Tom Polakow
Clinical Product Manager | Registered Nurse | Healthcare AI · Real-World Evidence · Patient-Centered Design · Clinical Operations
- Role
- Clinical Product Manager at Picnichealth
- Location
- Lake Forest, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Polakow
Clinical Product Manager and Registered Nurse with 10+ years bridging bedside care and technology. At PicnicHealth, I translate clinical expertise into AI-powered products that turn longitudinal medical records into actionable insights for patients and researchers: I\'m one of the few product managers who has actually done the clinical work - inpatient nursing, orthopedic care, outpatient services, sports medicine, and home health leadership. This means I don\'t just empathize with clinician workflows; I\'ve lived them. I use that background to de-risk product decisions, validate with clinical rigor, and build tools that clinicians actually want to use.\': Building AI and workflow-driven tools at the intersection of real-world evidence, patient engagement, and clinical operations. I\'m particularly interested in how AI agents, ambient documentation, and predictive models will reshape care delivery over the next decade: I design and build multi-agent AI systems (OpenClaw, custom agent squads) to automate workflows - from email triage to research monitoring. I believe the clinicians who experiment with AI infrastructure today will lead healthcare\'s next transformation: Healthcare AI · Real-World Data (RWD) · Real-World Evidence (RWE) · Clinical Operations · Product Management · Patient Engagement · Non-Interventional Research · Observational Studies · HIPAA Compliance · Health Tech & : Agile/Scrum · Dual-Track Agile · AI Agents (MCP, LLM orchestration) · Data-Driven Product Development · Cross-Functional Leadership
Experience
Clinical Product Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
Lead the design and implementation of patient-centered health products, leveraging longitudinal medical records to close gaps in access and understanding.• Partner with engineering, design, and clinical teams to translate clinical expertise into scalable product features for both patient services and research studies.• Develop and refine AI and workflow-driven tools that streamline internal operations, ensure data integrity, and support regulatory compliance.• Act as a bridge between clinical operations and product development, ensuring patient needs, clinician workflows, and business goals are aligned in every release.• Drive cross-functional initiatives that expand PicnicHealth’s capabilities in patient engagement, research innovation, and product scalability.
Education
DeVry University
Bachelor Degree of Science in Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
2010 — 2011
Oakton College
Associate Degree in the Science of Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
2007 — 2010
Skills
- Epic Systems
- Sports Medicine
- Emr
- Hipaa
- Medicine
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Quality Improvement
- Surgery
- Medical-Surgical
- Orthopedics
- Medical Coding
- Acute Care
- Clinical Research
- Ehr
- Medicare
- Hospitals
- Ekg
- Orthopedic
- Iv
- Customer Service
- Cpr Certified
- Social Media
- Nursing Care
- Management
- Medical Terminology
- Rehabilitation
- Leadership
- Home Care
- Wound Care
- Inpatient
- Patient Advocacy
- Physician Relations
- Patient Education
- Nursing
- Healthcare Management
- Physical Therapy
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Healthcare
- Medical/Surgical
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