The Beat

Live at ViVE: Putting Patients Front and Center in Precision Health Data—featuring Jess Mega

Episode Summary

On this episode of The Beat, recorded onsite at ViVE 2022, Dr. Mega joins hosts Dr. Guatam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd to discuss Verily’s focus on translating technological innovations and scientific insights into partnerships and programs that improve patient outcomes.

Episode Notes

Health happens inside and outside the four walls of a hospital. Precision health uses data from a wide variety of non-clinical sources to arrive at the best treatment for a person or a community. But how do we use technology to improve the quality of life of a patient? By putting the patient front and center in the data.

Dr. Jess Mega is a cardiologist and the Co-Founder and Chief Medical & Scientific Officer at Verily, a research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. In her role as a cardiologist and caring for patients on the frontline, she felt compelled to bring together technology, life science, and health care to keep up with the next generation of precision health.

On this episode, Dr. Mega joins hosts Dr. Guatam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd to discuss Verily’s focus on translating technological innovations and scientific insights into partnerships and programs that improve patient outcomes.

Topics Covered

Why the information that we put into electronic health records is just one fraction of what health really means
What Dr. Mega sees as the most exciting part of how Verily is mapping human health
How Verily is marrying the genotype and the phenotype to understand human health data on a much broader scope
How patients benefit from Verily’s practice of using technology to bridge the gap between their health condition and quality of life
The 3 tools Verily is using to break through the barriers of precision health
How having their personal health data creates a more positive patient outcome
The creative partnerships Verily is forming to drive what the next level of health looks like
Verily’s 2-pillar approach to creating transparency and forming long-term bonds

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