Jared S. Taylor

My biggest takeaways from OnMed CEO Karthik Ganesh: 1. 𝗙𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻. Karthik's metaphor is simple: 80% of U.S. counties are care deserts, 120 million Americans have no access to viable care, and 167 million continue to delay care. The healthcare industry keeps optimizing the experience for people already inside the system while the front door is broken for everyone else. OnMed is fixing the door. 2. 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁. Karthik was openly skeptical of AI in healthcare until about four months ago. What changed his mind was realizing AI doesn't have to replace the human — it can power the human. OnMed's model keeps a real clinician as the last mile. The patient sees a person. Behind the scenes, AI is improving diagnostics, prescribing, and clinical decision-making. Within nine months, 100% of their clinical workflows will be AI-driven. Within twelve months, over 80% of clinical decision-making will use agentic orchestration. 3. 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. Karthik personally owns 87 things. He keeps his count under 100. That same discipline runs the company. For OnMed to double down on something, something else has to go. They deprioritized multiple initiatives to go all-in on AI. No plan B. His line: "We do few things and we do them brilliantly." 4. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆. Karthik referenced a Nick Saban speech that stuck with me. High performers gravitate toward mediocrity when you introduce mediocre performers into the mix. So you build a culture of zero tolerance for anything else and over-communicate the North Star until every person believes in it. He rebuilt his entire management team in two years. His COO has worked with him for 15 years. There is never any daylight on execution speed. 5. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. In the towns where OnMed has deployed care stations, they've seen 42% of the population on average. The return rate is 38% — higher than virtually any healthcare setting outside of pediatrics. 78% of patients in rural America say OnMed is their medical home. 54% say the alternative was the ER. These aren't product metrics. These are lifelines. 6. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. Karthik doesn't say OnMed has a mission. He says they have a purpose. A mission is stakeholder-driven. A purpose is societal. After 26 years in healthcare, he said something I've never heard from anyone in nearly a thousand interviews: "For the first time, my work has met my soul." Check out our full conversation in episode 529: lnkd.in/dDNZX8GU

My biggest takeaways from OnMed CEO Karthik Ganesh: 1. 𝗙𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻. Karthik's metaphor is simple: 80% of U.S. counties are care deserts, 120 million Americans have no access to viable care, and 167 million continue to delay care. The healthcare industry keeps optimizing the experience for people already inside the system while the front door is broken for everyone else. OnMed is fixing the door. 2. 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁. Karthik was openly skeptical of AI in healthcare until about four months ago. What changed his mind was realizing AI doesn't have to replace the human — it can power the human. OnMed's model keeps a real clinician as the last mile. The patient sees a person. Behind the scenes, AI is improving diagnostics, prescribing, and clinical decision-making. Within nine months, 100% of their clinical workflows will be AI-driven. Within twelve months, over 80% of clinical decision-making will use agentic orchestration. 3. 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. Karthik personally owns 87 things. He keeps his count under 100. That same discipline runs the company. For OnMed to double down on something, something else has to go. They deprioritized multiple initiatives to go all-in on AI. No plan B. His line: "We do few things and we do them brilliantly." 4. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆. Karthik referenced a Nick Saban speech that stuck with me. High performers gravitate toward mediocrity when you introduce mediocre performers into the mix. So you build a culture of zero tolerance for anything else and over-communicate the North Star until every person believes in it. He rebuilt his entire management team in two years. His COO has worked with him for 15 years. There is never any daylight on execution speed. 5. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. In the towns where OnMed has deployed care stations, they've seen 42% of the population on average. The return rate is 38% — higher than virtually any healthcare setting outside of pediatrics. 78% of patients in rural America say OnMed is their medical home. 54% say the alternative was the ER. These aren't product metrics. These are lifelines. 6. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. Karthik doesn't say OnMed has a mission. He says they have a purpose. A mission is stakeholder-driven. A purpose is societal. After 26 years in healthcare, he said something I've never heard from anyone in nearly a thousand interviews: "For the first time, my work has met my soul." Check out our full conversation in episode 529: lnkd.in/dDNZX8GU

