Digital Health Disruptors

About Digital Health Disruptors

Welcome! On DHD, our guests speak about the exciting but rugged terrain of the future of health, and the challenges they face as they disrupt the status quo and shape the trends of Digital Health. Dive deep into the soft underbelly of the healthcare industry and hear the real thing... raw and uncut. Brought to you by Ranjani Rangan and CharmHealth, a premier suite of health IT products built to address the application of cloud and mobile technologies for managing healthcare data and intelligent data analysis. We support health tech startups and invite them to participate in our annual CharmHealth Innovation Challenge!

Publisher

Ranjani Rangan

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Sept 2023

Latest episode

15 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2025

   How Microsoft Picks Winning Health Startups with Sally Ann Frank

   How Microsoft Picks Winning Health Startups with Sally Ann Frank What do successful health founders consistently do differently? Sally Ann Frank, Global Lead for Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft for Startups and the author of The Startup Protocol, has mentored startups for decades and noticed patterns. She has the playbook for the repeatable moves that separate billion-dollar health tech companies from the rest. In this episode, Sally breaks down the patterns behind health founders who win based on her 25 years of experience. From AI-powered diagnostic tools to augmented reality neuro rehab, Sally has mentored founders who are solving healthcare's biggest challenges while building enterprise-ready commercially viable businesses that integrate seamlessly into existing healthcare systems. In this episode, we dive into: How Microsoft picks startups for its health tech accelerator Hidden traits of successful health tech founders The "proxy customer" strategy for validating ideas and other actionable tips you can start implementing today What we discussed (00:00) The strategist behind Microsoft’s health tech pipeline (02:50) The mission-driven founder pattern (05:34) The Startup Protocol (06:36) The playbook that 10 unicorn founders used (07:35) 5+ rules for health startup success (09:08) Why to get proxy customers ASAP (10:54) Explore Microsoft’s health tech accelerator (Microsoft Pegasus Program) (13:12) Join the Charm Health Innovation Challenge (13:24) How to use Canva & Powerpoint to begin your health startup (15:47) 4 signs you’re ready to scale your health startup (17:02) Getting customers before regulatory approvals (+2 success stories) (19:21) How Microsoft picks winning health startups (22:35) Copy the success habits of healthcare's biggest winners (25:40) Do clinician-led health startups do well? (27:44) The Charm Health + Microsoft partnership opportunity (29:02) Biggest trends in health tech in 2025 (31:00) 10-for-1 regulation cuts (32:40) Rapid fire session 3 Key Lessons For Digital Health Entrepreneurs From Microsoft's Startup Ecosystem: 1. Use "Proxy Customers" to De-Risk Your Idea Don't build in isolation. Find 10-15 clinicians who look like your target customer and pitch them your mockup. Use Figma, Canva, or even PowerPoint to create interactive prototypes. If they won't commit to testing it or paying for a pilot, you don't have product-market fit. These proxy customers become your advisors, first users, and often your angel investors. 2. Integration is Everything The moment you make a clinician leave their EHR to use your tool, adoption dies. Plan your EHR integration strategy from day one, not as an afterthought. Your product roadmap, regulatory roadmap, and go-to-market roadmap must be aligned. Clinicians will test your MVP for a few weeks, but long-term success requires seamless integration into existing workflows. 3. Servant Leadership + Coachability = Unicorn Potential The most successful health tech founders share two traits: they're driven by mission (often personal experience with the problem) and they're coachable. Servant leadership beats impressive tech. Be willing to pivot, hire experts instead of friends, and listen to feedback from people you don't know well. Links Charm Health Innovation Challenge: CharmHealthChallenge.com More about Microsoft for Startups: startups.microsoft.com Some startups mentioned in the episode: myolaris.com  - in vitro diagnostics niramai.com  - Breast cancer detection Healthy.io  - At home urinalysis strolll.co  - AR neurorehab concertai.com  - AI for clinical research artisight.com  - Smart hospital/patient room technology activsurgical.com - Surgical camera technology with AI careco.ai/  - AI phone-based agents for care coordination outbound.ai/  - AI revenue cycle management company Connect with Sally Ann Frank: LinkedIn | Get The Startup Protocol Connect with Ranjani (Varadarajan) Rangan:

2. 

   16 Apr 2025

   Brainwaves & Blood Sugar: The Accidental Discovery That Could Disrupt Diabetes & Lifestyle

   In this episode, we dive into the groundbreaking world of EEG-based continuous glucose monitoring with Dr. Casey Halpern, Chief of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Every 20 seconds, someone in America develops diabetes—but what if managing it didn't require needles or sensors, but instead tapped directly into the electrical signals of your brain? Dr. Halpern and his team at Synch Neuro are developing a sleek behind-the-ear EEG device that combines brain data with AI to monitor glucose levels in real-time. This isn't just about diabetes—their technology shows promise for tracking blood pressure, stroke risk, epilepsy, arrhythmia, and sleep health. Discover how this neurosurgeon is bringing surgical precision to health tech by creating a solution that could put comprehensive health monitoring back into the hands of millions of Americans who need it most. Join us for a fascinating conversation at the intersection of neuroscience, AI, and the future of personalized medicine.

3. 

