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Health Innovation Matters is a biweekly, 30-minute podcast focusing on the next generation of healthcare innovators and movers-and-shakers who are disrupting the healthcare space. This podcast is all about increasing awareness of future health trends, accelerating technologies, and art and design perspectives. The podcast also provides a forum for elevating public discourse on ways healthcare can be more accessible, less costly, and more efficient. You'll hear about dynamic collaborations, breathtaking technological breakthroughs, and cutting edge developments in the newest medical fields, including regenerative medicine, digital health, precision health, advanced cellular therapies, advances in nutrition, nutrigenomics and sustainable energy as it pertains to creating a health future that is equitable. You'll hear from innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, decision-makers, policymakers, educators, investors, and inventors. This is a health innovation podcast about results, about success stories, about possibilities.
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Michael chats with Dr. Michael Park, Professor at the University of Minnesota, Neurosurgeon at M Health Fairview, Chief Technology Officer of SynerFuse, and the primary inventor of SynerFuse technology. Together, they discuss the reality of spinal surgery and the patient experience today, how SynerFuse has combined spinal fusion with dorsal root ganglion stimulation in a single surgery, how that innovation has proved to be safe, how that innovation has proved to reduce post-surgery pain and opioid use, how SynerFuse is aiming to advance the procedure into regular practice, where spinal surgery is headed in the future, and much more.
Michael chats with Josh Howell, Healthcare Chief Technology Officer at Rubrik. Together, they discuss the emergence of cyber resilience as a distinct field from cybersecurity, why cyberattacks are increasingly viewed as patient safety events, and how health systems can prepare to maintain care during cyber disruptions. Their conversation includes evolving strategies to defend against ransomware and data extortion, the future of healthcare cybersecurity through industry collaboration, how AI is reshaping the cyber threat landscape and resilience planning, and much more. Learn more about Rubrik at www.Rubrik.com.
Michael chats with Max Mangum, Co-founder and CEO of Pivotal Health. Together, they discuss the purpose of the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process under the No Surprises Act and why it was created to help ensure fair out-of-network reimbursement; the administrative and reimbursement challenges providers face when trying to participate in IDR; how growing administrative complexity is limiting provider access to the process; the impact of CMS's updated IDR rules on transparency, efficiency, provider reimbursement and eligibility; the role of AI and human expertise in reducing administrative burden and supporting compliant reimbursement workflows; and what it will take to ensure IDR remains a fair, efficient, and sustainable process for providers, payers, and patients. Learn more about Pivotal Health at www.pivotalhealth.ai.
Michael chats with Chris Becker, President and CEO of Bionix®. Together, they discuss how Bionix has approached innovation in the ear, nose, and throat care space; persistent challenges facing family practices, pediatrics, and urgent care today; how clinician expectations have evolved around visualization, efficiency, and the ability to complete more procedures directly in the exam room; why illumination plays such an important role in procedural confidence and workflow; the development of Bionix's OneLight™ Illumination Platform; how the platform improve the experience of performing procedures like cerumen removal, foreign body retrieval, and micro suction in the exam room; how the OneLight Platform helps practices create a more standardized, procedure-ready workflow while supporting operational value; how supply chain stability and purchasing consistency have influenced the platform's design and Bionix's forward-looking strategy; and much more. Learn more about Bionix at www.bionix.com.
Michael chats with Dr. Steven Falowski, Board-Certified Functional Neurosurgeon, President of Pennsylvania's Pain Society, and Strategic Advisor for SynerFuse. Together, they discuss options for patient pain management, the prevalence of chronic back pain, Steven's decision to get involved with SynerFuse, the e-TLIF double infusion procedure, how SynerFuse is pairing neuromodulation with the e-TLIF procedure, the opioid epidemic and the push to reduce reliance on opioid prescriptions, where AI could be headed in healthcare, and much more. Learn more about SynerFuse at www.SynerFuse.com.
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