Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
He delivers timely analysis of drug development pipelines, FDA approval processes, and public health policy. His commentary covers market access trends and pharmaceutical industry updates.
FDA Approval / Drug Development / Public Health Policy
Best for: Biotech executives, investors, and public health analysts.
Founder and General Partner, Town Hall Ventures
Shares high-level national policy analysis, reform ideas for government programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and investments targeting underserved populations.
health policy / Medicare and Medicaid / healthcare investment / public health
Best for: Policy makers and healthcare investment professionals
Health Tech Investor and Writer, Second Opinion Media
Get insider perspectives on health tech venture funding, emerging startups, and clinical technology trends from a veteran digital health journalist turned investor.
Digital Health / Venture Capital / Health Tech Investing
Best for: Early stage founders and health tech venture capitalists.
Co-Founder and CEO, Anthropic
Leads Anthropic as it expands Claude from general-purpose AI into healthcare, scientific research and life sciences workflows.
Frontier AI / Scientific AI / AI Safety
Best for: AI researchers and life sciences executives
Explores how advanced machine learning can transform drug discovery and clinical development, sharing key updates on predictive biology and therapeutic design.
Machine Learning / Drug Discovery / Computational Biology
Best for: AI researchers and computer-aided drug discovery specialists
Chair and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
Leads Lilly through one of the strongest periods in modern pharma, from incretins to targeted oncology.
Oncology / Drug development / Biopharma strategy
Best for: Readers tracking big pharma strategy and pipeline decisions.
CEO, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan
Offers candid commentary on health system reform, systemic waste, leadership ethics, and the practical challenges of transitioning to value-based care models.
healthcare leadership / value-based care / clinical operations
Best for: Healthcare executives and system leaders
Director, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
Provides authoritative discussions on payment models, healthcare delivery reform, and real-world evidence. He offers insights into policies advancing health equity and high-value care systems.
Payment Reform / Healthcare Quality / Real-World Evidence
Best for: Healthcare economists and system administrators.
Offers detailed, data-driven analysis of biotech venture capital trends, early-stage drug development, and the financial ecosystem supporting new therapeutics.
Biotech Investing / Drug Discovery / Venture Capital
Best for: Biotech founders, venture capitalists, and life sciences executives
President and CEO, AcademyHealth
Translates complex health policy and health services research into clear, evidence-based insights, debunking common medical myths and discussing system reform.
health services research / evidence-based medicine / health policy
Best for: Researchers and health policy students
Highlights exponential technologies in health, including wearable devices, artificial intelligence, and remote diagnostics, with an emphasis on clinical integration.
Digital Medicine / Medical Devices / AI in Health
Best for: Clinicians, engineers, and digital health strategists.
Learn from the former United States Chief Technology Officer about healthcare data sharing, regulatory compliance, and value-based care technology.
Healthcare Policy / Interoperability / Open Data
Best for: Policy makers and health data scientists.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer
Follow him for corporate updates, thoughts on scientific breakthroughs, global health initiatives, and executive leadership insights directly from the helm of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
vaccine development / pharmaceutical innovation / global health equity
Best for: Pharma executives and healthcare industry watchers
Professor of Chemistry and Nobel Laureate, Stanford University
Offers an engaging window into high level chemistry research, drug development startups, diversity in science, and celebration of academic breakthroughs.
bioorthogonal chemistry / therapeutic discovery / academic biotech
Best for: Life science researchers and chemistry students
Co-Founder and CEO, Aledade
Offers invaluable analysis on healthcare delivery reform, value-based care policy, and primary care enablement. He regularly shares practical advice on navigating Medicare rules and clinical workflows.
Value-Based Care / Medicare Reform / Primary Care Policy
Best for: Primary care clinicians and digital health operators.
Co-leads the company whose blood test now guides treatment selection for Lilly's Inluriyo combination.
Liquid biopsy / Precision oncology / Companion diagnostics
Best for: Readers following liquid biopsy and precision oncology.
Chairman and CEO, The Mullings Group
Provides deep-dive perspective on global medtech hiring trends, organizational culture, and strategic leadership development within the medical device industry.
Medtech Hiring / Talent Acquisition / Industry Trends
Best for: Medtech executives, hiring managers, and industry job seekers.
Presents global perspectives on the convergence of healthcare, consumer technology, and medical devices, focusing on patient-centric digital transformations.
Digital Health / Medical Technology / Future of Care
Best for: Healthcare futurists, policymakers, and medical device innovators.
Readers receive witty, clear breakdowns of healthcare business models, complex industry dynamics, and digital health trends without the jargon.
Digital Health / Healthcare Economics / Health Tech Strategy
Best for: Digital health entrepreneurs and business analysts.
Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer, Advocate Health
Shares forward-looking perspectives on integrating digital tools, artificial intelligence, and strategic partnerships within large-scale hospital networks and health systems.
health IT / digital transformation / clinical innovation
Best for: Hospital innovators and technology vendors
Professor and Nobel Laureate, University of Szeged
She posts inspiring reflections on her career long research into mRNA technology, developments in molecular biology, and international collaboration in sciences.
mRNA research / biotechnology history / scientific perseverance
Best for: Research scientists and biotechnology students
Venture Partner and Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution
Follow for expert breakdowns of healthcare legislative reform, physician payment policies, and community medicine programs. She delivers pragmatic updates on federal health programs and policy implementation.
Healthcare Reform / Medicare Policy / Physician Payments
Best for: Health policy researchers and clinical executives.
National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS Office of the National Coordinator
He provides authoritative updates on national electronic health record interoperability standards, health IT policies, and federal digital health strategies aiming to improve patient access.
Interoperability / Health IT Standards / Patient Data Access
Best for: Health IT developers and clinical informatics leaders.
Chief Executive Officer, Moderna
Offers updates on the progress of mRNA pipelines, biotechnology scaling challenges, and his vision for the future of personalized medicine and vaccine development.
mRNA technology / biotech scaleup / preventative medicine
Best for: Biotech founders, investors, and mRNA enthusiasts
Health Economist and Advisor, THINK-Health
Delivers comprehensive analyses of the consumerization of healthcare, economic shifts affecting patients, and the evolving role of retail health in modern medicine.
health economics / digital health / consumer health trends
Best for: Health planners and market researchers
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Access top-tier venture capital insights on how emerging technology is reshaping healthcare infrastructure, payer systems, and daily clinical workflows.
