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January 2024

Vital Signs Highlights
And a New Season Preview
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Jacob Effron
, 
Nikhil Krishnan
, and 
Eric Shan
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October 2023

Mark Cuban on Disrupting PBMs, Staying Curious and Using AI to Avoid NBA Fines
On our latest Vital Signs episode, we talked about problems in pharmacy with Mark Cuban, founder of The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. Mark talked…
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Jacob Effron
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Nikhil Krishnan
, and 
Eric Shan

July 2023

The Future of AI In Medical Diagnosis: In Conversation With PathAI CEO Dr. Andy Beck
For our second crossover episode between Vital Signs and Unsupervised Learning we explored the impact of AI on pathology with PathAI Co-Founder and CEO…
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Jacob Effron

June 2023

How Insitro Is Using AI to Create Better Medicines: In Conversation With Daphne Koller
On our first crossover episode between Unsupervised Learning and Vital Signs, we dove deep into the world of using AI in drug development with Insitro…
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Jacob Effron

April 2023

Optum's Evolution and Lessons from Obamacare and COVID: In Conversation with Andy Slavitt
On the latest Vital Signs, Nikhil and I chatted with Andy Slavitt, former Optum EVP, head of CMS, COVID advisor and healthcare.gov saver. We hit on…
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Jacob Effron
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March 2023

How to Sell to Employers and The Future of Mental Healthcare: In Conversation with Naomi Allen
On the latest Vital Signs, Nikhil and I chatted with Naomi Allen, CEO and founder of Brightline, a child and teen focused mental health company that’s…
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Jacob Effron
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December 2022

Building a Platform Biotech and The Future of R&D: In Conversation With Chris Gibson
I sat down with Chris Gibson, co-founder and CEO of Recursion, for part two of a series following up on a few pieces I wrote on pharma software and data…
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Jacob Effron
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November 2022

The Evolution and Future of Healthcare Data and Building a Vertical SaaS Platform: In Conversation With Dr. Arif Nathoo
I’m kicking off a Vital Signs series following up on a few pieces I wrote on pharma software and data including Real World Evidence and R&D tools. I…
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Jacob Effron
The Future of Health Systems and Increasing Healthcare Productivity: In Conversation With Dr. Bob Kocher
Nikhil and I had an interesting discussion with Dr. Bob Kocher, the Venrock partner who helped write the Affordable Care Act while in the Obama…
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Jacob Effron

October 2022

Using Tech to Lower Healthcare Costs and Carbon Health's Strategy: In Conversation With Eren Bali
Nikhil and I recently had an interesting discussion with Carbon Health CEO Eren Bali on Carbon Health’s journey from software to clinics, tech strategy…
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Jacob Effron
Incubating Businesses and Why Health Systems Will Drive Value-Based Care: In Conversation With Dr. Sachin Jain
It’s a big week for the Vital Signs podcast as we’re bringing on Nikhil Krishnan as a co-host and releasing our first joint episode with SCAN CEO Dr…
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Jacob Effron
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