Digital Health Business: Recent Episodes
Arkin Digital Health
Let’s talk business. Digital Health Business.
Arguably the most important setting stone for a great digital health company is identifying a true unmet business need and crafting an efficient solution to solve it.
Israel has such an abundance of tech talent and technology can be a true differentiator. Still, without the business (and clinical) angle there is a good chance it will become a hammer looking for a nail.
Under that notion, we at Arkin Digital health decided to launch a new miniseries of interviews with industry leaders, coming from different parts of the US healthcare ecosystem, hopefully, to provide Israeli entrepreneurs, investors, and the Israeli healthcare community insights on the business side of digital health.
Bitesize interviews with one goal – to provide concrete value to hopefully push more Israeli companies to penetrate and expand in the US healthcare market.
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
קצת על הפודקאסט שלנו : לדעתנו, אחת מאבני היסוד החשובות ביותר עבור חברה שעוסקת בבריאות דיגיטלית היא היכולת לאתר הזדמנות עסקית אמיתית שלא ניתנה אליה עוד מענה ולייצר עבורה פתרון יעיל ליישום. בישראל, יש שפע של כישרונות טכנולוגיים אולם לעיתים הזווית העסקית (והקלינית) איננה חזקה מספיק. תחת תפיסה זו, ניסינו בארקין בריאות דיגיטלית להשיק סדרת ראיונות, עם גורמי מפתח בתעשיית הבריאות בארצות הברית, המייצגים חלקים שונים מהשוק. מטרתנו העיקרית, הינה לנסות ולספק ליזמים ישראלים, משקיעים ולכלל קהילת הבריאות הישראלית, תובנות וכלים פרקטיים על הצד העסקי של בריאות דיגיטלית.
In this episode, we had Michael Greeley with us.
Mr. Greeley has more than 30 years of experience as a professional investor.
He is the founding general partner at Flare Capital, one of the leading early-stage digital health-focused VCs in the US. He has been leading Flare Capital over the last decade, after founding and leading Flybridge Capital Partners during the first decade of the millennium and serving as managing director at GCC investments before.
In our conversation, we discussed the unique characteristics of a dedicated digital health investment firm, and what companies should do to improve their chances to raise capital from them, and expect to gain by having them onboard. We also talked about the current market dynamics and their influence on raising capital, companies' go-to-market, and ways to prevail in these challenging times.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelagreeley/We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
In this episode we had Darren Dworkin with us.
Mr. Dworkin is currently the president and the Chief Operations Officer at Press Ganey and Managing Partner at PG Ventures, one of the market leaders for digital engagement solutions for providers, payers and life science companies. Before joining Press Ganey, he was the Chief Information Officer at Cedars-Sinai Health System while also leading CS ventures and the CS accelerator. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Darren held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Boston University Medical Center.
During our conversation, we talked about what companies should prepare and consider in order to improve their chance to have a successful interaction with the IT department and CIOs of hospitals. We also touched the venture side of health systems (and how it is changing in the current market), pro and cons for adding provider as a strategic investor and, as a topping on the cake, tried to understand what patient engagement and digital front door actually mean.https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrendworkin/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
In this episode, we talked with Dr. Stephen Klasko, who just concluded a decade-long tenure as president and CEO of Jefferson Health, an 18-hospital system in Philadelphia, and as president of Thomas Jefferson University. The conversation touched on why it tends to be challenging to introduce innovation into health systems, what are the common pitfalls early-stage companies should expect when interacting with hospitals and ways to overcome them, and the importance of understanding not everything will make sense in these interactions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sklasko/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
In this episode, we had Dr. Amy Abernethy with us.
Dr. Abernethy is a physician with a diverse career, starting as an oncologist thinking about how to create novel treatments for her Melanoma patients, moving to Flatiron as a chief medical officer until its acquisition by Roche for almost $2Bn in 2018, then the FDA as the principal deputy commissioner, the 2nd in command in this important organization and now in Verily leading their clinical research business.
We talked about the importance of the clinical role within digital health companies, especially as we hear the growing demand for clinical evidence and how this function varies between different types of companies. We also discussed the changing regulatory landscape and how companies can be better prepared to cope with it.
During this episode, we also touched on the work of Alphabet and Verily in the healthcare industry. If you are interested in having more color on what large tech (Amazon, Microsoft, Apple) are doing in healthcare (and why it seemed like they are starting to figure it out), please see our blog for a detailed post on this subject.
https://nadavshi.substack.com/p/did-large-tech-finally-figure-out?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F17284414-nadav-shimoni&utm_medium=reader2
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyabernethy/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-Shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
In this episode, we have Dr. John Danaher with us.
Dr. Danaher is the president of Adtalem, one of the largest educators of doctors and nurses in the US.
He has an exceptional experience in the medical education field with senior leadership positions in industry leaders such as Elsevier, Kaplan, and WebMD. He also held numerous board positions in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and even held a fellowship position in the white house.
We tried to understand from John how the medical education and training market responds to the shortage in labor and physicians’ burnout, what are the opportunities in this market, and had a particular focus on decision support tools, per the prevalence of (Israeli) companies that are trying to offer such solutions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjohndanaher/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
( Please note this episode is in Hebrew * )
For the third episode, we spoke to Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Deputy Director General and Chief Transformation Officer at Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel and a consecutive Newsweek top-10 hospital in the world. Perhaps one of the most influential Israelis in the domain of providers’ innovation, preceding his work at Sheba, Dr. Zimlichman was a lead researcher at Partners Health Care Clinical Affairs Department and served as an advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this episode, we explored the challenges of implementing new technologies in health systems, especially in the current environment; why US hospitals are pursuing large-scale collaborations with Israeli hospitals; and what can Israeli startups need to consider to improve their chances of working in the US provider space.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-zimlichman-md-88582a20/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com
Deneen Vojta is the former EVP R&D at United Health Group, where she spent the last 16 years. The
Enterprise Research and Development team, a division of UnitedHealth Group focused on
accelerating enterprise innovation solutions to improve care quality, reduce care costs, and more
effectively engage consumers in their health and help modernize the health system.
Before joining UnitedHealth, Dr. Vojta held several senior management positions in health care
including serving as CEO of MYnetico, a company she founded to focus on the childhood obesity
epidemic.
Dr. Vojta has more than 20 years of experience in health system administration.
She has served as a board member of non-profit healthcare institutions and earned numerous
federal and foundation grants to investigate complex healthcare concerns.
For the opening interview, we had the true pleasure of having the honorable Dr. David Shulkin, the ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the Trump Administration and VA’s Under Secretary of Health in the Obama Administration, and a seasoned executive leader for many providers organization. The conversation with Dr. Shulkin touched on the complexities of working with the US government and the VA, how to better interact with large provider organizations and why we should all stop using the word “pilot”.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshulkin/
We would love to connect and have your feedback!
Website: www.arkinholdings.com/healthcare-investments/digital-health/
Linkedin (Arkin Digital Health): www.linkedin.com/company/arkin-digital-health/
Linkedin (Dr. Nadav Shimoni): www.linkedin.com/in/nadav-shimoni-m-d-03992489
More of our thoughts in “differential diagnosis” - Arkin Digital Health Blog: nadavshi.substack.com