Talking HealthTech

Karen Finnin is a Physiotherapist, and the Director of Online Physio, who specialise in providing long distance Physiotherapy consultations to people who have trouble accessing traditional care. She's been a physio for 20 years, and worked in many rural and remote areas, here and abroad, and in that time identified the recurring need for patients in remote areas to have better access to quality care for injury management. Due to the success of Online Physio, she has become one of Australia's leading authorities when it comes to telehealth, and is passionate about opportunities that intersect between health, business and technology. In this chat with Pete, Karen reflects on the rise of telehealth in allied health, the technology needed to be an effective Telehealth provider, the funding for Telehealth, and some hot tips for aspiring entrepreneurs about what makes a stand out Telehealth platform.

Matt Bardsley is CEO of MedicalDirector, one of Australia's leading Practice Management Software providers.  In this episode, Pete and Matt address questions like: is building software for healthcare a pain or pleasure economy?  What's the right kind of investment to build innovative technology?  Has humankind outpaced Darwinism?

Ariel Garten is CEO and co-founder of Muse - the brain sensing headband which is used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Bloomberg describes her "an innovator who completely remakes reality".  She is featured in over 1000 articles and TV spots including Fortune, NBC, CBS, CNET, Business Inside (50 sexiest scientists!), Times India, Huffington Post, GQ, Tim Ferris, Popular Science, New York Times, and multiple times on CNN, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and Tech Crunch.  She has a TED Talk called "Know Thy Self, With A Brain Scanner" and even does her own podcast about mindfulness and meditation called "Untangle".   Ariel chats with Pete about the technology and science behind Muse, the application of meditation in a clinical context and how Aussies really really like meditation.

Rafic Habib is the CEO and co-founder of Clinic To Cloud, a cloud based practice management system that is striving to optimise Medica Practices and enabling better patient engagement. We talk about the adoption of cloud by the industry, and his team's approach to solving big problems in healthcare.

Katrina Otto is the Principal and Owner of Train IT Medical, and is the self proclaimed "Switzerland of HealthTech vendors" - she likes all of them. With a strong track record of delivering results, Katrina has carved out a niche as one of Australia's leading medical software trainers. She helps practices make informed decisions about how best to use technology to provide better healthcare.  In this episode Katrina chats with Pete about the importance and intricacies of sharing health data, the adoption of tech in General Practice, and the growth of telehealth in Australia.

Dr Ben Hurst, the CEO and Founder of HotDoc - Australia’s most trusted patient engagement platform - chats with Pete about the adoption of technology in General Practice (including cloud), emerging technology and the importance of trust between clinicians and vendors.

Dr Maryam Sadeghi is CEO and co-founder of MetaOptima, the creators of DermEngine and MoleScope - innovative and intelligent technology for imaging, documentation and diagnosis of skin conditions and skin cancer, powered by artificial intelligence. Maryam talks with Pete about innovation, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare.

Pete chat's with the "Father of FHIR" Grahame Grieve about the motivations and drivers behind the plumbing of healthcare data.  Check out the FHIR community at www.fhir.org

Tess Van De Rijt is CEO and Founder of Patient Connector,  and is solving the complexities facing patients when being referred to a specialist doctor.

Dr Ganesh Naidoo is Medical Director of the Healius brand Health & Co, and has seen primary care from many perspectives - from within a clinic he started himself, to within the biggest of Healthcare corporates in Australia.  Ganesh talks with Pete about the opportunities and challenges facing primary healthcare today and in the future.

Dr Todd Cameron: GP, Clinic Owner, Health Executive, Mentor, Speaker and White Board & Stationery Connoisseur.  He joins Pete for a wide ranging conversation about the changing dynamics of healthcare and technology for the GP of today, and tomorrow.

In this episode Pete chat's with Dr Robert Laidlaw of Secure Health Chain about Blockchain and Healthcare.

When recreating the 1942 Japanese bombing of Darwin in Virtual Reality isn't enough, what do you do next?  If you're Anshul Dayal, CEO and Co-Founder of Neuromersiv, you look to use your creative talents and Virtual Reality expertise to make stroke and brain rehabilitation more engaging and fun.  Anshul chats to Pete about emerging tech in health like virtual reality and augmented reality and the role it will play in the near future.

Dr Merran Cooper, founder of Touchstone Life Care chats with Pete about how technology can be an enabler of a healthy death.

Digital Health expert Tim Blake joins Pete in the studio to talk about social prescribing, unpacks what is digital health and why, the emerging needs of the patient and new models of care in this ever changing healthcare landscape.

Silvia Pfeiffer, CEO and co-founder of Coviu, talks with Pete about telemedicine, medicare, regional and remote Australia, writing a book, and how she doesn't do blood.

Keep an eye out for the Talking HealthTech podcast in 2019!