Sramana Mitra: You are no longer going to integrate with Epic and the others? You’re just going to focus on Allscripts? Raj Toleti: No. 80% of my customers before Allscripts acquired us were non-Allscripts. Sramana Mitra: That integration will continue. You will continue to cater to other EMRs but you will obviously penetrate deeply into
Sramana Mitra: To achieve what you’re talking about, you must have had to interact with some of the existing systems. I live in Menlo Park, California. The two medical systems that our family interfaces with are the Stanford healthcare system and the UCSS healthcare system. They have their own electronic medical record system. Epic is
Starting a company in the healthcare sector might be easier than you think. Learn how to start your entrepreneurial journey with Sramana’s Udemy courses. Raj has built and sold three HIT companies and is a real expert in the domain. Excellent discussion on the state of the union in the field and open opportunities that need
Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about the insurance side. It’s notorious. Physical therapy not being covered by insurance is a notorious issue. How do you think about that? What can be done, innovation-wise, to address that issue? Nancy Ham: Most insurance companies cover physical therapy but they, maybe, don’t pay a lot or there’s a
Sramana Mitra: Innovation in your industry is also happening on another vector – in treatment. I actually introduced a company from our portfolio to Heidi a few months ago that has a laser-based pain treatment device. We have one in our portfolio. There’s quite a bit of work going on out there in various kinds
Nancy Ham: Our data shows pretty encouraging results of people staying in care longer, which means they have a better chance of getting their best health outcome. Now, let’s look at the ability to engage with future patients. Physical therapists are out and about in the community. They staff road races. They’re at the high
We’ve covered WebPT before, featuring founder Heidi Jannenga on Entrepreneur Journeys. We’ve also had Heidi on our roundtable. This conversation explores the evolution of WebPT to a broader product footprint and also discusses the open issues in the physiotherapy practice management space. It also explores pain-related medical devices, the role of insurance companies, and other
Sramana Mitra: How long do you think it’s going to take for those seven kinds of datasets to build up in an accessible fashion? Are we a decade away? Matthew Michela: We shouldn’t be 10 years away at all. We’re probably in a three to five-year timeframe. You’re going to see, next year, significant advancements.