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How to Disrupt Healthcare (Responsibly)—featuring Ruby Gadelrab 

Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry just waiting to be disrupted. But because people’s lives are at stake, we must disrupt the space responsibly. And that’s why every digital health company needs clinical experts on their teams and advisory boards. Ruby Gadelrab is Cofounder and CEO of <a href="https://mdisrupt.com/" target="_blank">MDisrupt</a>, a health advisory platform on a mission to organize the world&#39;s digital health products by performance through clinically crowdsourced data generation. Ruby has created a two-sided marketplace that pairs domain experts in healthcare with digital health companies in desperate need of high quality, actionable expertise. On this episode of HLTH Matters, Ruby joins hosts Dr. Jordan Schlain and Dr. Jessica Shepherd to explain why there is so little clinical representation in digital health startups and how MDisrupt pairs health tech companies with the right expert at the right time. Ruby describes how MDisrupt vets clinicians to become part of its health expert network and discusses how clinicians are compensated for their time. Listen in to understand the benefits of a having a medical advisory board and learn how MDisrupt helps health tech innovators accelerate their path to market and drive adoption. Topics Covered <ul><li>Ruby’s take on what it means to disrupt healthcare responsibly</li><li>Why it’s crucial for health tech companies to have clinical expertise on their teams</li><li>How MDisrupt provides an on-demand health expert marketplace</li><li>Ruby’s vision for MDisrupt to organize the world’s digital health products by performance</li><li>How MDisrupt vets clinicians to become part of its health expert network</li><li>How clinicians are compensated for being part of MDisrupt</li><li>Why there is so little clinical representation in digital health startups</li><li>Why health tech companies without medical advisory boards struggle with adoption</li><li>How Ruby’s team pairs a health tech company with the right expert at the right time</li><li>The market insight that inspired Ruby to build MDisrupt</li><li>How to assess your current advisory board and align incentives appropriately</li><li>Leveraging digital health to support underserved populations</li></ul>   Connect with Ruby Gadelrab<a href="https://mdisrupt.com/" target="_blank">MDisrupt</a> Connect with Dr. Jordan Shlain &amp; Dr. Jessica Shepherd<a href="https://www.hlth.com/" target="_blank">HLTH</a><a href="https://twitter.com/DrShlain" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjordanshlain/" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JShepherd_MD" target="_blank">Dr. Shepherd on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-shepherd-md-mba-5ba9ab66/" target="_blank">Dr. Shepherd on LinkedIn</a> Resources<a href="https://www.instacart.com/company/pressreleases/instacart-launches-instacart-health-a-sweeping-new-initiative-to-deliver-the-ingredients-for-healthier-living/" target="_blank">Instacart Health</a><a href="https://ouraring.com/" target="_blank">Oura Ring</a><a href="https://diabetes.org/tools-support/devices-technology/choosing-cgm" target="_blank">CGM Devices</a><a href="https://www.invitae.com/en" target="_blank">Invitae</a><a href="https://www.23andme.com/" target="_blank">23 and Me</a>

S3 Ep17: How to Disrupt Healthcare (Responsibly)—featuring Ruby Gadelrab 

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Strategy, Disruption, and Growth in Healthcare—featuring Kevin Grabenstatter and

