Relentless Health Value - Episode 123: The Secret to Healthcare Business Success is Collaboration, with Mark Tomaino of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Episode 123: The Secret to Healthcare Business Success is Collaboration, with Mark Tomaino of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

02/09/17 • 31 min

Mark Tomaino is an Operating Partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York City based private equity firm that invests, principally, in two markets, healthcare and information/business services. Mark’s focus is exclusively on healthcare technology investment opportunities, including deal generation, due diligence, execution and portfolio company monitoring. Mark has served on the board of directors of Matrix Medical Network and GetWellNetwork.

Prior to September 2010, Mark served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and M&A at The TriZetto Group, a leading healthcare information technology company to the healthcare payer industry, where he had responsibility for developing and executing its external growth strategies, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, investments and capital raising activities. Mark initiated the $1.4 billion go-private transaction with Apax Partners in August 2008 ending TriZetto’s tenure as a NASDAQ-listed public company. Prior to joining TriZetto, Mark worked at Bausch & Lomb Incorporated in a variety of legal, strategy and business development capacities.

Mark holds an M.B.A. from The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, where he was Valedictorian and a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Society, a J.D. from the Albany Law School of Union University, where he was a member of the Law Review, and an A.B. in English and Economics from the College of the Holy Cross.

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Episode 122: The Pathway to Sustainable Market Share for Pharma, and Other Life Sciences Companies with Dave Dierk of Aventria Health Group

A 27-year veteran of managed-markets marketing, David is the President/CEO of Pinnacle Health Communications. After working in consumer marketing with AT&T and healthcare publishing with Elsevier, David made the move to medical advertising and communications at K.I. Lipton, Inc. Subsequently, he became a cofounder of Pinnacle. David is an accomplished strategist, providing innovative customer marketing, access, quality, and health intervention solutions for large clients and has directed the development of numerous industry-leading campaigns in primary care and specialty markets. He has supported clients in disease areas that include oncology (Bristol Myers Squibb [BMS], Novartis, Eisai), virology (BMS, Merck & Co.), pharmacy (American Pharmacists Association, Merck, Novartis), and blood disorders (Novo Nordisk), to name a few. David has helped more than 15 clients achieve top rankings in their respective categories. He is also an active member of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance.

You can find out more information at aventriahealth.com.

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undefined - Episode 124: Why EHR Systems Have Failed Us and How Innovations Can Enable a Better Healthcare Future, with John Lynn, founder of Healthcare Scene

Episode 124: Why EHR Systems Have Failed Us and How Innovations Can Enable a Better Healthcare Future, with John Lynn, founder of Healthcare Scene

John Lynn is the Founder of Healthcare Scene. Healthcare Scene is a unique healthcare IT network which consists of 10 EHR and Healthcare IT blogs containing over 11,000 articles published over 11 years. Of those articles, John has written over 5500 of the articles himself.

These EMR & Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 18 million times and John has over 80k social media followers & 53k email subscribers who follow him as a thought leader in the EHR & Healthcare IT space.

John also led Healthcare Scene’s acquisition of the leading Health IT Job board, Healthcare IT Central. This included the acquisition of Healthcare IT Today, a unique career resource for healthcare IT professionals.

In 2014, John launched the first of its kind Healthcare IT Marketing and PR Conference (HITMC). Through John’s leadership, this conference has become the premiere venue for health IT marketing and PR professionals to learn and network with their peers. Plus, out of this conference, John has organized a strong community of marketing and PR professionals who are working to improve healthcare.

John has given keynote speeches and taught workshops across the country and around the world. John has spoken at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual conference 6 times and at conferences like CES (Consumer Electronics Show), SXSW, and CTIA – The Wireless Association along with keynote speeches at EHR user conferences include Modernizing Medicine’s EMA Nation and the gMed Summit to name a few of his speaking engagements. John has also taught multiple EHR workshops in Dubai with attendees from throughout the Middle East and Asia.

John co-founded Influential Networks and Physia and is currently a formal advisor to three healthcare IT companies. John was previously an advisor to docBeat which was acquired by Vocera.

John has 4 children and a beautiful wife that keep him grounded and remind him of what’s important in life. John loves to play competitive ultimate frisbee and dance. His love of dance is reflected in his Reality TV blog network which covers shows such as Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and America’s Got Talent.

John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.