The Healthcast

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1. Why Your Health Is Your Greatest Business Asset | Dr. Quinto Pauletti

   21 oktober 2026 · 41 min

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   What happens when you build a successful business but neglect the health that makes it possible? Lees meer

   In this episode of The HealthCast, Phil Zappone sits down with Dr. Quinto Pauletti to explore the connection between personal health, leadership, and sustained performance. Dr. Pauletti shares how his family’s experiences with serious illness shaped his career and why he built a concierge practice focused on executives, founders, and high-performing professionals.

   They discuss his approach to personalized diagnostics, the role of trust and motivation in behavior change, and why more time with patients matters. They also explore where AI can support healthcare—and why listening, relationships, and everyday habits remain central to his approach.

   In this episode:
   • How personal loss shaped Dr. Pauletti’s approach to care
   • Why he encourages founders to treat health as a core business asset
   • How his concierge model incorporates genetic, hormonal, and gut testing
   • Finding the personal “why” behind lasting behavior change
   • Building a practice around time, relationships, and quality of life
   • Using AI to support clinicians and reduce administrative work
   • Returning to the basics before chasing supplements and biohacking
   • His book, Running on Empty, and his interest in genetics and epigenetics

   ABOUT THE GUEST
   Dr. Quinto Pauletti is a chiropractor by training whose precision health practice serves executives, founders, and high-performing professionals. Over the past decade, his work has combined genomic, microbiome, and hormonal diagnostics with a root-cause clinical model focused on sustained high performance.

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:42 Family illness and the path into healthcare
   03:20 Choosing chiropractic and exploring root causes
   07:14 Entrepreneurship and lessons from building a practice
   09:52 Health as a founder’s greatest asset
   12:18 Connecting personal health and business performance
   13:59 What concierge care makes possible
   17:29 Motivation, trust, and b…

2. ADHD & Overwhelm: Rethinking Productivity | Matt Canning, NoPlex

   16 oktober 2026 · 43 min

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   What if managing daily life isn’t about being more productive—but feeling less overwhelmed? Lees meer

   In this episode of The HealthCast, Phil Zappone sits down with Matt Canning, founder and CEO of NoPlex AI, to discuss his approach to “chaos management.” Inspired by his daughter’s experience with ADHD, Matt set out to build a simpler way to manage everyday tasks, responsibilities, and routines.

   Matt explains why traditional productivity tools can fall short for people with ADHD and how NoPlex approaches reducing friction and decision fatigue. He also shares leadership lessons from his engineering career, the challenges of growing a consumer app, and his perspective on AI, fragmented healthcare data, and personalized care.

   In this episode:
   • The family story behind NoPlex.
   • Designing for simplicity with the “shortest path to intent.”
   • ADHD awareness, social media, and changing workplace conversations.
   • Supporting employees while giving experienced team members autonomy.
   • Turning collected data into actionable insights.
   • Scaling a business without overengineering.
   • Opportunities for AI in personalized care and elder care.

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:49 What is NoPlex?
   01:54 The name and designing for simplicity
   03:44 The family story behind the app
   05:56 Why rethink productivity tools?
   10:47 Social media and ADHD awareness
   12:30 Matt’s personal mission
   14:37 Leadership lessons and building teams
   18:44 Decision fatigue and everyday overwhelm
   24:02 Fragmented data and actionable insights
   26:18 Meaningful user feedback
   27:07 The challenges of growing NoPlex
   28:24 Innovation, trust, and organizational buy-in
   29:51 Rethinking how healthcare information connects
   33:20 Scaling without overengineering
   35:26 Healthcare opportunities and elder care challenges
   37:15 AI’s potential in medical imaging
   39:41 Personalization in apps and healthcare
   40:43 What’s next for NoPlex?
   41:45 Where to learn more

   Episode Resources:
   Website | https://www.noplex.com/

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3. How AI Body Is Rethinking Clinical Training | Dr. Aaron Smith & Heather Tuttle

   15 oktober 2026 · 54 min

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   What if healthcare learners could see how disease progresses—and explore the consequences of clinical decisions—in a simulated human body? Lees meer

   In this episode of The HealthCast, Phil Zappone sits down with Dr. Aaron Smith, Chief Medical Officer, and Heather Tuttle, Chief Nursing Officer at AI Body, to discuss how digital physiology simulation can connect classroom learning with clinical practice.

   They explain how AI Body’s physiology-based models make complex concepts visual and interactive, giving students and practicing clinicians opportunities to explore disease progression and treatment responses. The conversation covers their journeys from bedside care into healthcare technology, the challenges facing new clinicians, and why frontline involvement matters when building tools healthcare teams will actually use.

