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10 minute takes on the future of education in healthcare. Hosted by Tim Fitzpatrick. Produced by Slice of Healthcare. Sponsored by IKONA Health.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Jess Ackerman, VP of Strategic Partnerships and Impact at Responsum Health, about her experiences across healthcare and technology, including her path from Speech Language Pathology to patient-facing roles at health tech startups. Today, Jess leads partnerships for Responsum Health, a mission-driven digital health tech company that has built empowered, informed communities of patients with chronic health conditions to drive better outcomes and to strategically align them with resources, clinical trials and best options for their health. Responsum Health knows how to build communities, and fast.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How Jess and her team have launched and grown communities in as little as 3 weeks alongside their sponsor partners.
- Patient communities the Responsum Health team has helped so far, including menopause, chronic kidney disease (CKD), long-COVID, glaucoma, COPD, and even rare diseases like pulmonary fibrosis and Sanfilippo syndrome.
- How Responsum reduces clinical burden and improves communication, because patients can go to their doctor with a baseline level of education. Because of this, providers can perform at the top of their license and spend more time on treatment information rather than the basics.
- How Responsum engages patients with resources and education to help prepare a baseline for those initial conversations with their care team, and how this leads to better outcomes like recruitment, adherence, engagement, and reduced hospitalizations.
- Why the greatest barrier and competition to Responsum’s mission is the status quo, and what it will take to help patients, providers, and communities thrive if we can change it.
Final Frontier - 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: Adoption of digital health tools
- Top Opportunity: Meeting patients where they are
- Tech Trend You’re Following:
- Using our voices as diagnostic tools
- Power of vocal quality as a health tracker (e.g. Sonde Health)
- Top Media Recs:
- The Humans by Matt Haig
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
- Author Elizabeth Strout
- The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeiste
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following:
- T-Minus 10 guests are at the top of my list! 🚀🎉
Quotables
“ Our Medicare community is quick to jump on the mobile apps and platforms. Our parent's generation between ages 70 - 80 – My mom is on her phone constantly researching and doing this and that – so I think people are judging a little bit quickly that the older population is not going to adopt the technology. I think it’s a huge opportunity because everyone has a smartphone. “
Recommended Resources
- Responsum Health
- Responsum Chronic Kidney Disease Community
- Listen to Jess on the Empowered Patient Podcast
- Responsum Health Announces Partnership with Society for Women’s Health Research to Develop Unique Knowledge Resource for Women Living with Menopause
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Jess Ackerman on LinkedIn
“ This is my mom TODAY...She is 2 years, 3 months since her Stage IV Lung Cancer diagnosis; an "incidental finding" with NO symptoms, non-smoker, EGFR+ mutation. She was on the golf course when she received the call with the dreaded "c-word" diagnosis. Her story is both unique and like so many others with a stage IV, no symptom dx. #lungcancerawarenessmonth There has been considerable progress in reducing the burden of #lungcancer through effective #earlydetection and #precisiononcology ... and we need more! More #patientvoice. More #patientadvocacy. More integrated solutions. More focus on #patientexperience. More #access to #clinicaltrials #decentralizedclinicaltrials. My mom is strong and vibrant, in a #clinicaltrial at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ... but DFCI cannot do it alone- in need of an ongoing holistic, personalized, integrated approach through #medtech #digitalhealth solutions.... Let's keep the momentum... Jasper Health Circuit Clinical Trialbee IV BioHoldings (IVBH) Savvy Cooperative IKONA Health Matt Walz Adam Pellegrini Tim Fitzpatrick Marty Keisern Isaac Schwartz Ronnie Sharpe Michelle Ottersbach, MS, MS, MSN, RN, CNL Dennis Rebelo, Ph.D. Dave Bjork Pierre Onda, MD, MPH Jen Horonjeff - “Ask Patients” My mom uses #virtualreality #vr for #painmanagement #anxietyrelief #mentalhealth #healing during her treatment journey. Healium Sarah Hill Greg Tarnacki Amir Bozorgzadeh Cheryl Kemp “@Jess Ackerman on LinkedIn.
