Public health and the Business of Healthcare

Episode 121: The Great Divide Between Public Health and the Business of Healthcare with James F. Jordan

Our guest Jim Jordan has worked in every healthcare system, from pharma, education, hospitals to IT and biotech.
He joins us to discuss some of the barriers to healthcare across the country and why the system is so confusing and complicated. We all know there is a major divide between public health and the actual delivery of healthcare. How did this happen and what can we do to remedy this in the future?

So……….what can patients and the general public do to improve the business of healthcare?
It’s a great conversation we have sharing our insights from the physician side, and his experiences from the business/education/general population side.

Next, as we all know there are a lot of new technologies coming out that may help improve our health, from Apple watches to nanobots…will this be helpful? We talk about some of the trends coming up and what to expect as more of our baby boomer population reaches old age.

More about our Guest: James F. Jordan

James F. Jordan is a healthcare and life sciences expert. He is a Distinguished Service Professor of Health Care and Biotechnology at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, the President of StraTactic, the National Co-Chairman of the BIO Bootcamp, and the Founder of the Healthcare Data Center. He has published numerous articles and books on innovation, startups, intellectual property, and health systems.
Jordan has been a senior executive for Fortune 100 companies and has participated in and led angel and venture capital investments. As CEO of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, where he worked with 493 companies and invested in 93 of them. Jim has held high-ranking positions in Fortune 100 companies such as McKesson Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President, Johnson & Johnson, where he was Vice President for Marketing, and many other noteworthy ventures.
As an author, speaker, and consultant, he works with hospitals, health systems, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biotechnology, and health IT; Jordan is an active industry expert looking for ways to improve the business of healthcare. This combined experience makes Jim a sought-after healthcare expert for reporters and the media.

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Podcast: https://www.chalktalkjim.com/
Website: https://jfjordan.com/
Healthcare Data center: https://healthcaredata.center/

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