Mike McSherry, CEO of Xealth: From Boost Mobile to Boosting Digital Health

On this episode of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure of catching up with the one and only Mike McSherry, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Xealth, whose journey goes from quitting Microsoft in Australia to co-founding Boost Mobile, to building the infrastructure behind digital health prescriptions - and now joining forces with Samsung. We covered everything from startups, serendipity, and Surescripts, to what it means to be insanely curious (his words!) and to always find your foxhole friends. Oh, and there may have been a few humble-brags about being the guy who helped power billions of Android phones ad their keyboards. 🦾 🔹 Top 5 Key Takeaways 💡 Curiosity drives innovation - be “insanely curious” about everything. 📈 Luck favors persistence - serendipity comes from hard work. 🤝 Build with trust - surround yourself with “foxhole friends.” 🏥 Healthcare is hard - slow, bureaucratic, but worth transforming. 🌍 Samsung + Xealth - connecting home devices to health data. Fun mentions as always: HLTH USA Samsung Electronics UPMC Providence 📋 00:00 – 02:00 | Catching up with Jim & Eugene, Vegas talk, and welcoming Mike. 📋 02:00 – 06:00 | Mike’s journey from Microsoft to Australia’s biggest web dev company. 📋 06:00 – 09:00 | Lessons from being a “Navy brat” and world traveler. 📋 09:00 – 13:00 | Founding Boost Mobile and its wild telecom legacy. 📋 13:00 – 17:00 | From Nuance to Providence: the path into healthcare. 📋 17:00 – 22:00 | Building Xealth as the “Surescripts for digital health.” 📋 22:00 – 27:00 | Selling to providers and the hard reality of healthcare economics. 📋 27:00 – 33:00 | Integrating with Epic & Cerner: the friend-or-foe dance. 📋 33:00 – 41:00 | The Samsung acquisition story and its big vision for connected health. 📋 41:00 – 49:00 | The future of ambient healthcare and consent-driven data. 📋 49:00 – 52:00 | Mike’s advice: be curious, find your foxhole friends, stay humble.