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
Episode 38: Using AI, Data, and Telepharmacy To Drive Medication Optimization with Jason Rose, CEO of AdhereHealth
What you’ll get out of this episode
Join host Tim Fitzpatrick as he chats with Jason Rose, CEO of AdhereHealth. In this voyage we learn more about AdhereHealth’s mission to deliver data-driven technology that improves medication optimization and quality measures to achieve value-based outcomes. We also hear how Jason’s 30 years of experience in this space shaped the company’s rebrand and transformation since he took over its helm in 2018. Today, AdhereHealth is the market leader using telepharmacy to overcome social determinants of health (SDOH) and improve the patient experience.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How AdhereHealth delivers purpose-built, innovative technology solutions to improve the quality of care, medication adherence , and cost outcomes.
- Why AdhereHealth is still the only national telepharmacy solution operating at scale in the United States today, touching more than 30 million people through its technologies and at-risk engagement services.
- How their unique combination of analytics, clinical workflow software, and proactive telepharmacy outreach addresses an estimated half a trillion dollars of unnecessary annual medical costs attributed to medication adherence issues.
- Why AdhereHealth developed the first-of-its-kind PRM (patient relationship management) software to further their understanding of patients’ Social Determinants of Health (SDoH).
- How Jason and his team think about things like risk and data architecture for their PRM platform by leveraging claims data (mile wide), medical history (mile deep), and pharmacy records (updated daily).
Final Frontier - 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: Leveraging a combination of technology and clinician enablement that actually accelerates outcomes (hint - not an EHR)
- Top Opportunity: Medication adherence
- Tech Trend You’re Following: Public-Private Partnerships
- Top Media Recs:
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dispenza, Joe.
- Modern Healthcare, Fierce Healthcare, Rama on Healthcare, WSJ
- Rockefeller, George Lukas
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following:
- Elon Musk
- Dr. John Halamka, CIO at Johns Hopkins
- Dr. David Brailer, First US Health IT Czar, Bush Administration
- Sarah London, CEO of Centene Corporation
- Dan Mendelson, CEO of Morgan Health
Quotables
“The pandemic was a…wasted opportunity to tackle [medication adherence] in a really big way. Who were those most hurt in the pandemic? It was not about the genetic code, it was about the zip code. It was the same patients before we still see today who are not getting their drugs for the chronic conditions.”
“We’re using the data of yesterday to inform our decisions today, and artificial intelligence to drive our actions tomorrow.”
Recommended Resources
- Medication Adherence Is a “Force Multiplier” for Medicare Advantage Profitability, Enrollment, Star Ratings (AJMC, 2023)
- The Quintuple Aim for Health Care Improvement: A New Imperative to Advance Health Equity - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Cost of Prescription Drug-Related Morbidity and Mortality - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Charting a New Path to At-Home Medication Adherence With Digital Pharmacy Support (AJMC, 2022)
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Jason Rose on LinkedIn
AdhereHealth on LinkedIn
AdhereHealth on Twitter
““It’s a long-standing belief that star ratings are Darwinism in healthcare. If you don’t get the four stars, you’ve lost a percentage of your premium and lost funding to put into the product, and now because you’ve lost that, you’ve also lost membership enrollment,” says Rose. “And because you’ve lost the ability to compete with your peers, it’s going to take two years to come back with a higher star rating.”
Great article Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and Matt Phillion!
#healthcare#sdoh#pharmacy#quality#starratings#medicationadherence” @Jason Rose on LinkedIn
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Hillary Lin about Hillary’s journey from launching Curio at the start of the pandemic to navigating their latest pivot into cancer care. Hillary’s training and clinical experience led her to founding a holistic wellness startup that evolved into psychedelic-assisted therapy to where it is now as a comprehensive care delivery and navigation company. While Curio’s vision has not wavered, the team’s resilience and continued focus on patients has guided the evolution and expansion of their care infrastructure platform.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- What led Curio to provide supportive care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with complex chronic illnesses like cancer.
- How Hillary and her team have adapted their ketamine-assisted therapy treatments in this new model, and the outcomes they’ve seen from PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in as little as one month for patients using the assisted therapy.
- Why Hillary is hopeful that generative AI will revolutionize patient education in healthcare and make managing diagnosis easier to navigate.
- Why New York City is the place to build your health tech startup – Spoiler Alert: a community of familiar faces and fearless friends!
Final Frontier - 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: The recent company pivot. When Curio changed the company vision, Hillary worked on rebuilding the relationship with partners and gaining new patients. Also, becoming in-network providers with insurance
- Top Opportunity: Building AI native care delivery.
- Tech Trend You’re Following:
- VR/AR - New Apple VR headsets.
- Top Media Recs: Outlive by Peter Attia
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following:
- Peter Attia
- Eric Topol
- Andrew Ying
Quotables
“In the beginning, I was so burnt out and frustrated with healthcare that I very much wanted to start a wellness company. What I mean by that, is we were coaching people to explore their emotions. From the basics of even labeling emotions and understanding mindfulness around your emotions to regulating them and to much more sophisticated ways of interacting using emotional language and expression. We even used to host improv classes to help people explore.” @HillaryLin #joinCurio on Ep37 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick.
Recommended Resources
- We're redefining comprehensive care.
- We Are Overmedicated. How Can We Use Psychedelics To Heal Not Just Individuals, But Entire Systems?
- DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public
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Hillary Lin on LinkedIn
Hillary Lin on Twitter
Curio on Medium
“I am a physician and founder of a mental healthtech startup (Curio). So what are my thoughts on emotional chatbots? At the time of writing, I'm undecided because this realm is still developing as we speak. I think early versions of emotional support chatbots will not feel incredibly fulfilling or validating to most users. However, there is a world where people may be so socialized to AI entities that they will feel at home interacting with them. For now, I'm more interested in how AI can help us think and stay accountable to our own goals. More of a coach, perhaps, than a therapist. The New York Times published an article on Inflection AI's Pi companion, which seems to validate this feeling. "With a level of enthusiasm only a robot could muster before coffee, Pi pushed me to break down my to-do list to create a realistic plan. Like much of the bot’s advice, it was obvious and simple, the kind of thing you would read in a self-help article by a productivity guru. But it was tailored specifically to me — and it worked.
I'm curious to hear from people who have tried interacting with the latest emotional chatbots - what did you think about your experience?” (LinkedIn)
“ 🎉 Breaking News for Digital Health Companies 🌐💊 The DEA has decided to extend the current COVID-19 telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of controlled medications while they continue to consider the 38,000 comments received on their proposed telemedicine rules. This decision reflects a recognition of the essential role that telemedicine plays in providing Americans with access to necessary medications, and it is a significant milestone for companies like Curio. Our services, which include care navigation, coaching, therapy, medication management, and ketamine-assisted therapy, will continue to be available for those struggling with mental health challenges. We await further details on the draft Temporary Rule and its implications for digital health. This extension will enable us to continue offering transformative ketamine treatments virtually to those who need it most, bridging the gap between patients and quality care. 🙌💡” (LinkedIn)
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
Tim explores the future of learning and technology in healthcare on T-Minus 10 (biweekly podcast) and in Signals From [Space] (monthly newsletter).
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Kanishka Rao about the unexpected loss of his grandfather, who passed away from kidney disease, and how he was not aware he had kidney disease until his kidneys had already failed. Because of this, Kanishka and his father, Bharat, co-founded Carenostics with the goal of tackling the underdiagnosis, undertreatment, and health inequities of chronic disease. Carenostics’ vision is to transform healthcare into a data-driven paradigm where readily-available patient data is leveraged to make personalized patient recommendations for diagnostic and therapy decisions.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Carenostics serves both physicians and patients by streamlining the diagnosis process for patients with chronic diseases and ensuring the patient is receiving proper diagnosis and more personalized treatment.
- How Kanishka and Bharat think about existing barriers to Carenostics short- and long-term success, including (1) provider friction; (2) changing workflows; and (3) cost.
