The TechLink Health Podcast

This episode of The TechLink Health Podcast digs deeper into the future of health from an organizational level and how companies are harnessing the power of deep technology to improve health outcomes at global scale.

In the Pre-COVID era, many noted that the healthcare industry was primed for a major disruption, and then the pandemic hit, which acted as a catalyst for change within the industry and a leap into the future of care with respects to digital health solutions such as tele-health, remote patient monitoring alongside deep tech such as AI and algorithmic driven tools. This shift in the industry is happening in parallel to an increased focus on Value Based Care initiatives such as outcome-based payment models, patient-centered care models, improved quality of metrics alongside increases in preventive services and wellness programs. One of the complexities associated with this transformation is the organizational and cultural shifts that are driving health entities and organizations to be more agile in the quest to implement change and take advantage of the emerging era of deep tech. The future of global health is promising, but the journey to get there is an intensive effort driven by the coordination of key players across the spectrum of large organizations, public sector partners, and fast-moving startups.

Here to talk about all of this and more is this episode’s guest, Ritwik Batabyal, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for Mastek, an enterprise digital and cloud transformation partner that engineers excellence for customers across industries, including healthcare and life sciences, spanning 40 countries, including the UK, US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Ritwik’s role is directly tied to enabling relevant new disruptive technologies and creating monetization around Data/AI intersections within industries, while crafting long-term technology innovation roadmaps and building partnerships with start-ups & external innovation ecosystems.

Listen in with us to learn more about the fundamental shift to Value-Based Care and the deep technologies that are helping to drive the transformation.

Other insights range from how collaboration between larger corporations and nimble startups can expand the innovation curve, to key areas of focus for creating a more equitable future in healthcare, to how the integration of AI-tech with IoT devices is helping to evolve precision medicine.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Ritwik on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant and Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🌎 Peter Diamandis: Companies, Books, and Projects

Eric Topol Selection of Books:

📗 Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

📙 The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands

📙 Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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The proliferation of emerging technologies within healthcare stands to solve many problems while increasing efficiencies alongside accelerating safer and smarter solutions, but the path to the future is still early in the development cycle and there are several challenges as well as opportunities on the horizon. For example, in the past we’ve talked about the topics of data integrity and data biases to build sustainable and inclusive models, alongside the need to build out future-of-society models to enhance regulation and moderate the societal transformation process, while at the same time rethinking the future of care and keeping an open mind to the possibilities.

In this episode, we dig deeper into the latest developments in data-driven surgical procedures and how technologies such as AI are shaping the future.

This episode’s guest is Dennis Kogan, health-tech entrepreneur, investor, and Founder CEO of Caresyntax, a company pioneering a new era of data-driven surgery by using AI-powered software, devices, and clinical services to make surgical procedures safer, smarter, and more efficient. Caresyntax's clients are health systems, multinational insurers and industry partners. Caresyntax solutions are present in over 3,000 operating rooms around the world, and supports surgical teams in more than three million procedures per year.

Dennis is a global pioneer in the Healthcare AI space, building teams and products to address problems in various key markets globally. His approach is rooted in his upbringing amongst a physician-heavy family alongside deep technical and business expertise with degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Harvard Business School.

Listen in with us as we share a pioneering journey into the emerging realm of Data-Driven Surgery and learn more about how data-driven technologies are influencing next generation solutions that give practitioners an operational advantage.

Other insights range from how data is the fuel powering the future of health, to the growing need for the discoverability of new technologies to unlock efficiency gains, safer outcomes, and smarter procedures, to how clinicians are increasingly engaging as technologists while increasing the benefits of care.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Dennis on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🌐 Caresyntax Announces Highlights of 2023

🌐 World Economic Forum: Future of Health and Healthcare

🌐 The Milken Institute: Catalyzing Solutions, Building Meaningful Lives

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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The proliferation of emerging technologies within healthcare stands to deliver the promises of increased efficiencies, more accurate diagnostics, and expanded access to care, funneling into an overarching theme of health equity, but the path to the future is still early in the development cycle and there are several challenges as well as opportunities on the horizon. For one, there’s the topics of data integrity and data biases to build sustainable and inclusive models, then there’s the need to build out future-of-society models to enhance regulation and moderate the societal transformation process, and at the same time all of this is happening, we will need to rethink the future of work within healthcare and keep an open mind to the possibilities.

