#266: Using Innovative Technology in Healthcare to Improve Patient Care and Clinic Efficiency with Katherine Saunders

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obesity is a disease.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's not just a lifestyle issue.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy podcast, sits down with Katherine Saunders, Co-Founder of Intellihealth, Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and Host of the Weight Matters Podcast. Join us in this episode as we debunk the long-standing stigma surrounding obesity and learn more about Katherine and Intellihealth's mission to bring accessible medical obesity care for all.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Serving as a Primary Care physician, Katherine was overwhelmed with her patients' weight-related diseases which inspired her to pursue Obesity Medicine.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Katherine's mentor had a predecessor company which she and her husband transitioned into Intellihealth, wherein they aim to democratize effective obesity treatment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Science and research show that obesity is a disease and not just a lifestyle issue.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Physiological and pathophysiological changes occur with excess weight that make it very difficult to lose weight and easy to gain weight.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Obesity Medicine is a newer field of medicine. There are only under 6,000 physicians who are certified in Obesity Medicine, which is astoundingly low considering how rampant obesity is in America.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The cornerstone of