Livongo Health – The “OnStar” for Diabetes

Pat Salber () caught up with serial entrepreneur and CEO of Livongo Health at the 2015 HealthTech Conference in Santa Clara. We talked about how

At Smart Patients, Communities Learn from Each Other

Roni Zeiger, MD, CEO of Smart Patients, joined Pat Salber () at the 2015 MedX Conference on the Stanford Campus to discuss the company. Smart

HealthLoop Delivers Patient Care In Between Office Visits

Pat Salber () talks with CEO Todd Johnson, CEO about HealthLoop‘s automated patient engagement platform that allows patients to get care for their health problems

ePatient Dave Talks About the Patient as a Professor

Dave deBronkart (universally known as @ePatientDave), joined Pat Salber () at Stanford’s MedX conference to talk about the powerful role patients can play in medical

Democratizing Medicine: A Conversation with Eric Topol

Eric Topol MD, author of “The Patient Will See You Now,” joined Pat Salber () at the 2015 Stanford’s MedX conference to talk about the

Are Your Doctor’s Notes OpenNotes?

Ever wondered what’s in your medical record? If you have access to OpenNotes, you won’t have to wonder anymore. Pat Salber () chats with Tom

Bright.md: Software to Streamline the PCP Visit

According to CEO Ray Costantini, MD, MBA, Bright.md‘s software as a service “allows providers to do a more thorough, evidence-based interview and get to better

The 2015 Medscape Patient Engagement Survey

There is no uniform definition of patient engagement, nor is there an agreed upon way in which to foster it. Patient engagement is healthcare’s latest

Tonic Health: Making Patient Data Collection Fun

Your doctor’s office still handing you a paper form on a clipboard? No way! Tell ’em to check out Tonic Health. CEO of Tonic Health,

A “Power User’s” Perspective on Tonic Health

You can use the Tonic platform to do performance assessments of patients, including functional status, cognitive performance, social status, and financial resources for managing health. Pamela

Next-Gen Telehealth: HealthSpot, Powered by Xerox

HealthSpot wants to bring the doctor to you, instead of you going to the doctor—now that’s a good idea! Steve Cashman, Founder and CEO of

BioIQ: Managing the Data Flow of Patient Engagement

Justin Bellante, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of BioIQ Today’s guest is Justin Bellante, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of BioIQ, a healthcare technology platform. The company

Extending Emergency Care Beyond the ER

The hope is that they take their meds, follow the discharge instructions, get follow-ups, and, most important, get better along the trajectory expected by the

Danny Sands, MD Shares Some Great Ideas In Healthcare

The unifying theme of the Society for Participatory Medicine’s founding member, Danny Sands, is meaningful patient and family engagement. Pat Salber () caught up with Danny Sands, MD,

This Glucometer is Yofi & That’s Good!

Yofi is Hebrew for fantastic, beautiful, wonderful, great. And, according to Gad Shaanan, the CEO of YofiMeters, their new glucometer is just that. Not only

Medisafe’s Medication Adherence Solution

Pat Salber () chats with Omri Shor, Founder and CEO of Medisafe, a medication adherence solution, at the 2015 Health 2.0 annual conference. Omri shares

Tell Your Story to Your Doctor with Doctella’s My Story

Amer Haider, CEO of Doctella joined Pat Salber () at Stanford’s 2015 MedX Conference to talk about a new feature the company has added to

Doctella: Patient Centered, Patient Safety Checklists

Safety checklists – airline pilots use them, doctors and care teams use them, and now Doctella is making sure that  patients and their families can use

SafeUseNow: Predictive Analytics to ID Prescription Abuse

Prescription drug abuse, particularly of specific types of oral opioids, like Oxycontin, is a major problem in the US – it is estimated that 52

Startup Perthera Aims to Personalize Cancer Care

Perthera’s services are an example of the new personalized (or precision) approach to cancer treatment. Pat Salber MD interviews Lee Barrett, Senior Advisor about precision

Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds to Solve Tough Medical Cases

On average CrowdMed patients have been ill for 8 years, have seen 8 doctors and have cost $60,000 Jared Heyman is the Founder and CEO

Oracle on Gigantic Data and Genomics

Oracle is building open, scalable platforms so that their customers can populate them. Pat Salber () chats with Oracle’s Jonathan Sheldon (Global VP for Health

A Chat with George Lundberg, Chief Medical Officer of CollabRx

We had a chance to catch up with George Lundberg, MD, former JAMA Editor in Chief of JAMA, current Editor-at-Large of Medscape, and now Chief

