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Patients first & raising $10M from Google Ventures to innovate in women's health with Rachel Blank, CEO and Co founder of Allara Health

I believe that healthcare improves the most when we put the decisions and the power in the hands of the consumer. Not in the hands of stakeholders who are thinking about the bottom line.

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Rachel Blank, CEO and Co founder of Allara Health, joins the show to talk about

  • The evolution of women's health care and how improvements are being made through digital health.
  • The importance and advantages of a "direct to consumer" health care model.
  • Raising $10M from Google Ventures, balancing cash conservation with growth, and how Rachel is thinking about scaling quality of care as she grows her team.

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Rachel Blank

CEO and Co founder of Allara Health

Rachel Blank is the founder and CEO of Allara, a new virtual care model designed to meet the unique needs of women living with complex, chronic conditions. Allara is starting with a collaborative, chronic treatment model for the 1 in 10 women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Prior to founding Allara, Rachel was the Director of Strategy at Ro and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.

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