The New Normal from Life365

Listen to Dr. David Shulkin, Ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs serving under President Trump and the Under Secretary of Health serving under President Obama.  In addition, Dr. Bob Arnot, Senior Medical Correspondent and Tech Advisor and Dr Mehrdad Shafa, Population Health Management and Patient Centered Care discuss COVID-19, what we know about it and how can we work together to combat it.   Remember this was very early days in the Pandemic in the US (Spring 2020).Questions that were addressed include:Most of us are all sheltered in our homes and taking this very seriously, how big is this going to get?  What should we be prepared for?How is this outbreak different or the same from previous outbreaks?Do you think this will be coming back in the Fall?  Or still be here?Telemedicine / Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring is rapidly being adopted in order to change the point of care to home.   Dr. Shulkin, how is the VA leveraging Telehealth, Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring?With all the changes to Telehealth, Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring and new technology / solutions that are the marketplace today, how can we leverage it with COVID-19?Where is our biggest bang for the effort?  (Stay-at-Home, Vaccines, Anti-Virals, Experimental Therapies, etc.)What are we doing to protect highly vulnerable populations? (Special Needs, Seniors, Chronic Illness, Nursing Homes, Clinical Trials, etc.).  How can we leverage Telemedicine / Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring to provide greater protection around this population?There is an example of a Thermometer company, Kinsa (San Francisco) that now has over 1 Million Thermometers (Data Points) in households in the US.   They have Heat Maps that show hotspots in near real time where temperatures are raising.   A week ago they showed a hotspot in New York, Washington and Illinois, but Florida was on Fire.   It is reported that CDC takes up to 3 weeks or more to get Flu data from Providers.   What is your opinion on how Telehealth / Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring could provide a significant amount of biometric data points in the home to be fed to Analytic and AI models to see trends emerge in real time (or predictive)?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to  Robert Jarrin, Strategic Advisor with The Omega Concern, Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel with ACT | The App Association's Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and Pete Stevenson, President & COO or eCare21 discuss the quickly changing landscape with Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth Reimbursement with COVID-19.Questions that were addressed include:Lets start simple - Definition of Telehealth, Telemedicine and Remote Patient MonitoringWhat is Licensure, Parity, 1135 Waivers, Originating Sites?Environment for Telehealth / RPM prior to COVID-19 - Were we making headwayEnvironment for Telehealth / RPM now with COVID-19 here - Moving Fast!Will these changes be Temporary or Permanent?What is the quickest way that Telehealth / Remote Patient Monitoring companies can help?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to  Dr. Sage Breslin, Tranformation Psychologist of Sage Wisdom Institute, Patricia Daiker, Diabetes Coach of Dragonfly Lights, LLC and Lindsey Kroll, Chief Executive Officer of Enable Your Care discuss the Psychology of dealing with COVID-19.Questions that were addressed include:How do people cope with family / friends and co-workers that have COVID-19?Dealing with a loss from COVID-19Working remotely in "Stay at Home" orders - How do we restore or re-balance our lives?What can we expect in the coming months - "The New Normal"?How do we deal with Healthcare and Financial issues at the same time?How can we use Telehealth / Telebehavioral health with COVID-19?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to  Gary Wald, Co-Founder of Teladoc, Harry Glorikian, General Partner at New Ventures Funds and author/podcast of Moneyball Medicine and Dr. Alan Pitt, Professor of Neuroradiology at Barrow Neurological Institute discuss the Evolution of Telehealth and how it could evolve / help in the age of COVID-19.Questions that were addressed include:The Start and Evolution of TelehealthTelehealth Best Practices and AdoptionMoving the Exam Room Outside the Doctors OfficeHow Telehealth Can Play an Active Role in COVID-19What Does the Future of Telehealth Hold - Where Are We GoingThinking Outside the Box in HealthcareWhat can we expect in the coming months - "The New Normal"?How can we use Telehealth / Telebehavioral health with COVID-19?