Do It Yourself Sperm Counts from Sandstone Diagnostics

Pat Salber () chats with Greg Sommer, Founder & CEO of Sandstone Diagnostics, about their home test for male fertility, named Trak, at the Personalized

Genia Technologies: Democratizing Gene Sequencing

Smaller, lower cost units will allow DNA sequencing to be decentralized and democratized, making it affordable for patients everywhere Allison Ballmer, Director of International Business

Oxford’s Peter Donnelly on Genomics & Personalized Medicine

The next big challenge will be understanding what the information means for people in terms of risk of disease and guiding diagnosis and treatment when

Stanford Health Care: Blending Science with Compassion

“I am so bullish on the opportunities for us to truly deliver integrated solutions, not only to medical care, but also to health and well-being.”

Indiegogo Life: Crowdfunding Life’s Challenges

The Indiegogo Life model harkens back to an older era when we always helped each other out in our villages We had a chance to

John Brownstein’s Putting the Public Back in Public Health

By crowdsourcing information about the occurrence of infectious disease, HealthMap puts the public back in public health. Despite suffering from a cold that affected his

mHealth in Croatia: An Interview with the Minister of Health

mHealth in Croatia is being used to improve health care access in rural areas and on isolated islands. Sin Varga, the Croatian Minister of Health, joins

ConsejoSano: Leapfrogging Barriers and Borders

Every person deserves a chance to talk to a doctor who can understand them (and that they can understand) when they or their kids are

A Conversation with Donato Tramuto, Founder of Health eVillages

Donato Tramuto has lots of jobs. He is the Founder and CEO of Physicians Interactive, an international platform for life sciences brands to reach physicians and

CareSpan: Delivering Primary Care Everywhere

According to Terry Knapp, MD, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer of CareSpan International, the company “exists to bring comprehensive, integrated, lower cost medical care, wellness,

Eric Bing, MD, PhD, MBA (wow) & Pharmacy on a Bicycle

The Evolution of Lark from Insomnia Coaching to Chronic Disease Management

When I first met Julia Hu, Founder and CEO of Lark Technologies, she was working at a bench at the AOL incubator in Palo Alto. Her small

The Consumer Awareness and Perceptions of Sleep Technology Study

Pat Salber () met with Chris Ely at the 2015 Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara. Chris is the Senior Manager for Industry Analysis in

Sensoria Wants to Turn your Garments into Personal Computers

Pat Salber () interviewed Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria, a digital health company that turns your garments into personal computers, at the 2015 Health 2.0.

Three-Way Partnership: HealthXL’s Perspective

HealthXL is a global “matchmaker” that helps young companies partner with large, often multinational strategics in order to more rapidly bring their products to market. Brian Flatley,

Three-Way Partnership: HealthBeacon’s Perspective

HealthXL facilitated the introduction and eventual “marriage” of HealthBeacon with the Cleveland Clinic for purposes of helping HealthBeacon scale in the US market. Kieran Daly, CEO of

Three-Way Partnership: Cleveland Clinic’s Perspective

HealthXL allows the Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Initiative to engage with strategic partners around the globe. Charles (Chip) Steiner, the Director of Product Development for the

Prima-Temp: A Fertility Awareness Sensor

Prima-Temp brings new, innovative approaches to many of today’s healthcare challenges. Prima-Temp brings new, innovative approaches to many of today’s healthcare challenges through the application

Do It Yourself Sperm Counts from Sandstone Diagnostics

Pat Salber () chats with Greg Sommer, Founder & CEO of Sandstone Diagnostics, about their home test for male fertility, named Trak, at the Personalized

Manage your Vitals Beautifully with iHealth Trackers

As more and more aggregators of health tracking devices vie to gain traction in the marketplace, it will be interesting to see which digital health apps

Sensoria: Weaving Sensors into the Fabric of Your Life

Sensoria’s first products are for runners. Their smart sock “are infused” with proprietary 100% textile sensors. When combined with an electronic anklet and their mobile

Flexible Electronics: MC10 Paves the Way for a New Breed of Sensors

According to the MC10 website, the company “extends human capability through virtually invisible and conformal electronics.” What?? My translation is that the are making sensors

Cyrcadia Health: A Wearable, Social Breast Cancer Screening Bra

In this interview with Rob Royea, the CEO of Cyrcadia Health (formerly known as First Warning Systems) we are introduced to the company’s novel approach

Is Your Family Care Giver a Care Angel?

Pat Salber () caught up with Wolf Schlagman, Founder, CEO and Chief Angel of CareAngel at the HealthTech Conference in Santa Clara in October 2015.

