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Natasha Gajewski
Born
Natasha Rana
EducationRutgers University (BA)
Occupations
  • CEO
  • Director
  • Business Owner
SpouseMark Gajewski[1]
Children2
RelativesChristopher Emery (stepbrother)
Richard Kind (stepbrother)
HonorsTedMED Frontline Scholar, Stanford MedX ePatient Scholar

Natasha Gajewski (née Rana) is the CEO and Founder of Symple Health.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Gajewski was born to Dana Roy and Riaz Hussein Rana.[citation needed] Her father, Rana, was a commercial pilot and later statistician. Rana immigrated to the United States from Zafar Chowk, Pakistan in 1960.[4] Gajewski has one sister, Holly Bossard. Gajewski has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics from Rutgers University.[citation needed]

Career

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After being diagnosed, in 2010, with the rare condition, Mixed connective tissue disease (MTCD), Gajewski was told by her physician to keep track of her symptoms between medical appointments.[5] This motivated her to improve health prospects for patients.[6][7][8] This led to the idea to create a mobile symptom journal.[7] Gajewski was initially faced with the prohibitive costs of developing a Mobile app after approaching developers from the United States and India.[9] To evaluate the feasibility and validity of the app, she attend Eric Ries's 2011 Lean startup - San Francisco where her idea was the 2nd-place winner and was voted "most fundable" and "most likely to succeed."[9][10] In a February 2017 Heart Sisters interview, Gajewksi said of her experience designing a mobile app:[11]

But there wasn’t [already a mobile app], so I went about making my own. Because I was actively sick at the time, I knew certain things that a healthy person might completely miss – something as simple as not using sliders on a screen because they’re harder to activate (and require more thought) than a button.

She has been described as a "revolutionary" in the engaged patient movement along with Dave deBronkart and Jamie Heywood.[12] In 2014, the Symple App had 60,000 users.[13] It is distributed through the App Store (iOS).[13] In 2016, Symple was recommended by a National Health Service general practitioner, Dr. Golda Parker, for patients to use to create lists of symptoms so they come prepared to appointments.[14] Gajewski's Symple app has been the subject of research in academic journals.[15] A 2017 academic study rated her mobile app as one of the "highest performing apps" for heart failure monitoring.[16] Gajewski provided input on point of care patient decisions in a 2016 study.[17] Danny Gorog of Macworld had positive remarks on the App, stating that it " is a powerful iPhone app that lets users track up to 20 different symptoms at once. It also functions as a health diary, to let you note the things you eat, daily exercise and medications you take."[18]

Advisory boards

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Gajewski serves as an Advisor for Princeton University's Keller Center eLab Summer Accelerator.[19] She is also a member of University of California, San Diego and Irvine's Health Data Exploration Project.[20] In December 2011, Gajewski was one of the Princeton alumni and women entrepreneurs and business leaders who served as a panelist for the event entitled "Women in Entrepreneurship" hosted by the Keller Center.[21] The panel explored the underrepresentation of women in venture capital and startup ventures to which, Gajewski reported "I just never imagined limitations based on my sex.”[21] Later remarking, “It just never occurred to me."[21] Gajewski is a faculty member for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored National Health Care Transparency Summit.[22] Gajewski serves on the Advisory Board of Flip the Clinic, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.[23]

Personal life

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Gajewski resides in Princeton, New Jersey.[4] To combat her autoimmune disease, Gajewski practices Zumba.[24] Gajewski's parents later divorced, and her father remarried Jacqueline Nicole Marchal of Paris, through which, Gajewski gained three step-siblings including Christopher Emery.[25] Gajewski's mother remarried jeweler Samuel Kind, through which, she gained two step-siblings, actor and voice actor Richard Kind and Joanne Hinton.[26]

Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. ^ "Florence Biruta Roy Obituary (2006) Hartford Courant". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ Lidow, Derek (February 18, 2014). Startup leadership : how savvy entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises (First ed.). San Francisco. ISBN 9781118845653. OCLC 858362028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Dentzer, Susan (March 3, 2014). "If Patients Are Flipped Out by Today's Physician Encounters, Why Not "Flip" The Clinic?". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Schudel, Matt (November 15, 2012). "Riaz H. Rana, company founder". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Firth, Shannon (March 18, 2015). "Transparency Summit: Patients vs. Doctors". MedPage Today. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Natasha Gajewski". Medicinex - Stanford University. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "D-Patient Series: Hacking My Patient Experience – Prescribe Design". Prescribe Design. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  8. ^ Kinsella, Audrey. "New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions". Home Care Tech Report. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Surden, Esther (May 30, 2012). "Growing Princeton Tech Meetup Features Networking, Speakers". New Jersey Tech Weekly. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "Symple Health". Gust. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  11. ^ Thomas, Carolyn (February 12, 2017). "If you're clueless and you know it . . ". Heart Sisters. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  12. ^ Pinder, Jeanne (February 27, 2013). "A few thoughts about the health-care marketplace". Clear Health Costs. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  13. ^ a b Clare, David (July 18, 2014). "The Friday Interview: Natasha Gajewski, Founder of Symple App | Pixel Health". Pixel Health. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  14. ^ Magee, Anna (June 1, 2017). "Forget Mondays and Google your symptoms first - GPs' tips on getting more from your appointment". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  15. ^ Masterson Creber, Ruth M; Maurer, Mathew S; Reading, Meghan; Hiraldo, Grenny; Hickey, Kathleen T; Iribarren, Sarah (June 14, 2016). "Review and Analysis of Existing Mobile Phone Apps to Support Heart Failure Symptom Monitoring and Self-Care Management Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS)". JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 4 (2): e74. doi:10.2196/mhealth.5882. ISSN 2291-5222. PMC 4925936. PMID 27302310.
  16. ^ Athilingam, Ponrathi; Jenkins, Bradlee; Johansson, Marcia; Labrador, Miguel (2017). "A Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Heart Failure: Pilot Randomized Control Trial". JMIR Cardio. 1 (2): e3. doi:10.2196/cardio.7848. PMC 6834206. PMID 31758759.
  17. ^ O’Malley, Ann S.; Collins, Anna; Contreary, Kara; Rich, Eugene C. (July 1, 2016). "Barriers to and Facilitators of Evidence-Based Decision Making at the Point of Care: Implications for Delivery Systems, Payers, and Policy Makers". MDM Policy & Practice. 1 (1): 2381468316660375. doi:10.1177/2381468316660375. ISSN 2381-4683. PMC 6125042. PMID 30288403.
  18. ^ "3 of a kind: iOS health apps - Macworld Australia". Macworld Australia. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  19. ^ "Advisors". Keller Center. Board of Trustees Princeton University. March 31, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  20. ^ "Natasha Gajewki _ » Network Directory – Health Data Exploration". hdexplore.calit2.net. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  21. ^ a b c Sullivan, John (December 9, 2011). "Princeton alumni examine barriers for women in entrepreneurship". Princeton University. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  22. ^ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "The National Healthcare Healthcare Transparency Summit". Healthcare Healthcare Transparency Summit. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  23. ^ "About - Flip the Clinic". Flip the Clinic. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  24. ^ "Taking Patient Advocacy to a Whole New Level". Health Management Technology Magazine. September 1, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  25. ^ "Jacqueline Rana". Washington Post. February 19, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  26. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths KIND, SAMUEL M." The New York Times. July 23, 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
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