Podcast 126: Using Technology to Advance Care for an Aging Population, with Jon Warner

Episode Summary

In today’s Health Care Rounds, John welcomes Jon Warner, author, entrepreneurship expert, and CEO of Silver Moonshots. They discuss how tech-based startups, including those focusing on intergenerational opportunities that benefit both younger and older adults, are addressing the health needs of the aging U.S. population. They also touch on how technology is facilitating global collaborations that produce more innovative health care solutions. Finally, Jon offers his views on the need to create a more contextual picture of older adults’ health status, including social determinants of health, to better inform their care.

Episode Notes

Jon Warner, CEO and Board Chair Decision-support Architect for Innovation, Technology, DigitalHealth, Aging populations

Five-time company CEO Jon Warner is a widely respected entrepreneurship expert. His career started in the corporate world with Air Products, working in the US and across Europe before joining Exxon-Mobil. At Exxon, Jon worked in the UK, the US, Australia, and Nigeria, ending his career there as deputy CEO. He is the founder of The Worldwide Center for Organizational Development, a management consulting business, and CEO of Silver Moonshots, a research organization and “virtual incubator” for startups focused on health technology and innovation aimed at the 50+ population. He is also a noted author and speaker at businesses, colleges and conferences around the world. A graduate of Warwick University in the UK, Jon has a double bachelor’s degree in philosophy and politics, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in psychology, specializing in neuroscience. He’s on the board of St. Barnabas and is co-chair of the annual “Aging into the Future” conference in Los Angeles, California. Jon is also an adjunct professor at Redlands University, where he teaches entrepreneurship.

John Marchica, CEO, Darwin Research Group

John Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and CEO of Darwin Research Group, a health care market intelligence firm specializing in health care delivery systems. He’s a two-time health care entrepreneur, and his first company, FaxWatch, was listed twice on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing American companies. John is the author of The Accountable Organization and has advised senior management on strategy and organizational change for more than a decade.

John did his undergraduate work in economics at Knox College, has an MBA and M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and completed his Ph.D. coursework at The Dartmouth Institute. He is a faculty associate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

About Darwin Research Group

Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

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