Business Design

Subaila Zia, a pulmonary critical care and sleep physician, and founder of the Silicon Valley-based healthcare company Telemedora. Her passion is to make quality health care accessible to everyone, especially in rural America. Her disruptive business creates a bridge between healthcare workers, hospitals, and patients through telemedicine. Subaila shares her story of having an MBA and MD along with an entrepreneurial heart and genuine want to help fellow human beings by using technology in the best way possible. Our conversation is just the beginning.

Show Notes

😃 Subaila’s big and welcoming smile. 02:11
👨‍⚕️ Rural hospitals in the US have a huge shortage for sleep and pulmonology specialists.  02:33
⚕️ Coming from a family of doctors, she wanted to understand the business side of medicine. 05:41
🫁 Telemedicine is growing: heart and lung exams through Bluetooth technology. 07:23
🩺 Five criteria for a virtual health examination. 10:27
🤔 Challenges with the broad implementation of telehealth. 12:09
💤 Subaila’s business is service-based, but she plans to introduce tele-sleep services to patients directly. 13:48
🤩 “Don't let your fears eat away your goals, stay humble, stay patient, and just be consistent.” 15:42
☀️ Her name means Sacred Light. 18:30
💻 Expanding the network of health professionals and hospitals into telehealth. 19:22

Connect with Subaila: www.telemedora.com
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
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What is Business Design ?

We talk to quirky, brilliant, successful folks who are able to smarten business down, sharing insights on great business design.

Guests are all thought leaders in their own niche, and we challenge them to speak outside of talking points, which ultimately should make for a few interesting minutes of listening.

Design your business for success, with a few thoughts from those who have been there.