Faces of Digital Health
Faces of Digital Health is a healthcare podcast about digital health technology, solutions, and innovations in practice, presented through real healthcare systems and the people behind them. The show looks into how different countries adopt digital health, what barriers they face, and why similar approaches succeed in some places but not others. Episodes feature clinicians, patients, entrepreneurs, and health system leaders sharing their practical experience. The focus is on digital health trends, practical digital health, and actionable insights for anyone curious about how digital health works in practice.
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Agentic Patient 9: She built an AI companion for breast cancer patients - and won't upload her records to ChatGPT
"I am actually quite wildly uncomfortable with patients using LLMs." She built an AI companion for breast cancer patients — and she means it.
Ellyn Winters-Robinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2022, months before ChatGPT launched. She wrote a book about it on her iPhone during chemotherapy. That book became AskEllyn, an AI companion used across a hundred countries. In this episode
Agentic Patient 8: Why an AI Founder Won't Trust Chatbots With Her Own Health
In this episode of The Agentic Patient, a Faces of Digital Health series on how patients are using AI to find answers the healthcare system didn't give them, Tjasa Zajc talks to Elena Ikonomovska, CEO and Co-Founder of Diadia Health. She stopped trusting chatbots with her own health data — after building an AI company on the problem they create.
Elena talks about her two-and-a-half-year journey
Will robots help us age at home? A historian who lives with one says not yet (Emily Kate Genatowski)
The viral robot videos are choreography, not capability. A historian who has lived with a humanoid robot for a year explains what they still can't do.
Emily Kate Genatowski is a historian and AI domestic robotics researcher who bought a humanoid robot, lived with it for over a year, and turned the experience into a TED talk. In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, she separates the demo-ree
Data challenges with AI: Omissions, bloated problem lists and unnecessary token burn
Hallucination is not the biggest risk in clinical AI. Omission is — and it is far harder to detect.
John Laursen, SVP at IMO Health, has spent his career on the layer of healthcare AI that gets the least attention: clinical terminology and the semantic data infrastructure underneath every model deployed in a hospital. IMO Health's terminology has been built and curated since 1994 and now sits b
Who Fills The Gap After OpenEvidence Left Europe (Philippe Habets, EvidenceHunt)
OpenEvidence didn't leave Europe because of regulation alone — its ad-and-data business model never fit the European market.
When OpenEvidence, the $12B clinical AI search platform used daily by over 40% of US physicians, withdrew from the EU and UK in April 2026 citing the EU AI Act, European clinicians lost a tool many had quietly adopted. In this episode, Philippe Habets — physician-scientis
The AI Model Race Is Over. The Data Race in Healthcare Is Just Starting (Robert Tovornik, Better)
AI models are "eager to please" — and in healthcare, that's a liability. So what should LLMs never be allowed to do in clinical software?
Three years after GPT-3 reached the public, frontier models have largely converged in capability. In this episode, Robert Tovornik, Innovation Lead at Better — the healthcare IT company building on openEHR — explains why the real differentiator in healthcare
Agentic Patient 7: How to Use AI as a Caregiver — Without Letting It Diagnose | Pratik Desai
AI couldn't cure his mother's stage 4 cancer. It caught three near-fatal errors, found a same-day appointment, and helped her leave on her own terms.
When Pratik Desai's mother was diagnosed with stage four duodenal adenocarcinoma — a rare cancer with roughly 3,000 US cases a year — she was nearly discharged without an oncology appointment. Over the next 76 days, Desai used AI at her bedside, f
We're Overestimating Medical AI — and Underestimating the Harm (Jessica Morley, Yale)
AI ethicist Jess Morley: these chatbots are giving medical advice — so regulate them as medical devices.
Part of The Agentic Patient, a Faces of Digital Health series on how patients actually use AI — which tools, which prompts, which safeguards. In this episode, host Tjaša Zajc sits down with Dr Jess Morley, Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Digital Ethics Center and a former AI subject-m
Healthcare AI Policy in 2026: Only 7 of 38 OECD Countries Have an AI Strategy
98% of patients welcome AI in their care — and still want a human in charge.
