Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show is a window into the latest innovations in applying generative AI, novel therapeutics and vaccines, and the changing dynamics in the medical and healthcare environment. One focus is on how providers, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are empowering patients. In addition, conversations are often about how providers, care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are being empowered by technology to improve patient outcomes and reduce friction across the healthcare landscape.
Popular Topics
- Virtual and digital health
- Use of AI, ML, and LLM in healthcare and drug discovery, development, trials
- Value-based healthcare
- Precision and stratified medicine
- Integration of digital technology into existing workflow and procedures
- Next-generation immuno, cell, and gene therapies
- Vaccines
- Biomarkers, sequencing, and imaging
- Rare diseases
- MedTech and medical devices
- Clinical trials
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Treating chronic conditions like obesity and pain
- Clinician and staff burnout
The audience includes life science leaders, researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, digital health entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, healthcare solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.
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Leadless Pacemaker Technology Minimally Invasive Procedure That Lowers Surgical Risk with Wade Demmer Medtronic TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFOct 17, 2025
Wade Demmer, R&D Vice President at Medtronic, has developed a leadless pacemaker that is implanted on the heart through a minimally invasive procedure utilizing a catheter, potentially creating fewer complications and greater access for patients who could benefit from a pacemaker. This new design is a significantly...
Oct 17, 2025
Wade Demmer, R&D Vice President at Medtronic, has developed a leadless pacemaker that is implanted on the heart through a minimally invasive procedure utilizing a catheter, potentially creating fewer complications and greater access for patients who could benefit from a pacemaker. This new design is a significantly...
Autologous Cell Therapy for Heart Disease Transformed with Point-of-Care Processing and 3D Imaging with Dr. Peter Altman BioCardia TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFSep 30, 2025
Dr. Peter Altman, President and CEO of BioCardia, is focused on treating ischemic heart failure and chronic myocardial ischemia using autologous cells from the patient's bone marrow. The company has developed a cost-effective model that utilizes a pre-procedure diagnostic to select the optimal patients for this...
Sep 30, 2025
Dr. Peter Altman, President and CEO of BioCardia, is focused on treating ischemic heart failure and chronic myocardial ischemia using autologous cells from the patient's bone marrow. The company has developed a cost-effective model that utilizes a pre-procedure diagnostic to select the optimal patients for this...
Ultra-Fast Cardiac CT Imaging Transforming Cardiovascular Diagnostics with Doug Ryan Arineta TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFJun 25, 2025
Doug Ryan, CEO of Arineta, describes the advancements in cardiac CT imaging technology and how their ultra-fast scanning is revealing more accurate and higher-quality imaging of the heart. Using wide-area coverage and deep learning image reconstruction, the Arineta platform can detect arterial occlusions and...