Chip Kennedy, Head of Product & Engineering at Guaranteed Health, joins me to discuss the current state of end of life care, what a new model for hospice care looks like, and the role of technology in creating successful care products that work for patients, providers, and our communities

In this episode, Chip and I dig into what a successful care product looks like, and most importantly, to whom. We also discuss whether culturally-sensitive care is scalable, Guaranteed’s innovation across both care delivery and the digital arena with telemedicine, and the role of data in improving outcomes in hospice care.

Highlights:

• Chip introduces himself and explains how his background, and specifically his exposure to the world of physical therapy set the stage for his interest in the human side of healthcare  (3:18)

• How does technology play a role for hospice care (6:40)

• Meeting families where they are: the challenges when it comes to data and the platform of delivery (10:03)

• How to make hospice care more equitable (14:25)

• What a traditional hospice care model looks like and where innovation lies (18:45)

• Thinking about different communities and a ‘localized’ approach to hospice care (22:34)

• What it’s like to work at Guaranteed Health (28:39)

Links:

• Chip’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chip-kennedy/ 

• Guaranteed Health’s website: https://www.onguaranteed.com/