That tension ran through the OECD and Spanish Ministry of Health conference on scaling AI in health (Madrid, late May 2026), and it frames this episode of Faces of Digital Health. Out of 38 OECD countries, only seven have a formal AI strategy and just over a tenth run workforce upskilling programmes — the ambition is outr
Doctors are using ChatGPT in clinic and not all care about privacy (Health.Tech 2026)
Doctors are using ChatGPT in clinic right now — and some of them don't care about privacy. Three operators on what that means for healthcare AI.
Recorded live at health.tech in Basel, this panel from Faces of Digital Health unpacks the convergence reshaping clinical software: ambient AI scribes, agentic AI in healthcare, on-device LLMs, and the regulatory drag (MDR, EU AI Act, EHDS) that is widen
Aashima Gupta (Google Cloud): "Healthcare doesn't lack vision. It lacks courage."
Most conversations about agentic AI in healthcare get stuck on capability. This one is about the gap between capability and deployment — and what closes it.
Aashima Gupta, Global Director of Healthcare Strategy and Solutions at Google Cloud, argues that healthcare's bottleneck isn't vision; it's courage. The processes are documented poorly or not at all, AI fluency programs reach a fraction of em
I Used AI for My Chronic Illness for a Year. Here's What Went Wrong. (Tjasa Zajc, Agentic Patient)
The Agentic Patient is here — and most healthcare systems don't have a plan for it. In this special reverse-role episode of Faces of Digital Health, Eric Sutherland interviews host Tjaša Zajc about what a year of using AI through her own chronic illness has actually taught her about patients, doctors, and the future of healthcare AI.
200 million people will ask ChatGPT a health question this week
The Agentic Patient 4: Finding Insurance and Red Team Analysis
When Demetri Giannikopoulos was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, his community neurologist handed him a sheet with fifty medication options and told him to pick one. That was a long time ago. Today he's the Chief Innovation Officer at RadAI, overseeing how artificial intelligence gets deployed in radiology across US health systems — and he's spent two decades learning how to navigate a healthcar
The Agentic Patient 3: When ChatGPT from Parents Meets Clinical AI Decision Support Systems
Diana Ferro works at a major pediatric hospital in Italy, working on AI infrastructure, rare diseases, and — importantly — the International Alliance of Pediatric Centers on AI. Unlike the patient voices earlier in the Agentic Patient series, she sits on the other side of the consulting-room door. Her concerns are sharper, more specific, and more uncomfortable. She is not against patient AI use. S
The Agentic Patient 2: One Tool, One Job - Cancer management AI toolset
Russ was diagnosed with bowel cancer in late 2021 and simultaneously with smoldering myeloma, aged 40. The smoldering myeloma has been inactive; the bowel cancer has progressed through multiple surgeries (bowel, liver, lung) and is now stage 4, on active chemotherapy. He runs AI for the business he works for, so his day job is adjacent to the technology. He blogs publicly about his disease at fcan
The Agentic Patient 1: ChatGPT as a triage layer for cancer patients
This is the first episode of a special series called The Agentic Patient, which is a series about how real patients are using AI to navigate their health. We go into details, how do patients make AI help them do better, not worse, and what should we all be mindful of along the way? Which tools do they use? Which prompts? What's working, what isn't? It is not just patients on the series, it's also
How Copenhagen Uses AI and Digital Care to Support an Aging Population
This episode explores how Denmark’s 2024 health reform is accelerating an already mature digital health ecosystem, with a special focus on Copenhagen’s municipality-led elderly and community care services.
Speakers Anders Elken Sønderby and Rikke Saltoft Andersen from City of Copenhagen, explain how the reform responds to demographic pressures: a growing elderly population, increasing chronic dis
AI and mental health: Are smartphones and AI reshaping our brains; and our society? Marc D. Ritter
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, host Tjasa Zajc sits down with Marc D. Ritter, CEO of AWE Digital Wellness, to explore the science behind digital addiction and the growing impact of social media, smartphones, and AI on mental health—especially in children and teenagers.