   8 Mar 2025

   Patient-First, No Compromises: How One Doctor Built a Game-Changing Oncology Center

   When no hospital would hire her, Dr. Shyamali Singhal didn’t wait for permission—she built a $240 million oncology center from scratch with just a 6-page business plan and an unstoppable commitment to patient care.In this episode, we uncover:  The 6-page pitch that unlocked $10M in funding  How she forced institutions to change—by doing it herself  The hidden patient struggles no one talks about (but she solved)Dr. Singhal proves that real innovation doesn’t always need a startup—sometimes, it just needs a leader willing to roll up their sleeves.

4. 

   28 Jan 2025

   Why This Surgeon Built a Healthcare 'First Date' App (The UberDoc Story)

   When vascular surgeon Dr. Paula Muto read about a woman who couldn't access an orthopedist for a simple ankle injury, she knew healthcare's complex referral system needed disruption. Her solution? UberDoc - a platform connecting patients directly to board-certified specialists for transparent, flat-rate fees. ut what started as a direct-to-consumer healthcare marketplace evolved into something unexpected. Facing prohibitive patient acquisition costs, Dr. Muto had to pivot to save her startup. This is the UberDoc story. In this episode, we dive into: Why Dr. Muto let doctors join for free (and still made money) The pivot that saved the company How being underfunded turned out to be a blessing What happens when you strip away healthcare's red tape Why specialists are actually eager to see cash-pay patients What we discussed (00:00) US healthcare is plummeting (01:05) Who is Dr. Paula Muto? (02:29) Why can’t patients and doctors get directly connected? (03:31) Birth of UberDoc (03:46) Healthcare = $23K/yr for families (04:32) Why are health prices a secret? (06:26) UberDoc business model OR How UberDoc works (07:21) Uber doc vs. direct primary care (10:09) How they expanded fast (11:10) Revenue & CAC (12:20) Reducing costs (13:21) Female founders need a beard? (14:52) How UberDoc makes money (16:39) Becoming a govt marketplace and the Real price of $0 CAC (19:43) Why it’s free for doctors (20:41) What does the money come with? OR The ONLY investment you want (23:47) Quality, access, price OR No reason for bad healthcare? (27:22) Squash! 3 Key Lessons For Digital Health Entrepreneurs From UberDoc’s Journey: You could just need 1 big customer Many healthtech startups fail by burning money on direct-to-consumer marketing UberDoc found that even with good unit economics, the customer acquisition costs were unsustainable When B2C marketing costs were killing them, they discovered government contracts Look for places where large volumes of patients are already aggregated and funded (VA, Medicare, large employers) rather than trying to acquire them one by one Never forget the simplicity rule UberDoc built their platform "at a fourth-grade level" intentionally Making it "idiot proof" was key to doctor adoption Complex features actually reduced platform value Data doesn’t have to be your edge Unlike most healthtech companies collecting massive data, UberDoc only takes name and chief complaint No medical records, no complex integrations Used third-party payment processor This reduced complexity and increased adoption Shows you don't always need big data to create value in healthcare Instead, you could focus on solving one of the 2 biggest problems in healthcare: cost & access. You can create value in healthcare without building complex clinical infrastructure Links More about UberDoc Connect with Dr. Paula Muto: LinkedIn Connect with Dr. Divya Chandar: Website | LinkedIn Connect with Ranjani (Varadarajan) Rangan: LinkedIn

5. 

   16 Dec 2024

   Decoding Delirium and Shaping Cognitive Longevity with Dr. Divya Chander, CEO of Lucidify

   Dr. Divya Chander, CEO of Lucidify, decodes delirium and reveals how her innovative brain monitoring technology can prevent dementia by 20 years and save lives.

6. 

   5 Nov 2024

   Top 5 Health Tech Insights You Missed in Season 1 and What’s Coming in Season 2

   Digital Health Disruptors is back – and with health tech advancing, Season 2 is set to deliver even bigger stories from the healthcare disruptors shaping the future. If you’re new here, catch up on Season 1 where we brought you raw, unfiltered insights from healthcare’s most forward-thinking leaders. What we discussed (00:00) Thank you to our listeners! (01:10) CharmHealth's Fourth Innovation Challenge (01:38) Gain exposure to 50,000+ clinicians (02:06) Season 1 recap (02:21) Getting a license to leave residency behind - Dr. Kyra Bobinet (CEO of FreshTri) (03:48) Find a $20B market - Professor Shahram Yousefi (CEO of Mesh.ai) (05:09) Find a frustration - Dr. Joshua Tamayo Sarver (VP at Vituity and Inflect Health) (05:56) Know the fund -  Neil Littman (CEO of BioVerge) (06:51) Keep decision loops short - Alex Lebrun (CEO of Nabla) (07:47) Season 2 sneak peek (07:51) Longevity technologies - Dr. Divya Chander (CEO of Lucidify) (08:51) Treating obesity ethically - Dr. Paula Muto (CEO of UBERDOC) Links If you’re a health tech startup, reach out to marketplace@charmhealth.com to explore opportunities with CharmHealth. Missed our first season? Check out previous episodes on all major podcast platforms and YouTube. 🔔 Subscribe 🔔 to our channel for more videos on a wide range of issues facing healthproviders – from day to day medicalpractice management to improving patientcare and health outcomes through innovative solutions and tools.CharmHealth is a cloud-based #ElectronicHealthRecords, #Telehealth, #PracticeManagement and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-speciality groups to small independent medical offices function efficiently.👉 To that effect, CharmHealth’s pricing is simple, unique and helps practices budget and manage the cost of software acquisition.👉 Charm's award-winning API platform integrates with a range of third party healthcare solutions, offering additional functionality to our users.CharmHealth website: https://www.charmhealth.com/ 💽 CharmHealth Innovation Challenge is a recurring competition and a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the digital health space to present their ideas, research and innovative health solutions.https://charmhealthchallenge.com/

7. 

