As Sofia Guerra was growing up in Guatemala, her mother was a dentist serving her local community and putting smiles on faces. Now as an Investor with Bessemer Venture Partners, Sofia partners with entrepreneurs who are trying to solve big problems in the world of healthcare. Join Sofia and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss how to overcome financial headwinds and find the right opportunities to build and scale health tech businesses. 

As Sofia Guerra was growing up in Guatemala, her mother was a dentist serving her local community and putting smiles on faces. Now as an Investor with Bessemer Venture Partners, Sofia partners with entrepreneurs who are trying to solve big problems in the world of healthcare. Join Sofia and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss how to overcome financial headwinds and find the right opportunities to build and scale health tech businesses.

Paving the path explores the digital renaissance shaping healthcare today and forever changing the future of wellness, care, and health. Join host Shiva Mirhosseini as she paves the path with women game changers, thought leaders, and executives touching the entire spectrum of digital transformation in healthcare!

Paving the path explores the digital renaissance shaping healthcare today and forever changing the future of wellness, care, and health. Join host Shiva Mirhosseini as she paves the path with women game changers, thought leaders, and executives touching the entire spectrum of digital transformation in healthcare!

Paving the Path

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Shift Forward Health is the channel for change makers who want to build the Healthcare of Tomorrow. Subscribe to the channel and receive our entire lineup of shows hosted by a diverse collection of forward-thinking experts from around the world. One subscription, all the podcasts you need, all for free!

Shift Forward Health

Shift Forward Health is the channel for change makers in healthcare. We produce thought leadership for early adopters and champions of progress in healthcare, bringing together the perspectives of highly respected leaders in health tech, marketing, finance, and human-centered design. 

Follow Shift Forward Health, and you’ll be subscribed to our entire library of shows, including long-lasting award winners like Healthcare Rap, intriguing perspectives like Healthcare Transformers, and fresh voices including Erica Olenski Johansen, Shiva Mirhosseini, and more. One subscription. All the podcasts you need. All for free. 

Shift Forward Health is the channel for change makers in healthcare. We produce thought leadership for early adopters and champions of progress in healthcare, bringing together the perspectives of highly respected leaders in health tech, marketing, finance, and human-centered design. 
Follow Shift Forward Health, and you’ll be subscribed to our entire library of shows, including long-lasting award winners like <a href="https://shiftforwardhealth.com/show/healthcare-rap/">Healthcare Rap</a>, intriguing perspectives like <a href="https://shiftforwardhealth.com/show/healthcare-transformers/">Healthcare Transformers</a>, and fresh voices including <a href="https://shiftforwardhealth.com/show/trauma-informed-life/">Erica Olenski Johansen</a>, <a href="https://shiftforwardhealth.com/show/paving-the-path/">Shiva Mirhosseini</a>, and more. One subscription. All the podcasts you need. All for free.

Sofia Guerra's Path To Building Health Tech Businesses With Bessemer Venture Partners

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What can we do about loneliness? The human body needs connection like it needs food, water, and shelter, yet we’re losing points of in-person connection in a tech-enabled world. 

Join Melissa Wirt, CEO and Founder of Latched Mama, and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss tiny habits to reduce loneliness, the need to simplify progress, and how to show up for somebody else. 

Resources: 
Latched Mama - latchedmama.com
Melissa's book, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection - www.amazon.com/Was-Told-Thered-Village-Transforming/dp/1538759055
The “hug” that America’s mothers need now (Clayton Christensen Institute) - www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/the-hug-that-americas-mothers-need-now/

What can we do about loneliness? The human body needs connection like it needs food, water, and shelter, yet we’re losing points of in-person connection in a tech-enabled world. 
Join Melissa Wirt, CEO and Founder of Latched Mama, and host Ann Somers Hogg as they discuss tiny habits to reduce loneliness, the need to simplify progress, and how to show up for somebody else. 
Resources: 
<ul>
<li>Latched Mama - <a href="https://latchedmama.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://latchedmama.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1732288208000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dakUmcQaYKPuDHgLSIPAm">latchedmama.com</a> </li>
<li>Melissa's book, I Was Told There'd Be a Village: Transforming Motherhood through the Power of Connection - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Was-Told-Thered-Village-Transforming/dp/1538759055" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Was-Told-Thered-Village-Transforming/dp/1538759055&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1732288208000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26tMUXzvgqVnpU-aw60hlL">www.amazon.com/Was-Told-Thered-Village-Transforming/dp/1538759055</a></li>
<li>The “hug” that America’s mothers need now (Clayton Christensen Institute) - <a href="https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/the-hug-that-americas-mothers-need-now/">www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/the-hug-that-americas-mothers-need-now/</a></li>
</ul>

Choosing Happiness Over Perfection

4 episodes in 1! Join our first-ever Health System Celebration Series as we recognize the accomplishments of 4 leaders in digital engagement and consumer experience – Northwestern’s Kali Arduine Ihde, URMC’s Michael Hasselberg, MultiCare’s Jeremy Harrison, and Ballad Health’s Taylor Hamilton. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Forward Health shutting down. What led to their sudden demise, and what can we learn about the appeal of tech-first, subscription-based health? 

This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer experience advisory firm for health systems. (#371) 

4 episodes in 1! Join our first-ever Health System Celebration Series as we recognize the accomplishments of 4 leaders in digital engagement and consumer experience – Northwestern’s Kali Arduine Ihde, URMC’s Michael Hasselberg, MultiCare’s Jeremy Harrison, and Ballad Health’s Taylor Hamilton. 
All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Forward Health shutting down. What led to their sudden demise, and what can we learn about the appeal of tech-first, subscription-based health? 
This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer experience advisory firm for health systems. (#371)

Our First-Ever Health System Celebration Series (#371)

This bonus episode is part of the Greatest Hits collection — episodes from the past 6 years that are just as relevant today. It was episode #160 and originally aired in May 2021. 

On this one, Jill McCormick shared some provocative thinking about solving what she refers to as digital health’s “passionate problems.” When we use human-centered design and then tie that work to digital transformation, we start solving the problems that really need to be solved to move our businesses – and healthcare – forward. 

This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer experience advisory firm for health systems. (#370) 

This bonus episode is part of the Greatest Hits collection — episodes from the past 6 years that are just as relevant today. It was episode #160 and originally aired in May 2021. 
On this one, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-mccormick-she-her-b4799029/">Jill McCormick</a> shared some provocative thinking about solving what she refers to as digital health’s “passionate problems.” When we use human-centered design and then tie that work to digital transformation, we start solving the problems that really need to be solved to move our businesses – and healthcare – forward. 
This show is produced by Shift Forward Health, the consumer experience advisory firm for health systems. (#370)

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