Scene Health
In this episode, Sebastian Seiguer, CEO of Scene Health, introduces his company’s innovative use of video technology to drive medication adherence, particularly among underserved populations. He shares how Scene Health supports patients, leading to better outcomes and significant cost savings for payers.
We discuss:
The challenges of medication non-adherence and its impact on patients and the healthcare system
How Scene Health's video platform empowers patients and creates unique engagement opportunities
Strategies for successful implementation within public health departments and Medicaid plans
The importance of building a care team passionate about this unique approach
The potential of AI to further enhance the Scene Health model
Meet the Founder
Sebastian is the CEO and co-founder of Scene (previously emocha), a medication engagement company that provides personalized, breakthrough medication support by combining video technology, clinical coaching, and validated interventions to radically improve medication adherence rates. In 2014, Sebastian spun Scene out of Johns Hopkins with Dr. Bob Bollinger and other medication adherence experts to help communities served by public health departments, health plans including Medicaid and Medicare, and health systems. Scene is now the standard of care for infectious disease adherence monitoring and is scaling quickly. Sebastian started his career as an attorney with Allen & Overy in London before launching his first company in Munich, Germany, in 2000. He earned his law degree from Columbia Law School and his MBA in Health Care from Johns Hopkins University.
Meet the Guest VC
Dr. Michael Matly is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of 111° West Capital, a Growth Stage Investment Firm focused on enterprise software and fintech companies tackling Healthcare's biggest problems. The fund has purposefully built a concentrated portfolio in category leading companies and specializes in the transformation from $10-30 million of ARR to $100 million and beyond.
Michael has invested and exited a number of category leading companies including MINDBODY Online which went public and was later acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $2 billion,
Tiger Connect which was acquired for $800 million, and others.
Dr. Matly was a founding advisor to Rock Health, a leading digital health incubator based in San Francisco. He completed his M.D. from the Mayo Clinic, M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and B.S. from Cornell University.