Our guest today is Dr. Alana Arnold , a board-certified emergency medicine doctor and CEO of Parent Partners. Her work focuses on improving children's health in communities by giving families tools to gain health literacy, while empowering them.

In this conversation, Dr. Alana Arnold, details her journey from medicine to entrepreneurship, highlighting the challenges faced in pediatric care and the innovative solutions she is developing to address these gaps. She emphasizes the importance of health literacy, the need for better pediatric readiness in emergency care, and the role of her companies, Parent Partners and PEMPAL, in transforming healthcare delivery for children. The discussion also covers the challenges of navigating the healthcare system, the importance of accreditation, and the strategies for engaging with smaller healthcare providers to improve pediatric care. Episode sponsored by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠PolicyMap⁠⁠⁠⁠, the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

Our guest today is Dr. Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained Physician-Scientist, innovator and investor with over 25 years of clinical, research, biotechnology, and entrepreneurial experience. Founder and chair of NextMed Health (formerly Exponential Medicine), Founder of Digital.Health and GP of Continuum Health Ventures, as well as Faculty Chair of Medicine for Singularity University and Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Health Innovators Fellowship.

In this conversation, Daniel Kraft shares his journey from a medical student to an entrepreneur in the healthcare space, discussing the rise of providerpreneurs and the challenges they face. He highlights the importance of digital health solutions and the need for a marketplace that connects providers with these tools. Kraft emphasizes the shift towards self-care and patient empowerment, as well as the role of conferences like NextMed Health in fostering innovation. He also discusses his venture capital fund, Continuum Health Ventures, which focuses on improving healthspan and democratizing healthcare through early-stage investments. Episode sponsored by: ⁠⁠⁠PolicyMap⁠⁠⁠, the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

In our latest episode, we speak with Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH of the American Medical Association to discuss her work in health equity and the importance of addressing social determinants of health. She emphasized the need for accountability and transparency in the development and deployment of AI in healthcare. We explored how collaboration and coalition-building are key to advancing health equity efforts in today's climate but most importantly, Dr. Maybank highlighted the importance of sharing research findings, even if they are not favorable, and the need for spaces where researchers can come together and learn from each other. Through her extensive experience, Dr. Maybank recommended leaders focus on principles, accountability, and incentives to drive positive change in the current hype cycle of AI. Episode sponsored by: ⁠⁠⁠PolicyMap⁠⁠⁠, the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

In this episode we speak with Ashlee Wisdom, founder and CEO of Health in Her HUE, discusses her digital women's health platform that connects women of color, primarily black women, to culturally sensitive healthcare providers, health content, and community support. The platform includes a provider directory, educational health content, and a community forum. Ashlee shares her motivation for starting the company, which stemmed from the poor health outcomes experienced by black women and the lack of solutions in the marketplace. She also emphasizes the importance of community and content in building the platform and the need for intentional operationalization of health equity within the organization. Ashlee offers advice for other founders and discusses the challenges of fundraising in the current environment.

Episode sponsored by: ⁠⁠PolicyMap⁠⁠, the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

This is part 2 of an extended conversation with Ploipailin Flynn, founding member of AIxD, a global community and decentralized studio for critical and creative AI research & design - focused on building equitable and anti-racist futures in AI.

In this episode, we discuss and learn about how prompt etiquette is important in generating non-normative outputs and maintaining humanity in AI interactions; why diverse narratives and inclusive perspectives are crucial in AI development to avoid bias and promote fairness; and how language plays a significant role in shaping AI outcomes so the impact of decontextualized data should be considered in design.

Episode sponsored by: ⁠PolicyMap⁠ , the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

In this two part episode, we sit down with Ploipailin Flynn, founding member of AI x Design, a global community and decentralized studio for critical and creative AI research & design.

In this conversation, we discuss why understanding how AI systems are built is crucial for creating better outcomes and why measuring the outcomes of AI in communities and tracking deployed models is essential. Ploi shares her expertise on how designing user interfaces for different stakeholders can facilitate feedback, uphold data rights and why involving outside organizations can help evaluate the fairness of AI systems, while also creating defensible positions on company's responsibility with AI.

In this episode, we speak with Colby Takeda, co-founder and CEO of Pear Suite, a healthcare company working to empower community health workers and better address the social determinants of health. Colby is a former senior living executive and has dedicated most of his professional career to improving community well-being through population health management programs, policy change, community-based partnerships, and technology solutions, particularly around social drivers of health.

In this conversation, we discuss the importance of community health workers in addressing health disparities and social determinants of health. Colby shares the challenges and opportunities in the field of community health work, including the need for standardization and recognition of the profession and how Pear Suite has supported hundreds of community health workers integrate into the healthcare ecosystem.

Episode sponsored by: PolicyMap , the data platform that let's you easily measure inequities on multidimensions to understand the impact of health disease and solutions.

In this episode, we speak with Ray Mina, VP of Marketing at Freshpaint - the first privacy platform purpose built for healthcare. Ray is a serial marketing entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience leading marketing and go-to-market functions across seven startups. Ray has led marketing and sales at ed-tech startup TreeRing, legal tech startup Lawyaw (acquired by Clio), and construction tech startup Fieldwire (acquired by Hilti).

In this conversation, we discusses the challenges and trends in healthcare marketing. Ray highlights the impact of privacy regulations on go-to-market strategies for digital health startups and emphasizes the importance of building trust with consumers. Ray also shares insights on marketing frameworks, the role of marketing in care delivery and the need for long-term commitment in the industry.