Mitesh Rao: Democratizing Healthcare Data Health & Veritas

Mitesh Rao, co-founder and CEO of OMNY Health, joins Howie and Harlan to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and how his company is creating a common layer of data connecting healthcare providers and researchers. Harlan reports on a study showing how many lives could be saved by improving quality of care; Howie reflects on the health consequences that have accompanied the legalization of cannabis. 
Links:
Quality and Lives Saved
“The business case for quality: estimating lives saved and harms avoided in a value-based purchasing model”
The CMS Innovation Center
NCQA: Hedis Measures
South Park: “Navigating the American Healthcare System”
Mitesh Rao
OMNY Health: Connect Data to Transform Lives
“OMNY Health announces $17 Million Raise to Lead the Next Generation of Real-World Data-Driven Decision-Making and Collaboration Across Healthcare”
Crunchbase: OMNY Health
“How Venture Capital Works”
UK Biobank: Enabling Scientific Discoveries that Improve Human Health
“The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: Four Decades of Training Physicians as Agents of Change”
HIPAA: Health Information Privacy
Yale Innovation Summit
Cannabis and Health
“Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana”
“Changes in self-reported cannabis use in the United States from 1979 to 2022”
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
“Cannabis and Psychosis: Recent Epidemiological Findings Continuing the ‘Causality Debate’”
“High-potency marijuana highlights the risk of cannabis-induced psychiatric disorders”
Marijuana Addiction Facts: Is Marijuana Addictive?

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