Venture Capital / Digital Health Strategy / Generative AI in Health
Best for: Founders seeking venture capital and enterprise buyers.
Co-CEO steering Guardant's expansion from therapy selection into cancer screening.
Liquid biopsy / Diagnostics / Oncology screening
Best for: Readers tracking the diagnostics business.
Chief Scientific Officer, Eli Lilly and Company
The scientist behind Lilly's pipeline, including the EMBER-3 programme behind the Inluriyo approval.
Drug discovery / Oncology / Clinical development
Best for: Readers who follow how big pharma R&D portfolios are built.
General Partner, Lux Capital
Deena shares regular updates on health tech funding, intersectional investments in women's health, and actionable advice for early-stage founders navigating the healthcare venture ecosystem.
Digital Health / Femtech / Venture Capital
Best for: Early-stage digital health founders seeking venture insights
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Oscar Health
Follow the tech developments of a pioneering consumer insurance brand, including how AI is actively streamlining insurance operations and member workflows.
Health Insurance Technology / Generative AI / Consumer Health
Best for: Insurtech developers and health plan executives.
Life sciences and diagnostics President and CEO, Danaher Corporation
Leads Danaher, parent of Cepheid, Beckman Coulter and Leica Biosystems.
Diagnostics / Life sciences tools
Best for: Readers tracking diagnostics and life sciences tools
Chief Executive Officer, Novartis
He shares highly engaging behind the scenes video updates, insights on drug manufacturing, leadership lessons, and perspectives on how digital transformation is changing medicine.
drug development / healthcare leadership / gene therapy
Best for: Life sciences leaders and aspiring healthcare executives
Venture Partner, ARCH Venture Partners
Provides expert insights on global health security, FDA drug regulation, and pandemic preparedness. Her posts offer deep analysis of national health policies and medical countermeasures.
FDA Drug Regulation / Biosecurity / Pandemic Preparedness
Best for: Healthcare investors, biosecurity analysts, and policy makers.
Co-Founder, Healthcare IT Today
Covers daily developments in health information technology, offering commentary on operational efficiency, administrative workflows, and digital patient engagement solutions.
health IT / patient engagement / healthcare marketing
Best for: IT staff and healthcare marketers
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Cityblock Health
Learn how to build and scale health systems designed for marginalized populations, integrating community-based care models with modern digital infrastructure.
Medicaid Strategy / Health Equity / Value-Based Care
Best for: Leaders in health equity and public sector healthcare.
Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Expert perspectives on digital health integration, virtual care adoption models, and clinical research regarding the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring technologies.
Digital Health / Telehealth / Virtual Care
Best for: Clinicians and virtual care providers
Founder and Editor, Timmerman Report
Provides indepth, investigative journalism and industry newsletters highlighting biotechnology startups, drug discovery pipelines, and investment patterns in the life sciences sector.
Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals / Life Sciences
Best for: Biotech executives and life sciences investors
Founder, Allen Health Academy
Educates consumers and employers on how to challenge insurance denials, decipher complex medical bills, and navigate the opaque financial practices of the US payer system.
medical billing / insurance denials / patient advocacy / healthcare costs
Best for: Patient advocates and benefit coordinators
Senior Writer, Medicine, STAT
Widely regarded as one of the premier journalists in medicine and biotech, providing sharp, objective analysis of clinical trial results and pharmaceutical policy decisions.
biotech journalism / clinical trial data / FDA approvals
Best for: Anyone wanting unbiased analysis of biotech developments
Shares practical advice on building bio and medtech startups, navigating early-stage regulatory strategies, and securing venture capital funding.
Medtech Investing / Healthcare Startups / Women's Health
Best for: Early-stage bio and medtech entrepreneurs.
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Vijay provides visionary thoughts on how biology is transitioning into an information science, focusing on machine learning in drug discovery and computing applied to health.
BioTech / AI in Medicine / Healthcare Software
Best for: Researchers and founders combining biology with computing
Discusses policy developments, value-based care reimbursement structures, and investment opportunities in technologies that bridge the gap between payers and providers.
venture capital / value-based care / healthcare policy / payer tech
Best for: Venture capitalists and health tech entrepreneurs
Healthcare Executive and Consultant, TecCentric
Gain key insights into clinician adoption of digital health tools, consumer health engagement, and the integration of AI in clinical practice.
Digital Health / Medical Informatics / Health Communication
Best for: Clinical leaders and digital product developers.
Founder and Co-CEO, Insilico Medicine
Provides regular updates on the application of generative AI to chemistry and biology, clinical trial milestones, and longevity research.
Generative AI / Longevity Research / Drug Discovery
Best for: AI engineers, medicinal chemists, and biotech entrepreneurs
Director, The Medical Futurist Institute
Insights into emerging medical technologies, AI in medicine, and future clinical tools with a highly visual, structured analysis of consumer health tech.
Medical AI / Wearables / Future of Medicine
Best for: Clinicians and designers building future medical devices.
Director of Chemical Biology and Author, Novartis
He writes the highly respected blog In the Pipeline, offering deep technical analyses of organic chemistry, drug candidate failures, and the realities of modern drug discovery.
medicinal chemistry / drug discovery / clinical trials
Best for: Medicinal chemists and drug discovery researchers
Founder and Digital Health Investor, Rock Health
Halle provides a masterclass in healthtech commercialization, sharing thoughts on clinical efficacy, digital therapeutics product design, and direct to consumer health strategy.
digital health products / women's health / healthtech investing
Best for: Healthtech entrepreneurs and product innovators
CEO and Managing Director, General Catalyst
Offers strategic perspectives on restructuring the healthcare system through the concept of health assurance, focusing on preventative, accessible, and affordable digital health technologies.
Health Assurance / Healthcare AI / Responsible Innovation
Best for: Healthcare executives and digital health founders.
Founder and President, NostaLab
Thought-provoking commentary on how exponential technologies, from wearable sensors to artificial intelligence, are reshaping the future of clinical medicine and consumer health.
