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Jess Mega

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Health happens inside and outside the four walls of a hospital. Precision health uses data from a wide variety of non-clinical sources to arrive at the best treatment for a person or a community. But how do we use technology to improve the quality of life of a patient? By putting the patient front and center in the data.Dr. Jess Mega is a cardiologist and the Co-Founder and Chief Medical &amp; Scientific Officer at Verily, a research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. In her role as a cardiologist and caring for patients on the frontline, she felt compelled to bring together technology, life science, and health care to keep up with the next generation of precision health.On this episode of Live at ViVE, Dr. Mega joins hosts Dr. Guatam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd to discuss Verily’s focus on translating technological innovations and scientific insights into partnerships and programs that improve patient outcomes.Topics CoveredWhy the information that we put into electronic health records is just one fraction of what health really meansWhat Dr. Mega sees as the most exciting part of how Verily is mapping human healthHow Verily is marrying the genotype and the phenotype to understand human health data on a much broader scopeHow patients benefit from Verily’s practice of using technology to bridge the gap between their health condition and quality of lifeThe 3 tools Verily is using to break through the barriers of precision healthHow having their personal health data creates a more positive patient outcomeThe creative partnerships Verily is forming to drive what the next level of health looks likeVerily’s 2-pillar approach to creating transparency and forming long-term bonds Connect with Dr. Jess MegaVerilyDr. Mega on LinkedIn Connect with Dr. Jordan Shlain, Dr. Jessica Shepherd, &amp; Dr. Gautam GulatiViVEDr. Shlain on TwitterDr. Shlain on LinkedInDr. Shepherd on TwitterDr. Shepherd on LinkedInDr. Gulati on TwitterDr. Gulati on LinkedIn

Health happens inside and outside the four walls of a hospital. Precision health uses data from a wide variety of non-clinical sources to arrive at the best treatment for a person or a community. But how do we use technology to improve the quality of life of a patient? By putting the patient front and center in the data.Dr. Jess Mega is a cardiologist and the Co-Founder and Chief Medical &amp; Scientific Officer at <a href="https://verily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verily</a>, a research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. In her role as a cardiologist and caring for patients on the frontline, she felt compelled to bring together technology, life science, and health care to keep up with the next generation of precision health.On this episode of Live at ViVE, Dr. Mega joins hosts Dr. Guatam Gulati and Dr. Jessica Shepherd to discuss Verily’s focus on translating technological innovations and scientific insights into partnerships and programs that improve patient outcomes.Topics Covered<ul><li>Why the information that we put into electronic health records is just one fraction of what health really means</li><li>What Dr. Mega sees as the most exciting part of how Verily is mapping human health</li><li>How Verily is marrying the genotype and the phenotype to understand human health data on a much broader scope</li><li>How patients benefit from Verily’s practice of using technology to bridge the gap between their health condition and quality of life</li><li>The 3 tools Verily is using to break through the barriers of precision health</li><li>How having their personal health data creates a more positive patient outcome</li><li>The creative partnerships Verily is forming to drive what the next level of health looks like</li><li>Verily’s 2-pillar approach to creating transparency and forming long-term bonds</li></ul> Connect with Dr. Jess Mega<a href="https://verily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verily</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-mega-md-mph-052582104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Mega on LinkedIn</a> Connect with Dr. Jordan Shlain, Dr. Jessica Shepherd, &amp; Dr. Gautam Gulati<a href="https://www.viveevent.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ViVE</a><a href="https://twitter.com/drshlain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjordanshlain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Shlain on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JShepherd_MD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Shepherd on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-shepherd-md-mba-facog-5ba9ab66/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Shepherd on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/drgautamgulati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Gulati on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamgulati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Gulati on LinkedIn</a>

S1 Ep3: Putting Patients Front and Center in Precision Health Data—featuring Jess Mega

Verily

Jessica Mega, an accomplished cardiologist and now Chief Medical Officer at Alphabet’s Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), says she joined the venerable Silicon Valley company to help patients.  According to Jess, physicians who love patients need to lean into the tech world because great tech that doesn’t actually change care doesn’t have much of a chance, implying also that it doesn’t have much of a point. Very early to the concept of what is now called Precision Medicine, Jess helped pioneer the idea of large scale patient data collection (e.g., a study with multiple countries, 1000 sites, 20,000 patients) while studying the individual effects of medications, such as Plavix among populations.  She was early to the concept of joining genetic, clinical and phenotypic information together to inform medicine, a concept she has imported to Verily as they take on some of the most challenging clinical problems together with world class medical partners such as Novartis, Dexcom, J&amp;J and the American Heart Association, among others. Jess imbues her work with the enthusiasm of someone who feels that work is play and that a real contribution is possible every day.  She brings the kind of empathy and humanity to Silicon Valley that makes the effective intersection of tech and healthcare seem not just desirable, but also achievable.  She just may be making the world a better place.

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-mega-md-mph-052582104/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Mega</a>, an accomplished cardiologist and now Chief Medical Officer at <a href="https://verily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alphabet’s Verily</a> (formerly Google Life Sciences), says she joined the venerable Silicon Valley company to help patients. According to Jess, physicians who love patients need to lean into the tech world because great tech that doesn’t actually change care doesn’t have much of a chance, implying also that it doesn’t have much of a point. Very early to the concept of what is now called Precision Medicine, Jess helped pioneer the idea of large scale patient data collection (e.g., a study with multiple countries, 1000 sites, 20,000 patients) while studying the individual effects of medications, such as Plavix among populations. She was early to the concept of joining genetic, clinical and phenotypic information together to inform medicine, a concept she has imported to Verily as they take on some of the most challenging clinical problems together with world class medical partners such as Novartis, Dexcom, J&amp;J and the American Heart Association, among others. Jess imbues her work with the enthusiasm of someone who feels that work is play and that a real contribution is possible every day. She brings the kind of empathy and humanity to Silicon Valley that makes the effective intersection of tech and healthcare seem not just desirable, but also achievable. She just may be making the world a better place.

Tech Tonics: Jess Mega of Verily Actually Is Making the World a Better Place