- Technical questions that arise from using AI in these diagnostic settings, including around temporal stability, which refers to the question of keeping a model you’ve trained updated as you add new patients and guidelines to the data set. Questions also arise around bias adjustment and the cost of being wrong while using tools like generative AI to take on more and more of your administrative and decision making tasks.
- Carenostics just received the Bio-IT World Innovative Practices Award in 2023 alongside their partners at Hackensack Meridian Health for their AI approach to identifying undiagnosed CKD and activating clinicians at the point of care. Past winners include Astrazeneca, Merck, Regeneron, and Duke University.
- Kanishka and his team strive to change the status quo by shifting the way practitioners diagnose and treat patients to a more data-driven model where readily-available patient data is leveraged to make personalized patient recommendations for diagnostic and therapy decisions. This could save millions of lives through early diagnosis and intervention, and appropriate long-term treatment and care.
Final Frontier - 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: Talent / hiring
- Top Opportunity: Awareness / acceptance of AI
- Tech Trend You’re Following: Bias-adjusted AI
- Top Media Recs: Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following: Aneesh Chopra
Quotables
“When I reflect back to that first conversation with my dad, one of the first questions I asked was ‘You built these models 2 decades ago – the first FDA-approved way of diagnosing lung cancer from CT scans, it’s one of Baret’s patents – you know why isn’t AI used every day at the point of care. AI is not a new thing.’ The biggest reason was provider friction, and all these different models of charging providers morbid amounts of money for these operating systems, diverting them to a different workflow, providing black box recommendations or, fundamentally even trying to change the way they deliver care.” @KanishkaRao #Carenostics on Ep26 @t-minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick
Recommended Resources
- Carenostics Debuts AI-Driven Tool to Diagnose Chronic Kidney Disease (Carenostics)
- Bio-IT World Names 2023 Innovative Practices Winners (Bio IT World)
- SBIR Phase I: Artificial intelligence platform for secure, collaborative learning across medical institutions (NSF Award Search)
- Is the Software Function Intended to Provide Clinical Decision Support? (FDA)
Join the Conversation
Kanishka Rao on LinkedIn
Bharat Rao on LinkedIn
Carenostics on LinkedIn
“Thrilled to have our partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health awarded the Bio-IT World Innovative Practices Award! Excited to have our work using AI for CKD recognized alongside other innovative recipients, including AbbVie, City of Hope, & Regeneron!
Thank you to Bayer G4A for the nomination - and looking forward to presenting with Bharat Rao & Kash Patel at the conference on May 18th! “ @Kanisha Rao on LinkedIn
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Gupta about different barriers to education and treatment selection for people with kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure (ESKD). Shammi dives into how Monogram Health is supporting care teams in over 30 states to educate their patients, delay disease progression, experience home dialysis options, and design care plans with social support and individual goals in mind.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How the current dialysis education approach often scares patients away from home dialysis due to a lack of available hands-on education and shortened time to make a decision.
- The disconnect between what physicians think and what patients want, given that 90% of kidney doctors would choose to do home dialysis while just 10% of patients is at home today.
- Why it’s so important for care teams to consider the whole person beyond their treatment prescription, and what role the multidisciplinary care team plays in meeting those needs
- Why allowing patients to visit a home dialysis center and meet a home dialysis patient leads to patients visualizing the process and removing their fear of home dialysis.
