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²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Podcast - Episode 1 - Company Origins

June 2, 2020
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In the inaugural episode of the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Show, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, discuss the company backstory, how Dr. Liu was introduced to Patient Safety, Quality and Readmissions, technology early adopters, and other fun stories from "the come up". See the full show notes below for details.

Guest(s): Dr. Joshua Liu (), Co-founder & CEO at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø

Episode 1 – Show notes:

[00:35] Defining the purpose of the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Show;

[03:10] How Dr. Joshua Liu learned about Patient Quality, Safety, and Readmissions;

[03:45] Dr. Liu's first tech startup venture;

[09:20] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø operates as a high-performing interdisciplinary team and how physicians learn complementary skills to stay competitive and remove silos in the hospital;

[10:20] Dr. Liu's first mentor: Dr. Howard Abrahms (), Division Head of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at UHN – inspired Josh to learn how to reduce readmissions;

[11:30] startup incubator – how the founders met and launched ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø;

[15:55] ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø's original intended use case: Heart Failure;

[20:00] Early adopter: Dr. Carmine Simone (), Thoracic surgeon, Chief of the Department of Surgery and Co-program Medical Director of the Surgery Health Service at the Michael Garron Hospital;

[22:11] Early adopter: Dr. Liane Feldman (), Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of General Surgery at McGill University, and Chair of the Enhanced Recovery Task Force  at the Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES);

[22:30] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø learned about Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and became one of the 1st patient engagement platforms to deliver ERAS pathways;

[25:30] The importance of patient accessibility in a digital patient engagement platform;

[27:15] Shoutout: Denice Koo MHSc, Director of Patient Education at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø;

[30:55] That time ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø considered making ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø pet-friendly with "Seamless Pets"; and

[33:00] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø has adapted its platform for the COVID-19 era with COVID-19 patient and employee screening & is helping hospitals restart surgery faster and safer

²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Podcast - Episode 1 - Company Origins

Posted by:
seamless
on
June 2, 2020

Subscribe on: | | | | |

Video:

In the inaugural episode of the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Show, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, discuss the company backstory, how Dr. Liu was introduced to Patient Safety, Quality and Readmissions, technology early adopters, and other fun stories from "the come up". See the full show notes below for details.

Guest(s): Dr. Joshua Liu (), Co-founder & CEO at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø

Episode 1 – Show notes:

[00:35] Defining the purpose of the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Show;

[03:10] How Dr. Joshua Liu learned about Patient Quality, Safety, and Readmissions;

[03:45] Dr. Liu's first tech startup venture;

[09:20] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø operates as a high-performing interdisciplinary team and how physicians learn complementary skills to stay competitive and remove silos in the hospital;

[10:20] Dr. Liu's first mentor: Dr. Howard Abrahms (), Division Head of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at UHN – inspired Josh to learn how to reduce readmissions;

[11:30] startup incubator – how the founders met and launched ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø;

[15:55] ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø's original intended use case: Heart Failure;

[20:00] Early adopter: Dr. Carmine Simone (), Thoracic surgeon, Chief of the Department of Surgery and Co-program Medical Director of the Surgery Health Service at the Michael Garron Hospital;

[22:11] Early adopter: Dr. Liane Feldman (), Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of General Surgery at McGill University, and Chair of the Enhanced Recovery Task Force  at the Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES);

[22:30] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø learned about Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and became one of the 1st patient engagement platforms to deliver ERAS pathways;

[25:30] The importance of patient accessibility in a digital patient engagement platform;

[27:15] Shoutout: Denice Koo MHSc, Director of Patient Education at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø;

[30:55] That time ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø considered making ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø pet-friendly with "Seamless Pets"; and

[33:00] How ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø has adapted its platform for the COVID-19 era with COVID-19 patient and employee screening & is helping hospitals restart surgery faster and safer

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