The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast
The Heart of Healthcare podcast gets to the heart of our mission in digital health — to massively improve healthcare for all. 🏆 #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech All time charts 👥 Hosted by digital health veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus 🎙 New episode every Monday Join us for authentic and compelling conversations with thought leaders as we deconstruct underlying problems in healthcare, and identify how we can work together to solve them.
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Venture capital in healthcare has evolved from "the trailer park of venture investing" to a fundamental core tenant of the ecosystem, reflecting a quarter-century transformation of the entire industry. In this episode, we sit down with Mohamad Makhzoumi, co-CEO of NEA, who shares his 25-year journey from unpaid intern
One in four Americans relies on Medicaid, yet the program faces billions in federal funding cuts. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rajaie Batniji, co-founder and CEO of Waymark, about delivering tech-enabled community care to Medicaid patients. We discuss what cuts to Medicaid could mean, the impact of "value veneers
The Real Reason the Teladoc-Livongo Merger Went Sideways | Scrub Capital Co-Founder Rebecca Mitchell, MD
In 2020, telemedicine company Teladoc acquired remote patient monitoring company Livongo for a record $18.5 billion, creating a $38 billion entity. Today, the combined company is worth less than a tenth of that. Rebecca Mitchell, who spent years as a product leader at both companies, reveals how this landmark healthcar
Startup capital accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator has a long history of backing healthcare startups, with a particular focus on technical founders tackling difficult problems. In this episode, YC partners Jared Friedman and Ankit Gupta share their insights on healthcare investment, the transformative po
In this monthly healthcare news roundup, Halle and Steve break down the biggest healthcare headlines this month. We cover: 🏥 How a $5/month medication subscription service is improving adherence and saving patients money 🧠 How microplastic levels in our brains have increased 50% in just eight years ⚕️ The viral beef
From law school to leading one of healthcare's most successful value-based care companies, Oak Street Health co-founder Mike Pykos shares the story of building, scaling, and ultimately selling his company to CVS for $11 billion. He reveals the challenges of scaling a new care model, the importance of focusing on outcom