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From Pharma To Health Tech Ceo: Using Data To Overhaul The Specialty Drug Industry Interview with Pramod John, CEO, Vivio Health

Driven by a personal passion to change healthcare and “the obligation to do the right thing for the good of every American,” Pramod John, CEO of Vivio Health, is on a mission to overhaul the specialty drug market.

He and the team at Vivio – founded by a leaders previously working in Pharma – want to use data to help people get the right drug, at the right time.

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Hope, Compassion, & Incredible Results: Interview with Mental Health Champion & Expert, Leon Evans Former President of Center for Healthcare Svcs, received the American Psychiatric Assoc. Gold Award, is a CNN Mental Health Warrior

For decades, Leon Evans has been a relentless champion of mental health improvement.

He is the former President of the Center for Healthcare Services, has received the American Psychiatric Assoc. Gold Award, was named a CNN Mental Health Warrior, and has testified before Congress.

Thanks to his innovative, mission-driven, and hope-based, bottom-up approach, Leon has made incredible strides in many areas of mental healthcare.

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Treating Mental Health By Connecting With People and Giving Hope, Dignity and Respect Preview Of Interview With Leon Evans, Past CNN Mental Health Warrior & American Psychiatric Assoc. Gold Award

Leon Evans is a relentless champion of improving mental health.

Thanks to his many accomplishments, he’s a past CNN Mental Health Warrior, and a recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Gold Award.

Leon is mission-driven with a people-first approach, and giving those he works with hope is at the center of it all.

Here Apurv and I share our highlights from our interview with Leon, and the full (can’t miss!) interview will be posted Thursday.

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Leading For Positive Change: Patient-Centered Care, Hope, & Challenging The Status Quo Interview W/ Dr. Dalila Lewis, Div. Chief Of Pediatric Neurology, Musc Children’s Hospital

Dr. Dalila Lewis has been blazing a trail of positivity, change, and hope since joining the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology.

When she took the lead at MUSC in August 2020, patients were facing 8-9 month long waits to see a provider, often meeting a new doctor at each appointment due to the medical team’s high-turnover and lack of staff.

In well under a year, she has made tremendous strides for her patients and her team. Thanks to her hands-on leadership style, her willingness to challenge the status quo, and strong support from the hospital’s administrative leadership, patients are now able to get appointments within a few weeks, they’re able to see the same doctors at their visits, and her team has expanded, reducing burnout and turn over.

Check out the Speaking Of, Making Healthcare Work for You interview with Dr. Lewis to hear the details about her philosophy to patient care – which includes a lot of listening, empathy, and hope – her leadership style, and her personal experience of being the mom of patient (her daughter was a preemie).

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