   21 Jun 2024

   How Clinicians Became Champions- The Nabla AI Startup Success Story

   Serial entrepreneur Alex Lebrun, the CEO and founder of Nabla,  shares with Digital Health Disruptors host, Ranjani his journey of revolutionizing medical transcription through cutting-edge AI technology. Hear incredible, authentic stories from an entrepreneur whose startups were acquired by both Nuance and Facebook. Learn Alex's view on what makes companies fail, why engineers leave successful companies, and how he manages overwhelm while building a new startup. What's more? We'll also dive into: Alex's journey as an entrepreneur, from chatbots to clinical AI. How Nabla Co-pilot empowers clinicians and enhances patient care. Strategies for making clinicians champions of AI products. The importance of trust, collaboration, and customization in healthcare AI. Understanding Large Language Models (LLMs) and how clinicians should view the next stage of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare.

8. 

   16 May 2024

   Part 2: A Guide for Investors Entering the Biotech VC Arena | Why impact investing in healthcare yields high returns | What happens when clinicians and innovators collaborate? with Neil Littman

   If you're an investor looking to make a significant impact while generating returns, biotech venture capital offers a unique opportunity. By investing in healthcare innovations, you contribute to groundbreaking advancements in medicine and address universal health challenges that affect us all. In this episode with Neil Littman, CEO of Bioverge (https://ventures.bioverge.com/), we explore the world of biotech venture capital, highlighting how impact investing in healthcare generates returns and drives transformative innovations. Join us and uncover the strategies, opportunities, and unique perspectives that make biotech investing a compelling and rewarding venture for you. In Today’s Episode with Neil Littman, We Discuss: The world of finance and social impact [02:45] What is Neil's unique perspective on impact investing and investing for returns? [04:17] What is Bioverge’s investment strategy, and how does it work to impact the patient? [07:29] How does Bioverge invest in digital health and digital therapeutics to help combat chronic diseases? Health Tech Investor returns timeline [09:59] What strategies does Bioverge use to grow its LP base and secure high-quality deals? [10:47] How has Bioverge built a top-notch deal flow and filter for investing in new deals? [12:18] What is the timeline for generating returns in health tech investing based on data? Transparency and fund performance in the VC World [13:41] What is Bioverge's approach to enhancing transparency within its portfolio companies? [17:05] How do quarterly reports force function, and why is this valuable for investors? [18:08] What are Bioverge's typical investor profile minimum requirements? [20:51] What are the 3 main benefits investors gain by partnering with Bioverge instead of investing independently? [22:43] What funds does Bioverge raise annually, and how does it deploy the capital? [25:02] How does Bioverge help investors build a diversified portfolio to reduce volatility and enhance return potential? Collaboration between Bioverge and CharmHealth [27:54] What is the goal of the Digital Health Transmission Fund model and collaboration? [30:06] What are CharmHealth innovations and initiatives behind the Digital Health Transformation Fund? [33:19] Why is the Digital Health Transmission Fund model very unique? [33:49] What is Bioverge building, and where does Neil see it head in the next five years? [35:47] How is Bioverge changing its marketing strategy to adapt and maximize its returns in the evolving market? RELEVANT LINKS/FURTHER RESOURCES: Learn more about Bioverge (https://ventures.bioverge.com/) Learn more about Neil LIttman, Founder/CEO of Bioverge (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-littman/) Learn more about Dr. Venky Chellappa, VP of CharmHealth (https://www.linkedin.com/in/venky-c-945b9b11/) Learn more about CharmHealth Innovation Challenge (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) Learn more about Charmalot Conference (https://www.charmhealth.com/charmalot/) If you haven't tuned into part 1 yet, you're missing out on a treasure trove of insights that could redefine your approach to biotech investing.

9. 

   16 Apr 2024

   Part 1 - Neil Littman on transforming Biotech investing through Bioverge | Trends shaping biotech investments in 2024 | How can entrepreneurs captivate investors and secure funding?

   Neo Littman is the CEO of Bioverge (https://ventures.bioverge.com/) and one of the driving forces behind its mission to democratize healthcare venture capital, making it more accessible, transparent, and affordable to a wider audience. His journey began with a personal quest to diversify his investment portfolio beyond the public markets, leading to the founding of Bioverge. However, the seeds of his passion for healthcare innovation were planted years earlier when he witnessed the groundbreaking cure of a young girl named Evie from a previously incurable genetic disease. Prior to Bioverge, Neil played pivotal roles at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), managing multimillion-dollar funds and spearheading investments in revolutionary clinical trials spanning cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and rare genetic disorders. In Today’s Episode with Neil Littman, We Discuss: Neil's formative years and how they served as a blueprint for his career path [2:41] What did the young Neil Littman's ambitions look like? [3:30] What was Neil’s pivotal moment that changed his career trajectory to biotech? What it is like to work for a philanthropy organization in Biotech [6:52] How did Neil come across CIRM and secure impressive business development opportunities [7:53] What did Neil take away from his encounter with Evie, a girl born with SCID? What impact did they have with the technology they were funding? [9:44] How did Evie's story inspire Neil to start Bioverge? What is Neil's vision for biotech? How to overcome the entrepreneurial startup hinges [11:17] What was Neil's biggest challenge in the early stages of building Bioverge? How did Neil overcome them? What holds promise in Biotech investments for 2024 [14:11] What does Neil perceive as the game changer in seed investing? What investors cannot afford to overlook? [18:53] How did Neil identify start-up investment opportunities for significant return? [20:32] Why does Neil believe the key to finding top-tier investment opportunities is Founder Market Fit? [21:42] Why Neil emphasizes that start-ups should view things from the perspective and expectations of their investors? What Lessons can be drawn from startup setbacks and success [25:53] What are Neil’s biggest lessons on transparency and communication from a failed start-up? [28:08] What advice does Neil give to start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs before approaching investors? [29:05] How does Neil support the success of the companies they invest in at Bioverge? Stay tuned for part 2 and get more insights into the promising trends shaping the biotech industry and the opportunities it presents for the industry and entrepreneurs alike.

