Mitesh Rao, co-founder and CEO of OMNY Health, joins Howie and Harlan to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and how his company is creating a common layer of data connecting healthcare providers and researchers. Harlan reports on a study showing how many lives could be saved by improving quality of care; Howie reflects on the health consequences that have accompanied the legalization of cannabis. 

Links:

Quality and Lives Saved

“The business case for quality: estimating lives saved and harms avoided in a value-based purchasing model”

The CMS Innovation Center

NCQA: Hedis Measures

South Park: “Navigating the American Healthcare System”

Mitesh Rao

OMNY Health: Connect Data to Transform Lives

“OMNY Health announces $17 Million Raise to Lead the Next Generation of Real-World Data-Driven Decision-Making and Collaboration Across Healthcare”

Crunchbase: OMNY Health

“How Venture Capital Works”

UK Biobank: Enabling Scientific Discoveries that Improve Human Health

“The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: Four Decades of Training Physicians as Agents of Change”

HIPAA: Health Information Privacy

Yale Innovation Summit

Cannabis and Health

“Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana”

“Changes in self-reported cannabis use in the United States from 1979 to 2022”

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

“Cannabis and Psychosis: Recent Epidemiological Findings Continuing the ‘Causality Debate’”

“High-potency marijuana highlights the risk of cannabis-induced psychiatric disorders”

Marijuana Addiction Facts: Is Marijuana Addictive?

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