#22: How to Build a Better End-of-Life Care Experience (with Dr. Raihan Faroqui, Head of Medical & Clinical Affairs at Guaranteed)

What you’ll get out of this episode Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Raihan about bringing dignity and technology to the end-of-life care experience. They also talk about opportunities for supporting and upskilling the family and caregiver roles, and what it means to allow families to practice at the top of their license. In this episode you’ll discover: While death is guaranteed, a great way of dying is not. The Guaranteed team is on a mission to provide 24/7 support and resource for families as they care for their loved ones during and after dying. How Raihan's personal experiences as a physician, patient and caregiver during COVID drew him toward the opportunity to help build Guaranteed alongside Founder & CEO Jessica McGlory. Where the Guaranteed team is focusing their efforts today and what they have on the horizon as they build this platform and care delivery offering from the ground up. Why the opportunity to understand families’ needs throughout the second half of life will play a vital role in how Guaranteed will be able to predict subjective and objective factors that improve end-of-life care. Quotables “We are planning on doing a family admission. Which is a novel concept in healthcare. So we are treating and caring for the patient, while we are also treating and caring for the family. Families do a tremendous amount of unpaid labor for aging and dying family members. It's important for us to understand what the needs and the wants of the family are.’ @RMFnyc1 #Guaranteed on EP22 @T-Minus10 Recommended Resources Learn more about Guaranteed (onguaranteed.com) Exclusive: Guaranteed a dignified death (Axios) Guaranteed’s Funding Nears $10M on Journey to Improve End-of-Life Care (MedCity News) Guaranteed Raises $6.5M Seed Round to Modernize End-of-Life Care (BusinessWire) Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients (Hospice News) Join the Conversation Are you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you’d like us to cover in future episodes: Raihan Farouqi on LinkedIn Raihan Farouqi on Twitter About Your Host Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA. T-Minus 10 is a part of the Slice of Healthcare podcast network.