10. 

    11 Mar 2024

    Emerging Neuroscience | The Walmart Weight Loss Initiative and Insights into the Habenula - Dr. Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPH

    We delve into the dynamic world of Dr. Kyra Bobinet, an international expert in healthcare innovation and best-selling author of "Well Designed Life." The episode takes a deep dive into Dr. Bobinet's AI digital health app, Fresh Tri, reshaping the behavior change landscape. Join us as we explore cutting-edge neuroscience insights, spotlighting the Habenula's role in behavior control and its impact on health tech. Dr. Bobinet's unconventional startup journey with Walmart offers a fresh perspective for entrepreneurs, steering away from traditional venture capital models. Unravel the roots of her success, deeply tied to her Ojibwe, Lakota, and Czech heritage. Discover the transformative power of personal experiences and compassion in fueling entrepreneurial drive. Engage in a candid conversation about resilience, determination, and the exciting release of her upcoming book, "The Unstoppable Mind." Key Takeaways: [00:52] Introducing today’s guest and topic. [03:03] The crucial role of the Habenula & How Fresh Tri prevents failure. [05:57] How Fresh Tri helps people overcome obesity and weight loss struggles. [10:38] Dr. Bobinet’s experience overcoming fast food addiction, binging, and failure. [12:50] How childhood trauma impacts social identity, health outcomes, & resilience. [16:57] How Dr. Bobinet’s childhood trauma shaped her mission and vision. [18:08] The moment that sparked her to transition from medical school to public health entrepreneurship. [22:07] Dr. Bobinet’s startup journey with Walmart & How this collaboration enhances her app’s visibility/credibility. [25:32] The Iterative Mindset Method: Fresh Tri’s strategies for behavior change. [28:21] GLP-1 drugs for weight loss: Dr. Bobinet’s candid thoughts on Ozempic. [29:46] What Dr. Bobinet looks for in prospective collaborations + Advice for digital health innovators. [32:05] Top tips for designing apps for better health, life, and mindset. [33:24] About Dr. Bobinet’s books + How to connect with her. -------------------------------------- Resources Mentioned: Learn more about Fresh Tri (https://freshtri.com/) “Well Designed Life”  by Dr. Kyra Bobinet (https://www.amazon.com/Well-Designed-Life-Thinking-Purposeful/dp/0996734570) “Unstoppable Brain” by Dr. Kyra Bobinet (https://drkyrabobinet.com/unstoppable-brain-book/) Connect with our Host: Ranjani Rangan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjani-rangan) Follow Digital Health Disruptors on your favourite platform: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6jAPbTWlH8mqd8NHCAHklS?si=691de4c174434ec2) Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/digital-health-disruptors/id1705330088) (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B) 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 📣 Attention clinician entrepreneurs and technologists! Are you ready to revolutionize healthcare at the point of care? Discover the CharmHealth platform, a perfect ecosystem where technologists and clinician entrepreneurs connect, ideate, and thrive. Our CharmHealth Innovation Challenge (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) is a recurring competition and a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the digital health space to present their ideas, research and innovative health solutions. 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 ABOUT CHARMHEALTH 🔸 A cloud-based Electronic Health Records, Telehealth, Practice Management and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-speciality groups to small independent medical offices function efficiently. 🔸 To that effect, CharmHealth’s pricing is simple, unique and helps practices budget and manage the cost of software acquisition. 🔸 Charm's award-winning API platform integrates with a range of third party healthcare solutions, offering additional functionality to our users. CharmHealth website (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B)

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    6 Feb 2024

    From Burnout to Balance- How Mesh Ai's Collaborative Scheduler delights Clinicians | Prof Shahram Yousefi PhD, PEng

