image capture, AI interpretation, and educational tools. 

Tune in as Sandeep shares how Exo is rewriting the rules for medical imaging and diagnosis.

Health begins in the mouth, and we’re not kidding! In this episode, host Matt Troup has the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Marc Watkins the chief medical officer of Kroger Health about empowering communities to live their healthiest lives. Marc then explains the method they created at Kolger to educate people and how they have deployed it across the nation including data and price transparency. 

Tune in to discover how Kolger creates an educated, dedicated, and personalized approach to food! 

We can revolutionize pediatric mental health and support families in accessing quality care.

In this episode, Mercedes Oromendia talks about leveraging technology to decrease barriers while focusing on the whole family. She also discusses Manatee's expansion to a broader range of pediatric mental health services and the significance of outcome measurement in enhancing access to tech-enabled care.

Listen to this episode and discover the secrets behind Manatee's groundbreaking approach to mental health!

We can improve efficiency in healthcare through digitization efforts.

In this episode, Nai Kanell talks about how their work in MedTrainer is revolutionizing the healthcare experience by digitizing processes and bridging the gaps in the industry. 

Tune in to the full podcast episode to learn about streamlining healthcare operations with Nai Kanell! 

People typically focus on short-term and long-term health goals, which differ from a longevity-focused approach.

In this episode, Chris Mirabile talks about how to incorporate longevity-focused practices in life. He also explains how NOVOS provides science-backed solutions for longevity through supplements, testing kits, and AI-powered tools.

Listen to discover the secrets to aging in reverse!

Organizations can build a pipeline of resources and talent to address the labor shortage.

In this episode, Damian Chung, Business Information Security Officer at Netskope, delves into the labor shortage in healthcare offering innovative solutions.

Tune in to gain valuable insights and explore the possibilities of leveraging technology to enhance healthcare.

In recognition of the 19 annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month, The Outcomes Rocket Network has launched a 10-part podcast series to elevate Cyber Security Awareness in Healthcare on our main channel, the Outcomes Rocket Podcast. Partnering with leaders in healthcare cybersecurity in their capacity as members of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, the podcast aims to illuminate advances made in protecting critical healthcare infrastructure and patient safety, and areas that need further focus to put a stop to Cyber Crime.

Do you have a plan in case you are the victim of a cyber incident?

In this episode, Kirsten Nunez, senior operations manager for emergency management and continuity at Intermountain Healthcare, and Lisa Bisterfeldt, cybersecurity and IT resiliency program manager, talk about the Operational Continuity Cyber Incident checklist they created to support the Incident Response Business Continuity Task Force under the Public Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group. Patients’ safety is of the utmost importance and it is being increasingly cyber-threatened as so much in healthcare nowadays is done digitally. The OCCI checklist intents to provide guidance for response teams to undertake critical tasks that need to be completed during the first 12 to 24 hours of a cybersecurity event. Kirsten and Lisa discuss why they believe this tool is very important to have at hand, the reasoning behind its format, and how it is to be applied within the healthcare industry.

Tune in to this episode to listen to this informative conversation that will help you be prepared against cyber threats!

What does it really mean to be a CMIO?

In this episode of Memora Health Care Delivery Podcast, we welcome Dr. Jake Lancaster, CMIO and CMO for the Baptist Medical Group. Chief Medical Information Officers are relatively new in healthcare and they’ve evolved from being in charge of the transition to EHRs to having more administrative duties. Dr. Lancaster explains what he does as a CMIO, the new healthcare technologies that seem exciting to him, and how CMIOs help prioritize them as they come in terms of return on investment clinically and financially. He speaks of dealing with physicians’ burnout and how, as a CMIO, it’s also important for him to focus on the technologies that relieve administrative burdens from physicians and allow them to treat patients better.

Tune in to learn more from Dr. Jake as he details what it’s like to be the bridge between the clinical and technical sides of care.

There’s a bright future for diabetes technologies, and it’s getting closer! 

