Faces of digital health is a podcast about digital health trends and how healthcare systems around the world adopt technology. The podcast steers away from American centricity in reporting about digital health. I believe this information can be helpful for healthcare entrepreneurs considering different global markets. It can give medical professionals and decision-makers insight into the latest digital health trends.
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Faces of Digital Health
Faces of digital health is a podcast about digital health trends and how healthcare systems around the world adopt technology. The podcast steers away from American centricity in reporting about digital health. I believe this information can be helpful for hea…
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- 2017 – 2026
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- Aug 2026
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Startup Health: "We Need To Think About Healthcare Globally, Not Locally" (Unity Stoakes)
Investments in digital health have been steadily rising for the last seven years. 6.2 billion dollars were invested in digital health startups in 2015, 44 billion in 2022, according to Startup Health. Startup Health is a US-based organisati…
Global Health Innovation and the Paradox of Choice in Healthcare (Hassan Chaudhury)
Hassan Chaudhury is a global healthcare expert, he worked in several countries across the world. He currently works at Healthcare UK; a joint initiative of the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the Department for Interna…
What Can Digital Health Innovators Learn from Oncology? (Sean Khozin)
Therapies for cancer are being developed at light speed and upward of 60 gene and cell therapies are projected to reach regulatory approval in the U.S. by 2030, according to the MIT NEWDIGS collaborative. Due to the nature of cancer, readin…
EiT Health Germany Series 4/12: What Does it Take to Suceed as a Digital Health/Biotech Startup?
In this episode, founders of four very different companies talk about their fundraising experiences. As critically mentioned by Fouad Al-Noor - Co-Founder & CEO - ThinkSono - we should stop talking about the myth that startups search fo…
Why is it Difficult to Make a Business Case in Healthcare? (Karim Kershavjee)
SPECIAL APPEAL: Dear listeners, as the war in Ukraine continues, the need for medical help is increasing. If you’re a clinician or a telehealth provider, please get in touch with Health Without Borders. Health Without Borders is organising …
What is openEHR and What are Open Ecosystems in Healthcare? (Hanna Pohjonen)
When one starts to wonder about why data-sharing is still more or less cumbersome in healthcare, you quickly get to the challenges with interoperability siloed data and of course, data standards. Sharing of data has improved with the introd…
How Can You Improve Design in Healthcare? (Tim Peck, IDEO)
Many software solutions for healthcare could be described as lacking empathy. Too often, solutions are addressing products viability and feasibility, but put desirability in the second place of priorities, says Tim Peck is Executive Portfol…
EIT Health Germany Series 3/12: The Impact of Voice Tech in Healthcare (Julia Hoxha, Zana)
Voice tech is one of the tech areas with high potential to optimize healthcare processes for providers and ease chronic disease in management for patients. In reality: How far are we from futuristic ideas where everything would be operated …
Healthcare Digitalization in the Middle East 2/2: Ambition and the and Leadership Aspirations (Michele Tarnow)
This is the second episode about digital health transformation in the Middle East. I spoke with Michele Tarnow, a healthcare leader experienced in managing across multi-national geographies, organization boundaries, and matrix organizations…
Healthcare Digitalization in the Middle East 1/2: What Contributes to Rapid Development? (Ziad Tabet)
In the next two episodes, we’ll dive into healthcare development a digitalization in the Middle East. You’re going to hear from two speakers based in Dubai. The speaker of today’s episode is Ziad Tabet, Chief Customer Officer at Alliance Ca…
EIT Health Germany Series 2/12: Improving Medication Prescribing With Digital Twins (ExactCure)
Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in health care systems across the world. Exactcure is a digital health startup from France addressing the challenge of preventing the negativ…
Clubhouse, Digital Therapeutics and How Can We Speed Un Innovation Adoption (Jhonathan Bringas, Diana Van Stijn)
If you took part in the Clubhouse frenzy last year, you probably came across the Digital Health Channel. Digital Health Channel which currently has 6400 members, was among the key digital health topics related hubs on Clubhouse with an acti…
Why Should We Care About Open AI in Healthcare? (Bart De Witte, Hippo AI Foundation)
The positive potentials of AI in healthcare are breathtaking. From smoother processes to more accurate care with fewer medical errors. But if we learned anything from the last 15 years of living with social media, it is that the development…
EiT Health Germany Series 1/12: Changing The Paradigm in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance (Alexander Belcredi)
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem related to the overuse of antibiotics and the lack of development of new ones. Many solutions are entering the market to address the issue: software solutions to identify, track and predict antib…
How Do You Make Decisions in Healthcare? (Talya Miron-Shatz)
Have you ever had the experience of not knowing how to decide about your medical condition? Or when you went to the doctor’s and haven’t asked half of the things you remembered might be useful to know when you returned home? Maybe you’re an…
What are the Current Technology Challenges and Priorities for Healthcare Providers? (Karl Kellner, Venkat Inumella, McKinsey & Company)
The field of healthcare digitalization is maturing and getting increasingly sophisticated, demanding healthcare and technology leaders to think more strategically than they were perhaps required a few years ago. Chief Innovation or Chief Di…
REFLECTIONS: A transocean podcast session (Joy Rios, Bianca Rose Phillips, Tjasa Zajc)
This is the last episode of Faces of digital health in 2021. Instead of an interview or a string of predictions for 2022, you will hear a reflection about the past year or two which I had with two other podcasters - Joy Rios - the host of H…
VR: Promises and Challenges in 2021 (Rafael Grossman, Jennifer Esposito, Aaron Gani)
A lot has been done in the VR for healthcare space today, especially in the US. The therapeutic potential is undeniable. Over 5000 studies have shown the efficacy of VR for pain management, PTSD, eating disorders, mental health, even helpin…
Switzerland, Diversity, and Meaningful Impact (Claire Murigande)
Claire Murigande is a Medical Affairs leader born in Burundi, lived in Kenya, and is now based in Switzerland. She is a biologist by background, passionate about empowering team members and bringing value through science. Among other things…
How Do Nursing And Cybersecurity Go Together? (Marylyn Harris)
Marylyn Harris, RN, MSN, MBA is a Cybersecurity Consultant, Speaker, Writer and Social Entrepreneur. Harris is a decorated (former) U.S. Army Nurse and Gulf War Veteran. She was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1992 and pursued a …
Australian Healthcare, Co-design and AI (Marie Johnson)
Marie is the CEO of the Centre for Digital Business. She is a writer, commentator and international speaker on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, cyber, technology, ethics and the human experience. Marie’s expertise is the hum…
Nordics Series 4/4: Europe Can Learn About Collaboration (Anna Adelöf Kragh)
This is the last episode in a short series about healthcare digitalization in the Nordics. The discussion resolves around healthcare in the Nordics more broadly, data standards and interoperability across Europe, a successful pilot project …
Nordics Series 3/4: Finland and Secondary use of Data
Finland has well-established regulations and processes for the use of data for secondary purposes. This is overseen by the Social and Health Data Permit Authority Findata, which facilitates data permit processing and improves data protectio…
Nordics Series 2/4: Norway, long and healthy life and data (Nard Schreurs)
This is the second episode about digital health in the Nordics. In the previous episode, you could listen about Denmark, how elderly care is managed there and how EHRs have been in place for years so clinicians and patients can access data …