    A Startup's Journey to Fixing a Broken System through Smarter Scheduling Many parts of our healthcare system are broken. Can disrupting scheduling fix them? Clinicians are leaving the profession faster than ever, wards are poorly staffed, and burnout is rampant. Smarter scheduling, or rather anti-scheduling, is MeshAI’s antidote to many of those problems. This is the story of how they’re building their company and how they’re contributing to fixing the healthcare system in doing so. We’ll touch on many topics including: Why did they decide to disrupt scheduling? How do they know they’re building an effective solution? How do they keep their company lean? MeshAI was founded by Professor Shahram Yousefi, PhD, PEng, an engineer turned healthcare innovator. With a unique background of fleeing war and a career spanning telecommunications to academia, Yousefi brings a distinctive perspective to tackling healthcare challenges. What we discussed (00:00) Fact: clinicians are overworked (01:30) How do we solve clinician understaffing? (03:53) The mind behind MeshAI (07:06) Shocking statistics: Why 900K nurses will QUIT ! (08:13) Stop calling healthcare professionals heroes. (09:10) Overlooked method to solve clinician burnout (10:32) Why are clinicians overbooked? (12:24) To patent or not to patent (13:18) Scheduling and equity (14:29) Building MeshAI as a lean startup (and how their product evolved) (19:05) How MeshAI achieved product-market fit (21:43) Why your startup needs a clinician success team (23:02) Disrupting medical scheduling  OR Building an anti-scheduler (25:09) Pricing strategy (26:50) Not integrating with EMRs (here’s why) (27:31) Are they building a feature or a product? (29:37) Advice for digital health entrepreneurs + book recommendations 4 Key Lessons For Digital Health Entrepreneurs From MeshAI’s Journey: Involve healthcare professionals in your health-tech startup; position yourself as a partner, not a vendor. Mesh AI is not just built for healthcare professionals; it's built with them. The company is funded by doctors who believe in the solution's impact, and these professionals also serve on advisory boards and are integral to the product team. This direct involvement ensures the product meets the nuanced needs of its users. You’ll know you have product-market-fit when your product is imperfect, but clients still come and stay. To achieve product-market-fit you must get comfortable with making mistakes, acknowledging them, and addressing them. To do that, you must actively seek and genuinely listen to feedback. You don’t have to prioritize EMR integration. By building a product that is able to stand-alone from EMRs if necessary, you can iterate faster and more frequently. You’ll have to deal with less people, less processes, and less overall inefficiencies. Wear a 20 million market lens as you build your product. Find a solution that really makes a difference for 20 million THEN expand towards a 20 billion dollar market. To get traction early on, reach people, get them to support you, talk about you and become your ambassadors. Only then, will you be well positioned to capture a larger market share. ----more---- Links Discover MeshAI (https://welcome.meshai.io/news/mesh-ai-is-now-an-official-partner-of-the-physician-leadership-career-network) Mirror, Mirror 2021 Report  (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly) Charm Health Challenge  (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) ----more---- Book Recommendation: Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz (https://www.miguelruiz.com/the-four-agreements) Book Recommendation: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205) Connect with Professor Shahram Yousefi: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahramy/) Connect with Ranjani (Varadarajan) Rangan: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjani-rangan/)

12. 

    29 Dec 2023

    A Sneak Peek into DHD’s Mid-Season Trail

    In this mid-season reflection, Ranjani warmly welcomes listeners to the Digital Health Disruptors Podcast by CharmHealth. The episode highlights key innovators featured thus far, such as Dr. Art Wallace, whose personal experiences led to the development of a remote monitoring system leveraging AI to mitigate respiratory and cardiac emergencies. Additionally, insights from clinician entrepreneur Dr. Rachel Kuperman and Dr. Joshua Tamayo Sarver, VP of Innovation at Vituity & Inflect Health, enrich the discourse on innovation at the point of care and entrepreneurial journeys within healthcare. Teasing the forthcoming episodes in 2024, Ranjani previews discussions with guests like Dr. Kyra Bobinet, CEO of Fresh Tri, diving into neuroscience-based health behavior change and embracing the Iterative mindset. Prof. Shahram Yousefi, co-founder of Mesh AI, shares his insights on transforming healthcare through seamless shift scheduling and the intersection of values and entrepreneurship in academia. The episode concludes by hinting at the upcoming interview with Dr. Divya Chander, exploring the future of medicine and neurotechnology, discussing devices capable of reading and writing the brain for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Credits: Dr. Kyra Bobinet - source: The Trauma Therapist Podcast source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sNlhCe78o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sNlhCe78o) Spoken Segment: [SOUNDBITE: @ 9:31 “I was always curious about learned helplessness…powerful controller that has ever been found” 10:41] Prof. Shahram Yousefi - source Delta: HealthTech Innovators Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1gWijtyLzg&t=1319s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1gWijtyLzg&t=1319s) Spoken Segment: [SOUNDBITE - @ 23:15 “ We are academics... they cannot be perfect 23:42] Dr. Divya Chander : Source:  Digital Health and Biometrics: Hacking Humans at IEEE ISDPSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX6r-t6KwU4&t=4696s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX6r-t6KwU4&t=4696s) Spoken Segment: [SOUNDBITE: @- “26:37...27:07 “This idea that mind reading might take off is actually a real thing... predict dreaming during sleep”] Get ready for an insightful journey ahead in the Digital Health Disruptors Podcast!

