Healthcare Rap

Gary Druckenmiller from Innovaccer is in the house to share some provocative thinking about the modern role of tech in consumers’ health journeys. Gary shares what consumers need to better understand about the martech underlying their health encounters, and how quickly we could reach a truly connected experience.

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about simplicity. What can we learn from CVS Health’s announcement of their new Virtual Primary Care service?

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Alan Shoebridge doesn’t always agree with Jared about the who, when, and how of innovation ... or does he? It turns out that Alan, Chief Communication Officer for Providence Oregon, finds a lot of common ground with those who are calling for urgent transformation, such as:

-Retail brands can be good for consumers’ healthcare choices, but it won’t be easy for them to succeed.

-Innovation requires dedicated resources. You can’t just assign it to someone on top of everything else they’re already doing.

-The challenge is how to connect everything once you get past primary care – how to funnel into specialists, etc.

-Valuing innovation doesn’t devalue operations.

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about what the CEO of Whole Foods recently said about whole-person health. John Mackey delivered a scathing review of the US healthcare system at HIMSS, so what did he say we should do instead, and why is it important?

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Ryan Howells, Program Manager of the CARIN Alliance and Partner at Leavitt Partners, shares how to kill the clipboard in healthcare once and for all. Ryan is reported to be a finalist to lead the ONC, and he recently co-authored a 17-page roadmap for federal policy and the industry to accelerate innovation and cut administrative waste. As an advocate for scaling open data standards at the federal level, his point of view on interoperability is important to understand as federal policy is being written as we speak.

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about LillyDirect adding Alzheimer's care to its platform. Who’s really in charge of the journey when pharma becomes a care coordinator, and what role can Pharma platforms play in the continual evolution of healthcare becoming direct to consumer?

Paper: Kill the Clipboard!: https://leavittpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NEW-Ideas-for-the-Trump-Department-of-HHS_FINAL.pdf

RFI: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08701/request-for-information-health-technology-ecosystem.

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Dr. Marschall Runge, CEO of Michigan Medicine and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Michigan, shares remarkable perspective on how technology advances, policy changes, and emerging business models are fundamentally transforming the industry — all from his brand new book, The Great Healthcare Disruption.

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Oura’s newly released Meals and Glucose product features. What new health tracking possibilities do these features unlock for consumers, and what’s next from the world of modern wearables?

SPOTLIGHT: SHED

Shed is revolutionizing health and wellness by making wellness available to everyone. Through personalized nutrition, high-quality supplements, and science-backed wellness strategies, Shed empowers individuals to take control of their health and live longer, healthier lives.

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Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at University of Rochester Medical Center, gives insights into the ecosystem where digital health startups, consumers, and academic medicine intersect for the good of a population. Join him as he discusses using technology to increase access to care and how he gave up his clinical practice in pursuit of building new innovative care delivery models.

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about new prescription offerings from Amazon and Optum. How will RxPass and Price Edge provide a higher level of consumer-first health, and how can we shine a brighter spotlight on parts of the experiences that can be easy to overlook from a hospital-centric lens?

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