- How experiential learning enables patients to feel more empowered to pursue new treatment options like home dialysis
Quotables
“It’s my firm belief that patients can do home dialysis if given the opportunity and support, and not be on a rush pathway. Ideally, we would explain to a patient was it means and support them with that journey depending on where they are with an open-ended time frame as opposed to a here's your first presentation and you need to decide by tomorrow and if you don’t, we’ll put you in a center and that’s the end of it. “ @Dr.ShaminderGupta #MonogramHealth on Ep23 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick
“90% of physicians would choose home dialysis for themselves or a loved one. Yet only 10% of patients are doing home dialysis in this country. So I think that says it all, frankly.” @Dr.ShaminderGupta #MonogramHealth on Ep23 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick
Recommended Resources
- Monogram Health and Banner – University Health Plans Announce Innovative Kidney Care Partnership (Monogram Press)
- AdventHealth Partners with Monogram Health to Improve Health Outcomes for Those Impacted by Chronic Kidney Disease (Monogram Press)
- Kidney care startup Monogram Health eyes expansion boosted by $160M investment (Fierce Healthcare)
- Monogram Health launches "couple hundred million" capital raise (Modern Healthcare)
- Value-Based Care in Nephrology: The Kidney Care Choices Model and Other Reforms (Kidney360)
- Value-Based Care Catalyzes Transformation of Kidney Disease Care (Healthcare Innovation)
Join the Conversation
Dr. Shaminder Gupta on LinkedIn
Monogram Health on LinkedIn
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
T-Minus 10 is a part of the Slice of Healthcare podcast network.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Raihan about bringing dignity and technology to the end-of-life care experience. They also talk about opportunities for supporting and upskilling the family and caregiver roles, and what it means to allow families to practice at the top of their license.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- While death is guaranteed, a great way of dying is not. The Guaranteed team is on a mission to provide 24/7 support and resource for families as they care for their loved ones during and after dying.
- How Raihan's personal experiences as a physician, patient and caregiver during COVID drew him toward the opportunity to help build Guaranteed alongside Founder & CEO Jessica McGlory.
- Where the Guaranteed team is focusing their efforts today and what they have on the horizon as they build this platform and care delivery offering from the ground up.
- Why the opportunity to understand families’ needs throughout the second half of life will play a vital role in how Guaranteed will be able to predict subjective and objective factors that improve end-of-life care.
Quotables
“We are planning on doing a family admission. Which is a novel concept in healthcare. So we are treating and caring for the patient, while we are also treating and caring for the family. Families do a tremendous amount of unpaid labor for aging and dying family members. It's important for us to understand what the needs and the wants of the family are.’ @RMFnyc1 #Guaranteed on EP22 @T-Minus10
Recommended Resources
- Learn more about Guaranteed (onguaranteed.com)
- Exclusive: Guaranteed a dignified death (Axios)
- Guaranteed’s Funding Nears $10M on Journey to Improve End-of-Life Care (MedCity News)
- Guaranteed Raises $6.5M Seed Round to Modernize End-of-Life Care (BusinessWire)
- Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients (Hospice News)
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Raihan Farouqi on LinkedIn
Raihan Farouqi on Twitter
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
T-Minus 10 is a part of the Slice of Healthcare podcast network.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Leah Houston (Founder of HPEC) about the importance of decentralized ownership in the physician community amid the changing landscape of data security and transparency.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How more data and information to both the patients and physicians can help improve the care of patients and save billions of dollars in exploratory care. More information leads to a faster diagnosis and better choices.
- Why the Humanitarian Physicians Empowerment Community (HPEC) is focused on building a future healthcare ecosystem optimized through open access trusted space for the physician community to easily connect to the patients who need them the most.
- How the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) evolved from a communication tool to the data surveillance system we see today, and how we can fix it.
- How HPEC is working to rebuild the physician community in an era of massive turnover.
Quotables
“As Physicians, we are the only ones who took the Hippocratic oath. The oath to put patients first and we take that oath very seriously, so if there is no autonomy and agency for the one who actually care about the patients first, then how are patients going to be cared for?” @leahhoustonMD #HPEC on Ep21 @T-Minus10 w/ @trfitzpatrick
Recommended Resources
- Learn more about HPEC (HPEC.io)
- Dr. Leah Houston on the mission of HPEC (HPEC on YouTube)
- Web3 & Healthcare (Hashed Health)
- How Web3.0 might revolutionize healthcare (by Abhishek Rungta in Forbes)
- How NFTs, DAOs, Web3 and the metaverse impact health care (by Dr. Christopher Loo in KevinMD)
HPEC on Twitter
HPEC on LinkedIn
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
T-Minus 10 is a part of the Slice of Healthcare podcast network.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Lucy Chen about how her transition from transplant pharmacist to informatics manager has expanded her perspectives on patient and clinician education.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How patient education resources are not a size fits all and there are many gaps that are left in this area. For example, many CKD patients have troubled vision and the generic PDFs are not easy for them to see or comprehend.
