The Importance of Prioritizing Smoking Cessation

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CNN's John Sutter talks about his work with the New York City Department of Health. He also worked on a project to adopt health records for physicians in underserved communities. "I got really interested in, could reuse a computer for that in public health," he says. 'The profundity of its implications were unlike anything I've ever experienced'

Founded in 2014, Aledade works with over 11,000 physicians across 40 States accounting for 1.7 million patients under management in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, commercial and Medicaid contracts.

Farzad Mostashari has spent his career in health care policy and Health Information Technology.

Farzad previously served as the National Coordinator for Health IT in the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to his work at the Office of the National Coordinator, he founded the NYC Primary Care Information project, which equipped physicians and underserved communities with electronic health records. He completed medical school at the Yale School of Medicine and a Master’s degree in Population Health from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

In this episode we talk about Farzad’s journey to healthcare, how he started Aledade, the importance of independent physicians in value-based care, how Aledade scaled as a profitable health tech company, and advice he has for founders.