Digital Health / Medical Devices / Generative AI
Best for: Tech enthusiasts and health system leaders.
Professor and Center Director, University of California, San Francisco
Shares data driven research on electronic health record systems, health information exchange policies, and the measurable impact of technology on clinician burnout.
Electronic Health Records / Health IT Policy / Informatics Research
Best for: Health IT policymakers and clinical researchers
Founder and Host, Slice of Healthcare
Jared provides regular updates and interviews with leading digital health founders, offering listeners a direct look at the startups driving modern healthcare innovation.
health tech startups / digital health / founder interviews
Best for: Healthcare entrepreneurs and early stage investors.
Managing Director, Morgan Health
Offers authoritative views on clinical strategy, employer-sponsored benefits, health equity, and scaling clinical solutions across major population health networks.
employer health benefits / clinical integration / health equity / population health
Best for: Employer benefit managers and population health strategists
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Homeward Health
Read practical commentary on deploying technology-enabled care in underserved markets, value-based healthcare delivery, and startup scaling strategies.
Rural Healthcare / Value-Based Care / Digital Health
Best for: Rural healthcare providers and digital health executives.
Founder and Principal, JMaraganore Consulting
Shares valuable executive-level mentorship, insights on biotech corporate governance, and expert perspectives on the next generation of genomic and molecular therapies.
RNA Interference / Biotech Leadership / Drug Development
Best for: Biotech executives, drug developers, and researchers
Chief Executive Officer, Clover Health
Provides detailed commentary on how proprietary software platforms can improve clinical decision-making within Medicare Advantage plans and lower overall costs.
Medicare Advantage / health technology / payer platforms / data science
Best for: Technology leaders in the payer sector
Founder, President and CEO, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
Leads Ultragenyx’s development of therapies for rare and ultrarare diseases, including the approved MPS IIIA gene therapy Fayuvi.
Rare Disease / Gene Therapy / Drug Development
Best for: Rare-disease founders and drug developers
Readers get detailed insights on machine learning robustness, algorithmic fairness in clinical datasets, and academic research focused on equitable health technology development.
Machine Learning Robustness / Algorithmic Fairness / Clinical Datasets
Best for: Computer scientists and medical ethics professionals.
Publisher and Co-Founder, The Health Care Blog
Offers critical analysis of healthcare industry movements, digital health startups, and major policy transformations across the global ecosystem.
Digital Health / Health Care Reform / Industry Analysis
Best for: Industry analysts and healthcare strategy professionals.
Co-Founder, Highlander Health
High-level insights on leveraging real-world evidence, optimizing clinical trial infrastructure, and integrating digital tools to accelerate drug and device development.
Real World Evidence / Clinical Trials / Digital Health Tech
Best for: Clinical trial designers and health tech policy researchers.
Director of Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco
He offers expert commentary on translation of biomedical big data into diagnostics and therapeutics, providing valuable updates on computational health research and biotechnology trends.
clinical informatics / big data / precision medicine
Best for: Biomedical researchers and computational health data scientists.
Offers real-time commentary on biotechnology stock markets, clinical trial readouts, and global pharmaceutical industry trends, including a strong focus on Chinese biotech.
Biotech Investing / Cancer Immunotherapy / Global Pharma
Best for: Public market biotech investors and industry analysts
Director of Stanford AIMI Center, Stanford University
Readers get research insights on medical imaging AI, updates on academic radiology AI evaluations, and regular summaries of the field's clinical safety benchmarks.
Medical Imaging AI / Clinical Validation / Radiology Research
Best for: Radiologists and medical imaging AI researchers.
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Vineeta discusses the intersection of biotechnology, clinical medicine, and artificial intelligence, offering clinical and venture perspectives on the future of data-driven therapeutics.
BioTech / Digital Health / AI in Medicine
Best for: BioTech and clinical AI innovators
Founder and Creator, Hospitalogy
Delivers deep-dive newsletters and financial analysis focusing on healthcare mergers, hospital system trends, and corporate strategy within the broader healthcare services market.
Healthcare M&A / Hospital Systems / Healthcare Finance
Best for: Healthcare finance professionals and strategists
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tia
Carolyn discusses the intersection of physical and digital product design in women's health, detailing how to build trusted, patient centered hybrid care experiences.
women's health / hybrid care design / clinical products
Best for: Developers of hybrid and women's health products
Founder and Managing Partner, Define Ventures
Lynne provides deep strategic guidance on building sustainable digital health enterprises, market positioning, and how startups can successfully partner with payers and providers.
Digital Health / Venture Capital / Healthcare Enterprise
Best for: Enterprise digital health executives and founders
Venture Partner, SpringTide Ventures
Analyzes trends in payer-provider integration, retail healthcare delivery, and how early-stage health tech businesses can successfully establish distribution partnerships with insurance payers.
retail health / payer partnerships / value-based care
Best for: Healthtech startups and retail health operators
Life Sciences Research Lead, Anthropic
Former Coefficient Bio co-founder leading drug discovery and development research within Anthropic’s expanding life sciences group.
Drug Discovery / Generative Biology / Foundation Models
Best for: Computational biology and drug discovery teams
Senior Vice President, Clarify Health
Provides data-driven commentary on healthcare price transparency, Medicare spending, and how analytical tools help health plans optimize cost and quality metrics.
healthcare transparency / Medicare data / payment policy
Best for: Policy researchers and healthcare data analysts
Managing Partner, RA Capital Management
Writes extensively on drug pricing policy, patent ecosystems, biotech capital markets, and the societal value of pharmaceutical innovation.
Biotech Policy / Drug Pricing / Venture Capital
Best for: Healthcare policy analysts, biotech executives, and investors
Executive in Residence, General Catalyst
Delivers vision-driven commentary on health system transformation, combining his past experience as a health system CEO with current venture capital initiatives to reform delivery.
Health System Transformation / Digital Health / Creative Disruption
Best for: Hospital leaders and healthtech entrepreneurs.
Founder and CEO, Bayesian Health
Readers learn about real-world clinical AI deployment, methods for reducing diagnostic errors, and building reliable artificial intelligence tools for critical care environments.