In this episode, Liam McMorrow, Senior Project Manager at Novo Nordisk, talks about introducing and scaling innovations in healthcare, especially those that enable access to diabetes technologies. Living with type one diabetes, Liam is very interested in the advancements that happen in diabetes technologies and in improving access to them. He discusses the challenges in a big pharma company when it comes to developing new digital products. At Novo Nordisk, he’s seen approaches working with obesity like asynchronous consultations and remote diagnoses that can provide more technology-enabled healthcare services.

Tune in to this episode to learn about overlapping pharma and digital health in innovative ways that can boost and improve the consumerization of healthcare!

Nursing informatics has been around since the 80s, and now in the new millennium, it’s becoming a force to be reckoned with.

This week’s guest on the SONSIEL Podcast is TJ Southern, a second-generation nurse informaticist, entrepreneur, and host of the Future of Global Informatics Podcast. TJ shares her passion for nursing informatics recalling how she got into the field thanks to her mom and her entrepreneurial journey. Getting a mentor or someone one can go to for advice is the best way to succeed as an entrepreneur. The pandemic has opened up a lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs to take, and now is the time to take the bull by its horns! 

Tune in to this wonderful discussion about entrepreneurship, innovation, and networking in the nursing industry.

Let’s clarify what decentralized clinical trials are before this bubble bursts!

In this episode, Hassan Kadhim, global head of clinical trial business capabilities at Bristol-Myers Squibb, takes a very sober look at decentralized clinical trials: what they mean to him, how they are evolving, and why they are here to stay. To incentivize progress around DCTs, Bristol-Myers Squibb came up with a definition for the term “decentralized clinical trial” that enlists four traditional capabilities and four up-and-coming ones, all of which Hassan explains. He discusses the design and coordination for the implementation of DCTs to collect the necessary patient data in a comfortable burdenless manner. Not all countries, organizations, or sites are ready to implement DCTs; Hassan thinks ever since COVID, the industry has changed in that way.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about DCTs from Hassan and learn where they’re taking the research industry!

It’s not just a platform, it’s a culture.

In this episode of Marketing Mondays, Andreea Borcea interviews Vanessa Sierra, VP of Marketing at Noyo, about what they do and how they are marketing and positioning this benefits platform. Noyo’s mission is to create a seamless platform experience that allows carriers, providers, and customers easy access to the benefits available to them easily and understandably. Vanessa shares her journey with Andreea, explaining what she learned from every position she’s been in and how Noyo found her. She discusses the challenges of marketing to different types of users and why community building is becoming crucial in the health and wellness industry.

Tune in to this episode to listen to how Noyo will let you access your employee benefits in an accessible way and how they’re marketing its platform!

You can decide what to do in a year and create your future reality starting today.

In this episode, Saul Marquez interviews Leon Eisen, inventor, entrepreneur, and senator at the Grand Assembly of the World's Business Angels Investment Forum. Leon developed a quantum backward-thinking business strategy that enables leaders to create their business reality on demand with 100% predictive results. Leon has had a fruitful career, including the invention of the world’s first pulse oximetry for the wrist, and is now focused on mentoring and sharing his passion and experience. He explains how, for quantum backward-thinking, you design a business plan from the future back to the present, identifying opportunities around consciousness and leaving room for problem-solving.

Tune in to this episode to learn how Leon Eisen uses quantum mechanics tools and applies them in business to build the future today!

In recognition of the 19 annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month, The Outcomes Rocket Network has launched a 10-part podcast series to elevate Cyber Security Awareness in Healthcare on our main channel, the Outcomes Rocket Podcast. Partnering with leaders in healthcare cybersecurity in their capacity as members of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, the podcast aims to illuminate advances made in protecting critical healthcare infrastructure and patient safety, and areas that need further focus to put a stop to Cyber Crime.

Let’s watch each other backs and learn from our experiences in cyberspace!

