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
Jul 29, 2016 • 40min
Can ZappRx Replace the Fax and Create a Digital Platform to Cut Prescription Fulfillment by 90%?
Inspired by the problems facing her youngest brother, Zoë Barry founded ZappRx to streamline the process to secure prescription meds, especially for chronically ill patients who need the meds most.
Jul 22, 2016 • 53min
Can Evidation Health Identify Where the Digital Rubber Is Meeting Health Care’s Road?
Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD, CEO of Evidation Health, explains how the company is creating a way to validate the efficacy of digital tools in health care. Bonus Breaking Health Podcast Trivia: What famous Yankee game did Steve Krupa attend as a child?
Jul 15, 2016 • 50min
Can Wellframe Employ Digital Tools to Help Payers with Case and Care Management?
Wellframe co-founder and CEO Jacob Sattelmair on how his company intends to win the race to create the most effective digital tools to engage patients and providers.
Jul 8, 2016 • 51min
How Can Patients Improve Their Care While Reducing Costs? Canary Health Answers the Call
Canary Health is working with payers, providers, and Medtech suppliers like Medtronic to give patients – and their caregivers – the tools necessary to manage their chronic disease. Adam Kaufman, CEO and president, explains how his company is riding the “third wave” of health care.
Jun 24, 2016 • 34min
Medtronic’s Geoff Martha on How the Medtech Giant Will Transform Health Care
Geoff Martha, executive vice president, Restorative Therapies Group, shares Medtronic’s view of Medtech. In this interview with Stacy Enxing Seng, venture partner/independent director, Martha lays out the Medtech giant’s strategy to grow a technology business while helping health care systems save money.
Jun 18, 2016 • 36min
Music as Medicine? PureTech Explores How Sounds, Video Games Can Diagnose & Treat Disease
PureTech historically has focused on creating new biotech and medical device technologies. CEO and founder Daphne Zohar explains PureTech’s move into digital therapeutics, including companies that use sound and games to promote good health.
Jun 12, 2016 • 29min
Turning the Tables: Host Steve Krupa of Psilos on Becoming a VC & Why Health Care Needs to Change
Psilos CEO Steve Krupa gets some well deserved time in the spotlight after hosting half a year’s worth of podcasts. In this interview we ask Steve why he agreed to host the podcast, how he become a VC, and how companies might pitch ideas to Psilos.
Jun 3, 2016 • 44min
Quartet Health CEO Arun Gupta on the Behavioral Health Venture That’s got the Attention of High Profile Strategic & VC Firms
Quartet Health recently closed on a $40 million second round to build a support platform for behavorial health patients. The company partners with health systems to provide consistent online support for their patients. Investors include former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, GV (formerly Google Ventures), F-Prime Capital Partners, Polaris Partners and others.
May 27, 2016 • 49min
Pager Bring Back the House Call in Bid to Keep Patients Out of the Hospital
Telemedicine player Pager is working with insurers and physicians to allow sick people to get treated in their homes. CEO and Co-founder Gaspard de Dreuzy explains how Pager is working to cut health care costs.
May 20, 2016 • 56min
Grand Rounds’ CEO Owen Tripp on why the company set out to build a “League of Super-Powered Doctors.”
CEO and co-founder Owen Tripp goes back to share the origins of Grand Rounds’ mission, a meeting over coffee and pastries with co-founder Lawrence “Rusty” Hoffman, MD, to help patients find the appropriate doctor for their specific needs and diagnosis. Our Steve “Scoop” Krupa also digs up a bit of news.
