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Tech Tonics: John de Souza, Meant for Medicine

Tech Tonics: John de Souza, Meant for Medicine

As a child growing up in Ethiopia, John de Souza witnessed the grim reality of poverty — families wishing for rapid death for their sick children because a cure was out of reach socially and financially. Fast forward a number [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Kelly Brezoczky and Unmentionable Personal Healthcare

Tech Tonics: Kelly Brezoczky and Unmentionable Personal Healthcare

Innovator and entrepreneur Kelly Brezoczky, Founder and CEO of Butterfly Health, has always had a keen interest in where the consumer and health merge. And in Kelly’s case, that merger occurs in very intimate places, as she has pioneered multiple [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Dr. Jason Langheier and the Power of Personalization

Tech Tonics: Dr. Jason Langheier and the Power of Personalization

“If Amazon can personalize book recommendations, if we can get digital prescriptions of drugs nailed down with Walgreens, why can’t the two come together so that physicians can give personalized prescriptions for healthy eating?” wonders Dr. Jason Langheier, the CEO [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Erik Douglas, and the Move to Mobile Digital Diagnostics

Tech Tonics: Erik Douglas, and the Move to Mobile Digital Diagnostics

Many people who work in the medical industry come to it for personal reasons. For scientist and hardware hacker Erik Douglas, his stint helping diagnose patients in the remotest parts of Africa and Asia was a pivotal moment. It led [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Bob Kocher on Fixing Hospitals and Healthcare

Tech Tonics: Bob Kocher on Fixing Hospitals and Healthcare

This week we are delighted to feature an interview with Venrock partner Dr. Bob Kocher, who probably knows more about the business of healthcare delivery than almost anyone in the world. He grew up in Seattle and was the fourth [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: From Apples to Apple to Better, Geoff Clapp’s Road to Healthcare Technology

February 23rd, 2015 |
Tech Tonics: From Apples to Apple to Better, Geoff Clapp’s Road to Healthcare Technology

Today’s Tech Tonics Podcast features Geoff Clapp, CEO of Better, Inc. From the apple growing community of central Massachusetts to the Apple Computer community of Silicon Valley, Geoff has been a lifelong high technology fan. He started out as a [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Michelle Snyder and the Transformation of Sickcare to Wellcare

February 9th, 2015 |
Tech Tonics: Michelle Snyder and the Transformation of Sickcare to Wellcare

Announcing our 3rd edition of Tech Tonics, the Podcast. Today’s show features an interview with long-time digital health entrepreneur Michelle Snyder. Michelle is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Welltok, a company that works with health plans and other population health [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Aenor Sawyer’s 360 Degree View of Healthcare

January 26th, 2015 |
Tech Tonics: Aenor Sawyer’s 360 Degree View of Healthcare

In this second edition of Tech Tonics, the Podcast, we feature Aenor Sawyer, MD. Aenor has had an unusual journey to and through the healthcare world. She has held the roles of physical therapist, physician, patient, caregiver and technology innovator, [See the full post…]

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Tech Tonics: Lisa Maki and the Power of Empathy to Develop Healthcare Solutions

January 18th, 2015 |
Tech Tonics: Lisa Maki and the Power of Empathy to Develop Healthcare Solutions

Lisa Maki’s unexpected journey took her from the outskirts of Puget Sound (where we discovered she grew up, in her words, a “Seattle Hillbilly”), to Silicon Valley. Today she is CEO of a company that helps people find profoundly useful [See the full post…]

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