S1E1: Rethinking Health Systems: Reefs and Care | HealthTech2Care Podcast with Bert Fernandez
Release Date: 08/05/2025
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S2E3: Validic’s Health IoT Platform For Connected Care | HT2C Podcast With Bert Fernandez
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info_outlineHealthTech2Care Podcast featuring Mustafa Dinani, CEO & Co-Founder of Navierre
Mustafa (Guest):
Website: https://www.navierre.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-dinani-71b390156
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@navierre
Bert (Host):
Website: https://www.healthtech2care.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-fernandez
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealthTech2Care
🎙 In this episode of Rethinking Health Systems: Reefs and Care, Mustafa explains why U.S. healthcare isn’t just broken—it’s a fragmented reef.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Why Mustafa Started Navierre
04:57 What’s Broken for Insurers, Providers, and Patients
07:22 The Healthy Reef Model Explained
11:22 Real-World Examples of the Healthy Reef
15:04 Why Adoption Is Slow
20:06 How Navierre Tackles Misaligned Incentives
24:10 How to Connect with Navierre
🔑 Highlights:
- How life insurers are driving the future of long-term health (and why health insurers aren’t)
- The “healthy reef” model: a powerful analogy for connecting insurers, providers, and patients - Navierre’s multi-sided platform approach—and why point solutions fall short
- Their free top-of-funnel value helping providers get discovered without friction
- Why healthcare must stop thinking in one-year cycles and start thinking in decades
👉 Learn more about Navierre’s mission to build healthier, more connected care ecosystems: https://www.navierre.com
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