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to  Vince Caimano, Chief Executive Officer of Peer Support Solutions, Neal Sofian, Chief Executive Officer of Tuzag and Jim Bowling, Co-Founder and COO of Premedex discuss Support, Engagement and Care in the age of COVID-19.Questions that were addressed include:How can people bond together and support each other during these time?What are practical ways to engage people in their care and therapyHow can we use cost effective solutions to transition patient care to home?What the biggest hurdles in keeping people engaged?What are different types of technologies / solutions in connecting with people in a cost effective way?Are your solutions reimbursable?How can we use Peer Support, Patient Engagement and Transitions of Care with COVID-19?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to Christina Noble, Chief Growth Officer of Sonora Quest Laboratories and Dr. Cathy Petti, Chief Executive Officer of MoDx.ai and former Medical Director for Ancestry.com talk about the state of COVID-19 testing when COVID-19 was just starting in the US (Spring 2020). Questions that were addressed include:How many tests do you think we need in the US over the next 12-18 months?Do you think that everyone should be tested?  Who should be tested and how often?What are PCR Tests, Antigens and Antibody Tests?If someone that has tested positive then went negative, are they immune from going positive again or spreading the virus?What do you think the fall, winter and spring look like as far as the number of people being infected with the virus?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to Dr. David Shulkin, Ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs serving under President Trump and the Under Secretary of Health serving under President Obama.  In addition, Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Incremental Healthcare and Fred Goldstein, President and Founder of Accountable Health.   The panel discusses the ability to get back to work safely, especially with the waves emerging at the time of COVID-19.Questions that were addressed include:Getting Back to Work safelyWhat it will take, what’s required and what needs to be consideredLatest Update on COVID19 infectionLatest science, findings, treatment, testing etcThe 3T’s - Testing and Tracing and TreatmentHow to Develop a Company Plan for Re-OpeningPlease visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to Bob Roth,  Managing Partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions and Radio Host  of Health Futures Taking Stock, as well as Rear Admiral (Ret) Robert Wray, Chief Executive Officer of BlueStar SeniorTech and Tom Maxwell, Co-CEO and Founder of Maxwell Healthcare Associates talk about the changing Home Health and Care in a COVID-19 world.Questions that were addressed include:How can we utilize Home Care to help in a post COVID-19 worldHow can Home Healthcare help that the pressure off the healthcare systemWhat tools are available to individuals and families to allow a Senior to live more independentlyHow do we protect Home Care and Home Healthcare workers from COVID-19Since COVID-19 is being found in ALFs, SNFs and Nursing Facilities, can we use Home Care and Home Healthcare to allow Seniors to stay at home?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Listen to Cynthia Ekberg Tsai, CEO of HealthQuest, Joan Koerber-Walker, President and CEO of the Arizona Bioindustry Association and Dr. Robin Smith, Founder and President of the CURA Foundation, discuss issues around Caring, Support and Innovation in our Changing Times, especially when dealing with the first wave of COVID-19 in the US.Questions that were addressed include:What are our biggest growing Social Needs in the current environment and how do we help?How do we help ourselves, families, friends, neighbors, co-workers and others during these changing times?How can we reinvent and empower ourselves, creating new opportunities to emerge into a bright future ahead of us?  Is this a pivotal inflection point in our lives?What role will Life Sciences play and do we have the resources to respond quickly to the current environment we live in?What roles does Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring play?How is AZ Bioindustry helping?  Is Arizona prepared and stepping up to help?How is CURA Foundation helping?  What is The Galen Foundation and how are they helping?How is HEALTHQUEST helping?What Innovation do you see coming to market quickly to help us currently and to help guard against the next pandemic?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Back by popular request, we are bringing back Dr Cathy Petti and Tom Leggett from Sonora Quest Labs (SQL) to help guide us thru the next 6-12 months of what we can potentially expect from Testing, Variants, Vaccines and returning back to a semi-normal life safely.- How are we testing for COVID-19 now (PCR Test, Rapid Diagnostics, Anti-Bodies, etc.)?- After receiving a Vaccine, do you still need to be tested or wear a mask?