During these changing times, don’t stop your work on business strategy! In this episode, Managing Directors of L.E.K. Consulting, Kevin Grabenstatter and Joe Johnson talk about strategy work for health systems, disruptive models, technology, and what to do now that retailing companies have entered the healthcare game field. L.E.K. prepares and sets up healthcare businesses for key inflection or decision points when navigating the current environment’s changing pressures. They also help companies with challenges around value-based care, data integration, and telehealth. Kevin and Joe discuss what they believe are critical areas healthcare systems should invest in to improve patients’ care experience and companies&#39; revenue. They also speak about how it will be primordial for health businesses to learn from other industries and adapt to the changes that are taking place now that big retailers have entered the game. Tune in and learn how important strategy is when navigating a changing industry like healthcare! About Kevin Grabenstatter:Kevin Grabenstatter is a Managing Director in L.E.K. Consulting’s San Francisco office. Kevin joined L.E.K. in 2006 and focuses on strategy and growth for health systems, physician practices and other providers, and value-based care delivery and emerging technologies/HCIT. He advises clients on critical strategic issues across the healthcare value chain.  Kevin formerly held strategy roles at Kaiser Permanente, where he was responsible for design of strategic initiatives in areas such as care transitions, patient flow and cost efficiency. His expert commentary has appeared in Managed Healthcare Executive. Kevin got his Bachelor of Science with Honors from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. About Joe Johnson:Joe Johnson is a Managing Director and Partner, as well as the head of L.E.K. Consulting’s New York office. Joe co-leads L.E.K.’s Healthcare Services practice and leads the Healthcare IT and tech-enables services sub-practice. He plays an instrumental role in helping senior executives across the industry develop and implement new strategies and provides M&amp;A advisory support to address the changing healthcare landscape. Joe has more than 20 years of consulting experience managing and directing client engagements and has worked on a substantial number of strategic growth, operations and commercial due diligence projects across the healthcare services industry. His expertise in the Healthcare Services practice includes payer and provider healthcare IT, digital health, government programs (Medicare, Medicaid) and post-acute care, among others. Joe’s expert commentary has appeared in Harvard Business Review. Joe first joined L.E.K. in 2000 and returned after receiving his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He graduated from Harvard University cum laude with a B.A. in Economics. Joe got a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Harvard University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Things You’ll Learn:<ul><li>Healthcare systems currently face challenges that include inflationary and operational pressures, staffing shortages, and supply chain obstacles.</li><li>Healthcare systems should also be thinking about how they can diversify their revenue streams.</li><li>Patient experience needs to be as seamless and positive as possible.</li><li>Precision medicine is a really interesting area to invest in, as technology, data, and insights can be used in a way where that can provide differentiated care for patients.</li><li>Now that customer retailers have entered the healthcare industry, other health businesses should think of creative ways to give patients and consumers the experience these other industries have brought to them.</li><li>Strategy is as much about what you should be doing as a company organization as well as what not.</li></ul> Resources:<ul><li>Connect with and follow Kevin Grabenstatter on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kgrabenstatter/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</li><li>Connect with and follow Joe Johnson on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephjohnsonlek/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</li><li>Follow L.E.K. Consulting on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/lekconsulting/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</li><li>Visit the L.E.K. Consulting <a href="https://www.lek.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>!</li><li>Listen to the episode on Consumer Retailers in the Healthcare Sector of L.E.K.’s Insight Exchange podcast <a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/8bbb8fcb" target="_blank">here</a>!</li><li>Reach out to Kevin and Joe at <a href="" target="_blank">Strategy@LEK.com</a></li></ul>

S3 Ep20: Strategy, Disruption, and Growth in Healthcare—featuring Kevin Grabenstatter and Joe Johnson

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Understanding the Human Metabolism to Reverse Chronic Diseases—featuring Jahangi

If we want to get healthier and reverse chronic conditions, we can only get so far doing it alone. So, what can we do and who can we work alongside, to reverse chronic disease not only in ourselves but in the entire U.S.? Jahangir Mohammed is the Founder and CEO of Twin Health. Twin is transforming the way the industry approaches chronic disease management by utilizing its Whole Body Digital Twin™ technology to heal damaged metabolic function and achieve unparalleled chronic disease reversal outcomes. Prior to Twin Health, Jahangir was the Founder/CEO of Jasper Technologies and prior to that, he was the Founder/CEO of Kineto Wireless. On this episode of HLTH Matters, Jahangir Mohammed and Dr. Lisa Shah joins hosts Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jordan Shlain to discuss the future of understanding human metabolism in order to reverse chronic disease. They describe exactly what their whole person treatment program (the Digital Twin) looks like and the impact it has had on people. Listen in to hear how Twin Health plans to reverse chronic disease in 1 million people in the US in 5 years with their reversal technology. Topics Covered<ul><li>Jahangir background prior to Twin Health with Jasper Technologies and Kineto Wireless</li><li>What inspired Jahangir to create Twin Health</li><li>How Twin’s Reversal Technology works</li><li>The mass amount of chronic diseases seen in over 1 billion people</li><li>What 5 things Twin Health measures for each patient</li><li>What the whole person treatment program (the Digital Twin) looks like</li><li>Insight on preventing chronic disease</li><li>Why people stick with Twin Health</li><li>How Jahangir defines health as physical and mental longevity</li><li>How Lisa defines healthcare as quality, trust, accountability and safety</li></ul> Connect with Jahangir Mohammed<a href="https://in.twinhealth.com/" target="_blank">Twin Health</a> Connect with Dr. Gautam Gulati &amp; Dr. Jordan Shlain<a href="https://www.hlth.com/" target="_blank">HLTH</a><a href="https://twitter.com/drgautamgulati" target="_blank">Dr. Gulati on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamgulati" target="_blank">Dr. Gulati on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjordanshlain/" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/DrShlain" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on Twitter</a>  Introductory Quote[1:49–2:13]“The impact of what we do, we believe could literally revolutionize human health. As we look around, one of the largest categories of diseases and conditions that is conflicting humanity is chronic metabolic diseases…So many of them. Affecting more than 1 billion people around the world. It’s incredible.

