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Lifers with Christina Farr

Christina Farr
Healthcare
Digital Health
AI In Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence
Healthcare Costs
Nutrition
Women's Health
Mental Health
Longevity
Telehealth
Patient Care
Chronic Disease
Medicaid
Biotechnology
Functional Medicine
Preventive Care
Behavioral Health
Health Policy
Interoperability Standards
Fertility

Veteran journalist, investor, and Second Opinion Media founder Chrissy Farr talks with the CEOs and founders who've been in the trenches long enough to know that healthcare doesn't move at startup speed. These aren't the entrepreneurs chasing quick exits—they're the "lifers" who understand that building in healthcare requires endless pivots, regulatory navigation, and decade-long timelines. No hyp... more

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Christina Farr sits down with Munjal Shah, Co-founder and CEO, Hippocratic AI, to ask whether clinical AI will shrink healthcare's workforce, and who is on the hook when it makes a mistake. Munjal explains his Copilot, Autopilot, and Infinite Pilot f... more

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Miriam Paramore, Founder and CEO of RxUtility, joins Christina Farr for a conversation that moves from caregiving for aging parents to the hidden economics of American healthcare. Miriam, who has spent over 40 years in health tech and fin... more

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Christina Farr sits down with Peter Lee, President of Microsoft Science, and Dr. Christopher Longhurst, the new CEO of Seattle Children's, to take stock of where AI in healthcare actually stands versus where the headlines say it is. They get into why... more

Nick Reber, Founder and CEO, Garner Health talks with Chrissy about why the most consequential decision in healthcare, which doctor you actually see, is the one patients have the least information about. After four spine surgeries for a problem that ... more

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Recent Guests

Munjal Shah
CEO of Hippocratic AI
Hippocratic AI
Episode: Healthcare AI works best on jobs no one thought to do | Hippocratic AI CEO Munjal Shah
Miriam Paramore
Healthcare technology investor and operator; founder of RxUtility
RxUtility
Episode: Miriam Paramore on becoming a caregiver and the $500 gap that kept her father off Medicaid
Nick Reber
CEO and Founder of Garner Health
Garner Health
Episode: Price in healthcare is market share, not quality | Nick Reber, Garner Health CEO
Sam Toole
Partner at Primary Ventures focusing on healthcare
Primary Ventures
Episode: Rounds: The EHR is Dead, Long Live the EHR, Sam Toole and Sonia Millsom
Eric Larsen
President Emeritus of the Advisory Board; President of TowerBrook Advisors; venture partner at Thrive Capital and SignalFire
TowerBrook Advisors; Thrive Capital; SignalFire
Episode: White-collar work has no immunological protection | Eric Larsen, TowerBrook Advisors
Ezekiel Emanuel
Professor of Medicine and public health advocate, author of the paper discussed
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) / various academic roles
Episode: Will AI replace your doctor by 2030? Dr. Zeke Emanuel vs AMA CEO Dr. John Whyte
Kimberly Powell
Executive at Nvidia focused on healthcare applications and acceleration of computing in medical imaging and robotics
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Episode: The hospital itself should be a robot | Kimberly Powell, NVIDIA
Megan Zweig
President of Rock Health Advisory
Rock Health Advisory
Episode: Rounds: Following the Money in Digital Health, Megan Zweig and Arvind Kadaba
Arvind Kadaba
CFO of Aidoc
Aidoc
Episode: Rounds: Following the Money in Digital Health, Megan Zweig and Arvind Kadaba

Host

Christina Farr
Host of Lifers; veteran health journalist with Second Opinion Media affiliations; frequently leads interviews with health-tech founders and operators.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 42 ratings
  • August 25 2026 Episode

    I am a big fan of Chrissy Farr, since her days as a tech business reporter. But this most recent episode I feel the guest Eric Larsen lacked credibility. Specifically, he cited the demise of Cruise as a result of tech bias in assessing health outcomes, I.e AI in health is held to an unfair standard. He cited the one accident of the Cruise car dragging a pedestrian as an unfortunate event leading to bankruptcy. This revisionist recounting insults the intelligence of the listener. Cruise deliberat... more

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    carpetcleaner2000
    United Statesa month ago
  • Worried Well

    Why are Stress and Anxiety diagnoses? Like “Worried Well” people with these conditions have the financial means to pay for therapy. 50% of those that need therapy cannot access it.