- Are people still able to shed the Virus after being vaccinated?- How are Variants affecting testing and/or the vaccines?- What precautions should be taken around people that have not been vaccinated vs vaccinated?- What does the next year hold for us?  Do you see more shut-downs?- Will we have to be vaccinated again each year?Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see Webinar episodes from this past spring (2020) when we brought experts together to try and sort out our pathway forward with COVID-19. (How accurate were their warnings and predictions).Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join us for an exciting New Normal Webinar discussing the end to disparate Digital Health solutions and the era of highly Personalized bundled solutions, from an Integrated Platform, with targeted Patient Engagement.Leading this conversation will be Mario Vassaux, Life365 Co-Founder and Chief Operating/Technology Officer,  Brian Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of Willow.AI and Dr. Roxie Mooney, Healthcare Commercialization Strategist and Executive Producer and Host of the Health Innovators Podcast.Mario has decades of experience in consumer engagement in healthcare and was the producer / distributor of some of the most popular video games.  He has designed over 30 Healthcare apps focusing on Patient Engagement.Brian is the CEO of Willow.AI.  Brian will discuss how Machine Learning and AI are being used to help Personalize solutions for patients to maximize adherence and outcomes.Dr. Roxie will share her experience in talking with top innovators in healthcare and how the market is starting to shift with new models of care emerging.See how Mario, Brian and Dr. Roxie bring this together in the next wave of Consumer Driven Healthcare with Personalization.Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars.Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

As Health Systems are contemplating how to build hospitals for the future, increased demand is coming from Consumer Directed Healthcare to embrace healthcare at home, including discussing preparing for CMS certification.In the past, Health Systems would acquire their patients from surrounding communities, but today with Telehealth / Telemedicine, patients are now being cared for from around the US and world through Virtual Care Platforms. Health Systems now need to acquire their patients from not only the local community but beyond.Please join us for a great conversation with Dr. Zsolt Kulcsar, Physician Lead, Telehealth Services for White Plains Hospital, Jonathan Bandel, VP of Strategy and Innovation, White Plains Hospital and Dr. Mehrdad Shafa, Chief Medical Officer of Life365.Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join us for a free webinar tomorrow where we are bringing together experts in the field of Reimbursement Codes for Remote Physiologic Monitoring. We'll review the codes, answer frequently asked questions, and review current policies and legislation relating to remote patient monitoring.Please join Robert Jarrin, Strategic Advisor and Reimbursement Expert, Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel with ACT | The App Association and Kendall Paulsen, Telehealth Manager for Life365 to answer any questions related to Reimbursement and usage. Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join our distinguished panelists as they discuss the technologies, solutions and services needed to help support Hospital@Home. A few episodes back we heard from White Plains Hospital how they are preparing to connect with patients outside of the four walls of the hospital, and how technology solutions are helping prepare to meet that demand.Moving outside the hospital, working with clinicians that are accustomed to clinical grade solutions vs consumer grade, is some times problematic. Meet Dr. Dave Albert, Chief Medical Officer / Founder of Alivecor / KardiaMobile. Dr. Albert will discuss the thought that went into designing a Consumer Usable solution that had a high-level of clinical adoption and acceptance. In addition, we will have Tom Hall, Chief Operating Officer / Co-Founder of AffirmXH, a Intelligent Biosensor company and Rick Bente, President of Operations for Seventh Sense Biosystems, a Home Blood Draw company.Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Please join Brian Scarpelli, Senior Global Policy Counsel, Connected Health Initiative, Kendall Paulsen, Telehealth Manager of Life365, Dr. Saurabh Chandra, Chief Telehealth Officer at University of Mississippi Medical Center and Dr. Mehrdad Shafa, Chief Medical Officer of Life365 and CEO of Avixena,  discuss the FCC COVID19 Telehealth Program and steps to prepare for the application which opens April 29th at 12:00pm ET.The panelists will take the time to review the FCC COVID19 Telehealth Program, in addition to an overview of how to implement a Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring program, especially with non-profit providers.Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join our distinguished panelists as they discuss the advantages of having early "Insights" (Data), from consumers outside the traditional point of care.   We continue the conversation about moving Care to home (Hospital@Home / SNF@Home) and the need to provide technology and solutions that enable this mission.   As we continue to work with large Health Systems and large Populations of patients, the need to connect remotely increases as Payors and Consumers are in search of healthcare solutions in low-cost settings - Home.We will have a lively discussion with two companies, Movement Interactive, maker of the Hiji Band (Concussions and Fall Detection) and EarlySense (Contact-Free Continuous Monitoring). Our panelists will include Dr. Eric Luster, D.B.A, CEO / Founder of Movement Interactive and Dr. Nupin Chopra, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology from DePauw University.  In addition, we have Terry Duesterhoeft, Chief Product Officer of EarlySense.   Both products provide cost-effective data insights to help provide "Just in Time" care and early interventions.Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join our distinguished panelists as they discuss the changing landscape of Kidney Care with new Financial and At-Risk Models being put in place by CMS and Payors.   There is a need to connect to Kidney (CKD) patients to be able to intervene before their disease state is exacerbated and goes to a more costly state.   The use of technology will play an important role to stay connected to patients with CKD and ESRD.  The panel will provide examples of how to engage larger populations of Kidney Care patients and the Financial Models that could be employed.We will have a lively discussion with Dr. Amandeep Khurana, Nephrologist for Southwest Kidney Institute and Tom Kelly, previous EVP / CFO of Davita and previous CEO of Aetna Medicaid and Life365 Board Member, as well as, Dr. Mehrdad Shafa, Chief Medical Officer of Life365 and Avixena CEO. Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join our distinguished panelists as they discuss the need in healthcare today for personalized care - the "Whole Person" solution.  Todays solutions deliver disparate offerings (diabetes, behavioral health, social determinants of health, transportation, peer support, remote care, telehealth, etc.).   Consumers are demanding personalization in their own care.  Payors need to deliver additional features and content in order to attract consumers to their plans, especially with Medicare Advantage. Platforms need to be built thru the Digital Front Door of the home to allow for personalized solutions to be delivered to the member in a unified and homogenous bundled offering. We will have a lively discussion with Patrick Burke, Head of healthcare and John Stamatopoulos, SVP of Payor Strategies at Happify Health, as well as, Mario Vassaux, COO / CTO and Co-Founder of Life365 Health.   Learn how these panelists have specialized in consumer engagement, using a variety of tools, including gamification, wearables, intelligent digital therapeutics and more to personalize care for large populations of patients - one consumer at a time.Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Join our distinguished panelists as they discuss the Changing Economics, and Dynamics, of Patient Care, and Transitioning Care to theHomeWe will have a lively discussion with Randy Nale, Director US Healthcare Solutions at Microsoft and Dr. Farrukh Jafri, Medical Director WPH Cares at White Plains Hospital, as well as, Michael Latchmansingh, Manager, Innovation Implementation & Operations at White Plains Hospital.   Learn about Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and how Microsoft is positioning itself to help connect health systems and hospitals to patients remotely at home.   Listen to how White Plains Hospital has started the transition of care to home and the technics and tools they are using to engage patients remotely in their care.Please visit www.newnormal.buzz to see our past and current Webinars or available wherever you find your favorite Podcasts under "The New Normal from Life365".Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz

Life365 CTO/COO, Mario Vassaux, hosted a live panel discussion on the emerging digital health technologies making remote care at home possible. We hosted connected health experts from Stel Life, and MIR (Medical International Research). They share insights on how their innovative solutions are helping patients and providers, promoting patient engagement, tips for overcoming barriers to implementation, the future of connected health product developments, and more.Visit our complete New Normal podcast site at: www.newnormal.buzz