From dopamine-driven engagement to AI companions replacing human relationships, this conversation dives deep into wh
Cybersecurity 2.0: Defending Healthcare in the Age of Generative AI
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, host Tjasa Zajc sits down with Nasser Arif, a Cybersecurity Manager for two NHS Trusts in Northwest London. The conversation moves beyond the technical "bits and bytes" to explore the human element of security. Nasser explains his daily routine of balancing urgent patient-care fixes with long-term strategy and emphasizes that effective cybersecurity in a
EHDS and Pharma: Impact on R&D and Unresolved Challenges
1 view Mar 19, 2026 In-person video interviewsThe European Health Data Space (EHDS) isn't just a new regulation—it’s a "Magna Carta" for healthcare innovation. In this interview from the Smart Bridges Event, we sit down with industry expert Dennis Geisthardt, Head of digital.lab, to break down the implementation timeline (2025–2031) and what it means for the pharmaceutical industry, medtech, an
Is Healthcare Ready for AI? Anne Snowden on the Global Digital Health Gap
Are we overhyping AI in healthcare before building the foundations? In this interview from the HIMSS Global Conference, Anne Snowden (Chief Scientific Research Officer, HIMSS) breaks down the latest data on global digital health maturity.
We discuss why "Person-Enabled Health" is lagging, how countries like Germany are using data to transform their hospital systems, and why the shift from disease
Do We Need to Address the Unofficial/Shadow AI Use Among Clinicians?
How is AI actually changing the day-to-day life of a clinician? In this episode, we sit down at the Smart Bridges GmbH Digital Health Excellence Forum in Frankfurt with Dimitri Varsamis PhD, Senior Programme Manager, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Georgi Nalbantov, PhD, Chief AI Officer at Hospital Zdraveto. They covered the impact of AI on the clinical workforce:
🎯 The Admini
Inside Denmark’s 2024 Health Reform and New Digital Health Denmark (Morten Elbæk Petersen)
Denmark has been a digital health frontrunner for over two decades. In this episode, recorded live in Barcelona, Morten Elbæk Petersen, CEO of sundhed.dk, shares how Denmark launched its national patient portal in 2002 — long before most European countries began digitizing patient access.
Now, as Denmark prepares for a major health reform culminating in the establishment of Digital Health Denmark
Are Engaged, AI Equipped Patients Becoming Essential For Good Outcomes? (Dale Atkinson)
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, Tjaša Zajc speaks with Dale Atkinson, a stage 4 oesophageal cancer patient who was told he had 11.5 months to live—and who is still alive today. Dale shares how he applied his compliance and investigation skills to healthcare: reading thousands of research papers, building a research-grounded AI workflow to sense-check drug interactions and pathways, and
Agentic AI needs an Operating System (Bart de Witte)
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, host Tjasa Zajc sits down with Bart de Witte for a candid conversation on what agent-based AI really means for healthcare.
Recorded during a car ride in Ljubljana, the discussion explores why healthcare needs an operating system for AI agents, the risks of agent autonomy, privacy-by-design through on-device AI, and why monolithic EHRs struggle with the
NHS Workforce Crisis: Pay, Training Bottlenecks, and Retention (Derrek Khor)
As artificial intelligence rapidly enters healthcare, bold claims about replacing doctors dominate headlines. But on the clinical frontline, the reality is far more complex.
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, oncologist Dr. Derrick Khor shares an unfiltered view from inside the NHS, unpacking what AI actually changes — and what it doesn’t.
