par8o CEO Daniel Palestrant on matching healthcare supply and demand
[audio mp3="https://healthbb.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/hbdew0029-david-e-williams-interviews-par8o-ceo-daniel-palestrant.mp3"][/audio]While running Sermo, an online physician community he cofounded, Dr. Daniel Palestrant came up with the idea for a healthcare operating system, using the Pareto principle to match supply and demand. After selling Sermo, he turned his attention to applying these concepts in a new company, par8o.par8o has recently raised a Series A financing round and is beginning to publicize its work. In this podcast interview, Palestrant answers my questions about the company's origins, progress to date, and future plans:
- What is the meaning of the company's name? (0:11)
- Why is Pareto optimization an issue for healthcare? (1:00)
- What do you mean by the term, "healthcare operating system?" (2:20)
- Which customer segments are you addressing? (6:33)
- You started a few years ago. Why are you just raising funding now? (8:46)
- How has the concept evolved since you came up with it at Sermo? (10:58)
- What can we expect next? (13:02)
- How does par8o enable better benefit designs for health plans? (14:54)
—By healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of Health Business Group.