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https://healthbusinessgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/03/Rhapsody-podcast-3_17_19-8.42-PM-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3 Interoperability has a been a buzzword in healthcare for about a decade, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like we’ve gotten that far. In this podcast, Rhapsody’s EVP of Product & Strategy, Drew Ivan and I discuss interoperability: its past, present and future. Here’s what we covered: 0:20 What is interoperability anyway? 2:50 Why do we hear about interoperability so much in healthcare? Is it an issues in other industries? 5:11 How does interoperability in the US compare to the situation elsewhere? 6:51 Does interoperability matter to patients? 9:20 Has interoperability failed in the past? What new models are being tried? 11:54 What’s the business model for interoperability? 13:42 Are there any downsides? Does interoperability create any new problems? 14:54 How will interoperability evolve in the coming year? By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. The post Interoperability in healthcare 2019: Podcast interview with Rhapsody appeared first on Health Business Group.

https://healthbusinessgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/02/agenus-token-offering-.mp3 Biotech company Agenus is launching a “digital security offering” that will let people invest directly in a single biotech product, rather than the whole company. Jeff Ramson, founder and CEO of strategic communications firm PCG Advisory Group, became fascinated by the concept and reached out to me to discuss it, even though he is not involved in the offering. (And neither am I.) In this podcast, we cover the following topics: Agenus is launching the first asset-backed digital security offering in healthcare. What does it mean? What is a Biotech Electronic Security Token (BEST)? What are the trends it leverages? How is it being used? Has something like this already been used in other industries? What are the advantages? How does it preserve shareholder equity? Any disadvantages? Why not a traditional stock offering? What is PCG Advisory Group and what is your role? By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. The post Agenus plans digital security offering. PCG’s Jeff Ramson explains in this podcast appeared first on Health Business Group.

https://healthbusinessgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/09/belong-9_24_18-4.42-PM.mp3 Irad Deutsch Belong.life bills itself as the largest social network for cancer patients and caregivers. With over 100,000 participants, Belong is approaching the scale at which it can generate meaningful insights, and leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to create a “hyper-personalized” experience. I spoke recently with Irad Deutsch, Chief Technology Officer. He described how his personal experience as a caregiver led him to co-found the company, and talked about what makes Belong valuable and differentiated. Overview: (0:12) What are some of the main unmet needs for cancer patients and caregivers? Why was there a need for Belong in the first place? (2:15) What, specifically does Belong do for patients that they can’t get elsewhere? (4:23) How are providers and payers involved with Belong? Is this mainly a branding and cost-saving tool for them? (7:03) What about pharmaceutical companies? (8:00) You recently released a cancer fatigue survey. Why did you conduct that and what did it show? Any real surprises? (10:08) You talk a lot about big data and machine learning but it’s not readily evident how those play in to Belong. Can you explain? (12:50 What is the company’s business model? By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. The post Social network for cancer patients: Interview with Belong’s CTO Irad Deutsch appeared first on Health Business Group.

https://healthbusinessgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/07/spring-foray-kavanagh-7_29_18-1.56-PM.mp3 What’s worse than needing help with gait, mobility and balance? Being told you need a walker. No wonder, when the typical walker basically screams “frail elderly,” and is difficult to use as well. Neurologist Patricia Kavanagh was struggling to get her patients with Parkinson’s and other movement disorders to use a walker.  So she teamed up with a design and production team to found Foray and create the Spring, a modern device that is more functional and stylish. In this podcast interview we discuss: (0:13) Dr. Kavanagh’s clinical practice and the types of patients she treats (1:19) Key challenges she faces working with patients with movement disorders (3:24) Problems with current assistive devices like canes and walkers (6:11)  Whether walkers are unique in their poor design (7:26) The story behind the birth of Foray and the development of the Spring (8:42) The target audience (12:04) Price point for the new device (12:50) The thinking behind the branding of Spring and Foray (13:31) Potential line extensions (15:20) Impact of burden of chronic disease on mobility and exercise tolerance By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. The post Off your walker? Foray’s founder Dr. Kavanagh takes a new approach to an old need (podcast) appeared first on Health Business Group.

https://healthbusinessgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/07/guidepoint-7_19_18-6.05-PM.mp3 Anne VanBronkhorst, SVP of AxisPoint Health Nurse triage lines have gone through three phases of evolution. In phase 1 they were implemented to ‘check the box’  for member education, phase 2 brought “demand management” to keep patients out of the emergency room, and now in phase 3 health plans are creating a gateway to innovative programs and services. In this podcast interview, AxisPoint Health SVP, Anne VanBronkhorst and I discuss: (0:14) Why payers offer nurse triage lines in the first place (1:37) What kinds of issues they handle and how popular they are (2:50) How payers measure success (3:56) How to stand out in a crowded field (4:58) Examples of innovative services for which nurse lines are a gateway (6:00) The role of telehealth as a replacement or complement (6:53) What results AxisPoint Health is seeing with its customer base (8:10) The definition of emergency department “redirection rate” By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group. The post Nurse triage lines 3.0. Podcast with AxisPoint Health appeared first on Health Business Group.