Parachute Health CEO David Gelbard on Killing the Fax, Trust, and the Next Wave of DME e-Prescribing
On the Claim to Fame DME podcast, hosts interview David Gelbard, CEO and co-founder of Parachute Health, about building a national DME e-prescribing network. Gelbard explains Parachute was inspired by his father not receiving a post-surgery walker due to a failed fax process, and describes the platform as enabling clinicians to place online DME orders that are validated against insurance criteria to reduce rework and delays. He discusses why fax persists—fragmented systems, data interoperability gaps, and trust issues across clinicians, DMEs, and payers—and compares e-prescribing to…
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