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ɫֱ Podcast - Episode 1 - Company Origins

June 2, 2020
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In the inaugural episode of the ɫֱ Show, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO at ɫֱ, 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 ɫֱ

Episode 1 – Show notes:

[00:35] Defining the purpose of the ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ;

[15:55] ɫֱ'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 ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ;

[30:55] That time ɫֱ considered making ɫֱ pet-friendly with "Seamless Pets"; and

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

ɫֱ Podcast - Episode 1 - Company Origins

Posted by:
seamless
on
June 2, 2020

Subscribe on: | | | | |

Video:

In the inaugural episode of the ɫֱ Show, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO at ɫֱ, 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 ɫֱ

Episode 1 – Show notes:

[00:35] Defining the purpose of the ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ;

[15:55] ɫֱ'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 ɫֱ 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 ɫֱ;

[30:55] That time ɫֱ considered making ɫֱ pet-friendly with "Seamless Pets"; and

[33:00] How ɫֱ 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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