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The Heart of Healthcare

Hallie Tekko, Michael Esquivel, Steve Kraus

Summary

The Heart of Healthcare is hosted by Hallie Tekko, Michael Esquivel, Steve Kraus covering AI in Healthcare, Venture Capital, Autonomous Vehicles, and Waymo. Notable guests include Dr. Jonathan Slotkin (Neurosurgeon, Chief Medical Officer for Strategy and Growth at Geisinger, Co-founder and General Partner at Scrub Capital), Eric Ries (Creator, Lean Startup methodology & Author, 'Incorruptible'), Ben Liu (CEO, Formation Bio), and Dr. Justin Norden (CEO, Qualified Health). Episodes span from Jun 2026 to Jul 2026.

7episodes
184total claims
12topics covered
7 episodes
Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage | Dr. Jonathan Slotkin
Jul 27, 2026 · WITH Dr. Jonathan Slotkin

There is a significant gap between the data-proven safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and public perception, which is driven by cognitive biases and a focus on isolated machine failures over syste...

Autonomous VehiclesWaymoCruise LLCPatient Experience+11 more
Shareholder Primacy Is Breaking Healthcare | Eric Ries
Jul 20, 2026 · WITH Eric Ries

The dominant business principle of 'shareholder primacy' is a relatively recent, judicially-created doctrine from the 1980s, not a foundational pillar of capitalism, and its era is now ending. This...

Shareholder PrimacyMission PrimacyCorporate GovernancePublic Benefit Corporation (PBC)+11 more
Can AI Build the First New Pharma Giant in Decades? | Formation Bio CEO Ben Liu
Jul 13, 2026 · WITH Ben Liu

The primary bottleneck in the pharmaceutical industry is not drug discovery, which is becoming more efficient with AI, but the expensive and slow process of clinical development. Formation Bio's st...

AI in HealthcareDrug DevelopmentClinical TrialsBiotechnology+13 more
📣 Digital Health Download: July 2026
Jun 29, 2026
Healthcare's Oppenheimer Moment | Eric Larsen
Jun 22, 2026
What Healthcare Can Learn From Waymo | Qualified Health CEO Dr. Justin Norden
Jun 8, 2026
📣 Digital Health Download: June 2026
Jun 1, 2026

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