Samantha Delehant
Samantha's background as a clinician in both the private and public sectors of healthcare, has allowed her to see firsthand the inefficiencies that negatively impact a patient's quality of care. Her passion for improved healthcare delivery through decreasing the friction of information exchange sparked her interest in this project.
"I currently work at a Level I trauma hospital, where people from all walks of life are admitted for a variety of injuries, usually quite severe. If we were able to have the patient's history imported to show past surgeries, imaging, allergies, etc., this would expedite informed decision-making and improve the quality of care for our patients." Christine Jiang
Christine hails from many past lives - public accounting, finance, and program management. Her current life resides in process improvement at PG&E so she understands regulated environments and the importance of documentation and records. Outside of work and school, Christine enjoys swimming, running, being outdoors and hanging out with her needy pup, Tofu.
Medical Record Nightmare: "My doctor once ordered me to have 9 tubes of blood taken for tests. Afterwards, she realized she didn't have information on another test and had me go back for 2 more tubes :( " |
Abhijeeth Linganagari
Abhijeeth has a Master’s in Computer Engineering and having worked in the software industry at Cisco, he understands the enormous value in providing consumers with ability to process and access data. Apart from being a new father, Abhijeeth loves playing sports, listening to music and traveling. He hopes to travel the world in the future, learning new cultures along the way.
Medical Record Grind : “I had switched my medical insurance from Kaiser (HMO) to Cigna (PPO) at the end of the 2012 calendar year and left the country for the holidays. On returning and later scheduling a regular physical with my new doctor, I was surprised to learn that none of my medical information was transferred and worse even I had no access to it (kaiser online access denied). I had no accurate information of when I had my last shot’s etc;. It took me a while to get that settled but wish the process was more efficient and systematic." Joe Layton
Joe has taken the path less traveled with his career. After starting his career as an auditor in public accounting (and refusing to get his CPA), Joe moved into the investment world analyzing acquisitions and asset management of trophy office properties for a real estate fund (while also taking some time to run for city council). When his company was bought out, he spurned offers from other real estate funds to pivot into a strategy role at Genentech where he is now focused on contracting with insurance companies and pricing medicine. Outside of work, Joe's focus is on his 1 and a half year old son, Anthony, his wife, Cassie, and any time he can steal to watch sports.
Records on Records on Records: "Having been an athlete (and having 5 surgeries to date), I have medical records at multiple offices over multiple years. When I moved to San Francisco, I realized that I needed copies. After spending weeks tracking down my records, I was hit with a bill north of $100 and sent a packet of barely legible scanned documents." |
Megan Miller
Megan's background is in quantitative analysis and finance, so she values the importance of comprehensive record solutions. To exercise the right part of her brain, Megan enjoys music, art and the outdoors in her free time.
Medical Record Wish: "One of the aspects I feared most about moving to a new city was dealing with the hassle of setting up my medical care again: new doctors, endless paper checklists, recalling dates & details of past procedures, and calls to mom requesting her history for the fifth time. I always felt there must be a better way to help me with this process." Susanna Nordrum
Susanna has been working in supply chain and manufacturing for 4 years. She supervises 9 employees and 12 temp contractors. From this background, she has developed a combination of problem-solving and people skills that are useful in an innovative environment. The constantly changing work of operations is good experience for the flexibility needed to pursue entrepreneurial projects. Within her large company, most employees have Kaiser Permanente HMO healthcare and therefore, not much exposure to the issues our team is attempting to solve. From this perspective, Susanna can give insight on what HMO patients take for granted and where there might even be opportunities to complement the HMO medical record processes already in place.
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