Diagnostic AI / Critical Care / AI Product Development
Best for: Digital health founders and intensive care clinicians.
Associate Professor of Health Policy, UC Berkeley
Followers receive rigorous analysis of algorithmic bias in healthcare, evaluations of clinical machine learning models, and methods to make clinical algorithms more equitable.
Algorithmic Bias / Machine Learning Equity / Clinical Policy
Best for: Health policy researchers and clinical data scientists.
Principal Research Scientist, MIT
Readers receive global perspectives on clinical database transparency, machine learning bias, and international research collaborations utilizing open-source medical data resources.
Open-Science Data / Global Clinical AI / Algorithmic Transparency
Best for: Open-science advocates and global health researchers.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grapevine Health
Focuses on how Medicaid programs and payer policies impact underserved urban communities, emphasizing the crucial role of health literacy and localized patient engagement.
Medicaid / health literacy / community health / digital health
Best for: Medicaid operators and community health advocates
Chief Medical Officer, Nuance Communications
Followers gain industry perspectives on generative AI in medicine, enterprise-scale healthcare cloud computing tools, and translation of research into clinical products.
Generative Healthcare AI / Enterprise Health Technology / Product Translation
Best for: Digital health developers and technology leaders.
Founder, Black Book Research
Follow for survey-based intelligence on healthcare technology adoption, nursing workflows, cyber risk and provider operations.
Healthcare IT / Clinical AI / Hospital operations
Best for: Healthcare IT and hospital leaders
Founder and Advisor, Clinical Innovation Partners
Delivers deep insights into the modernization of clinical trials, decentralization strategies, digital health tools, and patient advocacy integration in drug development.
Clinical Trials / Decentralized Trials / Patient Centricity
Best for: Clinical trial operations managers and digital health innovators
Founder and Chief Medical Officer, AliveCor
Practical and regulatory insights on building FDA-cleared medical hardware, digital ECG technologies, and the translation of consumer tech into clinical diagnostics.
Digital Cardiology / Remote Monitoring / FDA Regulation
Best for: Medtech entrepreneurs and biomedical engineers.
He provides updates on global healthcare standards, international health information technology policy, and digital transformation initiatives across health systems.
Global Health IT / Digital Transformation / Health Policy
Best for: Global health IT leaders and policy makers
Author, Speaker, and Podcaster, Harry Glorikian
Harry shares deep insights into how artificial intelligence, diagnostics, and data analytics are reshaping precision medicine and clinical workflows.
healthcare AI / diagnostics / precision medicine
Best for: AI developers and clinical researchers.
Founder and Chief Editor, Healthcare IT Today
Offers practical reporting and commentary on hospital IT infrastructure, electronic health record workflows, and digital health software implementations in clinical settings.
Electronic Health Records / Healthcare IT / Digital Health
Best for: Health system IT leaders and vendors
CEO and Co-founder, Tandem Health
Building Europe's best funded clinical AI operating system after a $100M Series B.
Ambient AI / Clinical documentation / European HealthTech
Best for: Readers tracking European clinical AI and sovereign health data.
Venture Chair, Redesign Health
Missy shares veteran insights on building health startups from scratch, focusing on product market fit, consumer health design, and platform scaling.
digital health / product innovation / venture building
Best for: Early stage digital health product managers
Chief Data Scientist, Stanford Health Care
Followers receive academic and practical perspectives on using electronic health record data to train clinical AI models, safe deployment strategies, and health AI governance.
Clinical Data Science / Informatics / AI Deployment Governance
Best for: Informatics professionals and clinical data scientists.
Surgeon and Healthcare Futurist, Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Firsthand accounts from a surgeon pioneer using Google Glass and spatial computing in the operating room, detailing how VR/AR and robotics enhance patient care.
Surgical Robotics / Virtual Reality / Spatial Computing
Best for: Surgeon educators and spatial computing developers.
Co-founder and CEO, Heidi Health
Co-founded Heidi Health, one of the fastest growing ambient AI platforms for clinicians.
Ambient AI / Clinical documentation
Best for: Readers following ambient clinical AI
Founder and CEO, Exscientia
Offers visionary leadership perspectives on automated drug design, automated chemistry, and using patient-tissue-led platforms for oncology clinical trials.
AI Drug Design / Precision Oncology / Automated Chemistry
Best for: Computational chemists and precision medicine advocates
Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University
He delivers breakthroughs in medical genetics, genomic sequencing, and precision medicine, illustrating how digital health tools help diagnose rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.
genomics / precision medicine / rare diseases
Best for: Genetics researchers and precision medicine advocates.
Strategic Advisor and Author, Harvey Castro LLC
Discusses the integration of generative AI and automation tools into clinical workflows, advising how hospital systems can adopt new tech safely and efficiently.
artificial intelligence / clinical workflows / digital health
Best for: Clinical administrators and AI developers
Managing Partner, Venture Valkyrie Consulting
Get honest and highly experienced commentary on digital health investments, corporate governance, and complex business realities from a veteran healthcare venture capitalist.
Venture Capital / Digital Health / Healthcare Operations
Best for: Health tech executives and venture capital professionals.
General Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Michael shares executive level reflections on market consolidation, syndication strategies, and long term technological shifts within healthcare IT and technology enabled services.
Digital Health / Health Tech Investing / Venture Capital
Best for: Late-stage digital health founders and syndicators
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Shares deep analysis on the intersection of healthcare services and software, detailing what it takes to build sustainable, high-impact digital health companies in a complex market.
Digital Health / Healthcare Services / Venture Investing
Best for: Healthcare operators and investment professionals.
Managing Partner, NaviMed Capital
Offers a unique perspective combining clinical training with private equity experience, providing sharp commentary on healthcare economics, federal policies, and market consolidation trends.
Healthcare Policy / Private Equity / Digital Health
Best for: Policy analysts, healthcare investors, and clinicians.
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Steve offers seasoned perspectives on the commercialization of digital health technologies, structural challenges in the US healthcare system, and deep analyses of public market health tech trends.
