Author: JL

Key conclusion of the study is “Text message reminders targeting patients who delay refilling their cardiovascular medications did NOT improve medication adherence based on pharmacy refill data or reduce clinical events at 12 months.” Authors note that “Poor medication adherence may be due to multiple factors.” https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2827429 My key takeaway from this study is that…

Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday November 21 at 1PM PT 4PM ET are regulars delivery & platform expert Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) &  JL Neptune MD, now at Memora Health, digital health investment banker Steven Wardell (@StevenWardell); and longtime startup and corporate digital health exec Adam Kaufman (@adkaufman) who also writes the Bearing.on…

I recently had the chance to share my experience as a cancer caregiver with Samira Daswani and the team at Manta Cares, via their “Patient From Hell” podcast. https://mantacares.com/pages/a-physicians-journey-as-a-cancer-caregiver “Cancer care is difficult enough to navigate as someone with little to no healthcare/biology background, but what does it mean when a physician faces similar challenges…

Blueprint Health was the leading digital health accelerator of its day working with a total of 9 cohorts over a 5-year span, including almost 80 startups, which have gone on to generate impressive returns for our investors. This video is my introduction for the final Blueprint class, which finished the program in April of 2016.

I was invited to moderate the “What’s the Future of Primary Care? Retail vs Concierge Medicine vs At-Risk” panel at the “Policies | Techies | VCs What’s Next for Health Care?” virtual conference, which took place from September 7 – 10, 2021. I was joined by Dr. Robin Berzin (CEO of Parsley Health), Dr. Rushika…

In this episode of the “Is It Serious?” podcast I talked about my dad, Dr. Claude Neptune, his life and our experience as a family dealing with his illness. There were many lessons learned about healthcare, illness, and life, more generally. I hope you find it interesting.

I was one of the first 1,000 people in Manhattan to test positive for Covid-19 and in this interview, dated March 20th, 2020, I shared my experience with Dan Sforza, my friend, fellow Teaneckian, former high school classmate, and Editor of NorthJersey.com.

On March 4, 2016 I was an invited speaker at the Cornell Health Tech Conference (held at Cooper Union) for the “Trends in Healthcare 2016” panel. Other participating speakers included Carlos Aguilar (Director Data Insights Engineering, Flatiron Health), Dr Jay Parkinson (Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Sherpaa) and moderated by: Rhonda Carniol (Partner, CSG Law).

At the 7th Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference I gave an overview of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge program and our many offerings for innovation partners, including payors, health systems, employers, pharma and startups. Joining me on stage were my colleagues Graeme Ossey, Jennifer Stone and Hemali Thakkar.

At the 2012 Health 2.0 Spring Fling Conference I had the chance to moderate a panel on the experiences of repeat founders in the digital health space. I was joined on stage by Doug Hirsch (CEO, GoodRx), Chiara Bell (CEO, CareTicker), and Ann Mond Johnson (CEO, Connected Health).