Friends of Project Healthcare

Amidst an explosion of digital and virtual care, the healthcare industry has become increasingly more vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. While we continue to collaborate on innovative diagnostic and treatment solutions, creating novel approaches to data marketplaces, the industry still remains subject to the threat of bad actors. As CEO of Cleawater Compliance, Steve Cagle is responsible for leading the company's strategic growth, helping organizations identify and reduce risks associated with valuable data and technology transformation. In this episode, Steve shares the importance of security, privacy, and compliance for early stage healthcare companies as they embark on building and implementing solutions for a better future.

Last year, NTT Data chose Nashville as the home for a brand new digital innovation center, a $9.9M investment that will continue to support Nashville's thriving healthcare ecosystem. On this episode, Lisa Esch, Senior Vice President and Chief of Strategy, Innovation, and Industry Solutions at NTT Data Services, provides insight on the disruptions and digital transformations happening in the healthcare industry, such as tackling the short-term challenges around workforce, staff burnout, and retaining and hiring employees, as well as the long-term strategies for the future of healthcare. She also explains NTT Data's involvement in Nashville's healthcare community and their goal to help entrepreneurs with their industry knowledge and insight.

As Chief Behavioral Officer at Lirio, Amy Bucher leads a team of behavioral scientists and health experts focused on designing AI-powered behavior change journeys to drive better personal and population health. In this episode, Amy shares insights on Lirio's focus on personalized care and how their AI platform helps patients and consumers make the best health decisions for themselves. We also discuss emerging synergies between the healthcare ecosystems of Boston and Nashville.

Chase Spurlock is co-founder and CEO of Decode Health, a startup focused on the use of machine learning to predict and better understand disease outcomes. In this episode, Chase provides background on his company, including a recent announcement involving Quest Diagnostics to improve the speed and accuracy of healthcare determinations. As a long-time Nashville resident, he also reflects on the collaborative environment existing within the Nashville healthcare community and why participating in this ecosystem allows improvement in many solutions within the industry today.

At the intersection of healthcare and blockchain you'll find John Bass, founder and CEO of Hashed Health, a Nashville-based venture studio driving innovation and collaboration. From the 2022 HLTH conference in Las Vegas, John shares how he launched successful startups like ProCredEx, Peer Supply, Bramble, and SubPop Health through trust, transparency, and incentive alignment, and explains his plans to unlock significant future value within the industry by leveraging distributed ledger, blockchain, and web3 technologies.

Head of Studio at 25m Health, Chris Poole, shares how venture studio models are positively impacting the healthcare industry, and highlights the significance of rapid ideation and validation for early stage entrepreneurs. Chris also explains how partnerships with companies like Lifepoint Health and Apollo have created the infrastructure, process and alignment to drive speed and make communities healthier. This interview was captured at the 2022 HLTH conference in Las Vegas.

Founder and CEO of Zus Health, Jonathan Bush, joins Eric Thrailkill to preview their attendance at Nashville’s upcoming healthcare event, ViVE, scheduled for March 26-29 at the Music City Center in Nashville. In this episode, Jonathan shares his insights on the necessary tech layer, consisting of “Data as a Service” to accelerate the growth in digital and virtual first care solutions, and also speaks about the significance of the Nashville healthcare ecosystem helping to lead the way to better health for all by leveraging industry knowledge in new health ventures.

Nashville may be known as the Music City however, we’ve also got our pulse on the future of the healthcare industry. Friends of Project Healthcare helps shed light on the entire ecosystem of support available for Nashville's founders and entrepreneurs reinventing great healthcare and health tech solutions. All season we’ll bring you in-depth conversations with thought-leaders and experts working hard to build the future of this industry, eager to share their expertise and experience to make healthcare better for all of us.