Breaking Health
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The Breaking Health Podcast features the innovators, investors and entrepreneurs who are building the technology and tools to break down and build up the country’s ailing health care system. With seasoned health care investor Steve Krupa, CEO of the Psilos Group, as host, Breaking Health delivers the earliest insights on the ongoing Digital Health Revolution.
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Jul 28, 2017 • 36min
Cory Kidd Reveals How Catalia Health and Mabu Can Help Patients Care for Themselves
Catalia Health Founder and CEO Cory Kidd, PhD, who has spent two decades working at the intersection of healthcare and technology, explains the power of Mabu, an electronic healthcare assistant.
Jul 21, 2017 • 36min
Following $50 million raise, CEO Duffy Explains How Omada Will Help People Control Their Diabetes
Omada Health recently closed on a $50 million fundraising round led by Cigna. In this follow-up call with Breaking Health host Steve Krupa, Duffy says Omada is continuing to build a meaningful business helping people control their diabetes.
Jul 13, 2017 • 43min
Patient Diagnose Thyself: How Start-Up Buoy Health Will Help People Identify What Ails Them
Knowledge may be power, but incorrect medical information can be dangerous. Andrew Le, MD, founded Buoy Health to use artificial intelligence to help patients pull useful and accurate information from the Internet.
Jul 7, 2017 • 38min
Can Multisensor Diagnostics Create a Working Medical Tricorder? CEO Elumalai Lays Out Path to Yes
Sathya Elumalai spent more than 10 years in the healthcare field, working in everything from data analytics to research. But when he learned about the MouthLab device, he was drawn to the opportunity to directly affect patient care.
Jun 23, 2017 • 40min
Breaking Health Replay: Hear How Omada CEO Sean Duffy Is Building a DigitalRx Leader
CEO and co-founder of Omada Health, Sean Duffy, shares his journey of leaving medical school to start a digitalRx diabetes start-up. They discuss the impact of software on medical care, the challenges of achieving weight loss, the benefits of losing 5-10% of body weight, the challenges of weight loss programs in the corporate environment, and the importance of competition and personal growth. They also highlight the company's vision to solve preventable chronic diseases.
Jun 16, 2017 • 39min
Aledade CEO Mostashari Explains why Power Should be put Back into Hands of Primary Care Physicians
Aledade Co-Founder and CEO Farzad Mostashari, MD, the former national coordinator for health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services, is leading a start-up to help restore power to primary care physicians.
Jun 8, 2017 • 41min
CEO and Founder Weingard Shares His Personal Path to Creating Fit4D to Aid People with Diabetes
An avid triathlete, David G. Weingard sat on the top of his physical game when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The disease slowed, but didn’t stop Weingard, who learned to train and race while managing the disorder. He then decided to help others with diabetes by founding Fit4D to create a platform to provide customized coaching.
May 31, 2017 • 42min
Screen Time Rx? Akili CEO Martucci Explains How Video Games Can Ease Cognitive Disorders
Akili Interactive – a start-up growing out of the PureTech Health group – may pick up where pharmaceuticals have left off in developing new treatments for behavioral health disorders.
May 19, 2017 • 35min
Can Wellthie Build the “Zillow” for Healthcare Insurance?
Sally Poblete, founder and CEO, spent her career at large insurance companies before starting Wellthie, a start-up dedicated to changing the way individuals and small businesses find the right insurance policy.
May 12, 2017 • 37min
A Little Bit Medtech, A Little Bit Tech: Murj CEO Butka Explains How Murj Combines Best of Both
Todd Butka, the CEO and founder of Murj, personifies the much ballyhooed crossover between Medtech and Tech. The start-up is developing a software application that enables providers to efficiently manage data from implantable cardiac devices.
