How Diagnostics + Payers Speed Treatment with Dr. Julie Schulz

You can build brilliant healthcare technology and still lose.Why?Because healthcare does not reward the smartest tool. It rewards what people can actually use.In this episode, I sat down with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐳 from Avalon Healthcare Solutions to unpack one of the biggest blind spots founders miss: 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣We talked about why clinicians ignore tools that add workWhy payers care about speed and outcomesWhy many “innovations” fail is because no one owns the problem across the system.One of the most powerful reminders?Fancy tools are not the hard part.Getting humans aligned is.If you're building in diagnostics, AI, employer health, payer tech, or care navigation, this conversation will save you years of unnecessary pain.In this episode, you’ll learn:✅ Why great healthcare products fail when workflow is ignored✅ How reducing treatment delays creates measurable ROI✅ Why incentives drive healthcare behavior more than intentions✅ Where fragmented systems create billion-dollar opportunities✅ Why long-term prevention loses to short-term budgets✅ How employers may become the next major growth channel in healthcare✅ Why trust and communication still outperform software aloneRelated Episodes You’ll LoveYour Tech Isn’t Failing—Your Compliance Strategy Is - This episode focuses on why strong technology still struggles when compliance, implementation, and healthcare operations are weak.How Smart Founders Raise Capital Without a Final Product - This episode reinforces how founders build credibility, ecosystem traction, and investor confidence before everything is “finished.”11 Innovative FemTech Solutions Set to Transform Women’s Health - This episode expands that lens into women’s health innovation and category growth opportunities founders should watch.Want help figuring out your first C-suite hire?Join the PulsePoint Path Boardroom or apply as one of our advisors who we place into trusted portfolio companies. It's designed for HealthTech and digital health founders between Seed and Series A who want to hire smart and scale faster.Here are 3 ways we can support you right now:1️⃣ Get a 360° Strategy from a Board That Sees What You Can’tStill piecing advice together from part-time advisors who barely have time to talk? Our Boardroom program gives you direct access to a 12-seat integrated advisory board—designed to find the blind spots in your funding, contracts, and margin strategy.This isn’t another Slack chat or once-a-month call. It’s a full diagnostic and action plan you can’t afford to miss.👉 PulsePointPath.com/Apply2️⃣ Turn Your Pitch into a Funding MagnetYour pitch isn’t a presentation—it’s a conversion tool. Send us your deck and get a persuasive rewrite that speaks to what investors actually fund.👉 PitchToYes.com3️⃣ Be a Featured Guest Apply to speak on our top 100-ranked entrepreneurship podcast, Provider's Edge. Have traction and a story to share?Apply to join us: 👉 PulsePointPath.com/Call-Sabrina