In this episode, Saul Marquez sits down to talk with Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer at Health-ISAC, about today’s cyber threats and what measures we can take to prevent them.  Throughout this eye-opening conversation, Errol breaks down the three main reasons why cybercrime is committed and how it can impact any organization, but healthcare ones specifically. He explains what an ISAC is, why they were created, and how your organization can benefit from it by learning which are the threats and attacks in your industry. Additionally, Errol shares some examples of these cybercrimes that will make your jaw drop, so listen closely and learn from them.

Tune in to this episode to learn about cyber threats and how you and your peers can protect each other from them!

You can not focus just on the data you are getting from a patient!

In this episode of the Future of Global Informatics, TJ Southern sits down to talk with Tatyana Kanzaveli, Founder and CEO of Open Health Network. After being diagnosed with cancer, Tatyana was propelled into an entrepreneurial journey, working with informatics and data to find the cause of her situation. She started the Open Health Network aided by experts, she built a care framework that takes in data from many different sources that affect someone’s health. Taking all of this in, they tailor preventative treatments for every patient. 

She discusses challenges like the funding for the development and deployment of this technology. She also explains how her work can be used as the basis for digital twinning, which she believes to be a future step in healthcare.

Tune in to learn about Tatyana’s journey in developing data-driven personalized care!

Entrepreneurs, make sure you identify the right use cases for your startups!

In this episode, Eric Buffkin, CEO, and President of etectRx talks about the journey of pursuing a startup in health tech. He discusses etectRx and how their ingestible sensors for tracking medication adherence are used in clinical research or care. Finding the right use cases will launch the startup to success and funding, leading to its products being focused and easily adopted by consumers and investors. He shares insights on digital trends and developments, like remote therapy monitoring, which has been stronger than ever. Finally, Eric discusses the challenge that not understanding healthcare costs brings as well as the time for a business to take off in this specific industry.

Tune in to this episode to learn how to introduce innovation successfully with your health tech startup!

Pharma is looking to understand and embrace customer experience by the minute.

In this episode, Richard Schwartz, Life Sciences, Medical Device, and Digital Health Practice Lead at Medallia, talks about the value of customer insights in life sciences. Many companies in different industries have realized that organizing themselves around their customers can be a very productive decision, and pharma companies are catching on. Richard speaks of the importance of listening to customers’ voices, how call centers and customer support are starting points for this data collection, and why leaders should be aware of it. Throughout his conversation with host Natanya Wachtel, they discuss how making decisions with insights into customers’ needs, sentiments, and emotions can impact a company’s financial profit, employee experience, and research outcomes.

Tune in to this episode to learn about Richard Schwartz’s knowledge of how customer insights are the future of many healthcare companies!

Every parent should feel good about feeding their baby regardless of how they do it.

In this episode of Marketing Mondays, Andreea Borcea interviews Jennifer Forster, VP of Payer and Market Strategy at SimpliFed, a lactation company that provides baby-feeding support to parents on their feeding journeys from the comfort and safety of home. Through a telehealth platform, they provide services marketed mainly toward parents, any person around a baby, and providers within the healthcare ecosystem. Breastfeeding support is a right not many know they have, so SimpliFed focuses on letting parents know what resources are available to them around whatever method they choose to feed their baby. Jennifer talks about the challenges SimpliFed deals with when establishing relationships with payers, in making them understand the value of breastfeeding support and building trust with the potential consumers who might need their services.

Tune in to this episode to learn how SimpliFed is creating a new model for optimal feeding connecting with parents, payers, and providers!

Digital Innovation in Healthcare is a big bucket we love to talk about!

On today’s episode of the Outcomes Rocker Podcast, we welcome the outstanding Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, and Ryan Vega, Chief Officer of Healthcare Innovation and Learning at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to discuss the current state of digital innovation in our field. DiMe and the VA just started a partnership in which the main goal is to bring together digital solutions, ideas, and innovation for better healthcare outcomes. They also share a bit of their journey in the industry, the challenges they’ve gone through, and how developing solutions that create a meaningful experience for patients and clinicians is the way to go. The concept of pushing technology forward must include a more holistic approach to treating patients. 