   Topics include:
   • Connecting physiology education with clinical decision-making.
   • Supporting learner confidence, engagement, and retention.
   • Recognizing deterioration before a patient needs rescue.
   • Simulating burn injuries and fluid resuscitation for professional education.
   • Using constrained large language models with human oversight.
   • Building clinician trust through collaboration.
   • Preparing for AI’s potential impact on healthcare roles and scopes of practice.

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:53 What is AI Body?
   02:55 Dr. Aaron Smith’s journey from the NHS to healthcare technology
   04:37 Heather Tuttle’s path from emergency nursing to product development
   08:08 Why healthcare education needs to evolve
   11:54 Workforce shortages and retaining new clinicians
   16:21 The personal purpose behind their work
   21:59 Becoming part of the solution
   23:52 Making physiology visual and interactive
   28:01 Applications in higher education
   30:54 Burn simulation and professional development
   34:13 Why collaboration matters in healthcare innovation
   39:16 Technology adoption challenges
   41:15 Scaling a physiology platform
   43:22 Building clinician trust
   46:05 AI, clinical tra…

4. AI in Healthcare: Who’s Liable When Something Goes Wrong? | Michael Tekely

   15 oktober 2026 · 36 min

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   When AI influences a clinical decision, who owns the outcome? Lees meer

   In this episode of The Healthcast, Phil Zappone sits down with Michael Tekely, founder of Medical Malpractice Insurance and Clinical Risk Management Academy LLC, to explore how AI is changing the conversation around patient safety, clinical judgment, and accountability.

   Drawing on his experience in malpractice insurance and clinical risk management, Michael discusses why healthcare organizations need to document how AI recommendations influence care—and how clinicians respond to them. He also introduces his framework and prototype tool for reconstructing AI-influenced clinical events.

   In this episode:
   • Potential gaps between AI adoption and malpractice insurance coverage.
   • Why clear documentation matters when investigating adverse outcomes.
   • Tracking AI recommendations, system versions, and independent clinical judgment.
   • How workplace culture and workflow pressures affect clinicians’ ability to question AI.
   • Michael’s perspective on AI and informed consent.
   • Three priorities for hospital leaders preparing to deploy clinical AI.

   Chapters:
   00:19 — Introduction: AI, medicine, and malpractice
   00:50 — Michael’s background in malpractice insurance
   02:38 — A case that revealed the importance of documentation
   06:23 — AI adoption and insurance coverage concerns
   08:54 — A lawsuit that shaped Michael’s thinking about AI risk
   14:48 — Building a culture of communication and accountability
   18:01 — Reconstructing an AI-influenced clinical decision
   24:39 — Michael’s academy, framework, and prototype tool
   26:16 — What happens when clinicians follow AI recommendations?
   27:53 — The human impact of malpractice and informed consent
   29:39 — Will AI reduce malpractice or shift the risk?
   30:43 — Three priorities for hospital leaders
   31:51 — Opportunities and challenges ahead
   33:18 — Protecting clinicians and improving patient outcomes
   35:35 — Where to connect with Michael

   Episode Resources:
   LinkedIn | https://www.li…

5. How AI Could Personalize Autism Support | Cait Russell, Multiple

   24 september 2026 · 30 min

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   How can technology better support the individual needs of autistic people and their families? Lees meer

   On this episode of The Healthcast, Phil Zappone speaks with Cait Russell, occupational therapist and Chief Operating Officer at Multiple, a nonprofit accelerator supporting entrepreneurs building autism-related technology.

   Cait shares how her background in business and occupational therapy led her toward systems-level change. She explains why accessibility, individualized support and meaningful outcomes should guide product development—and why even promising technologies can struggle to reach the people who need them.

   The conversation explores tools that help therapists launch in-home practices, camera-free sleep tracking and personalized AI companions for everyday routines. Cait also discusses how Multiple brings families, clinicians, founders and investors together to help shape products and support their adoption.

   In this episode:

   • Moving from occupational therapy into nonprofit and innovation leadership
   • Designing accessible, individualized technology from the start
   • Evaluating whether products deliver meaningful outcomes
   • Helping therapists build in-home private practices
   • Using sleep data to inform support and interventions
   • Why distribution and adoption are critical for startups
   • Personalized AI companions for routines, work and school
   • Involving autistic people and families in product development
   • Multiple’s goal of connecting one million neurodivergent people to life-changing technology by 2030
   • The personal story behind Multiple’s founding

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:41 From Clinical Care to Systems-Level Impact
   02:50 Finding a Mission in Autism and Neurodiversity
   04:18 Designing Accessible Technology with Meaningful Outcomes
   07:14 Cait’s Path from Occupational Therapy to Multiple
   10:20 How Multiple Supports Autism Innovation
   11:59 Startup Examples: Therapy Access and Sleep Tracking
   15:02 Why Startups Struggle with Adoption
   16:09 Connecting Sta…

6. AI is Only As Good As Your Data | Ryan Leurck, Kythera Labs

   21 september 2026 · 41 min

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   Can AI transform healthcare if the underlying data is incomplete, fragmented or inaccurate? Lees meer

   On this episode of The Healthcast, Phil Zappone speaks with Ryan Leurck, Chief Analytics Officer and Co-Founder of Kythera Labs, about healthcare’s hidden data problem and why better data—not simply more advanced AI—will shape the industry’s future.

