F117 How Music Beats Got a Breakthrough Device FDA Designation (Brian Harris, MedRythms)

Music can change our mood, energize ur, make us feel invincible.

It goes beyond that: it can heal. MedRythms is a digital therapeutics company building direct stimulation solutions that use clinical-grade sensors, AI-driven software and music to help restore function lost to neurologic disease or injury. Last year, the company received a Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA for its patented digital therapeutic that treats chronic stroke walking deficits. They are also doing Randomized Control Trials in multiple indications, including stroke, MS, Cerebral Palsy, and Parkinson’s Disease. In this interview, Brian Harris, the CEO of MedRhythms talks about the current findings regarding the power of music as a therapeutic intervention.  

F116 Medication Management Goes Beyond Pill Reminders. Patients Want Transparency. (Jennifer Butler)

Medication management is a complicated, expensive, and complex healthcare problem. Because taking medications is only a small part of patient’s lives, taking them correctly can be complicated and burdensome. Patients might not take medications because that gives them the sense of having their lives under control and not dictated by medicine. They will get fatigued by pill reminders because getting constantly told that you have a condition, can get emotionally draining. This causes non-adherence and can lead to complications. But some companies are proving that the mission to help patients is not an impossible task. 
Jennifer Butler – Chief Marketing Officer at Medisafe,  the world’s leading consumer medication management platform, approaching 7 million users in almost 200 countries, says patients want transparency about their treatments. It’s been clear for years that for medication management solutions to work, they need to go beyond pill reminders.
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F115 Primary care digitalisation in New Zealand, Australia and the USA (Dimitri Varsamis)

Dr. Dimitri Varsamis is Senior Policy Lead for digital primary care at NHS England. End of 2020 he published a report titled Incentives and levers for digitizing and integrating primary care in New Zealand, Australia, and the USA – lessons for the UK’s NHS. Dr. Varsamis researched primary care digitalisation prior to the global coronavirus pandemic. In Australia, people are not required to register with a GP or a practice. Consequently, they see multiple GP which impacts the continuity/integrity of their medical record. Compared to the USA, the public healthcare systems of Australia, New Zealand and the UK lack the expertise in change management and purchasing support. These are just two findings by Senior Policy Lead for digital primary care at NHS England Dr. Dimitri Varsamis about primary care digitalisation in the mentioned countries. See the full report Incentives and levers for digitising and integrating primary care in New Zealand, Australia and the USA (Dimitri Varsamis) – https://www.wcmt.org.uk/sites/default/files/report-documents/Varsamis%20D%202019%20Final.pdf More about the show: www.facesofdigitalhealth.com 

F114 “My hope is we will mispronounce COVID in ten years” (John Nosta)

2021 is finally here, and as with any new year, we wish this one to be better than the previous one. 2020 sure changed the perspective of what that actually means. I am your host Tjaša Zajc and for the first episode of this year, I wanted to prepare an easy-going introduction to the year. You will hear a discussion with John Nosta. John is consistently ranked among the top names in digital health. He is an advisor to many digital health companies and the founder of the NOSTALAB—a digital health think tank. I invited him to the show for a relaxed but deep discussion about where we are at the moment in digital health and healthcare broadly and what we can be optimistic about in the upcoming year. Enjoy the show and to learn more go to www.facesofdigitalhealth.com. To be notified about new episodes automatically, subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. May 2021 be your year. Now to the discussion with John. Enjoy the discussion. Let’s dive in. Recap of the episode: www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/f114-my-hope-is-we-will-mispronounce-covid-in-ten-years-john-nosta John’s podcast TQ: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tq-technology-quotient/id1525894087 Leave a rating or a review: www.lovethepodcast.com/facesofdigitalhealth 

F 113 Predictions about 2021 (and beyond) by digital health experts from the US, Israel, Mexico, Chile, UK, Italy and South Korea

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In this last episode of 2020, we will reflect on the year and look into the future with some of the experts and opinion leaders from the digital health industry across the world. You can hear from experts from the US, Israel, Mexico, Chile, UK, and South Korea. They shared their thoughts about the state and future of digital health globally. 
 
Speakers: 
Levi Shapiro, Investor, Digital Health instructor and founder of the mHealth Israel community (Israel),
Gil Bashe, managing partner of FINN Partners Global Health (USA),
Gabriel Alejandro Garza Caro, Co-founder and Managing Director of DocTour (Mexico), 
Luis Santiago, the CEO of Pegasi, a healthcare IT company based in Venezuela (Venezuela),
Ogan Gurel, Though leader, MD, Professor, Entrepreneur (South Korea),
João Bocas, The Wearable Expert (UK),
Dr. Brennan Spiegel, gastroenterologist, director of the Cedars-Sinai Center for Outcomes Research and Education and who recently published a book titled VRx (USA), 
Robert Miller, Director of Product Management and Strategy at Consensys Health (USA).

Additional resources: 
 
Interview with Ogan Gurel as part of the Digital Health in Asia series: https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/f041045-digital-health-in-asia-china-india-south-korea-and-singapore?rq=ogan%20gurel Email for interested in the digital health wallet development: ogangurel@gmail.com
Interview with Robert Miller about blockchain trends in 2020: https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/f110-patient-records-on-the-blockchain-are-still-a-dream-robert-miller 
Interview with dr. Brennan Spiegel about the potential of VR: https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/f106-vrx-what-has-over-5000-studies-taught-us-about-the-healing-effect-of-vr-dr-brennan-spiegel  
Interview with Luis Santiago about digital health in Venezuela and Chile https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/digitalheath-south-america 
 
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F112 How is regenerative medicine disrupting the MedTech industry (Frank Barry)

Someday in the future, we will hopefully see 3D printed tissues and organs. To see where we are today, I spoke with prof. Frank Berry – Senior Scientist at the UHN Arthritis Programme at the Krembil Research Institute and Professor of Cellular Therapy at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), National University of Ireland Galway.