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Healthcare Digital Transformation Podcast

Stay up to date on current trends in healthcare’s digital transformation. Featuring C-suite executives from the healthcare and technology sectors, podcast host Paddy Padmanabhan discusses how they are driving digital health innovation and leveraging emerging healthcare technologies to create improved patient experiences.

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Healthcare Digital Transformation Podcast

Stay up to date on current trends in healthcare’s digital transformation. Featuring C-suite executives from the healthcare and technology sectors, podcast host Rohit Mahajan discusses how they are driving digital health innovation and leveraging emerging healthcare technologies to create improved patient experiences.

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Paddy Padmanabhan

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Decoding Healthcare Transformation Through AI

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends • Featuring C-suite Leaders  • Insights on Digital Health Innovation • Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Season 6 Recap

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THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Decoding Healthcare Transformation Through AI

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends • Featuring C-suite Leaders 
• Insights on Digital Health Innovation • Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

LISTEN TO
THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Decoding Healthcare Transformation Through AI

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends • Featuring C-suite Leaders 
• Insights on Digital Health Innovation • Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Season 6 Recap

LISTEN TO
THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Decoding Healthcare Transformation Through AI

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends
• Featuring C-suite Leaders 
• Insights on Digital Health Innovation
• Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Season 6 Recap

LISTEN TO
THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Decoding Healthcare Transformation Through AI

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends • Featuring C-suite Leaders 
• Insights on Digital Health Innovation • Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Season 6 Recap

LISTEN TO
THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Healthcare Digital Transformation Podcast

• Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends
• Featuring C-suite Leaders
• Insights on Digital Health Innovation
• Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Hosted by

Rohit Mahajan

CEO & Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

Ritu M. Uberoy

Managing Partner
Damo and BigRio

LISTEN TO
THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST

Healthcare Digital Transformation Podcast

Stay up to date on current trends in healthcare’s digital transformation. Featuring C-suite executives from the healthcare and technology sectors, podcast host Rohit Mahajan discusses how they are driving digital health innovation and leveraging emerging healthcare technologies to create improved patient experiences.

Hosted by Rohit Mahajan

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THE BIG UNLOCK PODCAST is a Healthcare Digital Transformation Podcast. Stay Updated on Healthcare’s Digital Transformation Trends. Featuring C-suite Leaders and Insights on Digital Health Innovation. Explore Emerging Healthcare Technologies with Rohit Mahajan and Ritu M. Uberoy.

Episode 215 – Bridging Pharma and Startups to Scale Digital Health Innovation
byRohit Mahajan & Ritu M. Uberoy

The Big Unlock · Naomi Fried, PhD, Founder and CEO, PharmStars

In this episode, Naomi Fried, PhD, Founder and CEO of PharmStars, shares how stronger collaboration between startups and pharmaceutical companies is accelerating healthcare innovation. Drawing on leadership roles at Biogen, Kaiser Permanente, Boston Children’s Hospital, consulting work with large pharma companies, and collaboration across the digital health ecosystem, she explains why the most successful innovations are built around customer needs rather than technology alone.

Naomi discusses how PharmStars helps digital health startups, including those developing AI-powered solutions, understand the pharmaceutical industry, refine their value proposition, and build lasting partnerships with global pharma companies. She highlights AI as one of the most exciting areas of innovation, with the potential to improve patient care, support clinicians, and create new opportunities for life sciences organizations. However, Naomi emphasizes that technology alone is never enough. Successful innovators listen more than they pitch, understand customer pain points, and build trusted relationships.

Naomi also talks about the importance of clinician workflows, internal champions, and continuous product evolution. Whether leveraging AI, software, or medical devices, her message is clear: lasting innovation comes from solving meaningful problems, adapting to customer needs, and building partnerships that create real-world impact. Take a listen.

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All Episodes

Episode 215 – Bridging Pharma and Startups to Scale Digital Health Innovation

Episode 214 – The Future of Medicine Requires Trust, Technology, and Leadership

Episode 213 – Innovation is About Solving Problems, Not Chasing Technology

Episode 212 – Value-Based Care is the Optimal Canvas for Generative AI

Episode 211 – Shifting from Episodic Failures to Proactive Population Health in Rural Care Delivery

About the Hosts

Rohit Mahajan is an entrepreneur and a leader in the information technology and software industry. His focus lies in the field of artificial intelligence and digital transformation. He has also written a book on Quantum Care, A Deep Dive into AI for Health Delivery and Research that has been published and has been trending #1 in several categories on Amazon.

Rohit is skilled in business and IT  strategy, M&A, Sales & Marketing and Global Delivery. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, is a  Wharton School Fellow and a graduate from the Harvard Business School. 

