Christina Farr

Christina Farr

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Healthtech journalist/investor; author of Second Opinion

Amazon Teams with Grow Therapy for Employee Mental Health
SocialApr 23, 2026

Amazon Teams with Grow Therapy for Employee Mental Health

Whoa... The employer behavioral health wars are heating up! Amazon is partnering with Grow Therapy on EAP. 👇 https://t.co/jVDA2xBhsE

By Christina Farr
VCs Should Admit Their Founder Preference Types
SocialApr 21, 2026

VCs Should Admit Their Founder Preference Types

A good q. for VCs that needs to be asked more: Do you have a type? I mean, ofc, related to founders. Every VC has one or several. It's a real bias, but oftentimes based on experience. Anyone willing to share...

By Christina Farr
Guest Quality Beats Production Budget Every Time
SocialApr 21, 2026

Guest Quality Beats Production Budget Every Time

Clipping strategies are effective but my number one rule is no amount of big budget production can make up for a guest that isn't informative and entertaining to watch. Be interesting. Everything else will follow.

By Christina Farr
AI Could Turn $30B Healthcare Data Into Value
SocialApr 21, 2026

AI Could Turn $30B Healthcare Data Into Value

We spent $30 billion digitizing American healthcare. It got used for billing. New Lifers episode with @Farzad_MD, physician, former National Coordinator for Health IT, and CEO of @AledadeACO, on what went wrong, and why AI might finally fix the incentives, with...

By Christina Farr
Closing Rural L&D Units Triggers Cascading Care Desert
SocialApr 20, 2026

Closing Rural L&D Units Triggers Cascading Care Desert

Maternal care deserts don't happen overnight. A rural hospital closes its L&D unit. Deliveries stop. Then the mothers start going elsewhere for all their care. Pediatrics follows. Then the rest. That's the spiral Dr. Blake Porter of @AccessTeleCare described on Lifers: Spotify: https://t.co/ynEfLfzYQo Apple:...

By Christina Farr
Explore the Ubiquity of Peptides with Expert Jon Slotkin
SocialApr 19, 2026

Explore the Ubiquity of Peptides with Expert Jon Slotkin

Peptides are everywhere. Don’t miss this conversation with clinical expert @slotkinjr if you’re curious. Jon is my go to on this topic. Link here: https://t.co/luQcHXz3cQ https://t.co/FhsQNVv1Hp

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Shift Budgets to Paid Video Content for Distribution Boost
SocialApr 18, 2026

Shift Budgets to Paid Video Content for Distribution Boost

Marketing teams need to shift budgets to paid content, particularly video, because the clips are everything. Partnering with a New Media company is the distribution lift.

By Christina Farr
Peptides: Unregulated, Risky, and Growing in Popularity
SocialApr 18, 2026

Peptides: Unregulated, Risky, and Growing in Popularity

"What's your star sign?" "I'm a Taurus." "Cool, and what's your peptide stack?" Special Lifers episode on Peptides Part 1 with Sunita Mohanty Spotify: https://t.co/nRCBnLOjqm Apple: https://t.co/iibWpZHNZ7 Youtube: https://t.co/ijtPosgt4t Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:04) Peptides everywhere (00:42) Meet Sunita and Ultralight (01:08) Regulatory whiplash explained (01:58) Stacks and the gray area (03:34) Black market...

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Why Female Influencers Rarely Promote Peptide Stacks
SocialApr 17, 2026

Why Female Influencers Rarely Promote Peptide Stacks

It was on this day that I learned what a Wolverine Peptide stack is! I spoke to @sunitasmohanty on the market demand for peptides, how she's experimenting with them & why we don't see as many female influencers hawking them. Full...

By Christina Farr
Inside Epic's Confidential Vendor Deal Reveals Innovation Barriers
SocialApr 16, 2026

Inside Epic's Confidential Vendor Deal Reveals Innovation Barriers

Second Opinion just published its first scoop: And it's a look inside Epic's confidential vendor services agreement. A source shared it with @RuthReader to give us a sense of why it's so hard out there for healthcare innovators. View in...

By Christina Farr
New Market Map Highlights Agentic AI in Ambulatory Sector
SocialApr 15, 2026

New Market Map Highlights Agentic AI in Ambulatory Sector

Market maps have become a real focus of ours as LLMs are getting company categorization so wrong. Our latest, in partnership with Confido Health & @RMFnyc1, focuses on agentic AI for the ambulatory market. What's being deployed now? Our focus...

By Christina Farr
Guide AI‑Anxious Seniors Toward Future‑Proof Careers
SocialApr 15, 2026

Guide AI‑Anxious Seniors Toward Future‑Proof Careers

Redoing this poll: Your high school senior is worried about their career prospects because of AI. What path do you advise:

By Christina Farr
Turn One Hour Podcast Into Three Short Episodes
SocialApr 14, 2026

Turn One Hour Podcast Into Three Short Episodes

Another podcast hack I'm trying that seems to be working well: Instead of a 1 hour block, I will record 30m with a guest, then two 15m episodes on different topics. So we have 3 episodes versus 1. There's a market...

By Christina Farr
Healthcare Innovates While Delivery Model Stagnates After Century
SocialApr 14, 2026

Healthcare Innovates While Delivery Model Stagnates After Century

Two things can be true. Healthcare is genuinely world class at innovation. And the model of how it delivers care to patients has remained unchanged for over a century. New Lifers episode this week with @AccessTeleCare: Spotify: https://t.co/ynEfLfzYQo Apple: https://t.co/YGNFD6eNpP Youtube: https://t.co/DFgYyMx95q

By Christina Farr