imagine you’re Travis Kalanick you built Uber from nothing into a $70 billion company and changed how every city on earth moves then in the worst three weeks of your life, family tragedies hit, and five of your investors hand you a letter demanding you resign so you step down the board replaces you, your successor and board sell off the self driving division you created, the thing you believed was Uber’s entire future gone $4 billion to Aurora the mainstream media tries to write your obituary: toxic culture, bad leadership, and a cautionary tale silicon valley moves on as they always do but you don’t you don’t really forget you go quiet, completely quiet you take $150 million and buy a ghost kitchen company called CloudKitchens you raise over a billion dollars, hit a $15 billion valuation, build a company with thousands of employees and nobody even knows the name eight years in stealth, employees aren’t even allowed to put your company on their LinkedIn then today you rename the company Atoms, and it’s not a kitchen company anymore it’s a robotics company 1. food 2. mining 3. transport your first move? acquiring Pronto the autonomous vehicle startup built by Anthony Levandowski, the same engineer you originally swooped away from Google to build Uber’s self driving program oh and he went on to deploy 100+ autonomous trucks for one of the largest materials companies on earth now he’s coming back to work with you and the reports say Uber itself the same company that pushed you out, is now backing you to go after self driving harder than Waymo the guy they removed is the guy they end up needing poetic justice your framework aka everything in civilization is mined or grown, manufactured and moved you call it the golden age your manifesto ends with three words: “I never left” eight years of silence then this but here’s what people keep getting wrong about your situation everyone wants to call it a comeback or a revenge story it’s neither you just went quiet and built for eight years while everyone who wrote you off had stopped paying attention that’s not revenge, that’s just what true builder obsession looks like most founders would’ve stayed bitter most would’ve written a book and done a podcast tour, most would’ve taken the $2.5 billion in shares and disappeared off to a beach or Epstein’s island you didn’t do any of that you just kept building and now the same people who pushed you out need you again so whether you love him or hate him the most dangerous person in any room is the one who goes quiet yet never stops building karma is real welcome back Travis

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The minute I see someone doing a podcast tour I cancel the episode we have with them. Not arrogant just have zero patience for people parroting the same message.

Who's going to be in Las Vegas for Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate? See you there! Comment, send a DM, email or text me. Ready to see what Martin Kelly and his team put together this year! I'll be creating some content there for Slice of Real Estate and Slice of Construction.

Early in my career, someone told me: “Always play chess while everyone else is playing checkers.” I didn’t get it at first. But here’s what I’ve learned: ❌ Checkers is about quick wins. 🧠 Chess is about seeing the whole board. And the people who play chess in business? They’re the ones still standing when the game changes.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗖𝗗𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱! Presented by @SliceofHC and Smarter Technologies, this recognition celebrates the CDI professionals doing their part to impact healthcare. Clinical Documentation Integrity professionals ensure that records are accurate, complete, and reflective of the care delivered. Their work impacts everything from patient safety and quality reporting to system-wide innovation and financial sustainability. CDI truly is the backbone of modern healthcare. This year’s honorees come from some of the nation’s leading health systems, including Northwestern Medicine, Adventist Health, Keck Medicine of USC, Cedars-Sinai, Stanford Health Care, UCLA Health, Yale New Haven Health, Mass General Brigham, NYU Langone Health, Providence, and many more. 👉 View the full list of honorees here: lnkd.in/g35SkRp3 📣 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 (𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀): Comment below “𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀” and we’ll get you your honoree image and badge to share. If you don't have an image shown, please reach out to Stephanie Carter to work towards updating that. Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees—your expertise and leadership are driving healthcare forward.

Stop obsessing over ROI. Start doing. Something I see way too often: people spend so much time analyzing ROI that they miss out on actually creating ROI. Some opportunities are so low-barrier — hitting publish on a post, sharing your thoughts, putting content out there — yet people get paralyzed asking: “But what’s the ROI?” Here’s the thing: tracking every single piece of content down to the decimal isn’t just exhausting, it’s what bureaucratic orgs do. Startups don’t have that luxury. They move. They test. They learn. The scary part is I have noticed more startups following into this trap. With Slice of Media (includes all the slices), I know things are working because: My follower count grows I’m meeting new people New doors keep opening That’s ROI. It compounds over time. If I spent my days mapping which post led to which meeting, I’d waste time I could use creating more content or building more relationships. So here’s my challenge: 👉 Stop waiting for perfect ROI math. 👉 Stop letting “analysis paralysis” kill your momentum. 👉 Start doing. The results will show up.