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    1 Dec 2023

    Hints for the Clinician Entrepreneur from the Vituity Playbook | Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD

    Our guest on the third episode of DHD is Dr. Tamayo-Sarver MD PhD, VP of Innovation at Inflect Health and Vituity. In this capacity he wears many hats – from strategic health tech partnerships, investments, and internal incubation, to spearheading the development of ground-breaking health and wellness products Dr. Tamayo-Sarver's incredible insights into healthcare problem-solving are informed by his diverse experiences. He's not just an executive in a national physician staffing company that provides technology solutions to over 400 hospitals; he's also a practicing emergency physician. Our podcast host, Ranjani Rangan, and Dr. Tamayo Sarver discuss Vituity's 50 year long journey to becoming a leading national healthcare partnership network, encompassing 5,000 clinicians across specialties, as well as Inflect Health, Vituity healthcare hub that collaborates with multiple tech companies to drive innovation. We highlight common challenges in healthcare innovation, such as barriers to development due to lack of common language and understanding between clinicians and engineers, or innovators not utilizing the human-centric approach before integrating technology, leading to in lack of flexibility and scalability. [00:46] Introducing today’s guest and topic. [02:11] The origin stories and missions of Vituity and Inflect Health. [04:48] 3 ways Vituity is different from other healthcare innovation organizations. [06:29] How does Vituity improve healthcare delivery? [09:22] A major reason why health tech companies fail at innovating digital health solutions. [11:52] How can tech developers find solutions that benefit stakeholders, patients, and healthcare professionals without adding stress? [14:02] Decoded Health: How healthcare startups can balance patient wants with the physician’s moral, ethical, legal obligations. [16:47] How to strengthen collaborations and bridge the gap between healthcare providers and technologists. [19:56] Reflect & Engage: Where has miscommunication or differing perspectives hindered your progress? [22:53] Inflect Health’s investment strategies & evaluation criteria for portfolio partners. [25:54] Rely Health: Example of a successful healthcare startup investment. [29:31] Emerging trends in digital healthcare & potential investment opportunities. [31:32] Advice for clinician entrepreneurs. -------------------------------------- Resources Mentioned: Inflect Health (https://www.inflecthealth.com) Vituity (https://www.vituity.com) Decoded Health (https://www.linkedin.com/company/decoded-health) Mark Hanson, CEO of Decoded Health (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mphanson) Rely Healthcare  (https://www.linkedin.com/company/rely-healthcare) Connect with Dr. Tamayo-Sarver on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-tamayo-sarver/) Connect with our Host: Ranjani Rangan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjani-rangan) Follow Digital Health Disruptors on your favourite platform: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/6jAPbTWlH8mqd8NHCAHklS?si=691de4c174434ec2) Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/digital-health-disruptors/id1705330088) (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B) 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 📣 Attention clinician entrepreneurs and technologists! Are you ready to revolutionize healthcare at the point of care? Discover the CharmHealth platform, a perfect ecosystem where technologists and clinician entrepreneurs connect, ideate, and thrive. Our CharmHealth Innovation Challenge (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) is a recurring competition and a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the digital health space to present their ideas, research and innovative health solutions. 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 ABOUT CHARMHEALTH 🔸 A cloud-based Electronic Health Records, Telehealth, Practice Management and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-speciality groups to small independent medical offices function efficiently. 🔸 To that effect, CharmHealth’s pricing is simple, unique and helps practices budget and manage the cost of software acquisition. 🔸 Charm's award-winning API platform integrates with a range of third party healthcare solutions, offering additional functionality to our users. CharmHealth website (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B)

