Joshua Newman

Joshua Newman, M.D., MSHS, Chief Medical Officer and GM, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Salesforce

Sep 08, 2016 By Joshua Newman

Top 5 Dreamforce '16 Experiences for Healthcare and Life Sciences

Last year at Dreamforce, I had the great pleasure of announcing the launch of Health Cloud, one of Salesforce’s first industry products. As a former family doctor and technologist this was such a meaningful culmination of life work. It’s so rewarding to see how organizations can use CRM tailored... Read More

Cloud, Dreamforce, Events, Health Cloud

Aug 01, 2016 By Joshua Newman

Salesforce Health Cloud is Now FedRAMP Compliant, Bringing Stronger Patient Relationships to Federal Agencies

When we launched Salesforce Health Cloud earlier this year, we set out to create a solution that enables providers to build deeper relationships with patients by providing more complete patient information, modern collaboration and communication tools, and smarter workflows, all built on a flexible... Read More

Cloud, News, Health Cloud

Jul 19, 2016 By Joshua Newman

The Future of Medicine Hearkens back to 19th Century Medicine: Relationships

If you want to understand where the future of medicine is going, first you must understand where it has been. Until recently, doctors didn’t have a lot of medicine or tools. Before the 1850’s, there was no radiology, no penicillin, and no antibiotics. In most cases, doctors didn’t have a deep ... Read More

Cloud, Featured, Leadership, Health Cloud

Jun 06, 2016 By Joshua Newman

Fixing the Revolving Door of Hospital Readmissions

Invasive medical treatments and hospitalizations can be mentally and physically taxing for any adult, but in particular for geriatric populations. I’ve seen firsthand how unfamiliar settings, loss of control, and lack of understanding can cause aging patients great distress and even unmask... Read More

Cloud, Service, Health Cloud, Featured

Feb 29, 2016 By Joshua Newman

Say Hello to Patient Satisfaction — Salesforce Health Cloud has Officially Arrived

In my years training and practicing as a family physician I saw people almost universally express deep concern and feeling around their health and whatever situation brought them into care. When people need health treatment, they are often in the most vulnerable and scared times of their lives.... Read More

Cloud, Innovation, Leadership, Health Cloud

Nov 15, 2013 By Joshua Newman

How to Have a Free and Unusual Experience at Dreamforce

Four years ago our CEO, Marc Benioff, envisioned a track inside of Dreamforce that would focus on the contributions of UCSF to innovation in medicine. Rather than focus on Salesforce, we designed this track to highlight an organization we strongly support, edify and entertain the... Read More

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Sep 13, 2012 By Joshua Newman

See Unusual Thinkers at Dreamforce

Three years ago our CEO, Marc Benioff, challenged us to create a track inside of Dreamforce to focus on health and to highlight some of the contributions of UCSF. In response, we thought we would take a lesson from TED, edify the audience, and provide a kind of service and interesting... Read More

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