Live Interview to Air on March 28th, 2015, Hosted by Ben Chodor, 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT/2:30pm CT

NORWALK, CT (Mar 27, 2015) – HealthPrize Technologies, a digital health leader in patient engagement and medication adherence solutions, announced today that Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Katrina Firlik, MD will be interviewed live on iHeart Radio’s Health Tech Talk Live hosted by Ben Chodor and broadcasted nationwide on iHeart Radio/ Clear Channel Atlanta Studios – 640 WGST AM tomorrow, at 3:30pm ET. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Firlik will discuss their customizable platform, which combines incentives, behavioral economics, gamification and education to motivate patients to take charge of their own health and wellness. Shareholders, analysts, industry professionals and all interested parties are encouraged to listen live via Clear Channel’s nationally syndicated iHeart Radio stream.

 

Date: March 28, 2015 

Start Time: 3:30pm ET | 12:30pm PT | 2:30pm CT (U.S.) 

Network: iHeart Radio/ Clear Channel

Station: 640 WGST AM

Show: Health Tech Talk Live

Host: Ben Chodor 

iHeart Radio Live Stream: CLICK HERE

 

About HealthPrize Technologies
HealthPrize’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) medication adherence and patient engagement platform provides an innovative approach to addressing the problem of medication non-adherence with an online and mobile-based program that is fun, educational and rewarding. The HealthPrize system leverages gaming dynamics, behavioral economics and proven concepts from consumer marketing to maximize engagement while also using education to strengthen the intrinsic motivation required for long-term persistence to prescribed medications. For more information, visit www.healthprize.com and follow us on Twitter at @HealthPrize.

 

About Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Katrina Firlik, MD
Prior to founding HealthPrize Technologies, Katrina was a neurosurgeon in private practice at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, and on the clinical faculty at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to her scientific publications, Katrina is the author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside, published by Random House and reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and O Magazine. She has appeared on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC as a commentator on a variety of medical issues. She is also an inventor of a brain stimulation device designed to enhance recovery after stroke. Katrina completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University with a major in cultural anthropology. She attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University, and did her neurosurgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, one of the largest neurosurgery centers in the country, where she was the first woman accepted to the program. Katrina also completed a specialty fellowship in epilepsy surgery at Yale University. She is a member of the HealthPrize Board of Directors.

 

About iHeart Radio/ Clear Channel
Clear Channel’s Media and Entertainment division has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America with 243 million monthly listeners. It serves 150 cities through 850 owned radio stations in the U.S., as well as more than 140 stations in New Zealand and Australia. For more Information Visit: http://www.iheart.com/live/talk-radio-640-wgst-6066/?autoplay=true&pname=15153&campid=play_bar&cid=main.html.

 

About Health Tech Talk Live
Health Tech Talk Live broadcasts live weekly on iHeart Radio / Clear Channel nationwide from 640 WGST AM Atlanta, 3:00pm – 4:00pm EST every Saturday. Host Ben Chodor interviews the front-page emerging health tech innovators and titans about the latest in digital health technology, human ingenuity, bio-tech medical advancements and health tech capital market trends. Learn how the experts use risk management techniques and clinical trials to build fully diversified portfolios and what it takes to put up big board earnings from making people healthier. It’s a fast moving, high-energy show… shift your thinking and join us as we deliver “tomorrow’s ideas today” on iHeart Radio and Clear Channel’s Health Tech Talk Live. Visit iHeart Radio’s HealthTech Talk Radio Show or visit www.HealthTechTalk.com.

 

A CommPro Worldwide PR Event

 

Contacts:

 

PR & Media Contact:

Matt Bird, CEO
CommPro Worldwide

C: +1 (646) 401-4499
E: matt.bird@commpro.com

 

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