- Many clinicians are too busy to learn about learning science, let alone apply in their own interactions with patients. When a patient can be provided with background information about their diagnosis prior to their appointment, they can be involved in the conversation with the clinician, rather than receiving a brain dump of the diagnosis and next steps. But how do we ensure patients can build that foundational knowledge to have those conversations?
- In a recent study, Lucy and her team learned how technology impacts both the illness experience and the healthcare experience for patients. Examples of online health information include peer support and patient portals for accessing lab results. Basic tools can be helpful, but it all comes back to asking the right questions and listening to your patients.
Quotables
“Prior to this, I had a shallow understanding of education. My thinking was that if people know the right information they can do the right thing to take care of their health. But, because we had this opportunity to really dive deep into the inner worlds of patients and hear them speak about their experiences. I think learning from their providers and their peers really plays a much deeper and more impactful role than simply knowing what to do. Speaking to their peers and learning what that experience is like, it gives people back what chronic illness often takes from them. Sort of confidence and agency over their lives, and sort of a connection where chronic illness is often isolating” #FresniusKabi on Ep 20 @t-minus10 w @trfitzpatrick
Recommended Resources
- What is medical informatics? (NIH)
- Roles and Impacts of the Transplant Pharmacist: A Systematic Review (CJHP)
- What Patients Like — and Dislike — About Telemedicine (HBR)
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (Credly)
- Digital Medicine: A Primer on Measurement(Karger)
- Digital inclusion as a social determinant of health(Nature)
- User Experience (UX) Measures (Node Health)
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Are you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you’d like us to cover in future episodes:
Lucy Chen on LinkedIn
Fresenius Kabi on LinkedIn
"Among the reasons the telehealth connection seems to resonate with patients is that providers can actually seem more attentive on-screen. One patient commented that while her doctor always seemed distracted by a computer screen during in-person visits, during video visits the doctor looked directly at her."
Surprising and interesting results indeed”. @ Lucy Chen on LinkedIn
“Fascinating that Germany has a regulatory fast track for #digitaltherapeutics which will be covered by statutory health insurance (90% of population).
Anyone know what's the reimbursement landscape in Canada and elsewhere in the world?” @Lucy Chen on LinkedIn
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IKONA Health on YouTube
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick speaks with Dr. Amar Patel about how BalboaCare and Evergreen Nephrology are leaning into value-based care to improve kidney care delivery across Southern California.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Why physician-led education at every stage of a patient’s journey is vital to achieving positive outcomes
- Why large practices often partner with third parties to meet demand for education, and what practices can do to enable physicians to grow their reach
- How Balboa and Evergreen are teaming up to bring an interdisciplinary team of health professionals to help shape the best care paths for their patients
- The importance of personalized, tailored education at every stage and setting of kidney disease to help overcome widespread barriers to patient understanding
Quotables
“Having more support for us, as physicians, is what we need because there is only so much time in the day. And basically outsourcing some of that time for specialists or a dietitian, or helping with some social issues, whether it's getting medications or transportation. Some of these things we take for granted are big problems for our patients. So surfacing these problems and dealing with them as a whole, allows us to take care of the patients as a whole.“ #BalboaCare #learnwithikona on Ep19 @t-minus10 w @trfitzpatrick
“We as providers are seen by the patient as the educator. But as you know, not every provider is great at educating because there are a lot of differences that come up in terms of how someone is educated. It's a two-way street. You need to speak and listen, and not all of our patients are able to do that. There are also language barriers. You can really go down the laundry list of education barriers; and so more education at every aspect of our delivery needs to be approved.” #Balboacare #learnwithikona on Ep19 @t-minus10 w @trfitzpatrick
Recommended Resources
- Value-Based Care in Nephrology: The Kidney Care Choices Model and Other Reforms (Kidney 360)
- Educating Patients about CKD: The Path to Self-Management and Patient-Centered Care (CJASN)
- Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model (CMMI)
- CKD moves to center stage with launch of Kidney Care Choices model (Healio)
- Virtual Reality in Chronic Kidney Disease Education and Training (Neph Nurse J)
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About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Christy Cheung about how Pharma views education and is impacted by digital health. Christy’s touches on how she views health education and where it can improve.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How peer to peer conversations makes a huge impact on education.
