Who Would Have Thought - Digital Health Innovation
Sacha Francois Heppell
Recent Episodes
Joining us in this episode of Who Would Have Thought is Victoria Donovan, Founder and CEO of Clinically Media, an award-winning full-service agency specializing in patient recruitment and retention in clinical research. Tune in to learn how Clinically Media is reinventing the recruitment and retention process to address the lack of diversity and inclusion in clinical trials.
Victoria talks about developing trust and engagement in clinical research for marginalized communities, how the world of digital healthcare can improve disparities in clinical trials, and what’s in store for the future of clinical research.
Victoria describes the key role of decentralized clinical trials in diversifying patient populations and how we can build more trust between clinical researchers and patients who are reluctant to engage in the healthcare system. Plus, she highlights the immense value of having a diverse group of patient advocates as part of the patient recruitment process.
To learn more about Clinically Media, visit: http://www.clinicallymedia.com
Resources Mentioned:
Article: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Patient Recruitment and Retention by Kate Schroeder, Seth Palmer, MBA, CDMP: https://bit.ly/3VX4ubn
The Power of Patients: https://www.powerofpatients.com
About Our Guest:
Sometimes your true calling in life isn’t entirely apparent until an opportunity appears right in front of you. For Victoria Donovan, this is partly how she founded Clinically Media in 2017. What started as freelance marketing jobs for pharmaceutical companies and biotech firms, turned into a network of companies needing assistance with larger projects, including the formidable task of recruiting patients for clinical trials. Now, Victoria is the Founder and CEO of Clinically Media, an award-winning full-service agency specializing in patient recruitment and retention in clinical research. Clinically Media helps drug development and device companies efficiently source patients using data-driven, cost-effective solutions, as well as prepare for fundraising and commercial launch.
Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriadonovan
In this very special episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health (formerly RxRevu), an industry leader in real-time prescription benefit services. Kyle and his team focus on creating seamless, cost-effective prescribing experiences for patients and providers. Tune in to learn about the importance of price transparency and simplifying healthcare, as well as what it’s like growing an innovative healthcare technology company.
Kyle sheds light on solutions to the biggest challenges in effective healthcare delivery and the impact of policy and legislation on prescription price transparency and healthcare technology innovation. You’ll also learn how Arrive Health is directly improving the lives of patients, healthcare providers, and caregivers through innovation, ethics, and strategic partnerships.
To learn more about Arrive Health, visit: www.arrivehealth.com
About Our Guest:
Kyle Kiser is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Arrive Health. He is a student of the healthcare value chain and is passionate about solving impactful problems and creating change that makes healthcare work better for people.
Connect with Kyle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-kiser-68ba218
Quotes:
“Ultimately, it’s the provider and patient relationship that is the most powerful and important moment in someone’s healthcare journey. What we see our role as is clearing the path for that sacred encounter to happen.”
“We want to solve the affordability issues, we want to solve the access issues, we want to do that with technology so that that patient and that provider can focus on health.”
“Price transparency is more important than ever because it’s a baseline requirement to delivering adequate care.”
In this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Amy Valley, Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Technology Solutions at Cardinal Health, where she works to bring technology and services to specialty physician practices to help them provide the highest quality and most affordable care. Tune in to learn about advances and innovations affecting clinical services right now and what she believes to be the next turning point in the health tech space.
You’ll gain insight into what clinical technology solutions are at the forefront of healthcare today, the role of AI in specialty care, and Amy’s candid thoughts on the evolving relationship between privacy and convenience in digital healthcare. Plus, Amy breaks down how she manages innovation within her team at Cardinal Health, the most promising innovations they’re working on right now, and her opinion on where the most research and development efforts should be allocated in the field of clinical strategy and technology solutions.
To learn more about Cardinal Health, visit: www.cardinalhealth.com/vitalsourcegpo
About Our Guest:
Amy Valley is Vice President, Clinical Strategy & Technology Solutions, for Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions. In this role, she works to bring technology and services to specialty physician office practices to help them achieve their mission of providing the highest quality, most affordable care. At her core, as a pharmacist, she is driven to help patients and their families achieve the best possible health outcomes from their medications.
Connect with Amy on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amy-valley-446bb016
Quotes:
“These clinicians on the front lines have massive amounts of information coming at them and they have very complex tasks that they have to complete in their everyday work. So, I think that the promise of clinical technology has the ability to bring a lot of efficiency to their daily work and ultimately to enhance the quality and the safety, the accuracy, of what they’re doing every day.”
“As all of these conveniences are coming and this technology continues to advance, I’m really interested to see how our desire for privacy kind of comes up against our desire for convenience.”
“One of the legacies that we got from the pandemic was that we’re still struggling with these incredible staffing shortages… So, it’s going to be really important that we leverage artificial intelligence, block chain, we advance on interoperability, because we have to bring efficiency or we’re not going to be able to care for everybody that needs care.”
In this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Shane Curd, Head of Healthcare Marketing at Connect America, the leading provider of connected health solutions that are dedicated to improving access to care, safety, and independence. Shane is also the Founder of Fresno Technology Affinity Group, a group that has consulted for dozens of startups on marketing and product strategy to successfully penetrate payer and enterprise health system markets. Tune in to learn about recent advances and innovation in medication adherence, remote patient monitoring (RPM), and artificial intelligence in the sector of healthcare known as “Age Tech”.
You’ll gain insight into the impacts of RPM innovation on providers, patients’ quality of life, and payer acceptance as well as how RPM and AI can help with management of medication adherence. Shane also highlights a few recent AI advancements in Age Tech and what Connect America is focusing on in the coming years.
To learn more about Connect America, visit: www.connectamerica.com
About Our Guest:
Shane Curd is the Head of Healthcare Marketing at Connect America, the leading provider of connected health solutions that are dedicated to improving access to care, safety, and independence. Shane is also the Founder of Fresno Technology Affinity Group which has consulted for dozens of startups on marketing and product strategy to successfully penetrate payer and enterprise health system markets.
Shane leverages his unique combination of marketing experience, technical expertise, and interpersonal skills to drive sales and market expansion within the healthcare space. He has built, launched, marketed and led commercialization efforts for over a dozen products in the healthcare space including remote patient monitoring (RPM), medical devices, outcomes analytics, and revenue cycle management.
Connect with Shane on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shanecurd/
Quotes:
“Today, Connect America monitors nearly a million people and then they support about 35,000 through remote patient monitoring. Then, about 250,000 senior living residents across North America…The fact that they’re embracing innovation and we’re talking beyond “pushing the button” and getting help is very exciting.”
“We studied the effectiveness of RPM around obesity, diabetes, and hypertension and we saw improvements across all categories. So, the fact that it’s effective and helping people in connecting them with their provider, we’re getting rave reviews all around.”
“Many people are aging with chronic conditions and if they’re managed appropriately, they have minimal impact on their life. So, I think the real challenge is to continue to enable seniors to age gracefully at home.”