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    RedSaawwxx
    United Statesa year ago
  • Great insights on important themes

    Christina gets to the hard questions with top health care founders and operators, what they’ve learned and what we have to change. Guests are consistently top quality and she gets beyond the anodyne in her questions.

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    Wilmett5919
    United Statesa year ago
  • Women in health leadership win but needs focus on substance

    This is a nice balance to the male-dominated content out there and many interesting and valuable takes, but it’s buried. I’d like to hear more time spent on content and source of opinions and less time spent on ego and promotion of self/hosts and guests.

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    Adrienne1234456789
    United States2 years ago
  • Fast follower of these strong voices (and yes they’re women!)

    Loved the conversations and how this trio interviewing Carine brought so many important topics to light. We need to be talking about these important issues more often! #beseen.care #self-advocacy #powerwomen

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    MoOnTheGo777
    United States2 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

There's growing sentiment to balance content with more focus on substance over personalities.
Guests are consistently top quality and questions go beyond surface-level.
Listeners appreciate the grounded, non-hype treatment of healthcare tech.
Hosts ask hard questions and push for practical takeaways.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Healthcare AI works best on jobs no one thought to do | Hippocratic AI CEO Munjal Shah
Q: How do you price AI-enabled healthcare services given the lack of reimbursement codes for AI?
They moved to an hourly model for voice interactions, arguing it's simpler to estimate and aligns with how clinicians spend time with patients, while reserving outcomes-based pricing for truly measurable results, which often lags in time; this approach supports scalability.
Healthcare AI works best on jobs no one thought to do | Hippocratic AI CEO Munjal Shah
Q: What gives you conviction that Hippocratic AI is working this time and where do the numbers point to success?
The company has achieved rapid growth, signed major health system and pharma deals, and reached a multi-digit million-dollar run rate within 18 months, supported by a large, diverse team including a substantial clinical workforce and a focus on high-acuity, high-impact use cases.
Price in healthcare is market share, not quality | Nick Reber, Garner Health CEO
Q: Nick, can you share what Garner Health fundamentally does and how it changes the care-cost dynamic for employers?
Garner aggregates 320 million patient data points to evaluate physician performance, then engages employers to steer their employees toward high-quality providers and cover their out-of-pocket costs when they use the top-performing doctors, thereby reducing overall costs and improving outcomes.
The 80-year-old mistake at the heart of US healthcare | Mark Bertolini, Oscar Health
Q: Why is the employer-sponsored model so problematic, and what could replace it?
The host and guest discuss how mixing financing with investment creates misaligned incentives; the idea is to separate funding from deciding how to spend, giving individuals a single bucket they control and the ability to shop for care, networks, and plans that fit their life.
Healthcare sends 9 billion faxes a year. Delaware has a better idea
Q: What makes Delaware's approach different from simply building more portals?
It's about creating a universal, neutral hub that connects providers, payers, and patients through governance, standards, and public infrastructure, rather than duplicating point-to-point portals.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Lifers

What is Lifers about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A thoughtful deep-dive into healthcare innovation, policy, and the realities of building in regulated environments. Episodes consistently explore AI-enabled care, care delivery platforms, reimbursement and payment models, and the evolving role of clinicians and health systems in adopting new tech. Guests tend to be CEOs, founders, clinicians, and operators who offer practical perspectives on scale, governance, and patient outcomes, often balancing hype with pragmatic constraints. A standout trait is the focus on long-term, value-driven transformation over quick exits, with candid takes on regulation, data interoperability, and cross-functional teams. Potential listeners include health-tech executives, investors, clinicians, and policy-minde... more

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Recent guests on Lifers include:

1. Munjal Shah
2. Miriam Paramore
3. Nick Reber
4. Sam Toole
5. Eric Larsen
6. Ezekiel Emanuel
7. Kimberly Powell
8. Megan Zweig

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