- There is a lot of information and opportunity to learn more in digital biomarkers, measurement, leveraging data.
- What areas of Pharma can be explored and improve offering for patients, outside of just medication.
This lively conversation is one you won’t want to miss if you’re interested in Neurology, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, a provider, startup founder, or a healthcare tech investor.
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“Coming from a pharmacy background, we are very used to having all sorts of conversations with patients about their medications, but not only that, it’s really about their journey and sometimes the patients teach us more then we are taught in school about these condtions and patients actually go through themselves. So I think there is a lot of education that goes back and forth, and thats what is great about this sort of relationship between patients and health cares professionals themselves; and we need more of that.”
“So we have medications available for patients. We have medications in development, in pipeline potentially effective and safe for patients; but, beyond treating the condition, what else can we do to improve the patients journey?”
Recommended Resources
- Digital Health - Sage Journals
- Intelligence-Based Medicine
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What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Kim de los Reyes about her experience in the healthcare field. Kim has a different perspective on the care team and patient relationship and how it affects patient care.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The importance of the patient and care team relationship and the impact it can have on the care that is received.
- There is a lack of communication with patients and care teams, due to a lack of health literacy provided to the patients.
- In the ER and ICU care spaces, cultural differences, gender, and lack of time create a lot of frustration and often see a lack of opportunity for solution. Which can be improved by the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare provider interactions.
Recommended Resources:
- What smart hospitals and virtual care could look like by 2050
How to Connect:
kim@joinseek.ai
What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Mitten and Dr. Hasselberg about the innovative biopsychosocial model framework that University of Rochester’s Health Lab is trying to transform into a scientific model. University of Rochester’s Health Lab has pivoted into looking at the patient as a whole, and not just looking at the “broken spring”.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- When it comes to education, there has been two big changes in the orthopedic field. One change being, simulation. Simulation is used by technical simulators that provide haptic feedback, and VR. Virtual Reality has played a role in being able to train surgical residents to develop the 3D space ability and to disassociate where your looking and your hand motion.
- University of Rochester’s Health Lab is working to build a “smart health system.” Dr. Hasselberg defines this as allowing University of Rochester’s health system to switch to value based care and leverage all the new data that is collected.
- VR has provided a way to grade performance of a resident during procedure simulations.
Recommended Resources:
- The Cost of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Medicine
- Efficacy of PROMIS Pain Interference and Likert Pain Scores to Assess Physical Function
How to Connect:
Dr. Hasselberg’s LinkedIn
Dr. Mitten’s office number: (585) 341-7865
What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Todd Maddox about learning science and the framework that Todd has helped create for startups in the healthcare industry.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How VR engages different parts of the brain to create effective learning and information retention.
- The difference between augmented reality and virtual reality learning platforms.
Recommended resources:
The learning science of extended reality
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What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Amir Bozorgzadeh about improving brain health with VR. Amir dives into how Vitruleap is combining virtual reality with neurosciences, specifically cognitive assessment, monitoring, and therapeutics.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- VR can be developed to be a fun way to better know yourself and your cognitive abilities, potentially allowing individuals to build on their weaknesses.
- Virtuleap has built algorithms into their program that can detect your cognitive load, while you are taking participating in their brain training platform. Specifically, the alogorithm can detect if you are focused, stressed or bored.
