All posts by Tammy Tran
Startup Perthera Aims to Personalize Cancer...
Perthera’s services are an example of the new personalized (or precision) approach to cancer treatment. Pat Salber MD interviews Lee Barrett, Senior Advisor about precision
CliniCloud: Bringing Healthcare Home
Monitor your or your family’s health in the comfort of your own home with CliniCloud’s digital stethoscope and non-contact thermometer. On today’s Google Hangouts On-Air,
In Control: An ePatient’s Life with T...
Data dysfunction creates unnecessary challenges for engaged patients trying to manage chronic conditions, like Type 1 Diabetes. The highlight of WLSA 2014 Convergence Conference in San
Oracle on Gigantic Data and Genomics
Oracle is building open, scalable platforms so that their customers can populate them. Pat Salber () chats with Oracle’s Jonathan Sheldon (Global VP for Health
Prima-Temp: A Fertility Awareness Sensor
Prima-Temp brings new, innovative approaches to many of today’s healthcare challenges. Prima-Temp brings new, innovative approaches to many of today’s healthcare challenges through the application
A Chat with George Lundberg, Chief Medical ...
We had a chance to catch up with George Lundberg, MD, former JAMA Editor in Chief of JAMA, current Editor-at-Large of Medscape, and now Chief
Do It Yourself Sperm Counts from Sandstone ...
Pat Salber () chats with Greg Sommer, Founder & CEO of Sandstone Diagnostics, about their home test for male fertility, named Trak, at the Personalized
Oxford’s Peter Donnelly on Genomics &...
The next big challenge will be understanding what the information means for people in terms of risk of disease and guiding diagnosis and treatment when
Stanford Health Care: Blending Science with...
“I am so bullish on the opportunities for us to truly deliver integrated solutions, not only to medical care, but also to health and well-being.”
Pfizer & mHealth
Wendy Mayer, VP of Worldwide Innovation, Pfizer, joined Pat Salber () at the mHealth Summit in Washington DC to discuss Pfizer & mHealth. Pfizer develops some of
What’s New in Digital at Kaiser Perma...
Members can now use selfies to communicate with their doctors about emerging clinical conditions Christine Paige, SVP of Marketing and Digital Services at Kaiser Permanente
Dr. David Rhew’s Journey from ID doc ...
David Rhew MD joins Pat Salber () at the 2014 mHealth Summit in Washington DC. We talked about his journey from an infectious disease physician
Transforming Healthcare: A Conversation wit...
There is “a massive opportunity for healthcare systems to reshape their economics as they see declining reimbursement on the inpatient side,” said Frank Williams, CEO Evolent
Chopra’s Hunch: Harnessing Big Data t...
“Where else could you actually reduce costs and improve outcomes to the degree in which we can in healthcare.” Aneesh Chopra, the former Chief Technology Officer
StethoCloud: A New Tool for Dr. Mommy?
StethoCloud Co-Founder Andrew Lin shares his vision for their digital stethoscope It all began when Andrew Lin and Hon Weng Chong, two young Australian doctors,
Vinod Khosla Answers Entrepreneurs’ Q...
Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures was the keynote speaker at the July meeting of Health 2.0 Silicon Valley. It was standing room only at
Atlassian’s San Francisco Health Hack
Connie Kwan, Product Manager at Atlassian, took the stage at the July 2014 Silicon Valley Health 2.0 Meet-up to tell the audience about the first
Garrett Dunham Announces MedHack 2014 at He...
Garrett Dunham, Founder and CEO of Prebacked announced the MedHack healthcare hackathon will take place on September 6 & 7 in partnership with University of
Great Advice for Entrepreneurs in Healthcar...
Geoff Clapp’s List of 6 Things Health Entrepreneurs Should and Shouldn’t Do Geoff Clapp, Co-Founder of Health Hero and more recently Better (an app that
Nueon: Reimagining Blood Pressure Measureme...
