The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health

Sep 24 2024 114 ep. 38 mins 77
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Capturing the pulse of healthcare innovation spanning leaders across the healthcare ecosystem.

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Mike Uchrin, Monogram Health, on Transforming Kidney Care through Value-Based, In-Home Evidence-Based Treatment

Sep 24 2024 43 mins  
Our guest on this episode is ⁠Mike Uchrin⁠, Co-founder and CEO of ⁠Monogram Health⁠. Founded in 2019, Monogram Health is revolutionizing kidney care through its value based, in-home care model, improving outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) as well as related polychronic conditions. By integrating evidence-based clinica

Dr. Neel Shah, Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, on expanding women's healthcare: fertility and beyond

May 02 2024 25 mins  
In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Neel Shah, Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the world’s largest digital clinic for women’s and family health. Dr. Shah is a practicing obstetrician and a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. Dr. Shah joined Maven in 2021 with a missi

Jared Dauman, Soda Health, on the role of technology in eliminating health inequities

Apr 27 2024 43 mins  
In this episode, I sat down with Jared Dauman, co-founder and Head of Operations for Soda Health. Founded in 2021, Soda Health is a healthcare technology company focused on reducing health inequities. Soda Health uses technology to simplify healthcare transactions, similar to retail purchases, using debit cards. This approach aims to bridge the gap between medical claims and retail

Dr. Andy Moye, Paige AI, on exploring AI's role in transforming cancer diagnostics

Apr 05 2024 45 mins  
Founded in 2017, Paige is a digital pathology software provider that uses AI to improve cancer diagnoses. Paige was the first ever company to earn FDA approval for an AI-based product, and they are currently collaborating with Microsoft to build the world’s largest image-based AI cancer model. In this episode, Dr. Moye and I discuss Paige’s origin as a spin-out from Memorial Sl

Buck Poropatich, Head of Lyft Healthcare, on removing transportation as a barrier to improve access to healthcare

Mar 27 2024 39 mins  
In this episode, I sat down with Buck Poropatich, Head of Lyft Healthcare. Lyft Healthcare launched in 2016 as part of Lyft's broader efforts to address transportation barriers in healthcare. Today, Lyft Healthcare partners with 9 of the 10 largest US health systems, non-emergency medical transportation brokers, and the top 10 payers to provide rides across the patient journey.

Nawal Roy, Founder and CEO of Holmusk, on advancing behavioral health with real-world evidence-based analytics and decision-making

Mar 13 2024 34 mins  
Our guest on this episode is Nawal Roy. Nawal Roy is the founder and CEO of Holmusk, a company that specializes in real-world evidence, AI-powered analytics, and digital solutions to solve the evidence gaps problem in mental health. Last year, Holmusk raised a series B funding round of $45M, led by Veradigm, a leading provider of healthcare data and technology solutions. Powered b

Sam Holliday & Dr. Sameer Berry, Oshi Health, on revolutionizing GI Care through a high-touch, integrated model

Mar 05 2024 49 mins  
Our guests this episode are Dr. Sameer Berry and Sam Holliday, co-founders and CMO and CEO of Oshi Health. Oshi Health is a virtual gastrointestinal care clinic increasing access to care for the one in four Americans with digestive disorders. In this episode, I spoke with Sameer and Sam about: Oshi’s high-touch, integrated care model for GI patients Purpose-built clinical wo

Ankit Jain, Infinitus, on applying AI technology to unlock time and efficiency in healthcare

Feb 05 2024 32 mins  
In this episode, I sat down with Ankit Jain, Founder and CEO of Infinitus Systems. Founded in 2019, the company automates tedious and time-consuming administrative processes across the healthcare ecosystem with AI to free up clinician time and improve access, adherence, and affordability. Infinitus is the only solution that automates the entire phone call process to complete benefi

Pablo Pantaleoni, LifeStance, on combating the mental health crisis via digital solutions

Jan 29 2024 35 mins  
Our guest on this episode is Pablo Pantaleoni, the Chief Digital Officer of LifeStance, a mental health care company focused on providing evidence based medically driven treatment services for children, adolescents and adults suffering from a variety of mental health issues in an outpatient care setting, both in person and through his digital health, telemedicine offering. In this

Siva Namasivayam, Cohere Health, on transforming prior authorization into a quality improvement process

Dec 19 2023 28 mins  
Siva Namasivayam is the co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health, an AI-powered platform that simplifies the time-consuming prior authorization process for health plans & providers. In this episode, Siva and I discussed his path to entrepreneurship, responsible use of AI in utilization management, how Cohere is transforming prior authorization from an administrative burden into a qu