In this episode, we dig deeper into the latest happenings of AI-Diagnostics and how the technology is shaping the future of health. We’ll essentially decode the potential of AI-Diagnostics as told through the story of Digital Diagnostics, a pioneering AI diagnostics company on a mission to transform the accessibility, affordability, equity, and quality of healthcare.

This episode’s guest is John Bertrand, an experienced business leader at the cross-section of healthcare and technology, and the CEO of Digital Diagnostics. Through his 15+ years in the healthcare technology industry, John has developed expertise in identifying market opportunities, creating new products, pivoting existing businesses, and building strong teams.

Listen in with us as we share a pioneering journey into the emerging realm of AI-driven technologies with a lens into the successes and opportunities that exist to ensure that health outcomes are improved, at scale, in a way that progresses society toward a healthier future for all.

Other insights range from the importance of ethics and equity in the building of AI models, to how 5G technologies are helping to improve health outcomes in remote locations, to how gaining industry adoption continues to be one of the biggest hurdles for the jump into the future. Also, what is embedded AI and how can it help to ensure efficiency gains with the technology?

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with John on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

🔬 Relevant Conditions: Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetes

The episode points to several references with links below:

🌎 Digital Diagnostics and Orbis International announce study to help save sight in Bangladesh

🌎 Digital Diagnostics and Tamer Healthcare Announce Strategic Partnership in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

🌐 Digital Diagnostics and Baxter Announce New Partnership to Advance Diabetic Retinopathy Detection

🌐 HLTH Matters Blog

📙 The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with the Digital Diagnostics technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #LumineticsCore

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The power of collaboration between key stakeholders within health systems is a critical factor in the journey to improve health outcomes at global scale. This episode digs deeper into the future of health from an organizational level and how companies are harnessing the power of technology to transform the industry.

One of the complexities of this societal transformation is at the intersection of unique journeys for patients, providers, and organizations. Patients are transitioning to a more proactive and preventive consumer mindset in the quest for health equity and outcomes, and at the same time, providers are seeking ways to leverage technologies to improve outcomes and efficiencies while also dealing with industry challenges compounded by the global pandemic; all while organizations stand to play an increasingly important role as the stewards of global resources across the spectrum of human and economic capital. The future of global health is promising, but it’s critical to connect the dots across stakeholders and share perspectives that spark the creative energy necessary to move the dial.

This episode’s guest is Shanil Ebrahim, a Partner and the National Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting Leader at Deloitte Canada. Shanil has also served as a Clinical Epidemiologist, and has held joint appointments as an Assistant Professor at McMaster University and a Researcher at Stanford University. Shanil is a senior advisor for health public sector and private sector clients, and specializes in healthcare and life sciences strategy and innovation, tech-enabled business transformations, public-private partnerships, and advanced applications of technologies such as AI. He has more than 80 publications in high impact journals, and has had his work covered by major national and international news outlets.

Listen in with us as we connect the dots between the current state of healthcare to a future state that leverages technology to advance the paths to prevention, longevity, and personalized treatments alongside more equitable access to care solutions.

Other insights range from how digital twin technologies can improve efficiencies within health systems, to ways that clinicians can create value for large scale consulting engagements, to the power of collaboration between startups and large organizations to co-innovate and improve health outcomes.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Shanil on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🌐 Deloitte's 2024 Global Health Care Sector Outlook

🌐 Deloitte’s 2040 Vision for the Future of Health

📙 The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

📗 Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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When thinking about holistic health and wellbeing, there are a number of factors that go into the wellness equation, ranging from mental and physical health to financial wellbeing and professional vitality. This episode is a continuation of The TechLink Wealth series and focuses on financial wellbeing and professional vitality. From a financial perspective, particularly with physicians, the financial path to wellness looks and feels very different, which calls for a unique approach to create strategies that address the complexities associated with the profession.

This episode’s guest is Alexis Gallati, a Tax Strategist and Published Author, who is the Founder of Cerebral Tax Advisors, a company dedicated to facilitating tax strategies for medical professionals through education and planning.

The Cerebral Tax Advisors mission is tied to stepping outside the emotions of finances and using cerebral thinking to delve deep into the tax strategies that will allow clinicians to keep more of their hard earned money. Alexis is also the author of Advanced Tax Planning for Medical Professionals.

Listen in with us as we dive into finance strategies that are particularly relevant to healthcare practitioners that engage with side gigs and independent advisory work.