We’ve been measuring blood pressure the same way for 150 years. Isn’t it time for something new? Bob Messerschmidt, CEO of Nueon, joined Pat Salber
Living in Digital Times’ Robin Raskin...
Dr. Pat Salber chats with Robin on her bird’s eye view of the current health and technology industry and where we are headed in the
ConsejoSano: Leapfrogging Barriers and Bord...
Every person deserves a chance to talk to a doctor who can understand them (and that they can understand) when they or their kids are
TrueVault, a HIPAA Compliant Database as a ...
Trey Swann, co-founder of TrueVault, a “HIPAA compliant database as a service,” presented at the March 2014 meeting of Silicon Valley Health 2.0. As Trey
Leroy Hood: Systems Thinking in Biology
Leroy Hood has been solving big problems in medicine his entire career. His contributions have been monumental, including being involved in the development of five
Zipnosis: Minute Clinic on Your iPhone
Zipnosis fits into the slipstream of your life in a way that traditional office visit care never has. Jon Pearce, CEO of Zipnosis, one of
GSMA: MegaTelecom Meets Healthcare
Mobile healthcare innovators… looking to go global? Then, this is one video you should watch. GSMA represents 3.5 billion SIM cards in the world, and they are
A Breakthrough in Mental Health
Breakthrough is an online telehealth platform that brings together patients, providers, and insurers so that people with mental health needs can quickly, conveniently, and privately
Anne DeGheest on Metrics for Success for He...
I had a chance to catch up with Anne DeGheest, Co-Founder of HealthTech Capital at the 2014 Digital Health Summer Summit. At this conference, we
Practice Fusion’s Matthew Douglass Sh...
June’s special guest at the monthly Silicon Valley Health 2.0 Meet-up was Matthew Douglass, Co-Founder of Practice Fusion (PF). Matt started his talk by reviewing
Don Ross Recaps the HealthTech Conference 2...
Don Ross, Co-Founder of HealthTech Capital, joins The Doctor Weighs In () to chat about the HealthTech Conference and the feedback they are getting from
Welltok: Optimizing Health & Maximizin...
I had a chance to spend some time with Michelle Snyder, Chief Marketing Officer of Welltok, at the recent Digital Health Summer Summit in San
A Conversation with Donato Tramuto, Founder...
Donato Tramuto has lots of jobs. He is the Founder and CEO of Physicians Interactive, an international platform for life sciences brands to reach physicians and
Sharecare: Building a Skyscraper
Sharecare encourages users to take the RealAge test as a part of the registration process. Brilliant! Who doesn’t want to know if they are really 10
Jiff: Mining Digital Health for Employee We...
We had a chance to catch up with Derek Newell, CEO of Jiff at the 2014 Digital Health Summer Summit. Jiff, he explained, provides self-insured employers with a one-stop
A Chat with Jill Gilbert, Producer of Digit...
Jill Gilbert, the producer of the Digital Health Summer Summit’s agenda bio says that she is “a modern day digital alchemist, bringing together expert speakers, cutting-edge topics,
Geppetto Builds Hearts and Minds for Avatar...
Want to make an avatar more human? Or help a robot have personality? That’s exactly what the folks at Geppetto Avatars are doing. I had
Glooko Puts Glucose in Context
Glooko is a tool for people with diabetes that helps them put their glucose in context. The Glooko’s MeterSync device can upload glucose readings from
Validic: The Digital Health Connector
I had a fun chat with Ryan Beckland, Co-Founder and CEO of Validic at the recent 2014 Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara. He told me the company
Ash Damle’s Passion: Bringing Good D...
Ash is the founder and CEO of Lumiata (formerly known as Medgle). Lumiata is a big data analytic company that is aiming to transform medical
CareSpan: Delivering Primary Care Everywhe...
According to Terry Knapp, MD, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer of CareSpan International, the company “exists to bring comprehensive, integrated, lower cost medical care, wellness,