CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. Improving Health System Access and Capacity w/ DexCare CEO, Derek Streat
Health systems are constantly struggling with capacity constraints.
But what if they already had all the capacity they needed and just needed to tap into it?
In this episode of HealthBiz Briefs, Derek Streat, Co-Founder and CEO of DexCare, shares how health leaders can unlock hidden capacity by using data from patients, providers, and health systems to deliver care more efficiently.
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🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK
CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy.
🎙️⚕️ABOUT DEREK STREAT
Derek Streat is the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of DexCare, a venture-backed Platform-as-a-Service company that intelligently orchestrates health system capacity and digital demand across all care lines. A seasoned healthcare technology entrepreneur, Derek has co-founded and led six venture-backed companies, including C-SATS (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), where he later served as Vice President of Digital Solutions. In that role, he transformed surgeon training into a digital program that improved patient outcomes and provider efficiency worldwide. Prior to commercializing DexCare as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Providence, Derek co-founded and served on the boards of national healthcare data transparency organizations like PEDSnet and IROC, advancing efforts to improve patient care through data sharing.
🎙️⚕️ABOUT DEXCARE
DexCare is a leading care orchestration platform that simplifies digital care logistics, enabling healthcare systems to manage care delivery more efficiently. By unifying complex datasets, DexCare enhances patient access, optimizes resource utilization, and forecasts demand to reduce operational costs. Since its spin-out from Providence in 2021, DexCare has partnered with top U.S. health systems, reaching over 57 million patients and significantly boosting new patient bookings and downstream revenue. Supported by $146 million in funding, including a $75 million Series C investment led by ICONIQ Growth, DexCare continues to transform healthcare access through innovative solutions like digital discovery, care navigation, and smart scheduling.
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