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    31 Oct 2023

    Pioneering Seizure Detection Using Eye Tracking | Dr. Rachel Kuperman MD

    Our guest on this show is Dr. Rachel Kuperman MD, the CEO and Founder of Eysz, a medtech/AI startup that is transforming neurological care. Eysz has developed innovative software that analyzes eye movements and uses those movements as biomarkers to assess brain health across a range of neurological conditions, with an initial focus on epilepsy. We get to hear from Rachel how the combination of her experiences caring for children with epilepsy combined with her understanding of technology and medicine as well as sheer persistence, resilience and willingness to adapt has led to her current business success. We discuss topics such as: Epilepsy and AI innovation - measuring and managing neurological diseases Building a Team/Networking for your startup Entrepreneurship, funding, and confidence as a woman in tech. Creating an MVP or Minimum Viable Product and adopting the Lean Startup methodology The power of storytelling and igniting emotion in the health tech world Combining persistence and resilience with openness and adaptability Host Ranjani Rangan provides important context and draws out Dr. Kuperman’s very personal narrative – from her love of treating patients to her frustration with the limits she encountered when it came to effectively improving their quality of life. Interested in learning more? Visit this link (https://eyszlab.com/blog) to read her blog, including “Journey of a Burnt Out Neurologist,” and contact Eysz (https://eyszlab.com/) for more information about progress in the treatment of epilepsy. Visit this link (https://podcast.charmhealth.com/digital-health-disruptors/about) to listen to, rate and review Digital Health Disruptors on your preferred streaming platform. You can also click here (https://www.charmhealth.com/ehr/ehr-demo.html) to schedule a demo of Charm Health’s innovative suite of healthcare products. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (01:20) NEUROLOGIST ON A MISSION: About Dr. Rachel Kuperman and how she came to devote herself to developing a leading-edge medical device to treat epilepsy. (03:06) THE PROMISE OF EYSZ: Understanding a world in which 1 in 26 people have epilepsy and defining the uncertainty and stigma they face as a result of  seizures. (04:10) BREAKING DOWN TYPES OF SEIZURES: Convulsive seizures – involving the whole brain, the body dropping to the floor. Absence seizures – involving the whole brain, brief loss of consciousness. Focal seizures – involving only part of the brain, impairing consciousness. (05:17) FROM NEUROLOGIST TO MED TECH ENTREPRENEUR: How the limits of medicine inspired Dr. Kuperman to embrace start-up innovation. (07:00) DATA IS THE FIRST STEP! About the power of quantifying not just numbers of seizures but related symptoms to create targeted treatments and measurable results. (09:50) IDEA INTO ACTION: How Dr. Kuperman migrated from innovating diagnostic tools in her practice to leaping into start-up culture – and personal growth! (12:16) LOOKING AT EYSZ: About how the team is building an FDA-approved Hyperventilation Recorder that leverages predictive data about Absence seizures. (14:00) BREAKING BOUNDS: A look at the technological advances and key partners that are accelerating Eysz’s remarkable med tech solutions. (15:07) MAKING THE MVP (Minimum Viable Product) JOURNEY:  What it looks like to use rapid iterations and ongoing customer feedback for agile product development. (18:14) MORE ABOUT EYSZ’S DEBUT PRODUCT: A phone app that diagnoses childhood seizures and is continuously evolving to become more user-friendly for kids and valuable for diagnosticians. (19:00) SYSTEMIC BIAS: What Dr. Kuperman has observed as a female entrepreneur and why the disparity in funding for women in tech is unmistakable – and unacceptable. (22:23) STAYING INTEGRAL:  A closer look at the tension between serving public health and making money for investors, who are eager to scale . (23:00) THE IMPORTANCE OF STORYTELLING:  Why Eysz’s messaging emphasizes the experience of children with epilepsy to improve communication with their physicians as well as increase resonance and impact among the public at large. (24:50) KEY GOALS ON EYSZ’S RADAR: Empowering patients to communicate more clearly – and measurably – what they are experiencing as a result of their seizures and related symptoms. Providing valuable data to support and lower risk for pharmaceutical companies undertaking the development of new drugs. (25:50) DR. KUPERMAN’S INGREDIENTS FOR SELF-TRUST – AND SUCCESS! Be willing to fail – and be rejected – repeatedly! Be willing to hear feedback, even when it bites. Have the humility to accept that you don’t know everything. Trust in your gut that what you know, you know. Keep on going – even when it’s hard! (27:40) INFO INTO ACTION: Why Dr. Kuperman believes getting out there and talking to people is the best way to bust through analysis paralysis, fill in critical data points and validate what you need to support your product, its purpose and claims. RELEVANT LINKS/FURTHER RESOURCES Click here (https://ecommercetips.org/women-in-business/) to get more stats and insights about women in business. Further info about the referenced PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor (https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q3-2023-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor). More about Steve Blanks’ MVP (Minimum Viable Product) thought leadership available at this link (https://steveblank.com/2021/04/20/the-secret-to-the-minimum-viable-product/). FOLLOW OUR GUEST: WEBSITE (https://eyszlab.com/) | LINKEDIN (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-kuperman-0868a130/) | BLOG (https://eyszlab.com/blog) | CONTACT (mailto:rkuperman@eyszlab.com) #WomeninTech #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalMentorship #MedicalAdvancements #HealthTech #InnovationInHealthcare #Epilepsy #Medtech (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B) 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 📣 Attention clinician entrepreneurs and technologists! Are you ready to revolutionize healthcare at the point of care? Discover the CharmHealth platform, a perfect ecosystem where technologists and clinician entrepreneurs connect, ideate, and thrive. Our CharmHealth Innovation Challenge (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) is a recurring competition and a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the digital health space to present their ideas, research and innovative health solutions. 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 ABOUT CHARMHEALTH 🔸 A cloud-based Electronic Health Records, Telehealth, Practice Management and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-speciality groups to small independent medical offices function efficiently. 🔸 To that effect, CharmHealth’s pricing is simple, unique and helps practices budget and manage the cost of software acquisition. 🔸 Charm's award-winning API platform integrates with a range of third party healthcare solutions, offering additional functionality to our users. CharmHealth website (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B)

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    27 Sept 2023

    A Boy Scout MD’s Pursuit of Medical Device Innovation | Prof. Dr. Art Wallace, Ph.D.