Rather than framing AI as a threat, the convers
Voice tech and AI: Is Detecting Diseases Based on 45 s of Voice Accurate? (Henry O'Connell)
Ambient documentation is becoming normal in clinics. But the most interesting “voice” capability may not be transcription at all.In the latest episode of Faces of Digital Health, Henry O'Connell (Canary Speech) explains why voice biomarkers stalled for decades: the field analyzed words, not the neurological signal behind speech production.Canary’s approach focuses on the “primary data layer”—how t
Robots and Healthcare: A Solution for Caregiving Shortage? (Tanja Ahlin)
The conversation explores the impact of robots on mental health and their role in healthcare. Anthropologist Tanja Ahlin and Faces of digital health host Tjasa Zajc discuss the fascination with robots, the ambiguous identity of robots, their use in elder care, the challenges of integrating robots, the global perspective on robots, and the misconceptions and realities of robots. The conversation ex
EHDS, Opt-Out, and Trust: The Next Decade of European Health Data (Dipak Kalra)
In this episode, Dipak Kalra, President of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data, joins Faces of Digital Health to break down the real progress (and real gaps) in European health data, from legacy “hybrid” paper/digital workflows to the underused potential of clinical decision support that depends on structured data.
We explore what EHDS changes—especially the promise of a sta
How is Ali Parsa Building Agentic AI in Healthcare with Quadrivia, based on Experience From Babylon
Ali Parsa is a serial entrepreneur known for founding companies that challenge traditional models of healthcare delivery. Over two decades, he has built organizations at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and systems redesign—each shaped by an ambition to make care more efficient, accessible, and equitable. In this episode, Tjasa Zajc and Ali Parsa explore how agentic AI is redefining hea
As Hospitals Implement AI, What Challenges Stand in the Way?
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, we sit down with Anne Forsyth, Hospital leader in clinical applications from Women's College Hospital in Canada, to explore how AI — especially generative AI — is reshaping daily clinical practice. Over the past two years, enthusiasm for AI has skyrocketed inside hospitals, with clinicians themselves requesting new tools rather than resisting them.
We
AI, Wearables & Your Brain: What Helps Today and what is the state of treating dementia
In this Faces of Digital Health episode Dr. David Dodick, Chief Science and Medical Officer at the Atria Health Institute and Co-Chair of the Atria Research Institute talks about brain health, dementia prevention, the rapidly evolving science of Alzheimer’s, and how digital tools and AI are transforming care. We also cover why women face higher Alzheimer’s risk, the microvasculature’s role in cogn
Would you put an implant in your brain? BCI with Paradromics CMO
Stephen Ryu, a neurosurgeon and key figure in the Stanford Neuroprosthetics Lab joins Tjaša Zajc on Faces of Digital Health to demystify brain–computer interfaces (BCIs): how they work, why invasive systems outperform non-invasive ones, realistic use cases (motor control and speech), timelines and durability, safety and MRI trade-offs, cybersecurity, business models, and what Paradromics is buildi
Beyond UAE: Digital Health in the Middle East (Mazin Gadir)
Mazin Gadir, a regional expert in digital health strategy, Director with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare and Life Sciences in Dubai, reflects on the Middle East’s evolution from early EMR adoption to AI-driven healthcare. From Dubai’s innovation playground to Abu Dhabi’s depth in research, he explains how rivalry between Gulf states fuels progress and why exporting tested models to Africa and beyond
Reenita Das on AI, Empathy, and UAE Healthcare
In this interview, healthcare futurist Reenita Das, Partner at Frost&Sulivan, Healthcare Changemaker, voted top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, reflects on the balance between rapid digital health innovation and the human side of care. Speaking from WHX Tech in Dubai, she highlights why empathy, kindness, and caregiving remain essential despite the rise of AI. She also shares insights on the
Digital Dentistry + UAE: Most Digitally Connected Place on Earth (Sam Shah)
Dr. Sam Shah is a clinician, advisor, and former startup founder. At WHX Tech he sat down with Tjasa Zajc to discuss the future of dentistry, oral health, and broader digital health innovation. He explains why dentistry has lagged behind other specialties, how oral health connects to overall wellbeing, and why the UAE stands out as “the most digitally connected place on the planet.” Sam highlights
Why Free Apps Are Never Free: Cybersecurity Lessons with Leila Taghizade
At WHX Tech, cybersecurity expert Dr Leila Taghizade, Group Head of Cyber Risk Management / CISO IberoLatAm at Allianz, breaks down what every individual—and every hospital—should know about protecting themselves in 2025. From the basics of stronger passwords and two-factor authentication to the risks of free apps and third-party tools, she explains in clear terms why “there’s no such thing as fre
From Taboo to Treatment: Digital Interventions for Women’s Sexual Health
Did you know that the lifetime prevalence for experiencing a sexual problem is above 70% for women and 55% for men? And when we talk about the problem in conjunction with the distress, it's 25% in women and around 20% in men. So one in four women has the problem right now they are silently suffering because of various issues - challenges discussing issues with their doctor, inadequate awareness a
AI replacing radiologists: Was the prediction right, just the timeline wrong? John Nosta, Shafi Ahmed
In this thought-provoking conversation, surgeon Shafi Ahmed and digital health futurist John Nosta revisit Geoffrey Hinton’s bold 2016 prediction that radiologists would soon be replaced by AI.
