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In this episode of The Health Halo, Mark sits down with Fatima Paruk, Chief Medical Information Officer at Microsoft. Fatima is a renowned speaker, author, and a voice for interoperability within healthcare. Fatima and Mark dive deep into EHRs, including where we are today and how we got here.

In this episode of The Health Halo, Mark talks with Meg Barron VP of Digital Health Strategy for the American Medical Association. The topic of discussion is, fittingly, innovation. How has innovation changed healthcare, how can physicians play a bigger role in that innovation, and what should startups take into consideration to make sure that they are building something valuable? Meg offers some insights that we don’t normally hear, and raises some questions that need to be answered.Meg Barron on LinkedInAmerican Medical Association

The mission of HeartHero is to dramatically increase the survivability of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) events. The company has created a powerful AED that anyone can use, and it has priced low enough that it will become a fixture in homes and cars, rather than only at businesses. In this episode, CEO Gary Montague sits down with Mark Mescher to talk about the challenges of creating a startup, and the lessons that he's learned along the way. HeartHeroGary Montague on AngelMDGary Montague on Twitter

Dr. Michael Havig is a physician and innovator. Like many of us, he feels that pricing transparency is key to fixing our broken healthcare system. In this episode of The Health Halo, AngelMD's Mark Mescher talks to Dr. Havig about his career, as well as his shift into innovation.Michael HavigHealthMe Technology

In this episode of The Health Halo, Mark Mescher talks with Dr. Brandon Owen. Dr. Owen is the President and Founder of KLOwen Braces and the first recipient of the AAO Innovator Award. The KLOwen Custom Braces System reduces pain and time in braces for the patient and more than doubles capacity with reducedoverhead for the orthodontist, elevating profitability.Dr. Owen talks about his path toward innovating in the Orthodontics market, and his personal journey that led him away from practicing for a period of time.Brandon OwenKLOwenAAO Innovator Award

Bill Carpou is a champion for innovation in healthcare, and the CEO of OCTANe, based in Southern California. The goal of OCTANe is to improve both technology and medical technology business ecosystems by connecting people, resources and capital. Two of the company's initiatives, LaunchPad SBDC and OCTANe Enterprise Solutions (OES) aim to create 22,000 high paying technology jobs by 2025 and 55,000+ by 2030.Bill Carpou on AngelMDOCTANe

In this episode, Mark Mescher speaks with Byron Hewett of Brava Diagnostics. Byron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Brava Diagnostics, a company that is focused on rapid triage of chest pain patients. Byron explains the pitfalls that Brava Diagnostics has faced, and how the company managed to avoid them.Byron HewettBrava Diagnostics

In this episode of The Health Halo, Mark Mescher sits down with Steve Lieber, the former CEO of the Health Information and Management Systems Society. There is likely not a single person who can take more credit for the trajectory of health IT over the past two decades. HIMSSSteve Lieber

Welcome to The Health Halo podcast. Our mission is to illuminate the innovators who are transforming the healthcare of the future. The Health Halo is hosted by Mark Mescher, SVP of Professional Relations at AngelMD. Mark is a 25 year healthcare veteran. In each episode of The Health Halo, we will talk to an innovator who is making the bold leaps required to bring healthcare into the future.