Dr. Nishi Rawat

Nishi Rawat, MD, MBA, began her healthcare career in 2002 as an emergency medicine and critical care physician, treating a significant number of patients suffering from SUD. As a healthcare faculty member and researcher, she led quality measure development and implementation at Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality.

Using her previous years of frontline medical care experience and passion to improve care delivery, in 2015 Dr. Rawat founded and served as lead technologist for OpenBeds®, a company dedicated to improving access to mental health and SUD treatment. Following the company’s acquisition by Appriss Health (now Bamboo Health), a healthcare technology solutions company focused on fostering care collaboration and providing information and actionable insights across the entire continuum of care, Dr. Rawat continues to lead the OpenBeds® solution and behavioral health strategy as Chief Clinical Officer at Bamboo Health.

Posts by Dr. Nishi Rawat

MedCity Influencers

Will 2024 be the Year We Address the Real Roots of the Opioid Crisis?

Will 2024 bring any change, or will we witness yet another record- and heart-breaking year of preventable deaths?

MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer

Why stigma continues to exacerbate the United States’ drug epidemic

Since we know the fundamental causes of the opioid epidemic, why are we still here? It all centers around stigma.

With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?

Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.

MedCity Influencers, Hospitals, Physicians

Integrating a whole person care view for actionable behavioral health services

Supporting real-time care coordination will benefit the physical and behavioral health of every patient, resulting in better outcomes and make significant progress against the mental health and substance use crisis that has cut too many lives short and left family and friends grieving.

MedCity Influencers, Health Tech

Improving access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment during and post Covid-19

While solving the opioid epidemic is a long-lead mission, now compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, we can continue to make progress by implementing the right technological tools to help address underlying issues associated with behavioral health.