Garner Health Podcast with Guest Lee Shapiro
I had the opportunity to speak with Kirk Czonstka, SVP of Strategic Alliances at Garner Health. We share a common goal: to deliver high quality, affordable healthcare for all.
I had the opportunity to speak with Kirk Czonstka, SVP of Strategic Alliances at Garner Health. We share a common goal: to deliver high quality, affordable healthcare for all.
The healthcare industry stands at a pivotal moment. Facing complex challenges including labor shortages, clinician burnout, declining profitability, and low satisfaction, healthcare stakeholders are eager for solutions that can improve efficiency and effectiveness. During this time of heightened strain, generative AI presents a transformative opportunity. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content and ideas, including text, images, audio, code, etc. based on patterns learned from large datasets.
Erich Mounce is the CEO of Jasper Health, a platform designed to offer an end-to-end cancer care experience, supporting patients from diagnosis through survivorship. The company is evolving to deliver virtual clinical care alongside comprehensive services such as care navigation and addressing social determinants of health, all while driving value-based care transformation at the practice level. This holistic approach not only enhances patient outcomes but also helps reduce unnecessary costs.
The healthcare industry stands at a pivotal moment. Facing complex challenges including labor shortages, clinician burnout, declining profitability, and low satisfaction, healthcare stakeholders are eager for solutions that can improve efficiency and effectiveness. During this time of heightened strain, generative AI presents a transformative opportunity. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content and ideas, including text, images, audio, code, etc. based on patterns learned from large datasets.
Combined company creates an industry leading platform with more than 1,400 employer and payer clients, with shared focus on consumer empowerment. Transcarent’s Generative AI WayFinding and care experiences combined with Accolade’s Advocacy, Expert Medical Opinion, and Primary Care will deliver on the promise of ‘One Place for Health and Care’.
Over 10 years after we first started supporting founders in bringing innovation and progress to healthcare, we are excited to unveil a refreshed brand identity for 7wire Ventures. With a new logo, website, and marketing collateral, we are changing the look of our brand but not our commitment to transforming healthcare.
Kili Preitauer is the CEO of Override Health, a platform bridging the gaps in traditional, fragmented pain care through virtual teams of chronic pain-trained physicians, physical therapists, coaches and behavioral health providers who individually treat chronic pain patients and collaborate to optimize patient outcomes.
As we move into 2025, the healthcare industry is positioned for even more significant change. The rapid growth of digital health solutions will continue to redefine care. With rising consumer demand for personalized, accessible treatments and new regulatory frameworks coming into play, we are entering an era where technology and healthcare are more intertwined than ever before. At 7wire Ventures, we see 2025 as a year of continued growth, with evolving opportunities across the sector.
2022 presented both familiar and novel challenges for the industry. Following a year of unprecedented funding, skyrocketing valuations, and a record number of IPOs, the digital health sector experienced a pullback amid shaky economic waters in 2022.
Embedded within the intricate framework of American healthcare, Medicaid is the country’s largest insurer, providing essential support to 28% of Americans (up from 18% in 2010). Its financial footprint drives 44% more expenditure than the commercial sector, amounting to $728B in annual health expenses.