🔍 Topics covered:
Why AI hasn’t replaced radiologists yet—and what’s holding it back
The role of large language models in diagnostics and clinical practice
The debate over accuracy, intuition, and the “ar
How India is Building the World’s Largest Digital Health Ecosystem for 1.5 billion people?
India’s journey in digital health began just over a decade ago, yet it has quickly grown into one of the most ambitious transformations worldwide.
It started in 2012 with maternal and child health programs, expanded to cover non-communicable diseases, and gained momentum with the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in 2020.
At the heart of ABDM is the ABHA ID—a unique 14-digit h
From Burnout to Balance: How EHR Culture and AI Are Reshaping Clinician Experience (Coray Tate,KLAS)
Healthcare technology has long promised efficiency, but for many clinicians, the reality has been different: burnout, frustration, and time stolen from patient care. In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, Tjasa Zajc spoke with Coray Tate, VP of Clinical Research at KLAS Research, about what the data actually reveals about burnout, electronic health records (EHRs), and the role of new technolo
Scaling Health in India: Digital Systems, AI, and Human-Centric Care (Sabine Kapasi)
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, host Tjasa Zajc speaks with Dr. Sabine Kapasi, a physician, UN strategist, and founder of a Enira Consulting focused on bridging policy, tech, and clinical practice.
The discussion explores the evolving landscape of healthcare in India, touching on digital transformation, rural access challenges, innovative diagnostics, and the role of AI. India’s larg
Navigating the Future of AI in Pharma: AI agents will need limitations
AI has revolutionized drug discovery by enabling scientists to process vast amounts of historical data, thus accelerating the identification of disease targets and molecule development. AI helps avoid past mistakes and improves the quality of research, making it an indispensable tool in the lab. MSD's approach to AI involves a blend of internal talent and strategic partnerships. By combining compu
How Can We Change Healthcare to Prolonge Healthspan? (Bogi Eliasen)
This discussion covers the global impact of digital health technologies in making healthcare more sustainable and improving health outcomes. The conversation centers on a fundamental question: should we prioritize building better healthcare systems or cultivating healthier populations?
Bogi Eliasen, a sought after keynote speaker and advisor for health leaders globally, stresses the urgency of ea
AI in Healthcare: Navigating the Myths, Biases, and Regulation
Jessica Morley, postdoctoral researcher at the Yale Digital Ethics Center joins Faces of Digital Health to discuss the overlooked aspects of AI, including biases, ethical issues, and common misconceptions. AI is not new, magical, or truly intelligent; its roots in healthcare trace back 30 years. While AI is often seen as infallible, it is merely statistical prediction and lacks semantic understand
Global AI Regulation: Health AI, Global Network and Early warning system
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare presents both opportunities and challenges that demand careful consideration. The complex interplay between innovation, regulation, and ethical governance are central themes at the heart of global discussions on health AI.
This dialogue was brought to the forefront in a recent conversation with Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of Health AI
Gaming & VR in Healthcare: How Fortnite, Roblox & More Are Revolutionizing Patient Education
Can video games really save lives?
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, we sit down with Anca Petre to explore the booming intersection of gaming, virtual reality (VR) and healthcare. From Fortnite maps that teach immunity to Roblox worlds that demystify diabetes, we showcase real-world success stories and practical steps for health organizations that want to level-up patient engagement.
