Author: JL
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What does it mean to be a physician in the age of AI?
In the debut episode of Commure’s clinician-led podcast series, Prescribing the Future, Dr. Jean-Luc Neptune, MD MBA, Commure Executive Medical Director, is joined by Dr. Chethan Sathya MD MSc, pediatric surgeon and VP of Strategic Initiatives at Northwell Health, to explore how AI is reshaping care delivery through ambient documentation, intelligent intake, and clinical decision…
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What A Digital Health Doc Learned Recertifying His Boards
I recently got the good news that I passed the board recertification exam for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). As a bit of background, ABIM is a national physician evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties (every other specialty has its own board certification body like ABOG for OB/GYNs…
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Commure Uncharted: AI and the Future of the Physician
Link to original Commure Post Welcome to Commure Uncharted, a Q&A series where we sit down with healthcare industry thought leaders to discuss what the future of AI in healthcare could look like. We are excited to be joined by Dr. Jean-Luc Neptune, MD, MBA. Dr Neptune has seen plenty of tech waves hit healthcare, but…
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Research: Personalized Patient Data and Behavioral Nudges to Improve Adherence to Chronic Cardiovascular Medications
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…
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THCB Gang Episode 145, Thursday November 21st, 2024
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…
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A Physician’s Journey as a Cancer Caregiver
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…
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Blueprint Health Accelerator, Cohort 9, Demo Day Intro Comments
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.
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Panel Discussion: “What’s the Future of Primary Care?”
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…
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My favorite podcast episode: The Life and Times of Claude Neptune, MD
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.
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Early pandemic interview with Daniel Sforza, Editor, The Record
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.
