Looking forward to 2020
December 23, 2019 In my final blog for the year, I share my thoughts on what’s in store for digital health and digital transformation for the healthcare sector. As someone pointed out after reading my piece, the second law of thermodynamics prevails, which seems to be an accurate summary (I’ll be honest; I had to […]
Exploring the evolution of digital health startups
December 16, 2019 While the promise of digital innovation is immense, the challenges for digital health innovators are many. In the coming weeks, I will be featuring podcast interviews with the founders of several digital health startups who are navigating the challenges in their journey. This week’s podcast features Leah Sparks, CEO and Founder of […]
A new era begins at Google
December 9, 2019 Last week, the tech world saw a seismic shift with Sunder Pichai taking over as CEO for Alphabet, with oversight for the vast resources and the diverse portfolio of Google’s businesses. As a fellow first generation immigrant from India and as an alum of the same engineering school Sunder Pichai went to, […]
Human-centered design and digital health
November 25, 2019 As the quality of the healthcare “experience” becomes front and center in conversations about digital transformation and digital health, designing for that experience is becoming a critical skill. Taking lessons from the design pioneers of Silicon Valley, such as Apple, a whole slew of digital health startups is focusing in creating superior […]
Welcoming our new board of advisors
November 18, 2019 We are very pleased to welcome Edward Marx and John Glaser to our inaugural advisory board. Read the announcement. In my latest podcast episode, Steve Miff, CEO of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), a spin-off from Parkland Hospitals in Dallas, discusses how they have deployed advanced machine learning algorithms to […]
Taking care of patients first – and letting everything else follow
November 11, 2019 In my latest podcast episode, David Quirke, newly appointed CIO at Inova Health System, discusses his new role, their technology environment, high-level priorities, and the mission to provide world-class healthcare with every patient interaction. David believes that successful organizations always put patients, quality, and the outcomes first and everything else follows. Technology […]
The tyranny of good ideas
November 4, 2019 In my latest podcast episode, John Glaser, former CIO of Partners Healthcare, discusses EHR systems and the burden on physicians from poor design and workflows, the opportunities to advance data interoperability in the near term, and the confusing landscape around information blocking legislation. He cautions against the “tyranny of a large number […]
Our new website is live!
October 28, 2019 A very Happy Diwali to our readers from India. We’re super-excited to share our new website that the team has been working on this past summer. We also have a new logo. I would love to get your feedback and comments. This week, we focus on a slew of interesting and unconventional […]
Digital health innovation’s two-canoe problem
October 21, 2019 In my podcast interviews with Chief Innovation Officers in health systems, a consistent theme that emerges is the need for innovation acceleration. However, the continued hold of the fee-for-service (FFS) model in a declining reimbursement environment makes it challenging for enterprises to make significant commitments to funding innovation today. Thus, we have […]
Celebrating episode 25 of The Big Unlock podcast
This week, I am very pleased to share podcast episode #25, which is a huge milestone for us. I have been extremely fortunate to be able to feature some of the most influential leaders in healthcare and technology for the past year and a half. I’m super thrilled that Ed Marx, CIO of Cleveland Clinic, […]
