The Redox Podcast 23: Preventing sepsis with Luminare’s Dr. Sarma Velamuri
Jun 30, 2020
Dr. Sarma Velamuri is an Internal Medicine doc, hospitalist, sepsis expert, and co-founder and CEO of Luminare, a company focused on the early detection of sepsis. In this episode, we dive into sepsis detection and prevention, as well as how these systems can work to help prevent the spread of other viral infections, like COVID-19.
Key Moments
01:39 - How sepsis came to the forefront 03:33 - Luminare’s tragic founding story 06:35 - Alarm fatigue in EHRs and how to overcome it with workflow design 08:54 - Luminare’s impact and value proposition 10:56 - EHR integration with Redox* 13:07 - Pivoting for pandemic response 15:39 - Employers utilizing Luminare to screen employees for work 18:03 - On safely reopening the economy
*Full disclosure, Luminare is a Redox customer and it gets a little commercially in there for a minute. Sorry about that. ;)
I find Luminare as a great example of a physician-founded startup doing it right, solving the problem through a focus on workflows and market demand. Big thanks to Sarma for taking the time to share his story. Enjoy!