DigitalHealth InvestorTalk Show

Steven Wardell

Looking at key digital health industry topics from the investor perspective. New show starting April 2024.

  1. Apr 28

    The Future of Digital Therapeutics with Eddie Martucci and Steven Wardell

    Digital is a high-potential modality in therapeutics but 10 years later there are few hit products. What can we expect next? In this show we'll cover: Successes and challenges of Prescription Digital Therapeutics 1.0Will PDTs achieve parity with molecular therapeutics?What are the current enablers and blockers of better care through digital therapeutics? And we'll answer your questions. Eddie Martucci, PhD, is the CEO of Alterris Oncology, a cancer biotech company; Advisor and President (US) of ResilienceCare, a digital health company in oncology care; and was the founding CEO of Akili Interactive, the leading prescription digital therapeutics company. Eddie also serves as a venture advisor to Sofinnova Partners, is on the Program Advisory Board of the MD Anderson Cancer Center's Cancer Neuroscience Program, and advises select founder-led early-stage innovative startup companies through his consulting firm, Martucci Innovations. Eddie has been named a Business Insider 30 Under 40 in Healthcare, and in 2021 was featured as one of Newsweek's "America's 50 Greatest Disruptors." Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

  2. Apr 7

    Here Comes Telehealth 2.0 with Dr. Lyle Berkowitz and Steven Wardell

    In this show we'll cover: What telehealth has meant up to nowHow patients, clinicians, technology, and care delivery have changedA new vision of telehealth And we'll answer your questions. Lyle Berkowitz, MD, is the founder and Executive Chairman of KeyCare, a network of AI tech-enhanved virtual care providers working on an instance of Epic optimized for telehealth. Follow him on LinkedIn. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com.

  3. Mar 27

    Consolidation in Employer HealthTech with Chris Michalak and Steven Wardell

    There's been massive innovation and entry into the Employer HealthTech sector and now consolidation is playing out. The endgame is near. The right combination of health benefits provided by employers can attract and retain talent, build company identity and morale, promote better health and productivity among employees, and bend the medical cost trend downward over time. So for over 20 years employers have been picking and providing innovative mixes of healthcare and programmatic health benefits to employees to earn these advantages. And the market has responded with massive entry of new products, talent, companies, and investment capital. Now we're seeing emergent winners and losers, changing buyer preferences, maturity of the sector, aggregation of services, and the uptick of consolidation in the industry. In this show we'll cover: - The story of the employer healthtech thus far - Market maturation, changing buyer preferences - The uptick in consolidaiton and what's next And we'll answer your questions. Chris Michalak is the Executive Chairman and former CEO of Personify Health, the leading provider of navigation, wellness, and care management solutions to employers, and he is the former CEO of Buck Consultants. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

  4. Mar 13

    From GenAI to Patient Agency with David Shaywitz and Steven Wardell

    The amount of healthcare data keeps growing. The tools we have keep improving, including new GenAI tools. But to truly drive better healthcare outcomes, we need to improve the agency of both patients in healthcare systems and of consumers at home. In this show we'll cover: - The new landscape of data and tools in healthcare - Extracting meaningful insight for care delivery - Using GenAI and digital tools to drive behavior change and improved health And we'll answer your questions. David Shaywitz, MD, PhD, is Chief Medical Scientist at Lore Health. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

  5. Feb 14

    What's Happening at ViVE in February? With Adam Kaufman and Steven Wardell

    We look at what to expect from the ViVE Conference in Los Angeles in February, including innovations and investor sentiments Adam and I offer a preview of the state of digital-health fundraising, enterprise budgets, and innovation that we'll see at the ViVE conference covering payers and providers. Will the barbell fundraising environment continue? What will be the favored investment themes? Are rollups picking up steam? When will the great shakeout arrive? What will happen to the Zombiecorns? In this show we'll cover: What to do now to prepare for the ViVE Conference in FebruaryHow to get the most out of your time and out of meetingsViews on the future of the fundraising, consolidation, and IPO environments for digital health in 2026And we'll answer your questions. Adam Kaufman is the publisher of BearingOn.Health, an advisor to health systems, pharma companies, and innovative digital health companies, and an adjunct professor of economics at USC. Follow him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adkaufman/. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts (new show link): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633Spotify (new show link): https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

  6. Jan 29

    DigitalHealth InvestorTalk: Strategic Alternatives for Zombicorns

    What's next for funded companies with growth issues? After the euphoria of the Zero Interest Rate Period (ZIRP) when many companies received significant funding at high valuations, reality has set in for many of those companies. Slower than expected growth, missed milestones, and a more selective funding environment are forcing tough choices on the management teams of these companies. In this show we'll cover: The changing opportunities and challenges for digital health companiesThe investors' perspectivesThe range of strategic alternatives available to companies And we'll answer your questions. Ron Razmi, MD, is the Managing Director of Zoi, a health AI advisory and investment firm, and the author of AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. A cardiologist by training, he was previously a McKinsey consultant and CEO of health technology company. He currently writes a column for Fast Company and the The AI Doctor Blog on substack, and comments regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, and other media outlets on the health economy. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts (new show link): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633Spotify (new show link): https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

  7. Jan 12

    What Next-Gen MedTech Brings to Longevity with Lana Caron and Steven Wardell

    Building on advances in technology, MedTech is increasingly able to solve health problems and give us more changes for a long life. From spotting health emergencies earlier to replacing failing organs, the investment potential for the sector is growing. In this show we'll cover: - New technologies enabling medtech - Surprising new capabilities in heatlhcare - The ways that medtech will solve aging And we'll answer your questions. Lana Caron Lana Caron is a medtech and digital health veteran on a mission to make aging optional and longevity mandatory. As a General Partner at Solas BioVentures, she invests in medtech and biopharma innovations poised to transform how long and how well we live. Previously, she led digital health and AI investments at Philips Ventures and held leadership roles at medtech companies innovating to improve our lives. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts (new show link): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633Spotify (new show link): https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

  8. 12/16/2025

    What's Happening at JP Morgan This January?

    The JP Morgan Healthcare Investor Conference in San Francisco each January sets the fundraising tone for the year - we preview happenings! As we head into the new year and the great gathering of healthcare investors in San Francisco in January at and around the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, Adam and I offer a preview of the state of digital health fundraising. Will the barbell fundraising environment continue? What will be the favored investment themes? Are rollups picking up steam? When will the great shakeout arrive? What will happen to the Zombiecorns? In this show we'll cover: What to do now to prepare for the JPM Conference in JanuaryHow to get the most out of your time and out of meetingsViews on the future of the fundraising, consolidation, and IPO environments for digital health for 2026And we'll answer your questions. Adam Kaufman is the publisher of BearingOn.Health, an advisor to health systems, pharma companies, and innovative digital health companies, and an adjunct professor of economics at USC. Follow him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adkaufman/. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

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