The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey #241 Starting from a place of passion with Maddie Julian - Digibete
DigiBete is an NHS-approved, patient-centred, video platform and app which was set up to support and empower children, young people and families living with diabetes, in particular focusing on provision of resources and raising awareness of type 1 diabetes (which is typically less widely understood).
From my own personal experience of having a daughter who received a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes five years ago, I can say that DigiBete has been a lifeline for her in having access to better understanding of her condition and allowing her to connect and grow with her peers within the DigiBete community.
So you can imagine my delight in welcoming DigiBete CEO Maddie Julian to The Business of Healthcare podcast this week. Maddie and I share many similarities; not only as business leaders, but in our previous personal experiences of feeling unaware, overwhelmed and under-resourced in the management of our children's healthcare.
I was keen to not only provide an opportunity to promote DigiBete but to also find out more about Maddie's own journey from teacher to nationally-approved entrepreneur!
We cover:
- Identification of a gap in the market and starting from scratch
- Maintaining a clear mission and vision at all times
- Scaling the business
- The importance of mentorship and networking
- What drives Maddie and stops her from returning to her teaching career
- The opportunities at play within the newly-created Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
- Why the four Ts are absolutely key in recognising the symptoms of diabetes; Tired, Toilet, Thirst and Thinner
To find out more (and to tap into all of their amazing and freely-available resources), follow this link to the DigiBete website.
If you'd like to get in touch with Maddie directly, you can do so here.
I'm Tara Humphrey and I'm the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I've worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 80 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations. I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.
I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I'm also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.
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