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Longevity and health span: Do you want to live forever or live well?
Jack Kreindler is physician, explorer, and CEO of WellFounded, who studies human performance, resilience, survivorship, and longevity. He emphasizes the distinction between longevity, which caters to the fear of death, and health span, which focuses on expanding vitality and ensuring good quality of life in the finite years we have.
The discussion dives into human performance medicine and its ap
How do we redefine medical evidence in the age of AI?
Philippe Habets is a Dutch physician-scientist and entrepreneur specializing in computational psychiatry and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare. He is co-founder of Evidence Hunt, a health-tech company aimed at revolutionizing medical literature discovery using AI. The AI-powered platform that streamlines the process of finding, analyzing, and utilizing medical evidence, ena
Opening the Vault: Germany’s Health Data Soon Accessible for Research
Starting Summer 2025, researchers and innovators across Europe will be able to apply for access to one of the largest pseudonymized health datasets in the EU—via Germany's Health Data Lab at BfArM. In this discussion, Head of Health Data Lab (BfArM) Dr. Steffen Heß, scientist with has extensive experience in combining scientific expertise with data analysis in the healthcare sector, talks about c
How is Europe preparing for secondary use of data in healthcare through EHDS?
Fidelia Cascini is Digital Healh expert engaged by the Italian Ministry of Health on European and national initiative. She recently wrote a book on secondary use of data in healthcare, read it here:
Secondary Use of Electronic Health Data
Public Health Perspectives, Use Cases and Challenges
https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...
This conversation covers the categorization of electronic health
How is Europe preparing for secondary use of data in healthcare through EHDS?
Fidelia Cascini is Digital Healh expert engaged by the Italian Ministry of Health on European and national initiative. She recently wrote a book on secondary use of data in healthcare, read it here:
Secondary Use of Electronic Health Data
Public Health Perspectives, Use Cases and Challenges
https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...
This conversation covers the categorization of electronic health
Why are clinicians leaving medical practice?
In the evolving landscape of work life balance expectations workforce dynamics is reshaping the future of medicine. Dr Amanda Herbrand, clinical data specialist at the University Hospital Basel and former oncologist, shares her insights on this transformation, highlighting the critical role of technology and shifts in physician careers in healthcare. Dr. Herand shares her transition from oncology
Why Patients Lie—and How AI is Helping Doctors See the Truth
🩺 57% of patients lie to their doctors, says Dr Jérome BOUAZIZ, CEO of One Clinic.
Not maliciously—but out of discomfort, stigma, or fear of judgment. Whether it's drug use, alcohol, sleep issues, or mental health, these omissions can have life-altering consequences.
On the other side, many doctors avoid asking sensitive questions. Not because they don’t care—but because of time constraints or u
Agentic AI and Longevity - Key topics at NextMed Health 2025
NextMed Health in a healthtech and biotech conference exploring the most forward thinking ideas and topics in healthcare. Taking place in San Diego, a four day programme covered topics such as latest developments in AI, aging, increasing lifespan and longevity, addressing mental health and exercise through VR, and more.
In this special episode of Faces of digital health, Gary Monk and Tjasa Zajc
NHS England Abolished: Lessons from Past Restructurings and Future Impact
The news of the year for UK healthcare in March 2025 was the announcement of the abolishment of NHS England. Many people welcome the move, expecting the healthcare system in the UK to become more efficient. If we look at the history, NHS is under constant restructuring - in the past, for digitalization efforts, two entities were established - NHS X and NHS Digital, and were later merger into NHS E
How does Cleveland Clinic London invest in AI and healthcare IT?
6% of the hospital budget, EPIC and 100 healthcare IT systems.
That's the description of the infrastructure in the Cleveland clinic London.
CIO Raihaan Mughal likes to emphasize CEOs are concerned about three things:
1️⃣ Increasing revenue
2️⃣ Reducing cost
3️⃣ Mitigating risk
When investing, Cleveland clinic is mindful of Return on investment, return on employee.
