Closing the Pharma-Startup Divide to Accelerate Digital Health | FINN Voices

Closing the Pharma-Startup Divide to Accelerate Digital Health | FINN Voices

In this episode, host Ellie Hanson sits down with Naomi Fried, PhD, founder and CEO of PharmStars, a unique pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups. Since its founding three years ago, the program has "graduated" 79 startups across 7 cohorts. The first three cohort startups have closed more than 98 pharma deals. With her extensive background in healthcare innovation, Naomi shares valuable insights into how startups can navigate pharma partnerships and engage pharma as customers to drive digital health adoption. She offers practical advice for startup founders and unveils details of PharmStars’ latest cohort program.

How to Build Resilience: Future-Proofing Cybersecurity with Greg Surla | FINN Voices

In this episode of FINN Voices, host Beth Friedman, Sr. Partner at FINN Partners, speaks with Greg Surla, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at FinThrive, a leader in revenue cycle management solutions. Greg discusses key insights from the Change Healthcare cybersecurity breach and the importance of rigorous backup systems to ensure operational continuity for revenue cycle operations during cyber incidents. Listeners assess a comprehensive game plan for outage management and data integrity assurance while promoting a culture of security awareness across their organizations. Join us to learn how FinThrive helps healthcare organizations tackle cybersecurity challenges and strengthen their resilience in revenue cycle management.

Brand Heart: Peter Finn, CEO of Finn Partners

Host:  Jeff Freedman, Managing Partner, Finn Partners Guest:  Peter Finn, CEO of Finn Partners

Addressing Nurse Burnout, Satisfaction and Safety with Location Technologies | FINN Voices

Host Beth Friedman interviews Dave Wiedman, Chief Commercial Officer of Vizzia Technologies, a software and managed service provider of real-time location services (RTLS) in healthcare.    The company works with some of the largest health systems in America, and they’ve learned a few things over the past 20 years. Specifically, Vizzia knows what health systems need to keep nurses happy, productive, and safe.    Dave shares insights from Vizzia’s recent work and strategic conversations with healthcare executives. He reveals how location technologies have become a nursing satisfaction, retention, and safety tool for some of Atlanta’s largest health systems, saving massive amounts of nurses’ time and upwards of $14 billion annually.

Clinical Service Desk: Creating Mobile Informaticists for EHR Support | FINN Voices

Today on FINN Voices, we talk with Chris Wickersham, Assistant Vice President of Support Services at CereCore, a company specializing in EHR consulting, IT and application support, clinical service desk, and more for hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and the U.K.