S2 Ep5: Understanding the Human Metabolism to Reverse Chronic Diseases—featuring Jahangir Mohammed

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Bringing Real Health Equity for Healthier Lives—featuring Andrew Toy and Carlade

Health equity starts with human equity. In this episode, Andrew Toy, President and incoming CEO at Clover Health, and Carladenise Armbrister Edwards, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Henry Ford Health and board member at Clover Health, talk about finding technology solutions and personalized approaches that bring accurate health equity, enabling people to live longer, healthier, happier lives. Clover Health is a company that uses a distributed care model focused on the Medicare Advantage population, using its resources on the people who need it, when, where, and how they need it. Andrew and Carladenise discuss the responsibility that is health equity and why barriers like misaligned structures, incentives, and values have made it a hard-to-achieve goal. They also speak about how being aware of the problem at hand and committing to kindness and justness can be the starting point to building health equity. Learn more about Clover Health’s distributed care model and its leaders’ take on health equity!  About Andrew Toy:Andrew Toy is the President at Clover Health, where he is responsible for driving the vision for how technology and analytics can improve the lives of Clover&#39;s members. Andrew joined Clover from Google, where he coordinated enterprise activities for the Android team and ran Machine Learning, Enterprise Search, and Analytics for the G-Suite team. Before that, he was the CEO and co-founder of Divide, a company focused on creating a split between work and personal data on mobile devices, which was acquired by Google in 2014. He earned his BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. About Carladenise Armbrister Edwards:Dr. Carladenise Armbrister Edwards has served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Henry Ford Health, a $6B private non-profit system in Southeast Michigan; Providence, a $26B Catholic healthcare system with over 50 hospitals across seven Western states; and Alameda Health System, a public hospital authority located in Oakland, California. As the principal advisor to the CEO and executive team, she has led system-wide strategic planning, M&amp;A, and other partnership ventures, business development, clinical and operational transformation initiatives, government affairs, marketing, and communications, population health, and managed care contracting. Dr. Edwards also served as Founding President and CEO of Cal eConnect, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that governed California&#39;s electronic Health Information Exchange. Additionally, she has held executive leadership roles in Georgia&#39;s Department of Community Health, Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration, and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Edwards joined Clover Health’s Board of Directors in July 2022. Dr. Edwards holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida, a master&#39;s degree in Education and Psychological Services, and a bachelor&#39;s degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Things You’ll Learn:<ul><li>Medicare Advantage is the perfect example of how to provide health equity, as it gives money and resources to prevent illness and treat illness in a personalized manner.</li><li>Decentralizing care can make clinicians more efficient and help them perform at the top of their license with the help of technology and analytics.</li><li>The current hospital experience could be more efficient and scary, but it can be fixed using different tools and models of care.</li><li>Organizations like Clover must ensure everybody gets access to the care they need, taking into account their social, economic, and environmental factors.</li><li>Structural barriers, such as the structure of insurance and societal values, often create a disincentive to providing care to those who need it most.</li><li>Everyone can be part of health equity by taking care of themselves first.</li><li>Hospitals should be places where we go for certain aspects of our healthcare, not all of them. </li></ul> Resources:<ul><li>Connect with and follow Andrew Toy on LinkedIn.</li><li>Connect with and follow Carladenise Armbrister Edwards on LinkedIn.</li><li>Follow Clover Health on LinkedIn.</li><li>Visit the Clover Health Website!</li></ul>

S3 Ep46: Bringing Real Health Equity for Healthier Lives—featuring Andrew Toy and Carladenise Edwards

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S3 Ep17: How to Disrupt Healthcare (Responsibly)—featuring Ruby Gadelrab

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