MedCity Pivot

In this episode, Ido Schoenberg, CEO of Amwell, discusses redefining care delivery through virtual care, the challenges of nationwide telehealth adoption, the impact of state licenses on access to healthcare, convincing doctors to embrace telehealth, and the discrepancy between Amwell's positive feedback from clients and their declining stock price.

I interviewed Mike Alkire, CEO of Premier, and discussed how important it is for health systems to achieve scale. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Mike Alkire https://premierinc.com/ https://www.premierinc.com/about/our-people/michael-alkire?section=leadership https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelalkire 

I spoke with the Chief Medical Officer of Buoy Health, Adrienne McFadden, about how the company has evolved from a symptom checker to a decision support and navigation company. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Adrienne McFadden https://www.buoyhealth.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/buoyhealth 

I interviewed Jonathan Bush, former CEO of Athenahealth and current CEO of Zus Health, about how to get a universal patient record. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Jonathan Bush https://zushealth.com/ https://www.athenahealth.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbushjr https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Bush 

I interviewed John Martin, Chief Medical Officer of Butterfly Network, to talk about the company's evolution and goals of bringing universal access to point-of-care ultrasound. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with John Martin https://ir.butterflynetwork.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=f1ac5102-d12c-4258-b713-cee4ed5387b1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-martin-md-mba-28629b38 

Arundhati welcomes Barry Ticho, Chief Medical Officer of Stoke Therapeutics. He discusses a new promising treatment of a rare disease called Dravet Syndrome. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Barry Ticho https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/about-stoke/leadership/barry-s-ticho/ 

Arundhati welcomes Taha Kass-Hout. Taha talks about his vision of leveraging AI to improve healthcare. He also discusses his experiences working for Amazon and how Amazon is helping improve our lives. Taha gives a deep insight on where artificial intelligence can go and what people should look forward to. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ 

Arundhati sits down with Larry Wood, the Corporate Vice President, TAVR with Edwards Lifesciences. Larry talks about how transcatheter valve replacement has revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis. He also shares what the future of aortic stenosis is and what people should look forward to in the next ten years. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Larry Wood http://edwards.com/ 

Arundhati welcomes Julia Hu, the CEO of Lark Health. They speak about conversational AI and how it can support chronic disease management and improve patient outcomes. Julia also shares the beliefs of Lark Health in solving the different health issues today. She also talks about the different programs of Lark Health and how they help clients. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Julia Hu https://www.lark.com/ 

Arundhati interviews Carolyn With, the co-founder and CEO of the startup company, Tia. Together, they discuss the biggest pain points in women’s healthcare today and the health inquiries that exist in the space. Carolyn also shares how Tia is tackling these problems, as well as its recent achievements and their growth plans.   Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/