   Ryan shares how his background in aerospace engineering and complex systems optimization led him into healthcare analytics. He explains why claims and EHR data are difficult to analyze, how Kythera Labs turns fragmented records into structured information and why healthcare leaders must verify the answers produced by AI.

   They also discuss how hospitals can use data to understand patient leakage, referral patterns, market share and opportunities to improve service lines. Ryan shares an example in which a health system discovered substantially more patient leakage than it previously recognized, leading the organization to revise its strategy.

   In this episode:

   • Ryan’s transition from aerospace engineering to healthcare analytics
   • Why healthcare data is often incomplete, inconsistent and difficult to interpret
   • How medical claims can be reconstructed into meaningful patient-care events
   • Why raw data can produce confident but inaccurate AI answers
   • Increasing AI accuracy by cleaning and structuring healthcare data
   • How hospitals identify patient leakage and out-of-market care
   • Reducing the data-preparation burden on analytics teams
   • Protecting patient information when implementing AI
   • Why verification, validation and governance are essential
   • The opportunities and challenges AI may create over the next five years

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:43 From Aerospace Engineering to Healthcare Analytics
   03:55 The Meaning Behind Kythera Labs
   05:08 Discovering Healthcare’s Hidden Data Problem
   08:59 Building Companies with a Trusted Founding Team
   10:38 Business Challenges and Finding Focus
   12:20 How Kythera Turns Messy Claims in…

7. Longevity Starts With the Basics | Zach Dancel, NAVA

   8 september 2026 · 39 min

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   What does it mean to take a proactive approach to health—and where should you start? Lees meer

   On this episode of The HealthCast, Phil Zappone speaks with Zach Dancel, COO of Nava Health and former Division I football player, about functional medicine, longevity, and the everyday habits at the center of Nava’s approach.

   Zach shares the family health experience that inspired Nava Health and explains how his football background influences his approach to leadership, teamwork, and overcoming adversity. He also discusses Nava’s emphasis on personalized care, its plans for growth through clinics and telemedicine, and its vision for bringing more health and wellness services together.

   Throughout the conversation, Phil and Zach return to the foundations: sleep, nutrition, movement, stress management, and community.

   In this episode:
   • Lessons from football that translate to healthcare leadership
   • The family story behind Nava Health
   • Zach’s perspective on functional medicine and proactive care
   • Why lifestyle habits remain central to the longevity conversation
   • Looking beyond individual treatments to the whole person
   • Building a team and operational systems that support growth
   • Nava’s plans for franchising and expanding virtual care
   • Connecting medicine, fitness, recovery, and oral health
   • The role of patient education and ownership of health

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:43 What is Nava Health?
   01:50 Football, leadership, and handling adversity
   04:23 Building a team that believes in the mission
   08:59 The family health crisis that inspired Nava
   13:16 From a personal experience to a healthcare business
   18:28 Functional medicine and the foundations of health
   20:54 Looking beyond hormones and peptides
   22:37 Building the team and systems for growth
   26:26 Nava’s expansion and franchising plans
   28:29 Telemedicine and convenient access to care
   29:20 Connecting oral health, fitness, and longevity
   34:06 Opportunities and challenges ahead
   37:12 Taking ownership of your health
   38:2…

8. Can AI Fix Fragmented Healthcare? | Dr. Ben Israel, Featherglass

   6 september 2026 · 54 min

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   What if patients didn’t have to repeat their story every time they saw a new doctor? Lees meer

   On this episode of The HealthCast, Phil Zappone speaks with psychiatrist, therapist, and Featherglass founder Dr. Ben Israel about fragmented healthcare—and how AI could help connect the pieces.

   Dr. Israel shares how his background treating complex PTSD inspired a mission to preserve the context behind a patient’s medical history. He explains how Featherglass evolved from an AI-assisted documentation tool into a shared workspace designed to help care teams understand a patient’s evolving story across providers and settings.

   They also explore care transitions, patient consent, and the challenges of turning a clinical insight into a healthcare technology company.