Other insights range from how to take a strategic approach when exploring side gigs in healthcare to business strategies for independent professionals to helpful tips on practical uses for financial technologies.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Cerebral Tax Advisors here.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🌐 Cerebral Tax Advisors Link for The TechLink Health Podcast

🌐 Cerebral Wealth Academy

📙 Advanced Tax Planning for Medical Professionals by Alexis Gallati, EA, MBA, MS Tax, CTS

📗 Taxes Made Simple by Mike Piper

📘 Tax Books by J.K. Lasser

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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Often on the podcast there’s conversations about emerging technologies that are shaping the future of health and wellness alongside the data that is necessary to continue building and linking the connectedness of health technologies which will enable a future that starts to be more aligned to the longevity and preventive aspects of wellness. In order to move in this direction, it becomes important to highlight technologies that are being developed for specific areas of practice as well as leading conversations around how these innovations will enter our day to day lives.

In today’s episode, we’re continuing a series focused on brain health and neuro-tech while also starting a new conversation centered around sports related technologies and how they benefit athletes at all levels.

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This episode’s guest is Grenville Thynne, Finance Executive, Medical Device Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroFlex.

The NeuroFlex device measures and monitors the impact of a head knock using eye and head tracking virtual reality technology. The technology has been used by a variety of professional and collegiate sports teams and organizations while maintaining a grassroots approach to promoting brain health for athletes at all levels.

The ability to detect brain injuries during athletic competition is critical to ensuring the safety of athletes, and, more broadly, the monitoring of brain health is increasingly becoming mainstream for a variety of use cases. For example, NeuroFlex has been used on patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI) who seek treatment at Emergency Departments (ED/ER) and clinics. The broader implications of the technology are strongly tied to brain health and neuro-development with the overarching mission of “brain health for life”.

Listen in with us as we explore the evolving practice of neuro-technology and how innovations will continue to promote brain health for life while expanding the boundaries of human potential.

Other topics range from how brain health is increasingly becoming a part of routine examinations, to why the open source sharing of brain data is important to neuro-tech innovation, to the future of sports safety rooted in brain health as a key pillar.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with the NeuroFlex Team at the following link.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🏥 The Concussion Center

🧠 Neuralink’s First-in-Human Clinical Trial is Open for Recruitment

▶️ AI and VR are reshaping sport in Australia

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with the NeuroFlex technology, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tag is: #NeuroFlex

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As many reflect on the past few years of the pandemic and continue thinking about emerging threats of the future, it’s important to bring awareness to that very topic, the future, and what’s on the horizon in public health. Today’s episode is Part 3 of a series that focuses on the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance, which has been deemed by The World Health Organization as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. The episode digs deeper into innovations happening globally to help defeat superbugs and evolve the applications of Phage Therapy as well as deepening connectivity to the broader healthcare community.

This episode’s guest is Jessica Sacher, PhD, a Canadian Phage Microbiologist and Co-Founder of Phage Directory as well as Phage Australia. The Phage Directory goal is founded in helping doctors find phage scientists willing to share their phages to rescue patients dying from antibiotic-resistant infections. Phage Directory is now the global phage community's central source of news & connectivity that supports thousands of phage professionals, from 80+ countries, helping clinicians source phages for their patients while also helping organizations manage, grow, and learn from their phage collections.

Listen in with us as we continue to explore this evolving science and how it's innovations will continue to create alternative paths to treat a variety of health conditions as told from scientists that are influential in the space.

Other topics range from the significance of climate change as a contributor to emerging human viruses, to how gene editing technologies are helping to evolve precision medicine and designer therapies, to the future of phage applications across a range of practical applications.

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Jessica and Phage Directory @Phage.Directory or 📩 Email.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

📚 Capsid & Tail: A Weekly Phage Periodical

🧬 Locus Biosciences: Next generation CRISPR technology for programmed cell death

🔬 Intralytix: A biotechnology company focused on the production and marketing of bacteriophage-based products

🌐 Climate change will result in new viruses and risk of new diseases

🌐 Phage Therapy To Defeat Superbugs Is Taking Off @ Forbes

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with Phage Therapies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #ProgrammableTherapies #PhageTherapy #ProgrammedPhage

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During previous episodes of The TechLink Health Podcast we've discussed themes related to the pillars of health such as sleep, exercise, diet, and stress management alongside the technologies, innovators, and entrepreneurs that are helping to create the future of health and wellness. When thinking about these core pillars, it becomes important to examine the clinical specialties that influence the desired health outcomes, while at the same time, it’s equally as important to highlight the innovators and entrepreneurs that are helping to create a healthier future for people, peers, and organizations.

