The Healthcare Technology Report with RJ Lumba

Accelerating Clinical Data Exchange: MRO’s Jason Brown

Welcome to The Healthcare Technology Report, a leading information source on healthcare technology companies and solutions.
Today, we speak with Jason Brown, CEO of MRO, a company transforming how clinical data is exchanged for health systems and providers. MRO’s technology integrates with over 250 EHRs to help providers securely manage and share more than a billion clinical records, driving better clinical and financial outcomes.
Jason brings more than two decades of leadership experience scaling healthcare technology companies. Before joining MRO, he served as CEO of Discovery Health Partners, which was acquired by MultiPlan in 2021, and held senior roles at Evolent Health, Valence Health, and MedAssets.
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Automating Healthcare Operations: Medallion’s Derek Lo

Welcome to The Healthcare Technology Report, a leading information source on healthcare technology companies and solutions. 
Today, we speak with Derek Lo, Founder and CEO of Medallion, a leading provider network management platform streamlining operations for healthcare organizations nationwide. 
Since founding the company in 2020, Derek has grown Medallion to more than 250 customers with a team of over 175 people. Its platform has saved healthcare teams over 500,000 administrative hours and delivered a 50% reduction in operating costs by automating credentialing, enrollment, and monitoring for providers. 
The company has raised $85 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, GV, Optum Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures.
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High-Precision Cell Therapy: Orca Bio’s Nate Fernhoff

Today, we speak with Nate Fernhoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Orca Bio, a biotechnology company developing high-precision cell therapies to treat patients with blood cancers and immune diseases. By applying single-cell technology at scale, Orca Bio aims to deliver transplants that rebuild a patient’s blood and immune system while lowering the risk of serious complications.
Nate co-founded the company after his research at Stanford, where he helped translate decades of immunology into a platform ready for clinical use. Under his leadership, Orca Bio has advanced its lead program, Orca-T, which recently produced positive Phase 3 results, marking a critical milestone on the path to FDA review. 
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The Autonomous Pharmacy: Omnicell’s Randall Lipps

Today, we speak with Randall Lipps, Founder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Omnicell, a global leader in medication management and pharmacy automation. Omnicell provides robotics, intelligent software, and data-driven services that help hospitals and pharmacies reduce errors, improve efficiency, and advance toward the vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy.
Randall founded Omnicell in 1992 after experiencing firsthand the inefficiencies of supply management during his daughter’s hospitalization. Drawing on his background in airline operations and logistics, he set out to build solutions that would make it easier for caregivers to get the right medications to patients.
Today, Omnicell technology is used in more than 5,000 hospitals and 40,000 pharmacies worldwide, supporting progress toward the industry’s vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy.
Randall supports American Nurse Association. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Digital Health Visionary: b.well’s Kristen Valdes

In this episode, we speak with Kristen Valdes, Founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health, a platform that empowers consumers by unifying their health data and tools to take control of their healthcare journeys.
Kristen is an award-winning leader and acknowledged visionary in digital health. She has dedicated her career to creating inventive solutions that drive the industry toward a more consumer-directed future.
b.well’s comprehensive platform serves providers, payers, pharmacies, and healthcare tech companies—supporting better care experiences for 150 million people through 60,000 consumer-mediated data connections and cutting-edge AI.
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Providing Lasting Healthcare Change: Omada Health’s Sean Duffy

In this episode, we speak with Sean Duffy, the Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health, a virtual-first healthcare provider that nurtures lifelong health, one day at a time.
Since 2011, Sean and his team’s mission has been to inspire and enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. They do this by building digital health programs that are evidence-based, performance-priced, and designed to delight their users.
Omada is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, Fidelity, Wellington Management, and other notable investors.
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Transforming Brain Health: Linus Health’s David Bates

In this episode, we speak with David Bates, the Co-Founder and CEO of Linus Health, a digital health company focused on transforming brain health for people across the world.
In 2019, David and his team of individuals with exceptional backgrounds in neuroscience, clinical care, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software, created a digital platform that enables a future where people can live longer, happier, and healthier lives with better brain health.  The platform delivers a proven means of enabling early detection; empowers providers with actionable clinical insights and recommendations; and supports individuals with personalized action plans.
Before Linus Health, David founded Tamarisc Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, as well as Bode, a tech-enabled hospitality company for group travel.
David supports TM City. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Health Intelligence Maestro: Cohere Health’s Siva Namasivayam

In this episode, we speak with Siva Namasivayam, the Co-Founder and CEO of Cohere Health, a clinical intelligence company that provides intelligent prior authorization as a springboard to better quality outcomes, by aligning physicians and health plans on evidence-based care paths for the patient's entire care journey.
The company is backed by Deerfield Management, Polaris Partners and other notable investors.
Prior to co-founding Cohere, Siva founded and grew SCIO Health Analytics from 0 to $90 million with 20% plus EBITDA margins and 1,100 employees and led the strategic exit at a valuation of $240 million in 2018.
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World Leader in Dental AI: Overjet’s Wardah Inam

In this episode, we speak with Wardah Inam, the Founder and CEO of Overjet, which builds artificial intelligence that helps dental organizations give patients the highest quality of care.
In 2018, Wardah was part of a group of computer scientists from MIT who came together with dentists from Harvard to build something special: Dental AI. Thousands of dental professionals rely on Overjet to perform their most important work — with a level of precision, consistency, and speed that is only possible with artificial intelligence.
Before Overjet, Wardah was Lead Product Manager at Q bio and before that, a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.  Overjet is backed by March Capital, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, and other notable investors.
Wardah supports Rise for Fistula Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Pharma Game-Changer: Capsule’s Eric Kinariwala

In this episode, we speak with Eric Kinariwala, the Founder and CEO of Capsule, a technology business rebuilding the pharmacy industry from the inside out with an emotionally resonant consumer experience and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers.
The origin of Capsule stems from a terrible experience Eric had at the drugstore. A sinus infection turned into Eric questioning the inconvenient way individuals have to jump through several hoops to get prescriptions. He created the type of pharmacy made up of friendly, caring pharmacists who carry prescriptions straight to your door, at the tap of your phone.
Eric spent the early part of his career as an investor across healthcare, technology, and retail.
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