Empowered Patient Podcast

Chris Fulcher PhD Director of the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri talks about the development of the Community Commons online tool using open data from federal and local sources to address Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA). Applying GIS and data visualization provides the kind of granularity needed to understand the complexity of the health of a community. @communitycommon @esri_health #healthGIS Community Commons  

Dr. Lidia Schapira, Editor-in-Chief Cancer.net and Fergal McGovern CEO Visible Thread on the challenge of getting patients and caregivers accurate health information that is accessible and understandable.  Lidia and Fergal provide thoughtful observations about the challenges of providing accurate cancer related information to an international online audience on Cancer.net which was created by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. @cancerdotnet @visiblethread Cancer.net Visible Thread

Andrew Schroeder PhD, Director of Research and Analysis, Direct Relief discusses the global spread of Zika and other mosquito borne viral diseases, impact of climate change on insects, and using real-time maps to prevent and mitigate epidemics by getting medicine to the right place at the right time. @DirectRelief @esri_health DirectRelief.org esri.com

Dr. Nancy Hardt drew on her experience as an OB/GYN and pathologist to map at risk neighborhoods in Gainesville, FL in coordination with the Sheriff to identify the correlation between domestic violence and health of the population with reflections on how location visualization can reveal surprises and promote cooperation.  A Sheriff and a Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma @Esri_health  

Bill Roth, Founder and President, Blue Fin Group, consultants to the healthcare industry, talks about the impact of expiring blockbuster drugs, appealing to specialty populations, getting to value based outcomes for expensive drugs, and how patients need to be more accountable for their own health. @bluefingroup Blue Fin Group

Summer Collins, VP of Population Health Data Strategies, Dr. Angela Moemeka, VP and Medical Director of Community Health, and Aijaz Syed, Visualization Specialist, Children's Health on using visualization and GIS to better understand health neighborhoods and identify social determinants of health with insights about their Wellness at WIC program for under-served children under 5 years of age.   @ChildrensTheOne @esri_health #HealthGIS Childrens.com  

Todd Schuble, Manager of GIS Research for the University of Chicago's Division of Social Sciences and senior lecturer in the University of Chicago's Committee on Geographical Studies talks about how time and transportation options are key when measuring health service accessibility, what drives choices about care providers, and value of taking an asset census of community resources to promote healthier life-styles as demonstrated by the HealthERX project in Chicago. @UChicago_GiS GIS.uchicago.edu HealthERX      

Dave Chase, Managing Partner Healthfundr and widely published author on healthcare transformation emphasizes the need for changes in the process of delivery of healthcare in order to take full advantage of technology innovations with examples of proactive care models that can put out a spark before it turns into a full "fire". @ChaseDave HealthFundr.com 95 Theses for a New Health Ecosystem

Dora Barilla, President and Co-Founder, HC2 Strategies on how location impacts the health of a community, how mapping technology can integrate vast amounts of relevant environmental, social and patient data, the right to health not just healthcare, and seeing patient care in a more holistic way. @esri_health HC2 Strategies

Curt Becker, Co-Founder and CEO, Molecular Assemblies is a pioneer in the world of synthesizing DNA and has now started this new company to develop higher quality synthetic DNA in a process that does not require toxic chemicals and opens to doors to more advance use of synthetic DNA in precision medicine research. @CurtBecker @molassemblies Molecular Assemblies

Laurence Girard, CEO and Co-Founder, Fruit Street explains how their telemedicine solution provides medical and health professionals with tools that are often reimbursed by insurance companies, can be used to help modify patient behavior, and are embraced by patients particularly the virtual food diary. @lgirardsf FruitStreet.com

Jefferson McMillan, Manager, Business Intelligence and Clinical Analytics, Children's National Health System talks about how GIS tools are revealing hidden patterns related to pediatric burns, childhood obesity and chronic diseases, using digital tools to get outside the 4 walls of the hospital to provide better care, and how innovation is built into their mission since the founding of the institution in 1870. @Childrenshealth @HealthMapJeff @Esri_Health ChildrensNational.org Esri.com

Kian Saneii, CEO and Chairman, Independa on using the television as a platform to provide medical and social features that can vastly improve quality of life of population aging in place.  Will virtual reality be a hit with seniors with limited mobility? @Independa Independa.com

Daniel Kraft MD Founding Executive Director & Chair of Exponential Medicine and Faculty Chair for Medicine at Singularity University talks about how integration of health data is leading to precision drugs and personalized therapies with the real power to treat and prevent still on the horizon.   @daniel_kraft @exponentialmed Exponential Medicine Singularity University

Dr. Glenn Wollman, medical guide and host of the Magical Medical Tour reflects on the big picture of how robots and humans are working together now and might in the future, use of artificial intelligence in supporting senior health, and the importance of the human touch. Facebook.com/TheMedicalGuide MagicalMedicalTour.com

Alex Philp PhD, Founder and Chief Science Officer, Upstream Health Systems on the insights from visualization of geo-spatial health data, testing hypotheses about population health to move from treatment to prevention, international initiatives to improve population health, and why where you live matters. @BigDataAlex Upstream Health Systems

Tim Abou-Sayed MD, VP Physician Engagment, Interpreta on working with ACOs and insurance companies to implement precision medicine into individual and population healthcare with an example of a start-up working with doctors to integrate all forms of patient data. Interpreta Fruit Street

Robin Zander delves into what keeps people from learning new skills, breaking down silos of thinking to come up with new solutions, and the value of dancing for those of all ages. @RobinPZander RobinPZander.com Singularity University  

Anna McCollister-Slipp talks about the growing makers movement of coders, medical device experts, patients, and parents who are addressing the needs of diabetics to receive real time actionable data with affordable solutions. @AnnaMcSlipp @NightscoutFound HackingDiabetes.org

Abhinav Gautam, MD Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, Carevoyance on using economic data with geo-spatial visualization tools to improve hospital administration and identify untapped potential in the local market. @carevoyance Carevoyance