Heart of Healthcare

The healthcare industry brings together brilliant, highly-motivated individuals who are driven by the opportunity to make a difference. This podcast introduces you to these leaders and how to make sense of what’s going on in the healthcare industry.

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Join Heart of Healthcare co-hosts Steve Kraus, Halle Tecco and Michael Esquivel as they figure out how to improve healthcare for all, one episode and one guest at a time. Click here for the full archive of episodes.

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Digital Health Download: August 2024

Steve and Halle cover the month’s top healthcare headlines in their August 2024 Digital Health Download—from a $99 AI companion and Medicare Advantage insurers pocketing billions for diseases that were never treated or falsely coded, to whether they think pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) will ever be dismantled.

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Fixing What's Broken

In this episode, Steve Kraus interviews Andy Slavitt, General Partner at Town Hall Ventures and former CMS and UnitedHealth Group executive. They look back on his career-long mission to fix American healthcare’s biggest challenges, encompassing roles in insurance, government, healthcare startups, and venture capital.

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The Art of Storytelling in Healthcare

Marketing and communications play a critical role in securing investment and driving product and service adoption in digital health. In this special two-part episode, Steve Kraus explores the art of storytelling in healthcare with two industry experts: Chrissy Farr, a veteran digital health journalist turned venture capitalist and advisor, and Kate Cronin, Chief Brand Officer at Moderna.

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Digital Health Download: July 2024

Celebrating three years of The Heart of Healthcare, Halle and Steve dive into the latest news and trends in digital health for July 2024. They cover a wide range of topics, from the economic impact and legal battles surrounding GLP-1 drugs for obesity, to the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory on social media’s effects on youth mental health.

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Overhauling Care Navigation

In this episode, Glen Tullman reflects on the biggest changes he’s seen in healthcare during his 40-year career in the industry. He discusses his early days revolutionizing e-prescribing and electronic health records at Allscripts, building Livongo into an $18.5 billion digital health success story, lessons learned as a serial entrepreneur and investor, and his vision for Transcarent.

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Digital Health Download: June 2024

In this episode, Halle Tecco and Steve Kraus cover the latest digital health news for June 2024, from Cartman to the shortage of K-12 school counselors and Pharma’s DTC marketing efforts with update FTC advertising rules, plus much more!

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10x the Incumbent with AI

Clinical notes are one of the more tedious parts of doctors’ day-to-day lives. In this episode, Steve sits down with Dr. Shiv Rao, co-founder and CEO of Abridge, an AI-first healthcare company that uses advanced machine learning to structure and summarize medical conversations, creating clinical documentation and structured data while reducing clinician burnout.

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Redefining Eating Disorder Care

80% of Americans suffering from eating disorders don’t get the treatment they need. In this episode, Steve Kraus sits down with Kristina Saffran, the co-founder and CEO of Equip, a virtual provider transforming eating disorder treatment by making evidence-based care more accessible to patients and families.

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Digital Health Download: May 2024

In this episode, Halle and Steve dive into the latest headlines in digital health for May 2024, covering topics like surprise billing, AI in healthcare, and the future of primary care.

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Conquering Digital Health’s Steepest Slopes

As a medical school-bound undergrad, Sean Duffy, co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, didn’t initially consider entrepreneurship as a career path. Sean traces his journey from a “techie” upbringing to stints at Google and medical school, and how his early fascination with the potential of digital health ultimately led him to build Omada, a virtual-first care provider for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and musculoskeletal disorders.

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Digital Health Download: April 2024

In this episode, Halle Tecco and Steve Kraus discuss the latest news and trends in digital health in April 2024. Topics include the controversial Peterson report, the FDA’s recent approval of Dexcom’s Stelo, the rise of nurse practitioner entrepreneurship, and more!

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Addressing the Midlife Women’s Care Gap

In this episode, Steve Kraus talks with Joanna Strober, co-founder and CEO of Midi Health, a virtual healthcare platform specifically for women in midlife (ages 35-65). Midi Health is a virtual care clinic created by specialists in perimenopause and menopause to address the massive unmet needs of women in this demographic.

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What's Happening in Digital Health | A New Co-Host!

After 2.5 years, Heart of Healthcare host, Halle Tecco announces Steve Kraus as her new co-host! In this episode, they cover 5 big headlines in digital health from the Change Healthcare disaster to a VC buying a hospital.