When it comes to AI, CIO
HIMSS Global 2025: AI is everywhere
In early March HIMSS Global (https://www.himssconference.com/), the currently biggest global gathering about healthcare IT took place Las Vegas. A few tens of thousands of people visit HIMSS Global every year, it can take 20 minutes to get from one session to another in another building, therefor preparation and planning are key.
This year, the key topic seemed to be how are companies embedding
NextMed Health 2025: Agentic AI in healthcare and beyond
This short episode will address some of the trends shaping the future of healthcare:
agentic AI,
Longevity efforts,
Uncertain policy in light of the current US government.
You will hear from Daniel Kraft - founder of NextMed Health - a unique interdisciplinary community dedicated to catalyzing and accelerating the arrival of a new, human-centric, technology-enabled health age.
NextMed Heal
Decoding Cancer: AI, Biomarkers & Precision Medicine
When it comes to cancer, prevalence is increasing and there is still a lot we don't understand about the factors and causes of cancers.
Many studies have clearly demonstrated the benefits of biomarker testing for cancer therapy. However, broadly speaking, roughly 30% of cancer patients are eligible for targeted therapies based on their tumor profile. And even when the biomarket is present, roughl
How to Identify High-Quality Digital Health Apps: The DIME Seal Explained
This episode of Faces of Digital Health explores how digital health solutions can be evaluated for quality and reliability. Tjasa Zajc speaks with Vice President of Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) Doug Mirsky and Boston Children’s Hospital SVP and Chief Innovation Officer John Brownstein about the DIME Seal, a certification designed to help hospitals and clinicians identify trustworthy digital hea
OneLondon: Building a Connected Health Ecosystem for 10 Million People
OneLondon—an ambitious project working to provide a single patient care record for 10 million people across London. Since its inception in 2018, OneLondon has evolved, connecting more healthcare providers, expanding patient access, and tackling critical challenges like end-of-life care, sickle cell disease management, and mental health crisis response. In this episode, Luke Readman, Director of Di
How is Italy digitalizing healthcare in its 20 regions?
The discussion explores the current landscape of healthcare digitalization in Italy, emphasizing the fragmented regional approach, challenges with interoperability, and the recent strides toward a unified electronic health record (EHR). The guest, Marco Foracchia, CIO of Local Health Unit in Emilia Region, IRCCS sheds light on regional disparities, opportunities for improvement, and strategies for
How does an acquisition look like from a startup founder and investor perspective?
David Buller is a Founding Partner at Ascension Life Fund and exited founder of Avantec Healthcare. With his extensive experience of both raising and investing money in digital health he shared insights into:
🎯 Strategic positioning for acquisitions in digital health
🎯 Lessons from selling a healthcare company
🎯 Role of venture capitalists (VCs) in supporting startups
🎯 Current and emerging trend
Holiday Edition: Future Trends in Digital Health & AI (Daniel Kraft, Lucien Engelen, Zayna Khayat)
In this special holiday edition of Faces of Digital Health, healthcare futurist and strategist Zayna Khayat, futurist and founder of NextMed Health Daniel Kraft and digital health expert, CEO of Transform.health Lucien Engelen discuss key trends in digital health and AI. The panel also touches on the role of new players in the health space like supermarkets and tech giants, the importance of preve
How can healthcare companies improve their marketing? (Dr James Somauroo)
In this episode James Somauroo, Host of The Healthtech Podcast and CEO of SomX, a PR and content agency specializing in healthcare and biotech. They dive into the challenges healthcare companies face in public relations, the role of content marketing, and actionable advice for founders and organizations at different stages of growth. From crafting a messaging house to building trust with clinician
How will health AI assurance labs look like and who will pay for assessments?
Several organizations are thinking about the right way to regulate AI and the idea of assurance labs which would test and validate AI solutions in the US healthcare is taking shape. This was the topic we discussed with Brian Anderson - CEO of the coalition for Health AI or CHAI: how will assurance labs look like, how much will assessments cost, who will pay for them, and how will AI “nutrition lab
How Can Hospitals Advance Their Digital Transformation With HIMSS Maturity Models?
