S1: #009: Dr Leslie Saxon on Developing a Virtual Care Model that Works

07/22/16 • 36 min

Digital Health Today 360 with Dan Kendall

During this episode I discuss innovation and virtual care with Dr. Leslie Saxon from the USC Keck School of Medicine. Keck has developed one of the first virtual care clinics and is a prime example of the benefits of digital health innovation.

Dr. Leslie Saxon has worked at a number of institutions besides USC, including UCLA and UCSF. She is an Interventional Cardiologist who specializes in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia. Dr. Saxon also hosts the Body Computing Conference at USC, an event which focuses on innovation in digital health. Today, we discuss her work and how innovation in connectivity has improved her work as an Interventional Cardiologist.

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Information About the Virtual Care Clinic at USC

Today’s Topics:

Defining digital health
Cost problems in Medicine
The Virtual Care ClinicTactics for a virtual clinic
Patient engagement
Who defines the “team” at the Virtual Care Clinic
Designing solutions for consumers/patients
How other countries can get involved in the Virtual Care Clinic

Quotes/Tweets:

“The first thing we had to do was figure out who owns the data from an implanted device in a patient.” –Dr. Leslie Saxon

“The biggest asset any health center has are its medical experts and the ability to extend those experts beyond the walls of an institution...” –Dr. Leslie Saxon

Dr. Saxon's Recommendations:

Best Advice: Get up and work hard

Recommended book: Middle March by George Elliott

Recommended app: Lose It

Follow: USC Center for Body Computing

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Episode Download:

Information About the Virtual Care Clinic at USC

Today’s Topics:

Defining digital health
Cost problems in Medicine
The Virtual Care ClinicTactics for a virtual clinic
Patient engagement
Who defines the “team” at the Virtual Care Clinic
Designing solutions for consumers/patients
How other countries can get involved in the Virtual Care Clinic

Quotes/Tweets:

“The first thing we had to do was figure out who owns the data from an implanted device in a patient.” –Dr. Leslie Saxon

“The biggest asset any health center has are its medical experts and the ability to extend those experts beyond the walls of an institution...” –Dr. Leslie Saxon

Dr. Saxon's Recommendations:

Best Advice: Get up and work hard

Recommended book: Middle March by George Elliott

Recommended app: Lose It

Follow: USC Center for Body Computing

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S1: #008: From World of Warcraft to the War on Diabetes

Gamification in Health and Wellness

The gaming and health sectors have traditionally been pretty far removed from one another, but there is a perfect storm of technology, access and content that has the potential of driving these two industries closer together.

The gaming industry is big. In the US alone, total revenues in 2015 were over $23 Billion, and it’s expected to be about $100 Billion globally this year. Despite this size and growth, there is very little being done, at least in my opinion, to disrupt healthcare using what we know and can learn from this successful industry.

And that’s where I’m hoping today’s guest can help us out. My guest is Anna Sort. Anna has a lot of titles. She is a nurse, an entrepreneur, and a professor, all of which are titles and roles that you frequently come across in the health tech innovation sector. But she also carries another title that you don’t hear very often at medical conferences. She’s an accomplished and avid gamer. She’s been playing games since she was 5 years old (25 years), and has spent countless hours playing World of Warcraft and Overwatch among many other titles. In fact, she loves gaming so much, that she’s found ways to incorporate techniques she’s learned from the video game industry to help patients, carers and professionals and to drive behavior change.

Anna is based in Barcelona, and in 2013, she co-founded her company, PlayBenefit.com. There she helps companies enhance engagement, learning and satisfaction. I heard Anna speak at the eHealth week conference in Amsterdam recently, and I was really impressed at her understanding and approach to how we can improve outcomes, education and awareness through the engagement methodologies used in the gaming industry.

In this interview, Anna talks about the six steps to achieving epic wins in healthcare. What is an Epic Win? In gaming terms, an epic win is an outcome that is so extraordinarily positive you had no idea it was possible until you achieved it, and I think we need more of these in healthcare. Anna prepared a PDF that you can download that goes through all six steps to help us work toward epic wins in healthcare, and she gives some practical examples and advice on how you can apply these steps to your project.

Download Anna's Six Steps to Achieving Epic Wins in Healthcare

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Six Tips for Achieving Epic Wins in Healthcare

Links and Resources Mentioned:

Play World of Warcraft
Download the PlayBenefit “World of Warcraft Diabetes AddOn”
Play Social Diabetes
Play Candy Crush
Download and Use the MySugr App or visit the MySugr Website https://mysugr.com/
Play Lumosity http://lumosity.com
Play SuperBetter https://www.superbetter.com

Stay in touch with Anna Sort:

Follow Anna Sort on Twitter: @lostnurse
Follow Anna Sort on LinkedIn
Visit Playbenefit.com

Connect with Games for Health:

Videos on Gamification in Health:

Gaming Consoles:

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S1: #010: Royal Philips - Transforming the Future of Health

You don't have to spend time in hospitals to be familiar with Philips products. Formed in 1891, originally Philips made light bulbs before expanding into consumer electronics. Now you can find the Philips nameplate on products ranging from domestic appliances and personal care to MRI and ECG systems.

You may not have noticed, but Philips has been making some significant changes to it’s strategy and structure recently. In May, it IPO’d it’s lighting business, spinning that company out to stand on it’s own, while the consumer lifestyle and healthcare divisions were merged into one. You can imagine this is a significant shift: when one of the world's largest companies works to leverage it’s strengths in healthcare and consumer products, it's time to take notice.

Philips makes great products. They are led by smart, tough management, and have excellent sales and support teams. But how do you take a 125 year old company, and reposition it to embrace the continuum of care from the home to the hospital?

In June, I spoke with Jeroen Tas and Hans Notenboom while I was in Amsterdam for the European e-Health Week. Jeroen is the CEO of Connected Care and Health Informatics. Hans is the Global Head of Digital at Philips Healthcare.

This episode is part of my conversation with Hans and was recorded live at the E-Health Week Conference in Amsterdam. Hans got his start in business informatics and has worked at Philips for the last eight years. He believes that health technology is not just about figuring out diagnosis and treatment, but also about ways it can incentivize a healthy lifestyle.

Together, we discuss some of the healthcare innovations Philips has created, and what Philips is doing to instill a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in their company culture. We also spoke about their new HealthSuite platform that they are opening up to developers, and how Philips is using its position to create medical grade solutions that work in the home as well as they do in the hospital.

Unfortunately some of the links we discussed during our conversation are no longer available.

Listen in as we discuss some of the great work the Philips company has been doing.

Today’s Topics: