Ep 31: Reversing Chronic Illness: The Future of Functional Medicine with James Maskell
Release Date: 06/30/2025
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Ep 57: IU Health CEO Dennis Murphy on Building a Healthcare System That Actually Works
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IU Health CEO Dennis Murphy joins Bradley Bostic to unpack what it takes to drive innovation at scale—across 16 hospitals and 300+ clinical sites. They cover values-based culture, platform-first AI strategy, statewide data collaboration, philanthropy as a “margin of excellence,” and IU Health’s new flagship campus—set to see its first patients in December 2027. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Healthcare Innovation 01:56 Leadership and Organizational Values 04:50 Flagship Hospital Project Overview 08:18 Optimism in Healthcare 12:08 Technology and AI in Healthcare 17:40...
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Ep 56: How At-Home Lab Testing Works (Behind the Kit)
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Ep 55: Stigma is a barrier. At-home testing breaks it. HIV + STI Testing.
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Show Notes Healthcare keeps talking about AI, affordability, and outcomes… But most systems are still ignoring the front door that drives care decisions: diagnostics. Recorded In the Wild at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas, Bradley Bostic sits down with James York (Chief Commercial Officer + Head of Government Affairs, Molecular Testing Labs) to unpack a hard truth: If you can’t make testing accessible, convenient, and trackable… you can’t build reliable care pathways. In this episode, James breaks down why diagnostics is a flywheel—the top-of-funnel that activates patients—and why “we...
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Ep 54: The Business of Making Healthcare Data Trustworthy
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Summary Healthcare is racing to be “AI ready.” But most of the industry is still trying to turn billing exhaust into strategy. In this episode, Bradley Bostic sits down with Ryan Leurck, Co-Founder & Chief Analytics Officer at Kythera Labs, to cut through the noise and get blunt about what actually makes AI work in healthcare. Because the truth is simple—and uncomfortable: If your data can’t be trusted by humans, it can’t be trusted by AI. And in healthcare, much of our data was never designed for the questions we’re now demanding it answer. Takeaways Why claims, EHR, and lab...
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Ep 53: Screening for Dementia with AI - Your Brain’s Early Warning System
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Summary By the time most people hear “dementia,” their brain has been sounding the alarm for years. In this episode of Boombostic Health, Dr. John Showalter shares his journey from internist to healthcare technology innovator. He explains how AI and digital tools can support early detection and intervention for cognitive decline—before daily life starts to fall apart. The conversation highlights how lifestyle changes can improve cognitive health, why screening the brain should be as routine as checking blood pressure, and how integrating technology into healthcare systems can scale...
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Ep 52: Mental Health, Cancer, and the Gut Data We’re Not Using
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We talk a lot about “data-driven healthcare,” yet we’re still blind to one of the most important data layers: the microbiome. Mental health, early-onset cancer, autoimmunity—much of that risk is already visible in the gut years before a diagnosis code ever hits the chart. Most care models, benefits designs, and longevity strategies simply don’t account for it. In this episode of Boombostic Health, I sit down with Paul Denslow, CEO & co-founder of Intus Bio, to dig into how GutID turns the microbiome into hard infrastructure: high-resolution gut data, a score you can track, and a...
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Ep 51: AI Can’t Fix Virtual Care’s 70% Lab Problem
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Virtual care is scaling. AI is everywhere. But when lab completion falls from ~70% in-clinic to ~30% in virtual care, the whole model breaks. Virtual Care Without Labs Is Just Zoom - Even with AI. In this Boombostic Health in the Wild episode from HLTH 2025, Bradley Bostic sits down with Maitham Dib, founder of Junction, to unpack the "real" bottleneck: turning lab orders into lab results. They dig into how Junction: * White-labels lab infrastructure so any virtual or hybrid care model can deploy labs across all 50 states * Uses data from ~3.4 million lab...
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In this episode of Boom Bostic Health, host Bradley Bostic interviews James Maskell, a thought leader in functional medicine and health economics. They discuss Maskell's journey into the field, the challenges of conventional medicine, and the potential for reversing chronic diseases through lifestyle changes. The conversation also touches on the importance of community in health, the shift towards value-based care, and the future of cognitive health in the context of functional medicine.
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Takeaways
- James Maskell's early exposure to alternative medicine shaped his career.
- The medical system is not designed for chronic disease management.
- Chronic diseases can be reversible with lifestyle changes.
- Patient empowerment is crucial in reversing chronic illnesses.
- Functional medicine focuses on the root causes of health issues.
- Community support enhances health outcomes.
- Value-based care incentivizes keeping patients healthy.
- Loneliness is a significant factor in health outcomes.
- Cognitive health can be improved with precision medicine.
- Collaboration between conventional and functional medicine is essential.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Functional Medicine and Longevity
02:39 James Maskell's Journey into Health Economics
05:42 Reversing Chronic Disease: A New Approach
08:23 The Evolution of Medicine and Entrepreneurial Ventures
11:06 Challenges in Conventional Medicine
13:51 Value-Based Care and Its Implications
16:43 The Role of Community in Health
19:32 Future of Cognitive Health and Functional Medicine
To learn more about James Maskell, visit his website here.