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Construction costs have skyrocketed. Architecture fees? Flat for 20 years. Maybe it’s time to rethink the model… 🔄 What if architecture worked like Netflix or Planet Fitness? Predictable. Flexible. Valuable. Would you pay for architecture as a subscription? 👀 #Architecture #Construction #SoCInsights

Do VCs even bother to demo anymore? The amount of 💩 out there that has raised millions is wild. 5-minute demo will show these products are not good. LPs should be worried.

🚨 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! 🚨 The digital health industry is full of brilliant minds… but some of the most impactful work happens far from the spotlight. The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 by @SliceofHC exists to change that. We’re honoring the directors, managers, and other dedicated professionals who quietly power innovation, lead complex projects, inspire teams, and improve patient outcomes (sometimes without the fanfare). 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖-𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲. It’s about the people whose names might not be in headlines, but whose work transforms healthcare every single day. Founders/C-Suite it is time for you to nominate the people that have nominated you in the past. 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 • Directors, managers, or equivalent roles in digital health • Open globally • You can nominate yourself or someone else • Follow this account to never miss an update 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 • Nominations Open: Aug 12 • Nominations Close: 𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟮𝟱 • Voting Opens: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟮 • Honorees Announced: 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭 👉 Nominate someone today and help us shine a light on the people shaping the future of healthcare from behind the scenes. 🔗 Nomination link: sliceofhealthcare.com/p/unsung-heroe… #SoHCAwards #SoHCUnsungHeroes #DigitalHealth

I caught up with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer at @DirectTrustorg, on the @HIMSS 25 show floor to talk about something that matters more than any buzzword right now: 👉 Trust. While AI, FHIR, and TEFCA dominate headlines, what really stood out this year was the growing urgency for collaboration across the industry. Not just technical integration — but true alignment across competitors, innovators, and institutions. DirectTrust is making that real. 💬 6 billion+ secure health messages 💬 3 million+ direct addresses 💬 300,000+ organizations connected 💬 And a nonprofit model 501c(6), built to bring competitors together — legally and meaningfully. Kathryn discussed how DirectTrust is enabling secure communication, digital identity, and independent accreditation to scale trust across the healthcare ecosystem. Check it out! #HIMSS25 #SoHCInsights @SliceofHC #FHIR

“You can’t become a tech player… you and your business are just too f#%&ing old.” - LM I don’t want to be rude… because you’re a legend.” - LM “I’m just really excited about the future.” - LM “So am I.” - LR “Are you? Really? Well.” “That’s something to say, isn’t it?” - LR This scene from Succession perfectly sums up where we are in media today. Slice of Media isn’t trying to be another old school media company. We’re building something entirely different: 👉 Collaborative media that drives action. We don’t do press releases. We don’t pitch and pray. We don’t wait for someone else to “cover” you. Instead, we create with you — and build the narrative around your company, your voice, your momentum. The old-school firms? They’re saying they’re “excited about the future”… But when you look closer? “Are you? Really?” We’re not being rude. They’re (some of them at least are) legends. But legends get left behind when they don’t evolve. #SoM #NewSchoolMedia

Most people calculate cost. Few calculate the cost of missed opportunity. In 12 months, you’ll either be ahead of the game… Or wondering how you missed it. That’s why I’m building with people who move fast, think big, and don’t wait for “someday.” The SoHC 2025 Top Digital Health award is just the start. What we are creating at Slice of Media isn’t for everyone. But it might be for you. The bullet train leaves in 10 seconds. Shoot me a message if you're done waiting.

🎉 The Votes Are In: Meet the 2025 Top Digital Health Leaders! 🏆 After hundreds of nominations and 7,000+ public votes, @SliceofHC and @DigitalHealthW1 are proud to unveil this year’s Top Digital Health Leaders — 50 leaders shaping the future of healthcare innovation, accessibility, and outcomes. What makes this award special? You — the community — decided who should be recognized. From groundbreaking founders to operational masterminds and visionary clinicians, these leaders are pushing boundaries and redefining what’s possible in digital health. This list isn't just about titles — it's about impact, transformation, and relentless execution. 📝 Check out the full list → sliceofhealthcare.com/awards/top-dig… A huge congrats to all 50 honorees and to everyone that was nominated. 🙌 Thank you to everyone who voted, shared, and supported this initiative. Let’s keep pushing healthcare forward. If you or someone from your company made the list, comment "Graphic" and someone will reach out to you with the graphic and badge honorees receive.