

Outcomes Rocket
Saul Marquez
At Outcomes Rocket, we are the shared knowledge hub for healthcare's toughest problems. Our goal is twofold and clear. To help inspire and guide our listeners to 1. Improve patient outcomes and 2. Experience business success in healthcare. Tune in to learn more!
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Aug 31, 2021 • 17min
Transparencies Role in Healthcare with Kevin O’Brien, Chief Business Development Officer at Innovu
In this episode, we are excited to host Kevin O’Brien, the Senior Vice President of Distribution at Innovu. Kevin discusses how his company leverages data to drive savings, opportunities, and transparency in health care. He talks about collaborating with companies, aggregating data across all service providers, digging deep into the insights, and collaborating and empowering companies to drive the action. Kevin also shared his insights about risk mitigation, combining health data with risk data to get a new perspective, the importance of educating people, the most significant mistakes employers make, and many more. Please tune in and enjoy the conversation.
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Aug 30, 2021 • 26min
Preparing for the New Normal with Hank Osowski, a Founding Member and Managing Partner at Strategic Health Group LLC
In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting Hank Osowski, a Founding Member and Managing Partner at Strategic Health Group LLC, a health care consulting firm. Hank discusses how his company looks through ways to find new solutions to higher quality, improve member engagement, meet needs, and find new solutions to some of the challenges of health care. As strategic advisers, they help innovators implement and focus on markets where they can expand their concepts.
Hank talks of his amazing experiences in healthcare, and he has many! He shares his insights on the importance of confidence in leadership, leveraging technology to make healthcare better for patients, transformations in technology, and not giving up. He has a wealth of information to share and we've really enjoyed our interview with him, so please tune in!
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Aug 26, 2021 • 19min
Accelerating Patient-Centric Care in Pharmacy and Beyond with Carly Rodriguez, Pharmacy Director of Clinical Innovation for Moda Health
In this Outcomes Rocket Pharma episode, we are excited to feature the amazing Carly Rodrigues, Pharmacy Director of Clinical Innovation for Moda Health, a health insurance company that is making an impact far beyond providing and paying a medical claim.
Carly explains how her work has an opportunity to improve patient experience on many levels.
She highlights some of the changes happening in terms of patient care in the pharma space like the move towards holistic, patient-centered care and partnerships with innovation organizations to meet customer needs. She also talks about some of the programs of Moda Health in supporting communities, therapeutic advancements made, the biggest challenges facing the pharma industry, and more.
This is a great conversation on patient-centric care in the Pharma space, so please tune in!
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Aug 25, 2021 • 36min
Achieving Life Goals After Overcoming Adversity with Chris Recinos, CEO and Founder of Nurse Leader Network
In this episode of Outcomes Rocket Nursing, we are privileged to feature Chris Recinos, an outstanding nurse executive, entrepreneur, innovator, speaker, author, and CEO and Founder of Nurse Leader Network.
Chris shares how her adversities shaped her life goals, how NLN is helping nurses gain leadership skills to transform organizations, and transitioning into entrepreneurship. We cover nurses’ impact on patients, the importance of knowing your boundaries and the sacrifices you are willing to make, setting goals, and so many more. This is a fast-paced conversation packed with so many incredible insights on nursing, health care, being an entrepreneur, and life in general, so please tune in!
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Aug 24, 2021 • 23min
Driving Change by Using Research-Based Evidence with Kaajal Singh, Principal of Client Engagement for RTI Center for Health Care Advancement
In this episode, we interview the outstanding Kaajal Singh. Kaajal is the Principal of Client Engagement for the RTI Center for Health Care Advancement. She discusses how RTI leverages data and delivers health-focused interventions. These solutions are backed by years of research and presented to the table with analytical capabilities that are truly fundamental to a research institute. Kaajal shares RTI's drive to improve quality and outcomes and reduce cost. She also talks about the benefits of relying on an independent third party to assess your business's study or new technology. If you're looking for a way to scale your business at a lower cost, or you need help in the decision-making process, a research institute like RTI can help you. We truly enjoyed our exciting conversation with Kaajal. Please tune in to the entire episode to learn more.
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Aug 23, 2021 • 28min
Quantified Health and Strength Training Data with M-T Strickland, Co-Founder at Metric Mate, Inc.
In this episode, we are privileged to host M-T, the co-founder of Metric Mate. Metric Mate is a first of its kind patented AI platform that enables you to receive professional trainer level results without the time or physical proximity restraints. M-T discusses how Metric Mate allows users to seamlessly track their workout data, monitor performance, and receive real-time feedback using your mobile device. He shares how this cutting-edge, patented technology actually started in a gym. M-T also talks about the advantages of using Metric Mate post-surgery, the value of data they are collecting through the platform challenges the company has faced, especially with the advent of COVID-19, and more. You'll definitely pick up some pearls in this conversation, so please tune in to the full episode.
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Aug 20, 2021 • 18min
Managing Chronic Pain with High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation with Dr. David Caraway, Chief Medical Officer at Nevro
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. With the ongoing battle against the opioid epidemic, we need another alternative for dealing with pain.
In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting Dr. David Caraway, Chief Medical Officer at Nevro, a global medical device company that focuses on delivering advanced and innovative spinal cord stimulation to help with chronic pain.
Dr. Caraway shares how his company is helping treat patients with chronic pain and adding value to healthcare. He shares his thoughts on the opioid epidemic, nonpharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain, HFX Cloud, overcoming setbacks, and many more.
This is a great conversation on mitigating chronic pain so please tune in!
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Aug 18, 2021 • 26min
Mitigating Needle Stick Injury for Improved Clinicians and Patients Experience with Hilario Castillo, Founder, Innovative Neurons LLC
Needle stick injury is one of the most common injuries that happen to healthcare workers.
In this episode, we are privileged to feature Hilario Castillo, Founder, and CEO of Innovative Neurons. He is the inventor of the Fast Access Safety Technology (F.A.ST) Syringe, a revolutionary syringe that has unique time-saving and safety features.
Hilario shares the genesis of his invention and company and some of the challenges he faced in putting the product on the market. He discusses F.A.S.T.'s special features and how it saves time and decreases risk to all healthcare workers. We also cover his thoughts and insights on nurse entrepreneurs, nurse-led innovations, and the importance of recognizing nurses’ solutions.
This is an exciting conversation packed with amazing stories and insights, so please tune in!
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Aug 17, 2021 • 31min
Introducing Computational Trust to Healthcare with Jim Nasr, CEO at Acoer
Today’s podcast features Jim Nasr, CEO at Acoer. Acoer is a software development company committed to building software that is usable, interoperable, and block-chained enabled to ensure trust, transparency, and security. In this podcast, Jim talks about how his company focuses on building modern and usable real-time healthcare technologies. He speaks of improving health care by making data more accountable, delivering easier access to data for better efficiencies, and insights to understand blockchain technology. We learned a lot from our conversation with Jim, and we hope you’ll find great value in it as well. Enjoy!
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Aug 12, 2021 • 25min
Making Healthcare Affordable, Predictable and Simple with Rajesh Manglani, VP of Pharmacy Product Strategy at Cigna
What are the forces impacting health care?
In this episode, we are privileged to feature Rajesh Manglani, VP of Pharmacy Product Strategy at Cigna. Rajesh discusses Cigna's goal to make healthcare affordable, predictable, and simple for everyone. He explains how his company delivers sustainable solutions, early behavioral lifestyle interventions, and timely cost-effective access to care. He also talks of the value of data integration and benefits integration.
Rajesh provides great examples to support his points, what he looks forward to, and the challenges the pharma space faces.
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