SingFit: Leveraging Technology to Scale Music Therapy

Getting a Whole Brain Workout with Music Andy Tubman, music therapist, joined Pat Salber () at HealthTech Conference 2014 in San Francisco to discuss how he wants

Giving GeriJoy to Loved Ones with Dementia

“Harnessing the global supply of human compassion, intelligence and care to enable families to provide loved ones with very cost effective company and supervision when

GSMA: MegaTelecom Meets Healthcare

Mobile healthcare innovators… looking to go global? Then, this is one video you should watch. GSMA represents 3.5 billion SIM cards in the world, and they are

Edison Nation Medical Helps Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur

According to Louis Foreman, CEO of Edison Nation Medical (ENM) everyone has great ideas, but not everyone wants to start a company.  In fact, he

SNF Alert: CareCent is Here to Help

Pat Salber () interviews Manoj Patel, Founder and CMO of CareCent at the 2015 HealthTech Conference in Santa Clara. CareCent is unusual because its target customer

Automating the Office Visit with Bright.md

Bright.md is on a mission to streamline the PCP office visit and they think doctors and patients are going to love it The folks at

The Digital Healthcare Marketplace Goes Global

Pat Salber MD () has a fun interview with Paul Lee MD, CEO of Curely, a digital healthcare marketplace that allows people to links to

Bright.md: Software to Streamline the PCP Visit

According to CEO Ray Costantini, MD, MBA, Bright.md‘s software as a service “allows providers to do a more thorough, evidence-based interview and get to better

Next-Gen Telehealth: HealthSpot, Powered by Xerox

HealthSpot wants to bring the doctor to you, instead of you going to the doctor—now that’s a good idea! Steve Cashman, Founder and CEO of

BioIQ: Managing the Data Flow of Patient Engagement

Justin Bellante, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of BioIQ Today’s guest is Justin Bellante, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of BioIQ, a healthcare technology platform. The company

Extending Emergency Care Beyond the ER

The hope is that they take their meds, follow the discharge instructions, get follow-ups, and, most important, get better along the trajectory expected by the

CliniCloud: Bringing Healthcare Home

Monitor your or your family’s health in the comfort of your own home with CliniCloud’s digital stethoscope and non-contact thermometer. On today’s Google Hangouts On-Air,

Transforming Healthcare: A Conversation with Frank Williams

There is “a massive opportunity for healthcare systems to reshape their economics as they see declining reimbursement on the inpatient side,” said Frank Williams, CEO Evolent

ConsejoSano: Leapfrogging Barriers and Borders

Every person deserves a chance to talk to a doctor who can understand them (and that they can understand) when they or their kids are

Zipnosis: Minute Clinic on Your iPhone

Zipnosis fits into the slipstream of your life in a way that traditional office visit care never has. Jon Pearce, CEO of Zipnosis, one of

The Evolution of Lark from Insomnia Coaching to Chronic Disease Management

When I first met Julia Hu, Founder and CEO of Lark Technologies, she was working at a bench at the AOL incubator in Palo Alto. Her small

Sensoria Wants to Turn your Garments into Personal Computers

Pat Salber () interviewed Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria, a digital health company that turns your garments into personal computers, at the 2015 Health 2.0.

Gain Fitness: Digital Personal Training

GAIN Fitness merges the worlds of fitness apps, wearables, and personal training to make it easy for everyone to access a personal trainer Gain Fitness’

Welltok: Optimizing Health & Maximizing Rewards

I had a chance to spend some time with Michelle Snyder, Chief Marketing Officer of Welltok, at the recent Digital Health Summer Summit in San

Sharecare: Building a Skyscraper

Sharecare encourages users to take the RealAge test as a part of the registration process. Brilliant! Who doesn’t want to know if they are really 10

Jiff: Mining Digital Health for Employee Wellness

We had a chance to catch up with Derek Newell, CEO of Jiff at the 2014 Digital Health Summer Summit. Jiff, he explained, provides self-insured employers with a one-stop

Myontec: Intelligent Shorts to Improve Your Performance

Finnish company, Myontec, makes workout shorts that are embedded with sensors that can pick up muscle activity in the hams and quads. By training with

Sensoria: Weaving Sensors into the Fabric of Your Life

Sensoria’s first products are for runners. Their smart sock “are infused” with proprietary 100% textile sensors. When combined with an electronic anklet and their mobile

Star Cunningham presents 4D Healthware

4D can take in lab data, genome data, data from fitness trackers, and with your permission, data from your EHR Star Cunningham is the Founder