HIMSS, The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an American not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care in quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access through the best use of information technology and management systems. One way of helping hospitals advance their digitalization efforts is with the help of maturity models. These are assessment ques
How does remote patient monitoring look like in South Africa and Nigeria?
Clinitouch, originating in the UK NHS, is expanding globally with a focus on chronic conditions and adapting to regional nuances in healthcare delivery.
In this discussion several speakers discuss telemedicine in the context of Nigeria and South Africa.
Speakers are:
Bruce Adams, Commercial Director at Clinitouch (UK)
Japie De Jongh, CEO, Synaxon (South Africa)
Dr John Adesioye, CEO, Utopian
How can startups avoid failure? Listen better. (Laura Hilty)
Laura Hilty has spent over 18 years working to improve the healthcare ecosystem, over 14 years of that in clinical research. She has held leadership roles spanning corporate strategy, M&A, product strategy, product management, and partnerships across stages from company start-up to scale, through Forte / Advarra and Epic.
In this short discussion recorded at the Digital Health and AI Innovation S
The future of data in in collaboration among standards bodies (Rachel Dunscombe)
This short discussion with Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International Foundation, was recorded in Reading at the first openEHR Annual conference. Rachel Dunscombe discussed trends in data standards and the importance of structured data for the future development of AI.
Recap of the discussion:
Historical Context and Progress in Data Standards:
Thirty years ago, the "Good European Healthcar
Zayna Khayat: Language, Mindset and the Future of Care
In this discussion, strategist, and applied health futurist Zayna Khayat explores the evolution of healthcare, particularly the shift towards home-based care and patient empowerment. Key themes include:
Language in Healthcare: Khayat stresses the need for a language shift to change mindsets in healthcare, highlighting that words shape reality. She proposes retiring overused terms like “innovation,
How Patients Use AI (Grace Vinton, Grace Cordovano)
Grace Cordovano is an expert healthcare navigating solutionist and award winning, board-certified patient advocate, and Grace Vinton is an account director at Amendola, Patient Advocate, and the host of Like a Girl Media's Podcast "HITea With Grace”.
In this discussion, recorded at Digital Health and AI Summit in Boston, they discussed AI use cases for improved patient experience in healthcare, ho
Gary Monk on DTx and Common Sense in Analysing Wellness Data From Apps and Wearables
In this episode Gary Monk, independent consultant with over 25 years in the pharma and healthcare sectors where he worked in roles from R&D to business IT and strategic marketing, talks about the current state of digital therapeutics, remote patient monitoring, the potential of AI in healthcare, and the challenges with data integration. He also shares his personal insights on the use of wearables
How Successful Digital Intervention Can Be in Mental Health?
If social media and smartphones are the root cause of the new mental health epidemic in younger generations, how successful can digital interventions be in addressing mental health issues?
In this discussion, recorded at Digital Health and AI Innovation Summit in Boston in October, Katherine Wolfe-Lyga, Mental health professional and former college administrator, Vice President at BetterMynd, dis
What is Impact Investing and Why You Should Consider Patenting Your Ideas (Michael Friebe)
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Better is a healthcare IT provider of a healthcare data platform, low-code tools that help healthcare organisations to rapidly build applications that suit their specific need and hospital medication management software, working across 20 markets.
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- what motivates ven
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There are over 200 hospital trusts in the UK, encompassing more than 1,200 hospitals. With those numbers and a population of 67 million, the United Kingdom represents quite a large market. However, selling to the NHS is anything but easy.
Mindy Simon is Co-Director at the NHS Innovation Accelerator. She is responsible for the program's execution and provides guidance to innovators and startups th
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This episode features Dr. Chelsea Sumner discussing NVIDIA's significant role in healthcare, particularly in its work with AI startups. Key areas of focus include NVIDIA’s contributions to medical imaging, genomics, and drug discovery, and its innovative tools like Clara and NIMs. The conversation highlights how NVIDIA collaborates with startups, its global footprint, and insights into AI’s transf
