THE DOCTOR WEIGHS IN

The Doctor Weighs In

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All things health & healthcare innovation. Often provocative, sometimes funny, & always entertaining.

03/29/2018

My Conversation with Harry Pappas

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16 min
03/29/2018

What Makes AI Work?

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24 min
02/20/2018

Will Alexa Be Part of the Doctor Patient Relationship?

David Metcalf, Director of the METIL lab at the University of Central Florida joined Pat Salber to discuss the growing role of Alexa in the management of health and healthcare. She makes it easy to remember to take your meds. She can connect you to your doctor for a video conference. She can even turn your hospital room into a smart room so you can use your voice to close the blinds, turn on the TV or ask your nurse for more medication. Who knows what she will be doing in the future as the form factors evolve and her functionality grows.

14 min
02/14/2018

Solving Clinician Shortages with Nomad Health

Nomad Health has made it easy for hospitals and clinics to find clinicians (docs and nurses) to fill open positions. Dr. Alexi Nazem joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss how the company finds and helps credential and license doctors and nurses across the country. They have recently expanded their services in NY to include doctors as well as nurses.

15 min
02/14/2018

What You Can Learn From Trump's Heart Health Tests

The results of President Trump's heart health tests were the topic of much discussion and a lot of confusion. Cardiologist Andrew Waxler, MD, joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss heart health testing.

14 min
02/13/2018

Understanding Digital Health in the Context of Your Life

It is so much easier to see how digital health things can work, interact, and provide value when you can see them in the context of life. Pat Salber MD interviews Harry Pappas, Founder and CEO of the IntelligentHealth Association and the IntelligentHealth Pavilion that creates full-on iHomes and iHospitals so prospective purchasers can see digital health devices in context.

16 min
02/07/2018

UPMC is an Innovation Powerhouse

UPMC is so much more than just a Medical Center, it is an innovation powerhouse leading the charge to transform healthcare. Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) talks with Rasu Shrestha MD, Chief Innovation Officer who explains all of the ways the organization is pushing the cutting edge of healthcare innovation.

18 min
11/28/2017

Healthy Roster: The On-Demand Athletic Training Platform

In today's interview, we will be speaking to Dan Fronczak, CEO of HealthRoster. What is HealthyRoster? What should I know about this company and how is it related to me? Well, if you are an athlete or a trainer or even a parent, friend, or relative of one, this may interest you. According to Dan, "Healthy Roster is the only injury documentation tool that allows athletic trainers to build deeper relationships with parents and prove outreach works." Tune in to find out more. About HealthRoster At Healthy Roster, we're empowering Sports Medicine departments to easily prove their immense value through end-to-end injury tracking and reporting. By providing AT's with a dramatically better mobile injury documentation and communication tool, and integrating Healthy Roster with your healthcare system's main EHR, we can help prove the value of outreach to your healthcare organization!

25 min

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All things health & healthcare innovation. Often provocative, sometimes funny, & always entertaining.

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The Doctor Weighs In
Years Active

2014 - 2018
Episodes

54
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THE DOCTOR WEIGHS IN

THE DOCTOR WEIGHS IN

Episodes

My Conversation with Harry Pappas

What Makes AI Work?

Will Alexa Be Part of the Doctor Patient Relationship?

Solving Clinician Shortages with Nomad Health

What You Can Learn From Trump's Heart Health Tests

Understanding Digital Health in the Context of Your Life

UPMC is an Innovation Powerhouse

Healthy Roster: The On-Demand Athletic Training Platform

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