Advancing Innovation in Age Tech - Interview with Shane Curd

In this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Shane Curd, Head of Healthcare Marketing at Connect America, the leading provider of connected health solutions that are dedicated to improving access to care, safety, and independence. Shane is also the Founder of Fresno Technology Affinity Group, a group that has consulted for dozens of startups on marketing and product strategy to successfully penetrate payer and enterprise health system markets. Tune in to learn about recent advances and innovation in medication adherence, remote patient monitoring (RPM), and artificial intelligence in the sector of healthcare known as “Age Tech”. You’ll gain insight into the impacts of RPM innovation on providers, patients’ quality of life, and payer acceptance as well as how RPM and AI can help with management of medication adherence. Shane also highlights a few recent AI advancements in Age Tech and what Connect America is focusing on in the coming years.To learn more about Connect America, visit: www.connectamerica.com About Our Guest:Shane Curd is the Head of Healthcare Marketing at Connect America, the leading provider of connected health solutions that are dedicated to improving access to care, safety, and independence. Shane is also the Founder of Fresno Technology Affinity Group which has consulted for dozens of startups on marketing and product strategy to successfully penetrate payer and enterprise health system markets. Shane leverages his unique combination of marketing experience, technical expertise, and interpersonal skills to drive sales and market expansion within the healthcare space. He has built, launched, marketed and led commercialization efforts for over a dozen products in the healthcare space including remote patient monitoring (RPM), medical devices, outcomes analytics, and revenue cycle management.Connect with Shane on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shanecurd/Quotes: “Today, Connect America monitors nearly a million people and then they support about 35,000 through remote patient monitoring. Then, about 250,000 senior living residents across North America…The fact that they’re embracing innovation and we’re talking beyond “pushing the button” and getting help is very exciting.”“We studied the effectiveness of RPM around obesity, diabetes, and hypertension and we saw improvements across all categories. So, the fact that it’s effective and helping people in connecting them with their provider, we’re getting rave reviews all around.”“Many people are aging with chronic conditions and if they’re managed appropriately, they have minimal impact on their life. So, I think the real challenge is to continue to enable seniors to age gracefully at home.”