Healthcare IT / Digital Health / Venture Capital
Best for: Healthcare investors and policy analysts
Co-Founder and President, Unite Us
Explores how health plans can address the social determinants of health through software systems that coordinate care between medical providers and social services.
social determinants of health / payer-provider integration / care coordination
Best for: Managed care directors and social health coordinators
Head of Biology and Life Sciences, Anthropic
Leads Anthropic’s biology and life sciences work, connecting frontier models with practical scientific research and development workflows.
Life Sciences AI / Biology / Scientific Computing
Best for: Life sciences AI builders and researchers
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, YourCoach Health
Eugene hosts discussions and posts extensively about the digital health ecosystem, including how digital coaching and digital therapeutics intersect to improve patient outcomes.
Digital Health coaching / Health Tech Startups / DTx Integration
Best for: Healthcare entrepreneurs and digital coaches
Executive Producer and Host, WTF Health
Features video interviews with leading digital health founders, executives, and investors, offering timely updates on business strategies and market trends across the healthtech ecosystem.
Digital Health / Healthtech Startups / Interviews
Best for: Healthtech startups and venture capital investors
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AdaRose
Lygeia is a pioneer in patient facing health technology, offering valuable perspectives on consumer health privacy, patient engagement design, and personal empowerment tools.
consumer health tech / patient engagement / digital wellness
Best for: Patient engagement and consumer health creators
Co-Founder and CEO, Owkin
Discusses how federated learning and artificial intelligence can optimize clinical trials, discover new biomarkers, and advance precision oncology.
AI in Oncology / Precision Medicine / Federated Learning
Best for: Oncologists, data scientists, and pharmaceutical researchers
Co-Founder, Health Rosetta
Delivers research and perspectives on restructuring employer-sponsored health insurance to reduce administrative waste and direct more resources toward primary care delivery models.
employer-sponsored insurance / benefits optimization / primary care payment
Best for: Benefits managers and self-insured employers
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Jay highlights the fundamental plumbing of healthcare technology, focusing on data interoperability, back office software automation, and infrastructure investments that enable modern care delivery.
Healthcare Infrastructure / API / Software
Best for: Health tech infrastructure developers and SaaS founders
Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health
Readers get updates on clinical AI governance, practical advice on deploying machine learning tools at the bedside, and critical evaluations of health technology.
Clinical AI Governance / Bedside Implementation / EHR Integration
Best for: Clinical informaticians and hospital IT leaders.
Provides expert analysis on healthcare policy, health data exchange standards, and public health infrastructure, bridging the gap between federal regulations and local implementation.
health policy / interoperability / data exchange
Best for: Policy analysts and digital health operators
Managing Director, Maverick Ventures
Provides candid observations on digital health valuations, investment trends, and long-term sector dynamics, backed by years of experience in early and growth-stage healthcare investing.
Digital Health / Healthcare IT / Growth Stage Investing
Best for: Growth-stage healthtech founders and venture capital peers.
Senior Director, Global Digital Health Strategy, Google
Authoritative analysis of digital health regulations, software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD) frameworks, and AI standards from the former Director of Digital Health at the FDA.
Digital Health Policy / Software as a Medical Device / AI Regulation
Best for: Regulatory affairs professionals and software developers.
CEO and Co-founder, Scan.com
Scaled Scan.com into a $220M funded imaging marketplace across the UK and US.
Medical imaging / Marketplaces / Patient access
Best for: Readers interested in diagnostic access and marketplace models.
Co-founder and CEO, Basecamp Research
Co-founded Basecamp Research, which raised a $140M Series C in September 2026.
Foundation models / Cell therapy
Best for: Readers tracking AI-designed medicines
Chief Data Science Officer, Mass General Brigham
Readers obtain deep insights into enterprise AI deployment in large hospital networks, clinical validation frameworks, and national policies on imaging AI standards.
Enterprise AI / Clinical Imaging Standards / Healthcare Quality
Best for: Health system executives and imaging technologists.
Chief Data Scientist, Duke Health
Followers get authoritative updates on health AI evaluation frameworks, algorithm registry standards, and institutional governance structures designed to ensure safe, equitable AI.
AI Evaluation Standards / Health Algorithm Registries / Responsible AI
Best for: Healthcare compliance officers and AI governance leads.
Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Delivers academic and policy-grounded insights on payment reform, health economics, and the structures of Medicare reimbursement models.
payment reform / health economics / Medicare policy / value-based purchasing
Best for: Health economists and policy analysts
Chief Medical Officer, Click Therapeutics
Dr. Lakhan shares clinical perspectives on the intersection of neurology, psychiatry, and software-driven medical interventions. He details how digital therapeutics are validated and prescribed.
Neurotherapeutics / Digital Medicine / Clinical Trials
Best for: Clinicians and clinical trial managers
She regularly posts analysis on digital health investment trends, focusing on startups that design highly engaging, patient centered software and clinical tools.
digital health investments / consumer health / product market fit
Best for: Founders seeking product market fit insights
Managing Partner, LifeScience vertical
Shares direct insights into the medtech fundraising landscape, investment trends, and strategies for medical device companies preparing for seed and Series A rounds.
Medtech Fundraising / Venture Capital / Executive Search
Best for: Startup founders seeking funding and advisory connections.
Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Provides deep academic perspectives on the integration of artificial intelligence in medicine, clinical genomics, and the evolution of health informatics platforms.
Precision Medicine / Medical AI / Biomedical Informatics
Best for: Bioinformatics researchers and medical AI engineers
Interviews prominent medical device founders and executives, sharing proven tactics on product development, fundraising, and regulatory paths to market.
Medtech Startups / Product Development / Regulatory Approval
Best for: Early-stage medical device founders and product managers.
Chief Medical Officer, Heidi Health
Brings clinical leadership experience from Microsoft and Heidi to discussions about ambient AI, health system adoption and responsible clinical technology.
Clinical AI / Digital health / Health systems
Best for: Clinical AI and health system leaders
Co-Founder and Author, Iodine
He shares deep insights on how data design and clear communications can improve healthcare decisions, leveraging his extensive experience in consumer health products.
health communication / consumer UX / data visualization
Best for: UX designers and healthcare communicators
Health Tech Writer and Product Leader, Flexpa
Offers highly technical yet accessible breakdowns of health IT standards, EHR integration, and APIs, helping developers navigate the complex healthcare data ecosystem.
interoperability / electronic health records / health APIs
Best for: Software engineers and product managers
Founder, Astounding HealthTech
Publishes insightful essays and commentaries exploring the intersection of digital technology, biopharmaceutical research, and the real-world clinical application of medicine.