This episode focuses on the specialty of otorhinolaryngology or what many refer to as an ENT, Ear, Nose, and Throat, and how the science will continue to help evolve the healthcare industry and the emerging technologies that will pave the way to the future. The topic is timely as many are still in the process of moving beyond the global pandemic and examining perspectives on the future of health and wellness.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Keith Matheny, a medical entrepreneur and practicing physician in the specialty area of Otolaryngology focused on Head & Neck Surgery. During his work, Dr. Matheny is involved in a variety of activities to include being a founder in multiple companies such as Septum Solutions, US ENT Partners, Sleep Vigil alongside his work as a Physician for the Dallas Cowboys, a fellow for the American Rhinologic Society, a committee member for the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and President of Matheny ENTerprises, a company that has established dozens of patents for innovative technologies and medical devices.

Listen in with us as we explore innovations happening in the ENT space and best practices shared from a medical entrepreneur committed to evolving the healthcare industry while helping to pave the way for future practitioners.

Other topics range from best practices for commercializing innovations, to how being an early adopter can expand the innovation curve, to the importance of collaboration between innovators and larger companies to scale healthcare technologies. Also, what is a GPO and how can they contribute to creating business value?

For more details visit TechLink Healthon the webor connect with Dr. Matheny viaLinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🥽 NeuroFlex: Brain Health for Life

🎙 BackTable Podcasts

📙 Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

🌐 Google Patent Search

🌐 USPTO Patent Search

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with the NeuroFlex or SleepVigil technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #NeuroFlex #SleepVigil

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Today’s episode focuses on Aging Care Tech and Innovation alongside initiatives focused on operational efficiencies and workforce engagement within the aging care space.  As with many new technologies and workforce initiatives, there’s challenges and opportunities.  On the tech side there’s data considerations such as ownership, privacy, and interoperability; and on the workforce engagement side, there’s considerations tied to the future of work such as education and training alongside the move towards a skills-based model.  This episode digs deeper into these topics and more.

This episode’s guest is Tammy York-Day, President and CEO of CEOc, an organization focused on initiating Aging Innovation - The mission of CEOc is focused on fostering collaboration and facilitating resources for everything Aging from game-changing ideas and start-ups to mature operations and products.  CEOc is also the parent company for Aging 2.0, a global platform for innovation in aging.

Listen in with us as we explore innovations happening in the aging space from grassroots beginnings to corporate engagement at the national and global level.

Other topics range from how innovators and communities benefit from public private partnerships (PPPs), to new legislative campaigns focused on workforce initiatives, to the importance of health equity when building the future of health.

For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Tammy via LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Justine Reiss.

The episode points to several references with links below:

🗓️ Optimize Conference - September 27-28, 2023

🌐 CEOc: Global Innovation Search

🌐 CEOc: Healthcare Career Lab

🌐 CEOc: Konexons

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This episode of The TechLink Health Podcast is a continuation of a series that focuses on innovations happening within the Respiratory and Immune System Health space with a particular spotlight on allergies and the creation of AllerPops, a solution that safely and naturally supports a balanced immune system around the airway to feed the beneficial oral probiotics that ultimately help calm the immune system and fight allergies.  The allergy risk is significant and global in nature. In the US alone, 100 million people suffer from allergies each year, costing $18 billion in annual healthcare expenses! 

This episode’s guest is Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han, a former physician and biologist of 30 years, who is also the inventor of AllerPops.  AllerPops corrects the underlying cause of allergies and gives seasonal comfort that lasts throughs its all natural pre-biotic lollipops. Dr. Han is also the author of the recently released book, “Nothing to Sneeze at: The journey from a small village in China to finding a natural solution to allergies”.

Listen in with us as we explore the complex world of respiratory health innovations and hear Dr. Han's inspiring story told through his personal journey with allergies, which led to his discovery and mission to help millions around the globe.

Other topics range from how The Human Genome Project and DNA Sequencing Technology helped with Dr. Han's discovery, to the role of oral hygiene in respiratory health, to advice for International Medical Graduates exploring opportunities abroad. Based on data from the American Medical Association, International Medical Graduates (IMGs) make up 25% of the practicing physician workforce in the United States.

For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Dr. Han via LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant and Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

📙 Nothing to Sneeze at: The journey from a small village in China to finding a natural solution to allergies by Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han

🧬 The Human Genome Project

🌐 Oral Probiotic Deficiency May Cause Common Allergies - Theory of Negative Trigger Marks the Interaction between Microbiota and Host Immune System by Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han

🎥 Why Do Airborne Allergies Affect Us

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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