    We speak with Dr. Art Wallace MD, PhD, a cardiac anesthesiologist, Chief of Anesthesia at the San Francisco VA, and a distinguished professor and vice chairman at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Wallace's vision is poised to revolutionize healthcare with a non-contact, remote monitor that promises to reduce the risk of respiratory and cardiac emergencies in hospitalized and nursing home patients. Visit this link (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/digital-health-disruptors/id1705330088) on Apple Podcasts to listen to, rate and review Digital Health Disruptors on your preferred streaming platform. You can also click here (https://www.charmhealth.com/ehr/ehr-demo.html) to schedule a demo of CharmHealth’s innovative suite of healthcare products. Find out more of what we do here (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) at CharmHealth Innovation Challenge! KEY TAKEAWAYS: ∙ (01:20) Introducing Our Guest: About Dr. Wallace’s background and his most  recent innovation, the Atapir non-contact hospital patient monitoring platform. ∙ (04:50) The Power of AI: How the Atapir platform harnesses machine vision and learning to track crucial vital signs through the use of advanced camera and sound technologies. ∙ (06:51) State of the Art: About Atapir’s groundbreaking SaaS (software as a service) tools – the first significant advance in patient monitoring equipment in decades. ∙ (07:56) Removing the Mystery: What Atapir technology can do to mitigate the sense of powerless, isolation and anxiety many hospitalized patients experience. ∙ (09:15) HIPAA Concerns: Why creating “smart” hospital rooms need not raise red flags with regard to privacy, personal security or confidentiality. ∙ (11:20) Real-Time Tracking: How “smart” technologies can interrupt the slow (sometimes subtle) deterioration of patient health with constant monitoring of vital signs. ∙ (13:06) Vigilance Through AI: About the costs associated with providing machine-driven monitoring 24/7 in-hospital. It’s a subscription-based and affordable technology. ∙ (14:05) Considering Atapir’s Market Challenges: o Raising capital to support development. o Bootstrapping expensive, complicated trials. o Shouldering all the development and go-to-market risk. o Penetrating with investors who want to hang back until success is assured. ∙ (18:44) About Events that Shaped Dr. Wallace’s Life Journey and Mission: o His mother’s deadly brain tumor diagnosis when he was just 11 years old inspired Dr. Wallace to pursue medicine and biomedical engineering. o The callous disregard with which a girlfriend was treated following a cancer diagnosis further propelled Dr. Wallace to change the practice of medicine. ∙ (24:35) About His Work at the VA: How the vast history and epidemiological database offer a potential goldmine of information to support improvements in patient care. ∙ (25:40) Making a Mark: About the structured protocol, education and monitoring Dr. Wallace evolved to enable progress within a medical establishment resistant to change. ∙ (27:50) Next-Gen Mentoring: Why Dr. Wallace is so committed to sharing his passion for medicine and innovation with students who might not otherwise be exposed. NOTABLE QUOTES: ∙ “Hospitals have all these sensors in the room for property control, but they don’t know that the patient is doing okay. That’s a problem.” (Dr. Wallace) ∙ “People want to give really good care and try to give really good care. But if you don’t give somebody a way to see the data, they don’t get it. They don’t see the problem.” (Dr. Wallace) ∙ “(Investors) want other people to take all the risk in device development, so we’re doing it. It’s painful, but we’re doing it.” (Dr. Wallace) ∙ “Of course I was a Boy Scout … (and) we try to teach people to think about the future, plan about stuff, be prepared!” (Dr. Wallace) RELEVANT LINKS/FURTHER RESOURCES ∙ More about the American Society of Anesthesiology and their work available at this link (https://www.asahq.org/annualmeeting). ∙ Click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjylpcGjSAo) for a “Nurse’s Eye” video tour of Atapir’s ground-breaking AI-driven monitoring technology. ABOUT OUR GUEST:Art Wallace, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Anesthesia Service, San Francisco, CA is a cardiac anesthesiologist, biomedical, control system, and electrical engineer, software designer, and clinical researcher. Dr. Wallace has worked on preoperative risk reduction including design, development, testing, implementation, and quality improvement. He developed and assisted in the implementation of preoperative beta blockade and alpha-2 agonists. Dr. Wallace has also worked on device design including the ECOM & AVD systems, off-pump CABG, and left ventricular aneurysm repair. Art began his research career working on cardiac imaging, then worked on systems based cardiovascular physiology and autonomic control; he then progressed to clinical outcomes, device, and finally implementation research. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: WEBSITE (https://cardiacengineering.com/) | LINKEDIN (https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-wallace-3346a1/) | CONTACT (https://cardiacengineering.com/contact.html) ABOUT OUR HOST: In the realm of digital health, Ranjani Rangan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAABlNg0BmrnbTaQw4LGwuBJNTMmeXSc-77M) reigns as a masterful Corporate Storyteller and Marketing and Partner Communications Strategist. As the host of the Digital Health Disruptors podcast, she takes listeners on a captivating journey through the lives of digital health innovators, sharing their trials, challenges, and triumphs. FOLLOW OUR HOST: WEBSITE (https://www.charmhealth.com/) | LINKEDIN (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charmhealth_healthtech-visionaries-entrepreneurs-activity-7107417005904773120-_SuM/) | BLOG (https://www.charmhealth.com/blog/) (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B) 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 📣 Attention clinician entrepreneurs and technologists! Are you ready to revolutionize healthcare at the point of care? Discover the CharmHealth platform, a perfect ecosystem where technologists and clinician entrepreneurs connect, ideate, and thrive. Our CharmHealth Innovation Challenge (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) is a recurring competition and a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the digital health space to present their ideas, research and innovative health solutions. 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸 ABOUT CHARMHEALTH 🔸 A cloud-based Electronic Health Records, Telehealth, Practice Management and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-speciality groups to small independent medical offices function efficiently. 🔸 To that effect, CharmHealth’s pricing is simple, unique and helps practices budget and manage the cost of software acquisition. 🔸 Charm's award-winning API platform integrates with a range of third party healthcare solutions, offering additional functionality to our users. CharmHealth website (https://www.charmhealth.com/%E2%80%8B)

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    1 Sept 2023

    Trailer Episode: Digital Health Disruptors

    Get ready to dive into the future of healthcare with the Digital Health Disruptors Podcast by CharmHealth. Join your host, Ranjani Rangan, as we explore  innovations, inspiring stories, and the latest trends that are reshaping the world of digital health. Discover the  visionaries who are changing the way we think about healthcare Visit this link (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/digital-health-disruptors/id1705330088) on Apple Podcasts to listen to, rate and review Digital Health Disruptors on your preferred streaming platform. You can also click here (https://www.charmhealth.com/ehr/ehr-demo.html) to schedule a demo of CharmHealth’s innovative suite of healthcare products. Find out more of what we do here (https://charmhealthchallenge.com/) at CharmHealth Innovation Challenge!

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