Digital Health / Biopharma / Healthcare R&D
Best for: Biopharma executives and clinical research leaders
Leads ARPA-H and its high-risk health research portfolio, including programs advancing computational and non-animal approaches to drug development.
Biomedical innovation / Drug development / Federal research
Best for: Health policy and research leaders
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Therapeutics Alliance
He provides regular updates on digital therapeutics legislation, payer coverage decisions, and efforts to integrate clinically validated software into mainstream healthcare.
DTx Advocacy / Healthcare Policy / Market Access
Best for: Market access leads and digital health founders
Chief Information and Digital Health Officer, UC Davis Health
Follow him for updates on digital medicine validation, health system innovation, and clinical trials using advanced digital tools and artificial intelligence.
Digital Medicine / Clinical Innovation / Digital Therapeutics
Best for: Clinical innovators and digital medicine developers
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Daisy shares regular insights on primary care models, technology enabled clinical services, and the evolving structural needs of patient care delivery platforms.
Digital Health / Care Delivery / Venture Capital
Best for: Care delivery founders and operations experts
Founder and CEO, BioIntelliSense
Expert perspectives on transitioning care from hospitals to homes through scalable, medical-grade wearable sensors and continuous monitoring algorithms.
Remote Patient Monitoring / Wearable Sensors / Clinical AI
Best for: Health system executives and remote care providers.
Healthcare Designer and Consultant, Jay Parkinson Consulting
He offers a clinician designer perspective on digital health, critiquing current telemedicine UX and sharing frameworks for building patient centered digital clinics.
service design / primary care / user experience
Best for: Designers building virtual care products
Chief Executive Officer, Elucid
Leads Elucid and the commercial rollout of Plaque-IQ, an FDA-cleared, histology-validated plaque analysis tool reimbursable under Category I CPT code 75577.
Cardiovascular AI / Plaque imaging / Medical reimbursement
Best for: Cardiovascular imaging and medtech leaders
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, US Food and Drug Administration
Leads the FDA as it updates regulations supporting validated non-animal and computational methods in nonclinical development.
FDA policy / Regulation / Nonclinical testing
Best for: Regulatory and life sciences leaders
Executive Chairman and Co-founder, IntraBio
Co-founded the company that won FDA approval for the first ataxia treatment in ataxia telangiectasia.
Rare disease / Orphan drugs / Neurology
Best for: Readers following rare disease drug development.
Executive Chairperson and Interim CEO, Lantheus
Follow for leadership perspective on radiopharmaceutical diagnostics and therapeutics, including Lantheus product and regulatory milestones.
Radiopharmaceuticals / Life sciences leadership / Oncology
Best for: Life sciences operators and investors
Medical Device Consultant, Easy Medical Device
Simplifies complex medical device regulations, including EU MDR and FDA pathways, providing regular updates and educational resources for quality assurance professionals.
Quality Management / MDR Regulation / FDA Compliance
Best for: Regulatory affairs and quality assurance medtech professionals.
Founder and CEO, PharmStars
Insights into how digital medicine and therapeutic devices can partner with pharmaceutical giants, sharing practical advice on acceleration and clinical validation.
Digital Therapeutics / Pharma Partnerships / Health Innovation
Best for: Digital therapeutic startup founders and pharma executives.
Leads Egetis, whose Emcitate is approved for MCT8 deficiency.
Rare disease / Orphan drugs
Best for: Readers following rare disease drug development
CEO and Co-founder, Graph AI
Applying explainable AI to drug safety, backed by Insight Partners and Bessemer.
Pharmacovigilance / Drug safety / Applied AI
Best for: Readers following AI in life sciences operations.
Professor, AI and Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Offers updates on advanced deep learning applications in oncology, breast cancer risk assessment models, and machine learning models for early drug discovery.
Oncology AI / Drug Discovery / Deep Learning
Best for: Oncology researchers and pharmaceutical computational scientists
Directs the federal agency funding high-risk health programs including the $62.7M ADVOCATE autonomous clinical AI initiative.
Biomedical innovation / Clinical AI policy / Federal research funding
Best for: Leaders tracking federal health innovation funding and policy
Chief Medical Officer, TriSalus Life Sciences
Directs clinical development of Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery and the newly FDA-cleared TriNav Advance, expanding device reach into distal liver tumor vessels.
Interventional oncology / Liver tumors / Drug delivery
Best for: Interventional oncology and medtech leaders
Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic
Former Coefficient Bio co-founder developing AI agents and experimental-design systems for scientific discovery at Anthropic.
Scientific AI / Experimental Design / Drug Discovery
Best for: Scientific AI researchers and biotech builders
Co-Founder and Health IT Strategist, NostraData Health
She provides expert commentary on health equity, data privacy, health information technology policy, and strategies for modernizing legacy healthcare systems.
Health Equity / Data Privacy / Health IT Strategy
Best for: Health IT professionals and data privacy advocates
Co-Founder and CEO, Angle Health
Former Palantir engineer who led Angle Health's 600 million dollar financing at a 2.7 billion dollar valuation to scale AI-native level-funded health plans.
Health Insurance / AI Underwriting / Level-Funded Plans
Best for: Founders and operators building in employer health insurance.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Arintra
Leads Arintra and its autonomous medical coding and revenue assurance platform, backed by a 25 million dollar Series B led by Define Ventures.
Autonomous medical coding / Revenue cycle AI / Health system operations
Best for: Health system finance and revenue cycle leaders
Partner, Life Science Intelligence
Offers updates on venture funding, strategic partnerships, and emerging innovations in the global medical device and life sciences sectors.
Medtech Venture Capital / Startups / Market Intelligence
Best for: Medtech investors, founders, and business development executives.
Chief Digital Officer, Welldoc
Anand offers valuable strategies for scaling digital therapeutic solutions for chronic diseases, focusing on clinical integration, patient engagement, and reimbursement models.
