Health Connect South

Chris Clark of UCB Russ Lipari, Founder, Health Connect South UCB on Epilepsy and Collaboration On this week's episode I hosted CEO/Founder of Health Connect South, Russ Lipari, and Chris Clark, Portfolio Strategy and Intelligence, Epilepsy at UCB, a pharmaceutical research and development company with a US location in Smyrna, GA. It's been three years […] The post UCB on Epilepsy and Collaboration appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dr. Dan Roden Damon Hostin Precision Medicine On this week's episode I talked with two healthcare leaders who are experts in precision medicine. One, Dr. Dan Roden, is one of the leading researchers on pharmacogenomic testing and its impact on patient outcomes at Vanderbilt University. His work, along with colleagues at Vanderbilt and nationally, is […] The post Precision Medicine appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Sidney Welch, Tiff Wilson Transition To Value-Based Healthcare Recent changes in law have necessitated a transition to value-based healthcare delivery model, moving away from a volume-focused, treat-when-diagnosed approach to a pro-active, preventive "wellness" initiatives. Sidney Welch works with clients to best position them in the explosion of heath care change. Focusing on operational, transactional, regulatory, […] The post Transition To Value-Based Healthcare appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Improving Quality of Diagnostic Data Dr. Carolyn Compton, a panelist at the upcoming 2016 Health Connect South event September 21, took time out to join me on the show to talk about the need for improving the quality of data we get through diagnostic testing through better control of how specimens are gathered, handled, and […] The post Improving Quality of Diagnostic Data appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

T3 Labs' Deepal Panchal Tackling Cardiovascular Disease Through Research, R and D Health experts will be addressing top disease states & explore collaborations that will reduce their occurrence at the upcoming Health Connect South 2016 event. Panelist, Dr. Neal Weintraub of Augusta University talks about obesity, its contribution to cardiovascular disease, and research aimed at […] The post Tackling Cardiovascular Disease Through Research, R and D appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Marc O'Connor, of Curant Health Better Medication Management and Compliance Curant Health (Formerly HealthStat Rx) is a national healthcare company utilizing an innovative patient-centric services, medication management and specialty pharmacy program to provide chronic disease expertise and support to improve the therapy experience and quality of life for patients nationwide. Curant Health also provides hospitals, […] The post Better Medication Management and Compliance and Cancer Treatment appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Pharmacogenetic Testing This week I spoke with founder and CEO of Genelex, Howard Coleman to learn about pharmacogenetic testing, and the role it plays in patient outcomes and overall healthcare spend. Pharmacogenetic testing involves obtaining a sample of DNA from the patient via a cheek swab or blood test and examining the genes associated with […] The post Pharmacogenetic Testing appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

NeuroLex Diagnostics This week I sat down with founder of NeuroLex Diagnostics, Jim Schwoebel. A biomedical technology expert, particularly in neurosciences, Jim has been instrumental in fostering growth and innovation, co-founding incubators, NeuroLaunch, CyberLaunch, and more recently, his more focused work on machine learning. Jim shared how he was inspired by numerous studies showing language […] The post NeuroLex Diagnostics appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Shavon Richardson Blue Flowers Blue Flowers Org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization empowering women and the men in their lives against prostate cancer with operations in Georgia, Maryland and Virginia. Learn more by visiting www.blueflowers.org Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Blue Flowers Org, Shavonn is committed to living in a world in which no […] The post Blue Flowers appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Meeting the Nurse Staffing Shortage This week I caught up with Carol Robison, of Gifted Healthcare. Carol has been attracting nurses who are at the top of their specialties in experience, clinical knowledge, and credentials, and placing them with healthcare settings in need of additional nursing professionals for over 20 years. We connected to talk […] The post Meeting the Nurse Staffing Shortage appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Georgia Tech HomeLab I caught up with Georgia Tech's Dr. Brad Fain at the 2016 Health Connect South event. We talked about the innovative approach they are taking to evaluate how effectively older persons, particularly those with disabilities, are able to utilize a variety of technology solutions. It is not uncommon to learn that in […] The post Georgia Tech HomeLab appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dan Cerutti 2016 Health Connect South Event I had the opportunity to sit down with several presenters and attendees at the 2016 Health Connect South event. On this week's show I share three segments with IBM Watson Health, VP of Population Health and Cognitive Decision Support, Dan Cerutti Dan Shook, National Park Service-Kittyhawk Jim Schwoebel, […] The post 2016 Health Connect South Event appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Pharmacogenetic Testing This week I connected with Vanderbilt University's Dr. Dan Roden to learn about pharmacogenetic testing. This tool provides physicians and other prescribing health professionals with individual-specific data about how a patient's body will respond to particular medications or types of medication. For example, a popular drug, Plavix, which is prescribed to reduce risk […] The post Pharmacogenetic Testing appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Complying with MACRA MCCI (Medical Care Consortium, Inc.) is a physician owned Medical Group who partners with Humana to engage Primary Care Provider offices successfully transition to a quality or value based model of care by providing practice support around quality related activities such as appropriate documentation and coding, care coordination, Patient Centered Medical Home […] The post Complying with MACRA appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections Jay and I sat down with Sam Perkins, CEO of Pūrgenix , a company that has developed a technology that enables healthcare organizations to contain, and in fact, reduce rates of occurrence of hospital-acquired infections. It is well known that pathogens such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile are challenging to treat and equally […] The post Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

ChronicCareIQ This week Jay and I sat down with Matt Ethington, CEO of ChronicCareIQ to learn how this technology company is providing physicians and hospitals with tools that empower them to better manage patients with chronic illnesses. The Affordable Care Act has put in place measures around patient outcomes that can affect how much the […] The post ChronicCareIQ appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Insights in Healthcare Innovation Jay and I sat down with Glenn Pearson, of Pearson Health Tech Insights. Glenn’s background includes spending time in leadership roles in acute care hospital settings, as well as nearly 20 years with the Georgia Hospital Association. During his career he realized challenges companies with technology innovation solutions have when selling into […] The post Insights in Healthcare Innovation appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Health-ePeople We sat down with Satvinder “Pearly” Dhingra, founder of HealthePeople.com. HealthePeople is a platform where patients can aggregate their health information from a variety of sources, from wearable fitness devices to medical records, and have them available in a single portal. The users can opt to make their de-identified information available to clinical trials […] The post Health-ePeople appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  MedTech Innovation We sit down with Tif Wilson of Global Center for Medical Innovation, Jason Rupp, of Southeastern Medical Device Association, and Kelley Bennett of T3 Labs to talk about SEMDA’s recent conference and the state of medtech innovation here in Atlanta and the Southeast. GCMI – The Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) brings […] The post MedTech Innovation appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  FraudScope Jay and I sat down with Musheer Ahmed, Founder of FraudScope. The recent PhD computer scientist developed algorithms that can accurately evaluate claims data and flag potential fraud before the claim is paid.   Check back soon for more info! The post FraudScope appeared first on Business RadioX ®.