Rohit is the CEO of Damo, Managing Partner and CEO of BigRio, the President at Citadel Discovery, Advisor at CarTwin, Managing Partner at C2R Tech, and Founder at BetterLungs. He has completed executive education programs in AI in Business and Healthcare from MIT Sloan, MIT CSAIL and Harvard School of Public Health. He has completed  the Global Healthcare Leaders Program from Harvard Medical School.

Ritu M. Uberoy is a healthcare AI strategist, technology executive, educator, and author dedicated to advancing the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence across healthcare delivery, digital health, and life sciences. With more than twenty-five years of leadership experience spanning the United States and India, she is recognized for helping healthcare organizations move beyond experimentation to achieve scalable clinical, operational, and business transformation through AI.

She leads AI innovation initiatives, including the AI Center of Excellence at BigRio, where she works with health systems, healthcare technology companies, and life sciences organizations to operationalize Generative and Agentic AI solutions responsibly. Her work focuses on aligning AI innovation with clinical workflows, governance frameworks, workforce readiness, and patient trust—ensuring technology augments human judgment in high-consequence healthcare environments.

Ritu is the co-author of Generative AI: Unlocking the Next Chapter in Healthcare, a practical guide for healthcare executives navigating enterprise AI adoption. She also hosts The Big Unlock podcast, engaging global healthcare leaders on AI transformation and digital innovation. An active educator and speaker, she conducts executive workshops and participates in global forums like HIMSS, ViVE, Women in Tech, AI-Powered Women, RAISE, and more, shaping the future of AI-driven healthcare. Ritu holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and completed specialized AI programs at Harvard and MIT.

Rohit Mahajan is an entrepreneur and a leader in the information technology and software industry. His focus lies in the field of artificial intelligence and digital transformation. He has also written a book on Quantum Care, A Deep Dive into AI for Health Delivery and Research that has been published and has been trending #1 in several categories on Amazon.

Rohit is skilled in business and IT  strategy, M&A, Sales & Marketing and Global Delivery. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, is a  Wharton School Fellow and a graduate from the Harvard Business School. 

Rohit is the CEO of Damo, Managing Partner and CEO of BigRio, the President at Citadel Discovery, Advisor at CarTwin, Managing Partner at C2R Tech, and Founder at BetterLungs. He has completed executive education programs in AI in Business and Healthcare from MIT Sloan, MIT CSAIL and Harvard School of Public Health. He has completed  the Global Healthcare Leaders Program from Harvard Medical School.

Ritu M. Uberoy is a healthcare AI strategist, technology executive, educator, and author dedicated to advancing the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence across healthcare delivery, digital health, and life sciences. With more than twenty-five years of leadership experience spanning the United States and India, she is recognized for helping healthcare organizations move beyond experimentation to achieve scalable clinical, operational, and business transformation through AI.

She leads AI innovation initiatives, including the AI Center of Excellence at BigRio, where she works with health systems, healthcare technology companies, and life sciences organizations to operationalize Generative and Agentic AI solutions responsibly. Her work focuses on aligning AI innovation with clinical workflows, governance frameworks, workforce readiness, and patient trust—ensuring technology augments human judgment in high-consequence healthcare environments.

Ritu is the co-author of Generative AI: Unlocking the Next Chapter in Healthcare, a practical guide for healthcare executives navigating enterprise AI adoption. She also hosts The Big Unlock podcast, engaging global healthcare leaders on AI transformation and digital innovation. An active educator and speaker, she conducts executive workshops and participates in global forums like HIMSS, ViVE, Women in Tech, AI-Powered Women, RAISE, and more, shaping the future of AI-driven healthcare. Ritu holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and completed specialized AI programs at Harvard and MIT.

About the Legend

Paddy was the co-author of Healthcare Digital Transformation – How Consumerism, Technology and Pandemic are Accelerating the Future (Taylor &  Francis, Aug 2020), along with Edward W. Marx. Paddy was also the author of the best-selling book The Big Unlock – Harnessing Data and Growing Digital Health Businesses in a Value-based Care Era (Archway Publishing, 2017). He was the host of the highly subscribed The Big Unlock podcast on digital transformation in healthcare featuring C-level executives from the healthcare and technology sectors. He was widely published and had a by-lined column in CIO Magazine and other respected industry publications.

The Healthcare Digital Transformation Leader

Stay informed on the latest in digital health innovation and digital transformation.

The Healthcare Digital Transformation Leader

Stay informed on the latest in digital health innovation and digital transformation

The Healthcare Digital Transformation Leader

Stay informed on the latest in digital health innovation and digital transformation.