Fred Ronnau, RubiconMD, on improving primary care access to expert consults

In this episode, we interview Fred Ronnau (WG ’08), Chief Technology Officer at RubiconMD. Fred graduated from the University of Arizona in 1999 with a degree in Industrial Engineering and spent time in big tech before pivoting to consulting for providers. He earned his MBA at the Wharton School, where he majored in Healthcare Management, and worked at Intel, McKesson, and Cigna before joining RubiconMD in September 2019. RubiconMD is an eConsult platform that connects primary care physicians to specialists in order to obtain timely, educational opinions for the care of their complex patients. The RubiconMD platform enables the remote exchange of insights between clinicians that eliminates unnecessary referrals and services, reduces patient wait time and travel burdens, and allows primary care physicians to practice at the top of their license.