Breaking Health
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.
Latest episodes
Oct 21, 2016 • 35min
DHIS Preview: Co-Chair Mittendorff Says Conference Reflects Maturation, Impact of Digital Health
Norwest Venture Partners’ Robert Mittendorff, MD, and host Steve Krupa discuss the “proof points” that demonstrate how technology is beginning to change how health care is delivered.
Oct 14, 2016 • 45min
Can IORA Health Restore the Soul to the Delivery of Primary Care?
IORA’s co-founder and CEO Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, has spent the past decade trying to improve primary care. Hear how IORA Health is delivering on that long-time pursuit.
Oct 8, 2016 • 41min
Burton Explains the Importance of Identifying Core Values and Always Remaining Humble
Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton will be in Boston on Nov. 2 to receive the Digital Healthcare Innovator Award on behalf of the analytics company. Listen to the company’s winning philosophy in one of our earlier podcasts.
Oct 2, 2016 • 48min
TalkSpace Wants to Change How People Seek – and See - Therapy
Oren Frank knows therapy saved his marriage. He and his wife, Roni, founded talkspace to make therapy an accessible, approachable and affordable option to everyone who could benefit.
Sep 24, 2016 • 46min
DHIS Preview: Co-Chair Bill Geary Talks Innovation Holes, the Government’s Role, and What This Election Means for Health Care
Host Steve Krupa of the Psilos Group interviews Bill Geary, general partner of Flare Capital Partners, about his new firm, opportunities in health care, and the opportunities that inspired this year’s agenda.
Sep 17, 2016 • 46min
Can CrowdMed’s Medical Detectives Prove the Dx Power of the Crowd?
Jared Heyman founded CrowdMed to turn diagnostics on its head. Rather than asking patients to find one physician with the right answer, CrowdMed is trying to harness the Wisdom of the Crowd.
Aug 27, 2016 • 47min
Why Is Mert Iseri Riled? & How Does He See SwipeSense Reducing One of Health Care’s Most Unacceptable Risks?
Nearly two million people a year acquire infections while hospitalized. Five percent of those patients die. SwipeSense’s CEO says it has the tech, plan and passion to make a difference.
Aug 19, 2016 • 39min
OnShift Makes a Difference by Finding and Managing the Right People to Deliver Care
OnShift CEO Mark Woodka knows better management of health care professionals can improve care. And he practices what he preaches, explaining how HR also is essential to a start-up.
Aug 12, 2016 • 41min
Music as Medicine? The Sync Project Hopes to Help You Find the Right Music to Make You Well
CEO Marko Ahtisaari brings a rich background of design and music to a new quest to identify music that can actually help people maintain or regain their health. In this interview, Ahtisaari references a few websites, including go.syncproject.com where you can offer your song suggestions. You can find out more about project advisor Dr. Robert Zatorre in this interview and hear Ahtisaari’s view on company culture.
Aug 5, 2016 • 56min
Looking for Secure Mobile Communications within Hospital Walls? PatientSafe Has an App for That
The business of building mobile networks that can operate safely and securely within hospital walls is complicated and competitive. President and CEO Si Luo explains how PatientSafe Solutions is taking a “one base at a time” approach to building a leader in this area.
