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On AI in healthcare, company-building, peer support, and the economics of member experience. Research breakdowns, field notes, and occasional hot takes.
I spent years studying what happens when you force health plans to publish quality data. That history is repeating itself again now.
Payers forced to publish prior authorization stats
2 min readBlock can ship code with fewer engineers. Healthcare can't ship fewer clinicians. At least, not yet.
Block laid off 4,000 staff last week
1 min readI got tired of the Googling and Google Sheets.
Why I built Conference Navigator
2 min readBack then, keeping up was manageable. Now it's a firehose.
Introducing the 3-2-1 Health AI Newsletter
2 min readThe consensus was clear: zip codes determine health outcomes. I didn't fully buy it.
After InquisitHealth, after Pyx: My next chapter.
1 min readIn real life, kids are fenced in. In a phone, kids are free to roam.
Phones aren't stealing childhoods. But maybe parents are.
1 min readHelp someone up the mountain, and you get to the top, too.
Reflections on the BAPS Charities Healthcare Professionals Conference (Texas)
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One stat deserves way more attention: 3.4% Engagement Rate.
Deep Dive into Hinge's S1 Pre-IPO
1 min readWe'll soon use biology—not surveys, not insurance claims—to guide social interventions.
Precision Social Care is here
1 min readA common challenge in low-prevalence conditions — high false positives despite good overall discrimination.
Machine learning isn't ready to predict schizophrenia or bipolar — yet
2 min readWe can't afford to win a battle, and lose the war.
Bad Science Undermines the Cause
1 min readECG Techs missed 44 critical arrhythmias per 1,000 patients. AI missed 3.
Nature Medicine (2025): AI Outdoes Humans in ECG Heart Arrhythmia Detection
2 min read“What happens when patients suddenly stop taking their medications?” This is a HARD question to study.
QJE (2024): The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing
1 min readhtleaH laicoS 😎
What is the solution to loneliness?
1 min readWith great power comes great responsibility.
Pursue AI with vigor. And proceed with caution.
1 min readBut you changing, that's the key.
Everything in health care always changes.
1 min readWhy? We want to get without giving.
Surveys are broken
1 min readDon’t focus on something you can’t change now.
Think “Leading” vs. “Lagging” Indicators
1 min readFew simple changes dramatically improve how meetings work.
Better Meetings
1 min readThe key to patient engagement: Solve the patient's problems.
Patient Engagement: Holy Grail for Tech
1 min readKeeping up with the latest research can feel like drinking from a firehose.
Keeping Up with Research
1 min readOne of the standout features of any team is when you reflect the diversity of the patients you serve.
Cultivate Diversity Through Diversity
1 min readPay attention to how feedback is received.
Feedback from Below
1 min readTo help break the ice, here are some facts about me —
Introduction to Myself
2 min readResearch can take 17 years to go from bench to bedside. I didn't believe that number — until I lived it.
New Publication: Pinto et al., 2024
2 min readI'd studied the science. Downloaded the apps. Still didn't meditate — until 100 days ago.
Has "meditate" been on your to-do list?
1 min readMy go-to framework to more robustly think through complex problems
Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive
1 min readWe can’t stand by and wait for patients to engage with us.
The fast way to fail is to ‘patiently’ engage patients.
1 min readPatient communities are an underutilized resource.
Accelerate your ability to better serve your patients
1 min readLoneliness has many causes. Loneliness has many solutions.
Empathy: Key to unlocking Loneliness
2 min readWe can’t figure that out unless we get that person to trust us enough — to let us in.
How to solve loneliness (for one person)
1 min readAfter COVID, we ALL thought we had become experts on social isolation and loneliness.
Social Isolation vs. Loneliness: They're Not the Same
1 min readCommunity isn't just about geography. Health isn't limited to healthcare. Worker isn't just a job.
Busting 3 CHW Myths: Community. Health. Worker.
1 min readMany must come together to make something out of nothing.
Founding a new company takes courage
2 min readMom worked the night shift while dad did the day shift. I was passed between them in the parking lot.
My dad's superpower: my mom
1 min readHere he was a nobody...but that didn't stop him.
Lifetime of Inspiration: My Dad
1 min readWe keep asking those struggling to lift the biggest burden.
Why patients don't follow through (and what to do about it)
6 min readCreating a great team starts with finding these right-fit individuals.
6 Qualities That Make Someone a Standout Team Member
5 min readTech is activating an untapped workforce to help us solve some of healthcare’s deepest challenges.
The Transformation of Peer Mentoring in Healthcare
6 min readFear can get the best of us—especially when it’s about something we cannot control.
Antidote To The Anti-Vaccination Movement: Peer-to-Peer Mentoring
4 min readThe opposite of fraud is not authenticity.
The One Value That Theranos Got Wrong
6 min readCan these ‘positive outliers’ help guide others to the same success?
Introducing InquisitHealth: Harnessing the Power of Peers
Published research.
Full publication list and NIH-funded trials (R01, R21, R43, R44; PCORI; CMMI; AHRQ) available on request — email me.