The Redox Podcast 44: Extracting paternalism from the patient experience with b.well CEO Kristen Valdes
Dec 15, 2021
Kristen Valdes is the founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health. She is a transformative force in today’s healthcare marketplace, spearheading the conversation on how empowering consumers can transform healthcare delivery. With over 20 years in the industry, she lends her insight on paternalism in healthcare, b.well’s vision for the future of healthcare, and the reconciliation of value-based care with the current ecosystem of consumerism.
When we recognize the need for convenience, it creates the opportunity for new business models to emerge.
Kristen Valdes, b.well Founder and CEO
Key Moments
2:15 Kristen’s experience and background in healthcare
3:45 the inspiration for b.well
5:20 b.well’s vision for healthcare
9:15 how b.well works, and how it got to market
11:01 the rise of consumerism in healthcare; reconciling consumerism with value-based care
18:05 paternalism in healthcare
22:32 b.well strategy for bringing an idea to market
25:15 where b.well can be found today
26.21 how b.well engaging regulatory momentum; how companies should think of the government in relation to their strategy
29:41 what Kristen finds exciting on the regulatory front, and where new business models might thrive.
33:00 reimagining payer underwriting
37:15 are there type of partnerships that b.well wants to bring into their ecosystem that doesn’t exist yet?