Tune in to this incredible episode about healthcare technology and digital innovation.

Lean Six Sigma and facilities management are great tools to improve lab operations.

In this episode, Jessica Beltran, Associate Director of Lab Operations at Seeker Biologics, talks about mechanisms she has learned to improve efficiency in the lab. At a very young age, Jessica was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, which drove her into science and LabOps. With a varied, interesting career, she gained knowledge on lean six sigma and facilities management that she would bring into the laboratories she has managed since. Learning management consulting taught her the importance of contingency planning and keeping a short distance between leadership and lab frontline workers to support the science better and make operations more efficient.

Tune in to this episode to listen to Jessica’s journey and learn how she applies her knowledge to improve everything she touches!

We need to create systems that can harness technology to improve care. In this episode, Dr. John Chelico, National Chief Medical Information Officer for CommonSpirit joins us.

As a software developer turned to medicine, Dr. Chelico's fascinating journey led him to become a CMIO in one of the country’s largest health systems. He talks about how CommonSpirit seeks to change the system with technology to bring care to patients without easy access. He explains how as a CMIO his role has transcended the implementation and optimization of the EHR to be a player delivering in both a technical and clinical field toward the mission and vision of the health system by helping providers, operations, and business. He discusses what healthcare needs to learn from other industries, like remote actions that can improve consumers' lives.

Tune in to this episode to learn about what Dr. John Chelico is doing to modernize the experience of what healthcare looks and feels like!

Nursing informatics is becoming a Need-to-Have asset in healthcare.

In this episode of the Future of Global Informatics, TJ Southern interviews Chris Grutta, a healthcare professional and registered nurse with over ten years of experience. As happened to many, Chris stumbled into nursing informatics as a second career, and after about a decade in it, he’s identified several paths for opportunities in the profession. In regards to that, he discusses technology integration and data analytics as branches that have exciting potential for the future of healthcare. To legitimize nursing informatics, mentoring those entering the field and letting them know people are being vocal about their love for this profession is critical, as TJ and Chris discuss. There are many types of nursing and recognizing them and their capabilities within the system could be game-changing for the industry.

Tune in to learn about the many opportunities nursing informatics can bring!

Prescription drugs are powerful and can help people, but they can also be very harmful. In this episode, Josh Benner, founder, and CEO of RxAnte talks about improving medication use and pioneering a value-based business model for pharmacy. 

In the United States, for every dollar spent on prescription drugs, another is spent on misuse consequences, increasing costs and decreasing efficiency.

RxAnte provides pharmacy care management programs, like predictive analytics technology and workflow management software to oversee patient-level drug therapy management. Josh points out the Mosaic Pharmacy Service, a value-based service that works with prescribers to help patients in complex and vulnerable situations find their best possible regimen to help with adherence. He explains how RxAnte developed analytic software that turns insights into action for patients' healthcare providers and Mosaic. Finally, he enthuses about the potential for innovation in pharmacy care management delivery for high-need patients.

Tune in to this episode and listen to how Josh Benner is improving the pharmacy experience from RxAnte!

Clinical Research is not an individual sport, it is a team sport in which one variable affects every outcome.

In this episode, Jennifer Byrne, CEO of Javara, talks about taking a different approach to clinical research, improving it, and changing the narrative it has been associated with so far. In their conversation, Jennifer speaks about what an IRO is and why this type of company is different from other pharmaceutical companies conducting research nowadays. She presents CRAACO as an approach to clinical research and its intentions by giving some examples of its application. She brings awareness to different issues that occur in clinical research, including mistrust, complexity in systems and protocols, transparency, and teamwork. For her, the future of clinical trials will be in patient-centricity, understanding centricity as including the patient as part of the team.

Tune in to this episode to learn the hard things about clinical research and how to manage them!

Get ready to learn a lot at the next HLTH event!

