Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show is a window into the latest innovations in applying generative AI, novel therapeutics and vaccines, and the changing dynamics in the medical and healthcare environment. One focus is on how providers, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are empowering patients. In addition, conversations are often about how providers, care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are being empowered by technology to improve patient outcomes and reduce friction across the healthcare landscape.
Popular Topics
- Virtual and digital health
- Use of AI, ML, and LLM in healthcare and drug discovery, development, trials
- Value-based healthcare
- Precision and stratified medicine
- Integration of digital technology into existing workflow and procedures
- Next-generation immuno, cell, and gene therapies
- Vaccines
- Biomarkers, sequencing, and imaging
- Rare diseases
- MedTech and medical devices
- Clinical trials
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Treating chronic conditions like obesity and pain
- Clinician and staff burnout
The audience includes life science leaders, researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, digital health entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, healthcare solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.
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Scientists Confront Funding Crisis with Collaborations to Combat Economic Pressures with Hamid Ghanadan LINUS TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFOct 6, 2025
Hamid Ghanadan, CEO of LINUS, discusses the findings of the company's recent state-of-the-science research, a semiannual survey that tracks sentiment and confidence within the life sciences. Notably, a growing gap in optimism exists between academic and biopharma scientists. As a result, academics are seeking...
Oct 6, 2025
Hamid Ghanadan, CEO of LINUS, discusses the findings of the company's recent state-of-the-science research, a semiannual survey that tracks sentiment and confidence within the life sciences. Notably, a growing gap in optimism exists between academic and biopharma scientists. As a result, academics are seeking...
Strategies to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity and Mitigate the Impact of Cyber-Attacks with Cecil Pineda R1 RCM TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFDec 4, 2024
Cecil Pineda, Senior VP and Chief Information Security Officer at R1 RCM, is focused on integrating robust cybersecurity into the revenue cycle management process. When healthcare organizations are hit with ransomware attacks, they must respond rapidly and accurately communicate with internal and external partners. ...
Dec 4, 2024
Cecil Pineda, Senior VP and Chief Information Security Officer at R1 RCM, is focused on integrating robust cybersecurity into the revenue cycle management process. When healthcare organizations are hit with ransomware attacks, they must respond rapidly and accurately communicate with internal and external partners. ...
Teaching AI to Think Like Humans and Make Trade-Offs will Transform Healthcare with Fadi Micaelian Sparkdit TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFJul 29, 2024
Fadi Micaelian, CEO of Sparkdit, teaches machines to think like humans by understanding trade-offs. AI is not good at finding nuance and capturing trade-offs, which is where Sparkdit comes in. They have developed a technology that can teach computers to make trade-offs like humans and put humans at the center of...