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Vice President of Clinical Programs
“Navigating the health care system is hard, and it is even more challenging for patients with complex and chronic diseases. However, simple tools like text-based support can provide much needed guidance and enhance the essential connection between patients and providers that is at the heart of clinical care. “...Read More
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Medical Director
“A recent observational study analyzed patterns of potentially avoidable hospital readmissions due to adverse drug events. The study concluded that “adverse drug events accounted for approximately 13% of 30-day preventable readmissions” and that these events were often related to prescription errors or suboptimal patient monitoring/education. These results reiterate the importance of making decisions based on accurate information and ensuring that the changes made during a hospital stay are clearly communicated to a patient at discharge. What can be done to mitigate this risk? ”...Read More
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“Anyone who has worked the inpatient setting knows the Q1H (every one hour), Q2H, Q4H, Q8H vital sign order progression for patients as they meet discharge criteria. But what happens after discharge? Patients usually make this transition from having a team of professionals assessing them multiple times a day to nothing until their next visit, which is sometimes a month away. To put it another way, going from Q8H vitals, to Q730H vitals. This is not to suggest care teams are negligent when discharging patients, but rather to ask the question if we could continue assessments at home, what frequency may support better patient outcomes?”...Read More
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Clinical Programs Support Specialist
“Medication adherence is a problem in healthcare that is often overlooked. There are various reasons why people do not take their medications, but sometimes we simply just forget. Medication adherence is a complex issue, but I believe this development by Apple is progress, and I would like to see Android phones follow. Hopefully, this feature will continue to drive conversations around non-adherence in the digital health space, including solutions for other barriers such as accessibility and lack of education (ask me about how Memora is solving for medication non-adherence!)”...Read More
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Women’s Health Clinical Program Manager
“Emotional support and mental health are big topics of discussion these days, and rightfully so! As the end of summer rolls in and our schedules fill up to the brim with back-to-school chaos, I'm quickly jerked into reminding myself how important “self-care” is for my own mental health. Since it was top of mind as I was dreaming up new iterations for our current fertility care program, it seemed serendipitous that I came across this journal article. It discussed the importance of embedding mental health providers into the fertility treatment team. Do you know of fertility treatment teams that are incorporating mental health providers into their daily practice?”...Read More
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Clinical Programs Support Specialist
“AI funding in health care is absolutely exploding — in 2021 alone, nearly $10 billion was poured into this sector. Artificial intelligence will be inextricably linked to future healthcare practices to improve patient outcomes and unburden physicians. Seeing the most recent developments in this field is incredibly fascinating. An exciting recent study published by Mayo Clinic on using machine learning during active labor to improve maternal/infant outcomes. Researchers have tracked and analyzed contractions and fetal heartbeats from over 228,438 deliveries to create baseline and multiple intrapartum prediction models. Not only does this AI model help reduce adverse birth outcomes and reduce healthcare costs associated with poor outcomes, but it also has tremendous implications for remote patient monitoring in rural areas as it provides midwives with better tools to monitor and escalate active labors as needed. These community-based models are another step in filling the gaps to improve maternal health and pediatric outcomes, especially in marginalized communities.”...Read More
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Care Delivery Process Improvement and Operations Manager
“According to the CDC, about 1 in 5 (19%) heterosexual women in the US are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying (infertility). Also, about 1 in 4 (26%) women in that group have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term. In my mid-30s, I discovered that I happened to fall into both of these categories. Working in health care, I've been lucky to be aware of available resources and potential care options but even armed with that knowledge, navigating the system and the emotional and physical obstacles was treacherous. Postpartum, the journey was no less bumpy or daunting. Now imagine a world where appropriate resources and information come to you.”...Read More
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