   In this episode:
   • Recognizing trauma and complex PTSD in clinical practice
   • Moving beyond AI scribes toward shared clinical memory
   • Why a patient’s story matters beyond individual data points
   • Connecting care teams across different health record systems
   • Supporting hospital discharge, referrals, and follow-up
   • Building patient consent and transparency into information sharing
   • Lessons for clinicians pursuing entrepreneurship

   CHAPTERS
   00:00 Introduction
   00:50 Dr. Israel’s background in trauma and complex PTSD
   05:48 The AI idea that sparked Featherglass
   13:03 Using AI to surface signals for trauma screening
   15:23 From documentation to shared clinical memory
   20:46 Preserving the patient’s story across care teams
   23:31 Why patient narratives matter
   28:53 How Featherglass connects the pieces
   33:24 The name and platform in practice
   37:09 Sharing records and closing the referral loop
   39:59 Coordinating care throughout the day
   43:01 The transition from clinician to entrepreneur
   47:21 The challenges of scaling in healthcare
   50:42 What success looks like for Featherglass
   52:40 Where to learn more

   Episode Resources:
   Website | https://featherglass.com
   LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/benisraelmd/

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9. How Healthcare Executives Quietly Shape Patient Care | Michael Davis

   5 september 2026 · 35 min

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   What happens behind the scenes of a healthcare organization can have a profound effect on the care patients receive. Lees meer

   In this episode of The Healthcast, Phil Zappone speaks with healthcare executive Michael Davis about the leadership decisions, relationships and technologies shaping patient outcomes. Drawing on decades of experience across physician groups, pediatric healthcare, strategic partnerships and emerging healthcare technology, Michael explains why effective leadership begins with trust.

   Michael also shares the deeply personal story of his newborn son’s stroke—and how navigating the healthcare system as a frightened parent changed his understanding of responsibility, transparency and patient-centered care. That experience inspired him to challenge the gap between what healthcare organizations promise and what they are truly equipped to provide.

   The conversation explores how AI can strengthen healthcare without replacing human judgment, why authenticity still matters when using AI-generated content and what separates healthcare companies that successfully scale from those that stall.

   Phil and Michael also discuss some of healthcare’s greatest barriers, including outdated reimbursement models, regulatory complexity and limited access to quality care in medical deserts.

   In this episode:

   • How administrative decisions directly affect patient outcomes
   • Michael’s journey from aspiring physician to healthcare executive
   • How his newborn son’s stroke transformed his leadership philosophy
   • Why healthcare organizations must deliver on the services they promote
   • The unseen work that makes safe, effective patient care possible
   • Why trust and respect are essential between executives and clinicians
   • How AI can complement people without replacing human relationships
   • The four pillars of healthcare transformation: people, process, technology and culture
   • Why emotional intelligence and soft skills matter in executive leadership
   • What separates healthcare compa…

10. Heart Attack Response 90% Faster? | Rakesh Shah, mHeart

    5 september 2026 · 31 min

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    Can AI and at-home EKG technology help patients respond to potential heart attacks faster? Lees meer

    On this episode of The Healthcast, Phil Zappone speaks with cardiologist, healthcare leader and mHeart founder Dr. Rakesh Shah about improving access to cardiovascular care through remote monitoring, rapid triage and AI-driven insights.

    Dr. Shah explains how mHeart is being designed to connect patients directly with their cardiologists, provide an at-home EKG assessment and help determine the appropriate next step—whether that means scheduling an office visit, visiting urgent care or seeking emergency treatment.

    They also discuss the major gaps in cardiac care across rural America, the burden of unnecessary emergency-room visits and the potential for personalized health data to identify cardiovascular risks earlier.

    In this episode:

    • Why heart-attack response time is so critical
    • The personal experience that inspired mHeart
    • How an at-home EKG assessment could work
    • Completing a preliminary cardiac assessment in approximately seven minutes
    • Using AI to analyze EKGs and other vital signs
    • Reducing unnecessary emergency-room visits
    • Expanding cardiac care in underserved and rural communities
    • Improving medication adherence and chronic-disease management
    • Creating better outcomes for patients, clinicians and health systems
    • Dr. Shah’s journey from interventional cardiologist to healthcare entrepreneur

    CHAPTERS

    00:53 – Why Dr. Shah chose cardiology
    01:54 – His unconventional path to medical school
    03:05 – Earning an MBA from Oxford
    05:02 – Why heart-attack patients often seek care too late
    06:18 – The question that inspired mHeart
    08:04 – Developing the first mHeart prototype
    09:02 – Testing the technology during a family emergency
    11:56 – Completing an assessment in seven minutes
    13:25 – Is mHeart a replacement for the emergency room?
    15:06 – Patents, fundraising and commercialization
    15:31 – How patients would use the platform
    18:35 – Responding to chest pain a…

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