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Complying with MACRA MCCI (Medical Care Consortium, Inc.) is a physician owned Medical Group who partners with Humana to engage Primary Care Provider offices successfully transition to a quality or value based model of care by providing practice support around quality related activities such as appropriate documentation and coding, care coordination, Patient Centered Medical Home […] The post Complying with MACRA appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections Jay and I sat down with Sam Perkins, CEO of Pūrgenix , a company that has developed a technology that enables healthcare organizations to contain, and in fact, reduce rates of occurrence of hospital-acquired infections. It is well known that pathogens such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile are challenging to treat and equally […] The post Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

ChronicCareIQ This week Jay and I sat down with Matt Ethington, CEO of ChronicCareIQ to learn how this technology company is providing physicians and hospitals with tools that empower them to better manage patients with chronic illnesses. The Affordable Care Act has put in place measures around patient outcomes that can affect how much the […] The post ChronicCareIQ appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Zyrobotics We host Dr. Johnetta Maccalla, CEO of Zyrobotics, an assistive technology company that was conceived in the summer of 2012 and officially incorporated in 2013 as a Georgia Tech Venturelab spin-off company. Their mission is to create accessible technologies that engage and empower children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life. The technology […] The post Zyrobotics appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Karol Hatzilias Brain Monitoring Headphones We host Karol Hatzilias, Chief Science Officer of United Sciences, the company that has developed custom-made, personally-fitted brain monitoring headphones. Karol talked about how he had helped to develop a device that gives 3D mapping of the features of the outer ear and canal. Using the data from the […] The post Brain Monitoring Headphones appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Cyber Security Jay and I hosted Steve Robb, SVP of Security Marketing & Product Strategy of ControlScan, a firm that specializes in information and network security for enterprises, including healthcare organizations. With the rise of “smart” devices of all kinds that have sensors that communicate with applications via networks and/or internet, there are now a […] The post Cyber Security appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Migraine Again This week, Jay and I hosted Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of MigraineAgain.com. As the leading Migraine Wellness website for patients, Migraine Again helps patients and their families suffer less and live more — until there’s a cure. Migraine Again helps bridge the access to care, bringing evidence-based healthcare content to migraine warriors in 45 […] The post Migraine Again appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Neurgain Chronic back pain (traumatic and neuropathic) affects over 26 million Americans, of which about 7 million have spinal stiffness (spasticity). Current therapeutic management is not working: drugs in use have poor efficacy, and cause undesirable side effects such as resistance, dependency/abuse and other disorders. The estimated annual economic burden of back pain is over […] The post Neurgain appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Return of the House Call We sat down with Sam Zebarjadi of Medicast on this week’s show. This company is using technology to facilitate the return of the house call as model of healthcare delivery. Founded in 2013, Medicast is a healthcare technology company that enables hospitals and health systems to deliver care in a […] The post Return of the House Call appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Halyard Health Provides Alternative To Opioid Pain Meds The current opioid abuse epidemic has been called the worst drug crisis in American history. Death rates now rival those of AIDS during the 1990s, with overdoses from heroin and other opioids now killing more than 27,000 people a year. People across the country are asking themselves: […] The post Halyard Health Provides Alternative To Opioid Pain Meds appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dr. Ashish Advani and Dr. Ted Matthews of Mercer University Mercer University Health Services We sat down with Dean and SVP of Health Services, Dr. Ted Matthews, and Dr. Ashish Advani, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy from Mercer University. Mercer University's College of Pharmacy is ranked among the top five pharmacy programs at private institutions […] The post Mercer University Health Services appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Radix Health Jay Shaffer and I sat down with co-founder of Radix Health, Dr. Arun Mohan. Radix Health uses technology to improve patient access. Radix's flagship product, DASH, is a patent-pending, cloud-based software platform that optimizes ambulatory capacity utilization and reduces scheduling cost. DASH automates and optimizes much of the work currently done by schedulers. […] The post Radix Health appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

KSU BrainLab On this week’s episode we sat down with Steve Krontz, Director of Innovation at the KSU BrainLab, located in the Coles College of Business. They’re doing some remarkable work, using brain activity studies to analyze how individuals react to a logo, or a flavor, or a host of business-related stimuli. Additionally, Steve and […] The post KSU BrainLab appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Sharing Spaces Program On this week’s episode we focused on how the Cobb-Douglas Department of Public Health is working to reduce rates of childhood obesity. The Sharing Spaces program and Power Up for 30 program both aim to facilitate more physical activity among our student-aged populations. Childhood obesity is rising among our young people at alarming […] The post Sharing Spaces Program appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

AirWatch by VM Ware On this week’s episode we sat down with Aamir Siddiqi, the Executive Director for Enterprise Sales, Healthcare, for AirWatch by VM Ware. AirWatch is known as an industry leader and innovator in the mobile enterprise security and services space. The rise and evolution of mobile devices as business tools has been […] The post AirWatch by VM Ware appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Investment Capital, Hospice, and Legal Trends in Healthcare Over the course of the show we have often heard our guests expressing the fact that access to investment capital is one of their biggest needs. On our previous episode we talked with Tif Walker from Georgia Center for Medical Innovation about the fact that in spite […] The post Investment Capital, Hospice, and Legal Trends in Healthcare appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

  Global Center for Medical Innovation and T3 Labs This week we hosted experts from the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) and T3 Labs. These two non-profit organizations are dedicated to providing an ecosystem and an environment that start-up healthcare technology companies can use to develop prototypes for new devices, as well as early […] The post Global Center for Medical Innovation and T3 Labs appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Genomics, Precision Medicine, and Big Data in Oncology We sat down with medical oncologist/hematologist, Dr. Brion Randolph, of Cancer Treatment Centers of America stopped by to talk about the impacts of genomics, precision medicine, and big data in oncology. Dr. Randolph serves as the Chief Hematologist for the Cancer Treatment Centers facility located in Newnan, […] The post Genomics, Precision Medicine, and Big Data in Oncology appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs We sat down with experts from two Atlanta area health technology companies, Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs. Joining us in studio were Lou Malice, Sam Zamarippa, and Tommy Cunningham. Intent Solutions is a start-up that is developing a device aimed at improving compliance with prescribed medication regimens, as well as helping […] The post Intent Solutions and NFANT Labs appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Vitamin C and OBMedical Company On this episode of Health Connect South Radio we hosted the CEO and co-founder of Vitamin C and President/CEO of OB Medical Company. These two companies are creating technology innovations that help two distinct groups, physician practices and expectant mothers in the birthing process, respectively. Vitamin C’s Osama Hashmi realized […] The post Vitamin C and OBMedical Company appeared first on Business RadioX ®.