Recommended resources:
How People Adapt to Cybersickness From Virtual Reality
Reprogramming the Brain Cleaning Crew to Mop up Alzheimer's Disease
How to connect with Amir:
amir@virtuleap.com
Learn more about Virtualeap:
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What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick, and Richard Wood chat about how Richard uses education and his teaching skills to impact a large network of people at CVS health. Richard also touches on how physicians and clinicians can help educate patients during their patient care journey
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Metabolic care can be different in different stages of life - It’s not always a one size fits all.
- How developing your teaching skills can be an asset in healthcare, as well as many other career spaces.
How to connect with Richard:
dr.rich.wood@gmail.com
What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick, and Yolanda Becker chat about how using AI technology for patient education is changing patient experiences. Patients are becoming more well-informed on their diagnosis. There has been an influx of patients coming to their appointments asking more questions and feeling more empowered.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Patient education is giving CKD patients hope during care of their chronic illness.
- What barriers clinicians and patients are currently facing, in the education space.
- Clinicians' view on changing your view of food and, how it can change your illness.
How to connect with Yolanda:
Email: y.becker@tcu.edu
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What you’ll get out of this episode:
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Marc Leighton about how the future of education in healthcare is impacted by technology. Marc has been working with Florence healthcare to evolve the software and technology in the clinical trial space.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- How the industry of clinical trials has been impacted by technology.
- How impactful the user experience of educational technology can be in healthcare.
- How the expectations of technology in healthcare are evolving.
Recommended Resources:
- Technology Can Help Sites and Sponsors Prepare for the Rapid Growth of Clinical Trials
- 4 Ways Tech Can Help with Investigator-Initiated Trials
How to Connect with Marc Leighton:
Sponsored by: IKONA Health
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What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick, and Yair Saperstein, CEO and Co-Founder of AvoMD, chat about how education in the healthcare world is always evolving. Saperstein and his team have found a way to keep updated healthcare information at your fingertips!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How AvoMD helps clinicians and medical personnel understand medical information.
- How AvoMD plans to impact the healthcare world.
Recommended Resources
- AvoMD expands partnership with Children's Minnesota, after successful pilot to enhance patient care
- How Technology Can Reduce Physician Burnout
How to Connect:
AvoMD website
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Listen in as Host, Tim Fitzpatrick, chats with CEO & CIO at Desert Kidney Associates, and Executive Board Member of TeleNeph, Dr. Mandeep Sahani, about how we can leverage education to CKD patients and make an impact on the delivery of healthcare in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How CKD education can help shift diagnosis to patients receiving more early stage care.
- Why it is important for patients to be educated on CKD so, when their nephrologist begins to discuss their next steps, the patient has some background knowledge on why this may be their next steps.
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In this episode, host Tim Fitzpatrick is joined by Clint Hooper, Senior Director of Operations at Fresenius Medical Care North America logo Fresenius Medical Care North America.
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In this episode, host Tim Fitzpatrick is joined by Vanessa Evans, Senior Manager of Advocacy and Communities at Fresenius Medical Care North America.
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In this episode, host Tim Fitzpatrick is joined by Henry Peck, Director of Global Marketing at Altoida to discuss creating a new gold standard in brain health.
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In this episode, Tim Fitzpatrick, Co-Founder & CEO at IKONA Health discusses advocating for the home dialyzor community with his guest, Nieltje Gedney, Executive Director of Home Dialyzors United.
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In this episode, Tim Fitzpatrick, Co-Founder & CEO at IKONA Health discusses education in the emergency department with his guest, Matt Troup, Physician Assistant - Hospital Medicine.
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In this episode, Tim Fitzpatrick, Co-Founder & CEO at IKONA Health discusses Pharmacist-led innovation in education with his guest, Dr. Derek Borkowski, Founder & CEO at Cosmas Health.
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In this episode, Tim Fitzpatrick, Co-Founder & CEO at IKONA Health discusses patient education & value based kidney care with his guest, Dr. Mufaddal Kheda, National Director of Kidney Care at ChenMed.
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In this episode, Tim Fitzpatrick, Co-Founder & CEO at IKONA Health discusses tech-enabled education delivery with his guest, Dr. Qasim Ali Butt, Scientific Advisor at IKONA Health.
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