Chronic Disease Management / Digital Health / DTx Commercialization
Best for: Digital health product leaders and health system executives
Chief Executive Officer, HumanFirst
Clear analysis on how to evaluate, measure, and design digital health tools. She provides robust frameworks for clinical-grade hardware and software verification.
digital biomarkers / clinical trials / decentralized trials
Best for: Digital biomarker researchers and product developers
Health Privacy and Regulatory Consultant, Devici Group
Follow for essential updates on HIPAA regulations, health data privacy laws, and patient data rights. She translates complex legal frameworks into actionable strategies for digital health teams.
HIPAA Privacy / Health Data Privacy / Data Sharing Rights
Best for: Compliance officers, lawyers, and digital health founders.
CEO and Host, Damo Consulting
Shares research and interviews exploring how major health systems approach digital transformation, vendor selection, and the integration of artificial intelligence in care delivery.
Digital Transformation / Healthcare IT / AI in Healthcare
Best for: Hospital CIOs and IT strategists
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Arintra
Builds the AI behind Arintra's autonomous medical coding, turning clinical documentation into accurate revenue assurance across specialties.
Autonomous medical coding / Clinical documentation AI / Health system operations
Best for: Health system finance and revenue cycle leaders
Director, Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University
Examines the policy implications of emerging technologies, focusing on AI regulations, public health communication, and tracking health misinformation across digital platforms.
Tech Policy / AI Regulation / Health Misinformation
Best for: Policy advisers and public health communication strategists
Co-Founder and CEO, ImpriMed
Builds precision-oncology systems combining live patient-derived cancer-cell assays with multimodal data and AI-supported treatment insights.
Precision Oncology / Functional Testing / Multimodal AI
Best for: Precision medicine and oncology builders
Co-Founder and CTO, Angle Health
Former Palantir engineer leading Angle Health's real-time claims infrastructure and automated underwriting systems.
Claims Infrastructure / Machine Learning / Health Plans
Best for: Builders interested in applying ML to claims and underwriting.
Board-Certified Patient Advocate, Enlightening Results
Shares critical commentary on digital health equity, information blocking rules, and patient access to records. She champions administrative burden reduction from a patient perspective.
Digital Health Equity / Information Blocking / Patient Advocacy
Best for: Patient advocates and health technology designers.
Leads CapsoVision, maker of panoramic capsule endoscopy and AI Highlights.
Capsule endoscopy / Medical AI
Best for: Readers following GI diagnostics
Managing Partner, Ulmer Ventures
Practical guidance on navigating the FDA regulatory process, fundraising for early-stage medical device companies, and promoting diversity across the medtech ecosystem.
FDA Approval / MedTech Investing / Diversity in MedTech
Best for: Early-stage medtech founders and venture capitalists.
Lead Editor, Healthcare Dive
Reports on healthcare policy developments, regulatory updates, payer movements, and legislative actions that influence business models and product development in health technology.
Healthcare Policy / Payer News / Digital Health Regulation
Best for: Policy analysts and payer executives
Crucial updates on clinical trial diversity, medtech industry equity initiative, and highlights of promising medical technology startups led by diverse founders.
Medtech Innovation / Health Equity / Industry Diversity
Best for: Medical device executives and advocates for health equity.
Chief Executive Officer, Mirum Pharmaceuticals
Follow the Mirum chief executive for rare-disease drug development and commercial strategy, including the zilurgisertib program for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Rare disease / Drug development / Biopharma
Best for: Rare-disease biopharma operators
Senior IT Writer, Becker's Healthcare
Giles reports on critical technology updates, IT leadership changes, and cybersecurity challenges affecting major health systems across the United States.
healthcare IT / hospital technology / cybersecurity
Best for: Hospital IT staff and healthcare journalists.
Co-Founder and CEO, Microstructure Imaging
Leads MICSI’s work on FDA-cleared MRI and PET image processing, quantitative neuroimaging and scanner workflow integration.
Neuroimaging / PET / MRI Software
Best for: Imaging innovators and radiology leaders
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Sofia writes analytical posts about the convergence of software, artificial intelligence, and biotech, providing data driven charts and market maps of the emerging ecosystem.
Healthcare AI / BioTech / Software
Best for: Healthcare AI developers and early stage investors
Senior Vice President, INES Development, AbbVie
Follow AbbVie clinical development leadership working across immunology, neuroscience, eye care and specialty medicines, including the Parkinson disease tavapadon program.
Drug development / Neuroscience / Immunology
Best for: Pharma development leaders and neuroscience teams
Managing Director, A2 Strategy Group
Offers detailed financial and strategic analysis of the managed care industry, focusing on Medicare Advantage market shifts, regulatory updates, and health insurance business performance.
managed care / health plan financials / Medicare Advantage
Best for: Financial analysts and health plan leaders
Principal, CC Law & Policy
Offers legal and regulatory updates on the Affordable Care Act, legislative proposals, and federal policy decisions that affect corporate health insurance benefit designs.
Affordable Care Act / employer health plans / insurance regulation
Best for: Legal counsels and employee benefits directors
Co-Founder and Entrepreneur, Propeller Health
As a pioneer in connected respiratory devices, David posts about the unique product design challenges of blending hardware, software, and clinical workflows.
digital therapeutics / hardware product design / respiratory health
Best for: Connected medical device and digital therapeutics managers
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
He provides regular updates on artificial intelligence in pathology, showcasing how deep learning models assist in cancer diagnostics, biomarker discovery, and multimodal data integration.
computational pathology / deep learning / cancer diagnostics
Best for: Pathologists and computational biologists.
Professor of Population Health, NYU Langone Health
Shares valuable research on healthcare delivery science, electronic health record optimizations, and strategies to bridge the gap between clinical research and operations.
Delivery Science / EHR Optimization / Quality Improvement
Best for: Health services researchers and hospital administrators.
Chief Administration and Legal Officer, Omada Health
Offers deep expertise on digital health regulation, privacy compliance, and health data sharing models. She regularly posts on federal regulatory frameworks affecting digital therapeutics.
Digital Health Law / Privacy Compliance / Federal Frameworks
Best for: Digital health executives and regulatory compliance teams.
