Proactive Health – Risky Benefits Podcast: Season 3, Episode 14

Ochsener Digital medicine is on mic to talk about remote patient management. They offer solutions for chronic disease management that will make proactive differences in your health. This means even when you’re at home, and trying to manage your Type II diabetes, you have a personal care team and chronic illness management plan just a click away. With real time communication and health coaches as well as clinicians, you can manage your chronic illness with both technological support and a team of experts. MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS:David Houghton, MD System Chair, Telehealth & Digital Medicine Ochsner HealthDavid J. Houghton, M.D., M.P.H. earned his Medical Degree from the Medical College of Georgia and his Master’s in Public Health in epidemiology at Emory University. He completed his internship, neurology residency, and movement disorders fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.   After then serving as Assistant Professor and Neurology Residency Program Director at the University of Louisville, Dr. Houghton joined the staff at Ochsner Health System in 2012 as Section Head of Movement & Memory Disorders and Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurology. Since 2016, he has also served as the Medical Director of Telehealth - harnessing technology to create unique virtual forward-facing clinical connections between Ochsner’s providers and patients across the Gulf South. His role expanded to include growth of Digital Medicine for chronic disease management in 2019.  At Ochsner, Dr. Houghton has been awarded System Physician of the Month, Ochsner “Top 75” Physician, and Neurology Teaching Faculty of the Year, and he completed The Health Management Academy Physician Leadership Program in 2018.  Dr. Houghton is board-certified in neurology and his publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, an online medical text, a patient resource from the National Parkinson’s Foundation, and a textbook on deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease.Rachel MontalbanoRegional Account Director, Digital Medicine Ochsner HealthOver the last 20+ years, Rachel Montalbano has worked in several roles within the employee benefits industry.  With an extensive knowledge from the consulting perspective, to bringing benefit solutions from the insurance carrier, Rachel has worked with Employers and Consultants alike in bringing value and cost containment solutions to their benefits programs.  In 2021, Rachel joined Ochsner’s national team to offer clinical solutions and population health strategies to Employer groups throughout the country.To listen in and subscribe to more episodes, visit our website: fbmc.com/podcast.