Talking HealthTech

Innovate your advance care planning process with digital technology Dr Merran Cooper is the CEO and Founder of Touchstone Life Care. She has a team of world-class experts and is launching an enterprise offering that helps patients, doctors, vendors, providers and advisors in aged and palliative care. Touchstone Life Care protects and communicates people's wishes for end of life care, with cloud-based easily shared, advance care plans. In this episode, Pete and Merran focus on the human rights approach to healthcare, aged care regulatory reform and the challenges behind decreasing and preventing over-medicalisation of dying and end of life.  Learn about the changes and concepts in the advance care planning sector and  importance of advance care planning. Tune in to also hear a breakdown of The Royal Commission’s recommendation, 66B. Additionally, Merran helps us to understand technological determinism and explores adopting digital technology into aged care at scale. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Touchstone Life Care, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

Diagnosing respiratory conditions with a smartphone...how is that possible? Tony Keating is the CEO and Managing Director of ResApp. He has over ten years of experience in commercialising technology. Tony created the initial business strategy for ResApp over five years ago and has led the company to date. ResApp is developing digital healthcare solutions to assist doctors and empower patients to diagnose and manage respiratory diseases. In this episode, Pete and Tony look at modernising the process of diagnosing respiratory disease, the use of AI and smartphones in clinical diagnostics, and lots more.  Tune in to this episode to learn how you can easily diagnose your client’s respiratory condition and monitor it using a smartphone. No spirometer or stethoscope needed! You will also learn about current respiratory tools, data accuracy and improving healthcare equity and accessibility.  Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at ResApp Health, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

We’ve got the secret for long-term weight loss and it's not just about eating less and exercising more! Dr Nick Fuller is a globally recognised obesity expert and from the Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney/RPA Hospital, where they run Australia’s largest weight management service. Interval Weight Loss is scientifically preventing weight regain with six key steps. The University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre uses a collaborative approach to the treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.  In this episode, Pete and Nick take a scientific look at weight loss and weight gain. Also, hear about Pete’s weight loss experience and Nick shares his journey of scaling a one-on-one offering. They also explore what’s to be done at a policy level to address the obesity epidemic.   This episode covers weight loss, a topic that resonates with many of us. Pete’s guest is an expert in this field and he explains why we aren't achieving long-term weight loss no matter how many diets and workout challenges we use. Nick shares policy recommendations and explores how to approach weight loss correctly Check out the episode and full show notes here. Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

Are you up-to-date with the current healthcare trend - healthcare payment? Marcus Wilson is the CEO of Surgical Partners and is passionate about implementing technology-based solutions for the complex challenges facing healthcare practices. Surgical Partners is a solution that is helping practices around Australia integrate their accounting information with their practice management system. In this episode, Pete and Marcus explore the healthcare payment landscape. They discuss what possibilities lie ahead and the various fascinating approaches to healthcare payments.  This episode will answer many of the questions you have surrounding healthcare payment while ensuring you understand the gains of collaborating in that space. Also, tune in if you are wondering why now is the ideal time for entering the healthcare payment landscape. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Surgical Partners, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

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Virtual care is putting hospitals on the right track to surpass the ailing and ageing issues.  Ben Magid is CEO of Virtualcare and has expertise across all aspects of digital health. He is passionate about the power of emerging digital technologies. Virtualcare is an end-to-end remote care automation platform focused on creating technology to enable patient-centric care where it is most convenient. In this episode, Pete and Ben explore the many potential issues that will arise within the healthcare sector in another five or so years. They take an in-depth look at why this is a problem to deal with now, Australia’s response to the situation and the changes that must be made, among other things. This episode surrounds virtual care. So tune in to learn how hospitals can make the shift from the bricks and mortar setting into the virtual space. Also, Ben Magid, a digital health expert, helps us to better understand the severity of the healthcare issues to come and if we are doing enough as an industry to remodel healthcare. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Virtualcare, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

Serious games are becoming an effective way of increasing patient engagement and positive behavioural change. Should we get serious about games in healthcare? This is a panel session recorded at the Talking HealthTech Winter Summit featuring Carolyn Mee from SoundScouts, Jim Cook from University of Sydney, Kiran Ijaz from Australian Institute of Health Innovation and Nathan Moore from Western Sydney Local Health District. Become a THT+ Member to listen to the other 11 sessions from the Winter Summit and attend all future Summits. Check out the episode and full show notes here. Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

Smart clothing is the next generation of remote monitoring tech, are you subscribed yet? Shem Richards is a biomedical engineer and the founder of Goldilocks.  Goldilocks is a smart clothing company aiming to reduce the cost of healthcare and increase the value of care beyond the hospital walls.  In this episode, Pete and Shem discuss how smart wearables can reduce parental stress and help with ageing-in-place. They take a sneak peek at what the next generation of care looks like and talk about Shem’s journey of bringing a medical device to market in Australia, among other things. Tune into this episode to learn how a baby singlet can help clinicians coach parents through the stresses of bringing a newborn home. This episode also covers how innovative technologies can facilitate remote monitoring and aged care and implementing the human aspect of remote care. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Goldilocks, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.

In this episode, we hear from Kerry Stratton from InterSystems, who speaks about innovation in healthcare surrounding COVID-19, including telehealth. He also discusses the concept of value-based care and the importance of healthcare data. This episode covers how technology can improve the accessibility and quality of healthcare in rural and remote Australia. It also includes the tangible use and value of healthcare data, the sustainability of telehealth in its current form and explores what the future might hold for healthcare innovation.    Key Takeaways: The factors that hindered innovation before COVID-19 and how they have changed. One of the determinants Kerry outlines is that healthcare is quite complex, and as such, doing anything, such as making decisions and gathering and using data takes much more time.  The value of healthcare data. Kerry shares examples of how healthcare data is being used and weighs in on whether or not it has been highlighted by the pandemic. The utilisation and reliance of telehealth globally. With the global responsibility for InterSystems, Kerry gets exposed to the various ways that countries use telehealth. He describes some ways that he has seen it being used and points out aspects of telehealth that need improvement.  Improving healthcare in rural and remote Australia using technology. Along with technology, Pete and Kerry discuss looking at other aspects of enhancing healthcare, such as internet connectivity and being able to provide care long-term.  The concept of value-based care. Kerry explains how true value can be accomplished. He also addresses the possible barriers to health tech innovation and pinpoints how technology may interfere with clinical governance.

Are you appealing to the real foundational issues in digital healthcare, or are you just creating widgets? Demogene Smith is currently the e-health Program Manager for Mid North Coast Local Health District NSW. He is a Senior technologist with a passion for driving digital change. MNCLHD covers the Port Macquarie Hastings Local Government Area in the south, to Coffs Harbour Local Government Area in the north and provides a diverse range of services to a population of more than 215,000 people. In this episode, Pete and Demogene discuss the challenges facing public health with a digital agenda in the real world and how we might, as an industry, really deliver positive outcomes for organisations, clients, and the community. Tune into this episode to learn how you can connect with healthcare organisations to solve the real issues they are having. This episode also explores the challenges facing public health with a digital agenda in the real world and the future of digital health.  Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at MNCLHD, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.  Loving the show?  Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits.  For more information visit here.