Tag: healthcare

Timothy Peck, MD, cofounder and CEO of Call9, a telehealth company for patients in nursing homes, talked with us about the barriers to telehealth adoption, how being an MD prepared him to be a CEO and more.

Peter Dunn, principal and co-founder of Activate Healthcare, which works with employers to set up and run primary-care clinics, talks with us about going from the CPG and restaurant industries into healthcare.

Adam Sabloff, CEO of VirtualHealth, talked with us about how he is trying to bring the Ritz Carlton customer service mentality to a healthcare company.

Raul Valdes-Perez, PhD, CEO of OnlyBoth, is running his second company based on a technology he developed at Carnegie Mellon. For him, it was a challenge going from academia to the business world.

Kevin MacDonald, CEO of Kit Check, saw an opportunity to make the healthcare system more efficient with technology—now he sees an opportunity help curb the opioid epidemic.

Amazon, Apple and other big tech companies are knocking at the door in healthcare—ready to give an infusion of innovation. Sundeep Bhan, CEO of Prognos and serial healthcare entrepreneur, says it’s about time.

AccessOne CEO Mark Spinner spoke to Chief Executive about the shift in healthcare to consumer-facing costs and the challenges this kind environment brings.

The Justice Department approved the $69 billion CVS-Aetna merger. What will be the larger impact of vertical integration in healthcare?

Anthony Tabasso, CEO of KVK Tech, talks with Chief Executive about the challenges in manufacturing a controlled substance, a highly-regulated industry, and manufacturing generic medications with lower price pressure.

Some people get into their line of work “by accident,” but in Peter Blumenthal’s case, he really did suffer a life-threatening accident that eventually got him to buy Theracycle. He spoke with Chief Executive about it and how he found the company’s niche market.