Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Torben Nielsen, Co-Founder of HealthSparq (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The value proposition is very clear and very compelling. I’ve actually talked to the eClinicalWorks CEO Girish Navani. I don’t know if you know him. Torben Nielsen: I read your article on that. I thought that was very interesting. Sramana Mitra: He talked to me about this problem as well. I’m very much aware

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Disinfecting Hospitals, Impacting Healthcare: Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex (Part 3)

Morris Miller: I got 168 No’s before I finally found an investor to say Yes. I would work Monday through Friday. I’d work the weekend. I’d work the next Monday through Friday and the next weekend. Then, I might take three days off and go to New York to pitch somebody. Back in 1992, the

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Catching Up On Readings: Happy 2015

A Happy New Year to all our readers! In this article, Sramana Mitra ponders over the themes for 2015. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Torben Nielsen, Co-Founder of HealthSparq (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Great. This is very interesting. What percentage of the health plan market has adopted solutions like this such that consumers can access this facility today? Torben Nielsen: It’s a great question. We do an annual survey here at HealthSparq surveying 1,600 health plan executives. We just completed our second annual survey. What it

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Disinfecting Hospitals, Impacting Healthcare: Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: The Internet was not yet on the horizon. Morris Miller: The Internet was not there. When I was in Law School, I read an article in the Forbes magazine. It talked about how Steve Jobs had just raised money for NeXT computer. Sramana Mitra: My husband used to run NeXT computer. Morris Miller:

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Torben Nielsen, Co-Founder of HealthSparq (Part 2)

Torben Nielsen: You’ll be surprised, that even though everybody’s insured, at how much variation you see in price within just one block of wherever you live. By going to an in-hospital versus a surgical center that’s right next door, you can save thousands of dollars. That’s exciting because it’s almost the analogy that we like to

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Disinfecting Hospitals, Impacting Healthcare: Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex (Part 1)

Morris Miller was an original investor in RackSpace, and ended up running the company for almost seven years. Following RackSpace, he is now building a super interesting company in disinfecting hospitals and saving lives. Read on. Exciting stuff! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were your born,

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