In this episode of Marketing Mondays, we welcome Maddie Coffin, Senior Marketing Manager at HLTH. Working in HLTH, Maddie has seen many healthcare and wellness companies surge and has witnessed how they tackle their marketing strategies. She discusses tips for effective and creative marketing in the healthcare industry, delivering a clear message, and building trust with your audience. She is excited about HLTH 2022 and gives listeners a sneak peek at the innovative ideas it will be implemented in this year’s event and lets them know how they can attend as well!

Tune in to this episode to listen to what Maddie has learned about healthcare marketing and why you should be excited for HLTH 2022!

We all have it sometimes, and it goes away with a couple of simple meds or stretching, but back pain is more complex than you think!

In this episode, Dr. Frank Schwab, an internationally renowned spine surgeon, discusses treating patients suffering from chronic low back pain. When it comes to back pain, many structures are involved, so accurately diagnosing its root cause and how to treat it is very challenging. He talks about the multifidus muscle’s functions and why its failure can cause ongoing pain, limited activity, and trunk stabilization loss. He also explains how the new ReActiv8 therapy is making groundbreaking advances in back pain treatment in terms of results and cost-efficiency for patients who have struggled for years with daily chronic back pain; by targeting the multifidus muscle with pulse signals to stabilize it and allowing the other muscles around the trunk to function normally.

Tune in to this episode to learn about chronic back pain treatment from a specialist in complex spinal pathology!

Welcome to the weekly summary of what happened this week in the Outcomes Rocket Network! We got incredible episodes, and here’s what we got:

• We started this week with our main show, the Outcomes Rocket Podcast, where Dr. Chris Giligan, Chief Medical Officer of the Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Listen to it here: https://bit.ly/ChristopherGilligan
• On Marketing Mondays, we had an interesting chat with Adam Rosenberg, Senior Director of Marketing for Arrive Health. He talked about what the company does, it's rebranding, and how he is leading its marketing strategies for Arrive’s positioning, including conferences, social media advertising, 1-to-1 marketing, and integrating intent data. Be sure to tune in here: bit.ly/MM-AdamRosenberg
• On Tuesday, on the SONSIEL Podcast, Hiyam Nadel talked with Rhonda Manns, a registered nurse, and nurse innovator who’s practiced for thirteen years, about how she found something she was passionate about in nursing, and discussed ways in which it is possible to educate the young about this field in healthcare.  Tune in here: bit.ly/SONSIEL-RhondaManns
• On Wednesday, on the Sempre Health Podcast, Satish Srinivasan, founder, and CEO of DiRx, talked about the company’s innovative system to increase medication access to the population.  Go listen to it here: bit.ly/SEMPRE-SatishSrinivasan
• On the Future of Global Informatics, TJ Southern interviewed Kenya Milladge, a registered nurse, Clinical Applications Analyst at Vivify Health, and a technical product owner for Ascension Health. Make sure you don’t miss this networking journey and tune in here: bit.ly/FOGI-KenyaMilladge
• On Thursday, on LabOps Leadership Podcast, Samantha Black, had a talk with Stacy Blain, founder, and CSO of Concarlo Therapeutics, about how she and a team of scientists are changing outcomes for drug-resistant patients. Tune in here: bit.ly/LabOps-StacyBlain
• On the Outcomes Rocket Podcast, we launched the Cybersecurity Awareness in Healthcare Series with Greg Garcia, the Executive Director for Cybersecurity of the Health Sector Coordinating Council. We invite you to tune in to the whole 10-part episode series! bit.ly/GregGarcia
• The Everyone Hates Healthcare Podcast had an episode where Chris Recinos. She is a talented nurse executive, entrepreneur, innovator, and speaker that always knew she was destined to work as a caregiver, but her life turned around when her daughter was lost to suicide and the pandemic wreak havoc in the healthcare industry.  Make sure to listen to this incredible story.  https://bit.ly/EHH-ChrisRecinos

Tune in every week to expand your horizons on various subjects in this industry! See you next week!

Welcome to the weekly summary of what happened this week in the Outcomes Rocket Network! We got incredible episodes, and here’s what we got: