Doctor Raj is a surgeon, a colonel in the US Army, and a nurse. While in Afghanistan, he was injured by a rocket-propelled grenade. The surgeon now became the patient and saw both sides of the equation, which led to the founding of Nine Line Medical company. The goal of the company is to leverage emerging technology to improve the operational efficiency of healthcare. Enjoy the listening! Links: Raj's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-ambay-m-d-d-d-s-8aa84b1a/

As an expert in building a next-generation data platform at Briotix Health, Russell Hertzberg shares his valuable advice on how data integration can revolutionize occupational health practices and enhance the overall well-being of employees. In this episode, Russ uncovers the dynamic world of custom and on-the-shelf EHR/EMR solutions and shares the emerging trends such as speech processing, wearable sensors, and genetics shaping the future of healthcare. This conversation opens a deeper understanding of the obstacles in the US healthcare technology market and brings you many insights into the challenges faced by healthcare organizations, software developers, and industry stakeholders. Uncover practical strategies and innovative solutions that can help overcome these obstacles and drive positive change in healthtech. Enjoy the listening! Links: Russell’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russhertzberg/ Briotix Health: https://www.briotix.com/ Jcloud: https://jcloudco.com/

Who is responsible for the decision that ML algorithms make in the healthcare industry? In this episode, you’ll learn more about how machine learning is used in ophthalmology, its accuracy and bias in making a diagnosis. Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin tells about activities at PulseMedica, a large platform for the new generation of eye disease treatment. As CTO, he shares his approach to hiring optical engineers, integrating teams of different specialties into one productive system, and explains why PulseMedica is open to third-party vendors. And also you’ll find out how being open-minded can help you to find very rare niche industry specialists. Enjoy the listening! Links: Geoffroy’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffroy-rivet-sabourin-b1007920/ PulseMedica website: https://www.pulsemedica.com/

The caregiver shortage is growing, but a lot of caregivers are leaving the industry, especially during COVID. What is the best solution? Probably an on-demand economy. Caribou creates software for home care companies that helps them recruit and retain caregivers with referral and incentive programs. As CTO that works with customers the same as on the technical part, Timothy shares his advice on both his startups related to healthcare, how to define how much to pay for a solution that nothing like this existed before, and how to choose a team that can give you great results. And also, why should project managers be involved very early on in the sales cycle? Enjoy the listening! Links: Tim’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyahong/?originalSubdomain=ca Caribou website: https://www.caribou.care/

People with dementia don’t become distant, they just lose their way of communicating. How can software possibly help them? Aikomi is a Japan-based startup that helps find a connection between a person with dementia and their family members via software. Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi, tells about the challenges of an healthtech startup in Japan, its features, and the technologies that are used. She shows real-time cases of how AI helps create personalized content for people with dementia using a possible amount of data. Enjoy the listening! Links: Aikomi: https://www.aikomi.co.jp/ Yu in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-shimizu-499149110/

Investing time and knowledge in your team will simplify your work, it’s not a favor you’re doing. Ankit Anand, VP of Software Engineering at Sleepiz, shares useful ideas for engineers and engineering managers on how to allocate the resources, measure the team's productivity, and reach a mutual understanding between engineers’ goals and the company’s goals. Also, you’ll find out what it takes to develop hardware and software and how to overcome a shortage of specialists on the example of Sleepiz, a company that creates easy-to-use medical-grade devices for sleep apnea diagnosis at home. Do you agree that overengineering is one of the challenges that a startup face? Enjoy the listening! Links: Sleepiz: https://sleepiz.com/ Ankit’s email: ankit.anand@sleepiz.com Ankit’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-anand-5654a62a

In which innovations to invest and how much of them is the right amount? Today’s guest Ram Prayaga talks about the technical part of mPulse Mobile and the products they’re making. He gives some insights on overcoming a shortage of engineers and presenting tech products to the leaders of the healthcare industry. As CTO and executive adviser, he shares his thoughts on the engineering skills, leadership, attitude to «rollers» in the tech industry, and «technical excellence» of technical managers. Enjoy the listening! Links: Ram’s email: ram@mpulsemobile.com Ram’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-prayaga-400aa51/ mPulse Mobile website: https://mpulsemobile.com/

"I was jealous of diabetics that could screen themselves whenever they wanted to in their homes. There are 2 billion people that suffer from anemia," Erika says. In this episode, Erika Tyburski shares a very inspiring story when founders, «a bunch of nerds», solve their own health problems via a healthtech product. During the last years, a lot of focus shifted away from other chronic diseases that were being managed prior to the pandemic. You'll learn about the FDA approval process, getting patients' feedback, distributing uncommon healthcare apps, and the path of Sanguina in healthcare from the early beginning through all the stages. This episode will inspire you to launch your own idea to the market and help hundreds or even millions of people. Enjoy the listening! Links: Erika’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-tyburski-292555b1/ Sanguina LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sanguina/ Sanguina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanguinaINC/ Sanguina Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanguina_inc/ Sanguina Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanguina_inc/

The special guest of our new episode, Vanessa Sandarusi, will talk about integrating EMR, the advantages of creating custom solutions, the importance of gathering clinician data, and the opportunities it gives. You'll learn more about the main things that healthcare organizations should consider if they want to build a custom solution for their needs and details about EMR system adaptation to different locations' needs. Enjoy the listening! Links: Vanessa Sandarusi email: zeblismapo@gmail.com Vanessa Sandarusi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessasandarusi/

Give your clinicians a seat at the table for developing new healthcare solutions. In the new episode, Morgan Hart, the founder of Hart Health Strategy, shares her experience as a consultant working with large and small clinics, hospitals, and insurance providers. We discuss how to optimize the purchase timeline, how healthcare organizations measure the performance of consultant work, which EHRs are the most popular in the market nowadays and why. Also, if you are creating a healthcare startup right now, there is some good advice for you in this episode. Enjoy the listening! Links: Morgan Hart email: morgan@harthealthstrategy.com Morgan Hart LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganehart/

Why do big hospitals prefer to work with startups more? As Interim Senior VP at WellSpan Health and President York Hospital, Rodney Reider shares the internal processes and main challenges that hospitals currently face. We talk about the ways of using EMR, telemedicine as a key future technology, comfortable apps for clinicians, investments in the healthcare field. And more on why technology now is the place to be. Enjoy the listening! Links: Rodney D. Reider's email: rodneydreider@gmail.com Rodney D. Reider's LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneydreider Rodney D. Reider's website: https://www.rodneyreider.com/ The book "Grabbing the Next Rung: The Heart of Leadership" by Rodney D. Reider on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Grabbing-Next-Rung-Heart-Leadership-ebook/dp/B09C6HZ4ZX

Our special guest Marquese T. Davis talks about the use of telemedicine, the attitude of doctors to new technologies, the stages of selecting a software vendor. You’ll learn more about system integration, leveraging resources, leadership, and cultivating relationships in corporate and nonprofit fields. And so, will telemedicine increase or disappear after the pandemic? Enjoy the listening! Links: Cornell Scott Hill Health Center LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cornell-scott---hill-health-corporation/ Marquese T. Davis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marquesedavis/

How to recognize that “the iceberg is melting”? Today's special guest, Julian Ranger, the Founder of Digi.me, talks about personal data, and patient centricity as the future of healthcare, a new privacy model, and how it relates to the Military Internet. You'll get information about the different geographic regulations of patient data, and how the 7 stages of the cultural change process relate to healthcare. Enjoy the listening! 🥺Also, we are very sorry for the sound at the beginning of this episode. Since [01:08] it becomes better. Links: Digi.me website: https://digi.me/ Julian Ranger's Twitter: @rangerj Julian Ranger's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianranger/ Digi.me Twitter: @digime

In this episode, we discuss if gamification can actually influence and transform healthcare. David Wortley, the Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute, has pioneered the use of technologies such as VR, video conferencing, and wearable devices. David shares how he helps people now to save their memories with VR and how wearables make us stay healthy. Also, have you ever thought about how God is related to technologies? Enjoy the listening! Contact David Wortley via: email: david@davidwortley.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwortley/ 360in360 Living Memories: https://www.360in360ix.co.uk/livingmemories.html

Today’s guest, Marco R. Majer, works directly with startups and helps them approach the chemical and health industry on the German market. We discussed the activities of the 5-HT ecosystem for startups and corporates, the role of the German government for hubs, and how a startup can seize the possibilities of working with big companies. Marco speaks on how the hubs measure the activity performance, which startups and companies can enter the hub, which projects they’ve already worked with, and also a key rule for startups entering the German healthcare market. Enjoy the listening! Links: Bootcamp for startups: https://www.5-ht.com/en/programs/5-ht-x-linker/5-ht-x-linker-2022 Marco R. Majer in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-r-majer/

If you can find one particular solution to save even one life - this product is worth building. Jeff Carroll, the founder of JC Telemedicine and founding member of an online pharmacy, talks about healthtech innovations, mental health and awareness, telemedicine, and overall consumer wellness. In this episode, you’ll learn about the challenges that plague our healthcare system firsthand. Enjoy the listening! Links: Jeff Carroll's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-carroll-telemedicine/ JC Telemedicine LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jc-telemedicine-consulting-services-llc/ JC Telemedicine Website: http://jctelemedicine.com/ JC Telemedicine Twitter: https://twitter.com/JCTelemedicine

What challenges arise during the implementation of technologies in the healthcare field? What is the main tip that will help you create an app for doctors that will succeed? Why are Saudi Arabia and South Korea the strictest countries on the legal side in terms of implementing healthcare applications? And a lot of other questions that you will get an answer to if you listen to our podcast with our guest - Dr. Joshua Landy - a practicing critical care physician, Chief Medical Officer, and co-founder of Figure 1, the case-sharing network for health care professionals. His Twitter bio says: “Willing to arrive in costume. Maker of ice creams”. Enjoy the listening! Links: Joshua’s Landy Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshualandy Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshualandy1? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%A9%BA-%E2%80%A6ndy-md-2984176a/ Figure 1: https://www.figure1.com/

What is the podcast about? The idea behind the podcast is to show real-life challenges and solutions of implementing technology in healthcare. I am the CEO at Demigos, a software development company that develops custom IT solutions for startups and companies. The health care system is complex throughout the world. So the product should meet the needs of all parties involved. We invite clinicians, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers from startups and large organizations in healthcare to share their real-life experiences of implemented technology, their challenges, solutions, lessons learned, and technology trends they see. Check our blog with articles on the related topics: demigos.com/blog/. And our cases in healthtech: demigos.com/healthtech/. Connect the podcast’ host and the CEO of Demigos Ivan Dunskiy on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-dunskiy-73719368/