Posts in Healthcare Access
Episode 44: Why Telemedicine Is So Well-Suited for Menopause Care with Gennev CEO Jill Angelo

Listen to discover:

  • Why menopause is such an important time in a woman's life to pay attention to her health care

  • Why telemedicine is perfect for menopause care

  • Why millennial demand for personalized reproductive services will continue as they move into their 40-50s and what that means for workplaces

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Episode 39: Expanding Treatment Options for Opioid Use Disorder with Ophelia Founder Zack Gray

In this episode, Carrie, Rebecca, and Zack discuss:

  • Why Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is a proven treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

  • Why only 5% of clinicians are licensed to prescribe buprenorphine and how this drives traffic to the black market

  • How telemedicine breaks down barriers and stigmas for clinicians and patients in the treatment of OUD, making them an ideal combination for addressing the opioid epidemic in the U

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Episode 29: Hospital at Home for Hospitals and Digital Health Vendors with Health System Virtual Care Expert Casey Papp, Esq.

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • What “Hospital at Home” means in the context of Medicare’s program and what the phrase can mean more generally

  • What role digital health companies and mobile health companies have to play in a Hospital at Home program

  • What both hospitals and digital/mobile health vendors need to consider in implementing a successful Hospital at Home program

  • What the future may hold as we shift towards healthcare at home, including acute care

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Episode 28: Navigating Sociopolitical Issues in Emergency Contraception with Stix Cofounder Cynthia Plotch

Listen to discover:

What it is like to raise money in femtech from investors that are primarily men

  • What is it like to build a women’s health company, including tips and tricks for others in this space

  • How the company’s first emergency contraception product, Relaunch, came to be and the demand, access, and misconceptions around it

  • What the leaked Roe v. Wade decisions means for the future of women-centric healthcare companies

  • Why Stix decided early on to take a public stand on this issue and how other femtech founders can, too (even if they don’t know how yet)

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Episode 20: Mission-Driven Startup Advice from 4X Growth Star Anna Lindow and What She’s Doing Next with Brave Health

Listen to discover:

  • What the biggest challenges facing the behavioral health industry are today

  • Why more healthcare entrepreneurs don’t start with Medicaid

  • How the industry can help address the digital divide, including broadband access, in rural health

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Episode #3: Obvious Truths Our Healthcare Policy Still Doesn’t Support: Home Care and RPM

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • Why people prefer care at home, and what COVID-19, Amazon, and the Moving Health Home Coalition are doing to make that more of a reality

  • How remote patient monitoring (RPM) improves health outcomes—even though we make it hard for providers and patients to use it

  • What features innovators and investors should look for in healthcare solutions to build on these obvious truths

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