Our latest episode of On the Health Record featured Justin D. Saliman, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and founder of the medical software company, OutcomeMD. He gave us some insight into what drew him to medicine and medical technology, as well as the flaws in American doctors’ business models that led him to create OutcomeMD. For the whole story, listen to the episode here.

I understand that your family has an engineering background. How did that affect you and your approach to medicine?

I grew up building things with my dad. My grandfather was one of the chief engineers on the…

We recently interviewed Nick Sweeting, a former DrChrono developer and current co-founder of the software consulting firm, Monadical, to discuss his career in programming, his time with DrChrono and what he imagines the future of healthcare technology moving towards. Listen to the full episode here.

How did you get started in programming?

It was about two years before 2014 during my junior year of high school. Our school was a one laptop per child-style high school, where everyone had to have a laptop, but the repair center in the school gave abysmal prices for fixing things like liquid damage or…

We recently sat down with Ryan Howard, CEO of 100Plus, a remote patient monitoring company that helps doctors manage patients with chronic conditions. You can listen to the full episode on our DrChrono podcast here.

Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started in this business.

Before I started Practice Fusion, I had previously been a product manager for a company that was bringing AI tools to market by effectively streamlining the Walmart supply chain. During that time, a good friend of mine got leukemia, and I ran the team-in-training marathon. While doing that, I recognized…

Founder and CEO of the learning software Workramp takes us from his early days as a student athlete to his time working on product at Box and eventually starting Workramp. He also shares the insights he’s learned from business leaders — from Aaron Levie to Bob Iger and Mark Benioff — and how he models those lessons in his own company. Our transcript has been edited, but you can listen to the full podcast episode here.

You were a student athlete at Santa Clara University. …

Our interview with Aaron Gleave from KLAS Research touches on several important healthcare technology topics. We discuss how providers go about choosing different software solutions, the issues that face EHR companies today, the ways in which KLAS collects impartial vendor data and more. Our transcript has been edited, but you can listen to the full podcast episode here.

What is KLAS Research and what do they do?

Aaron: KLAS has been working on improving healthcare for over 20 years now since the late nineties. It started with our founder, Kent Gale, witnessing the lack of accountability between the vendor and…

In our recent interview with Lauren Patrick, we discuss her journey into computer science and subsequently healthcare technology. As the founder and president of Healthmonix, she is passionate about helping practice groups optimize their data and analytics in order to improve their quality of care scores and ultimately, help doctors provide the best care to patients. Our transcript has been edited, but you can listen to the full podcast episode here.

Can you tell me how you got into computer engineering?

Lauren: So a long time ago in a place far, far away, my father was an electrical engineer. When…

There is no shortage of surveys and academic reports reinforcing the idea that telehealth generally improves practices’ ROI. According to a 2017 Foley report, 71% of practices realized cost savings due to its implementation, with 29% realizing a 20% or more improvement. But many articles showcasing telemedicine’s financial impacts consist of case studies highlighting particular practices, rather than a representative sample of practice types across the country. Add in the spike of telemedicine usage during COVID-19, and there is even less literature about ROI in a way that’s relevant in the present day. This lack of information is likely contributing…

It’s no secret that physicians work long hours not only for the direct benefit of their patients, but out of necessity to keep their practices afloat. Arduous insurance billing and out-of-date-technology, such as clunky EHRs, are just a couple of the many culprits that keep doctors at the office. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has demanded additional resources from healthcare workers, not simply in terms of patient volume, but regarding learning curves and adjustments to reimbursement changes, telehealth delivery, safety protocols and more. …