SVP of Digital Medicine and DTx, EVERSANA
Marty shares practical advice on how to commercialize digital therapeutics, navigate regulatory hurdles, and gain clinical adoption from providers.
Commercialization / Medical Affairs / Regulatory Strategy
Best for: Regulatory affairs professionals and commercial teams
Chief Policy Officer, Digital Therapeutics Alliance
Readers gain deep insights into global regulatory pathways, reimbursement policies, and clinical evidence standards shaping the digital therapeutics industry.
Digital Therapeutics Policy / DTx Regulation / Global Market Access
Best for: DTx executives and regulatory policy experts
Chief Executive Officer, RegCell
Leading epigenetic Treg reprogramming, co-founded with Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi, backed by a $44M Series A.
Cell therapy / Autoimmune disease / Transplant tolerance
Best for: Researchers and investors following regulatory T-cell and autoimmune platforms
Co-Founder & CEO, Atman Health
Building autonomous clinical agents for heart failure and cardiometabolic care as an ARPA-H ADVOCATE prime awardee.
Clinical AI / Chronic care / Cardiometabolic health
Best for: Founders and clinicians tracking supervised agentic AI in care delivery
Healthcare Commercialization Strategist, Legacy DNA Marketing Group
Delivers evidence-based strategies and actionable frameworks to help medical device startups successfully navigate the commercialization process and drive product adoption.
Go-To-Market Strategy / Commercialization / Medical Innovation
Best for: Medtech marketing executives and early-stage entrepreneurs.
Digital Health Advisor and Researcher, VictoRx
She provides a critical European perspective on digital therapeutics, analyzing policies like Germany's DiGA and France's PECAN reimbursement frameworks.
European Regulation / DTx Reimbursement / Global Health Technology
Best for: European digital health developers and policy analysts
Digital Health and DTx Advisor, Lahav Consulting
Amir shares expert analysis on clinical evidence generation, pharma collaboration with DTx companies, and the translation of digital biomarkers into clinical trials.
Digital Medicine / Pharma Partnerships / Clinical Development
Best for: Pharma innovators and digital medicine researchers
Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
Follow for detailed analysis of FDA regulations, pharmaceutical law, and drug pricing. He provides regular, expert commentary on public health legal updates and regulatory decisions.
FDA Regulation / Pharmaceutical Law / Drug Pricing
Best for: Legal professionals and pharmaceutical developers.
Co-Founder & CEO, HexemBio
Rejuvenating aged blood stem cells with a synthetic yolk sac platform, backed by Draper Associates and Boost VC.
Synthetic biology / Stem cells / Longevity
Best for: Builders and investors watching stem cell rejuvenation and transplant science
Co-founder and President, MedRhythms
Follow Owen for insights on developing prescription digital therapeutics that use music and technology to improve walking and rehabilitation in neurologic populations.
Neurorehabilitation / Digital Therapeutics / Entrepreneurship
Best for: Medtech entrepreneurs and rehabilitation specialists
Professor of Bioethics, ETH Zurich
She analyzes the ethical challenges of digital health technology, addressing policy issues surrounding personal medical data governance, patient privacy, and algorithmic accountability.
bioethics / digital health policy / data governance
Best for: Bioethicists, policy makers, and digital health developers.
Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, Swansea University
Thoughtful analysis of digital health safety failures, usability focused medical device design, and the intersection of human factors engineering and clinical informatics.
Digital Health Safety / Human Computer Interaction / Medical Devices
Best for: Medical device manufacturers and clinical safety officers
Patient Advocate and Consultant, Stacy Hurt Consulting
Essential analysis of patient-facing technology design from a dual professional and patient perspective. She highlights usability barriers and advocates for inclusive product research.
patient centricity / clinical trials / digital therapeutics
Best for: Clinical trial designers and digital therapeutic creators
Senior Reporter, MedCity News
Katie reports on the intersection of digital health innovations, clinical deployments, and efforts to close care gaps in underserved patient populations.
digital health / hospital innovation / health equity
Best for: Healthcare investors and health equity advocates.
Chair of Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University
He posts about mobile health technologies, signal processing for critical care, and affordable open-source medical software designed to improve patient monitoring globally.
mHealth / signal processing / global health
Best for: Biomedical engineers and mobile health developers.
Principal Senior Researcher, RAND Corporation
She offers rigorous, research-backed perspectives on healthcare quality measurement, payment reform, and the impact of policy changes on health systems.
Healthcare Quality / Payment Reform / Health Policy
Best for: Health services researchers and policy analysts
Digital Therapeutics Analyst, Independent Consultant
Dmitry curates comprehensive global updates on digital therapeutic regulatory approvals, funding rounds, and clinical trial results, saving followers hours of research.
DTx Market Intelligence / Regulatory Frameworks / Industry Trends
Best for: Industry researchers and venture capital analysts
Creative Director, GoInvo
Practical blueprints and visual assets for improving user experience in healthcare. He champions open-source design tools and human-centered design for clinical products.
healthcare UX / open-source health / patient design
Best for: Healthcare UX designers and product developers
Chairs the Gates Foundation and shapes its long-range priorities in global health and technology.
Global Health / Philanthropy / Innovation
Best for: Readers following global health strategy.
Chief Executive Officer, Gates Foundation
Directs one of the largest global health funders, including its commitments to AI in low and middle income health systems.
Global Health / Philanthropy / AI for Health
Best for: Anyone tracking global health funding.
CEO and Co-founder, Powerful Medical
Leads Powerful Medical, whose ECG AI secured De Novo authorisation, with a clear view of the regulatory path for clinical AI.
Clinical AI / Regulatory Clearance / Cardiovascular
Best for: Founders navigating device clearance.
CEO and Co-founder, Ferry Health
Building an agentic AI assistant that books care for patients, a practical test of consumer-facing healthcare agents.
Agentic AI / Patient Access / Care Navigation
Best for: Operators working on access and scheduling.
Vice President, Health and Fitness, Apple
Leads health at Apple, where consumer health features reach hundreds of millions of devices.
Consumer Health / Wearables / Health Data
Best for: Consumer health product teams.
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