CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. Fixing The Flaws In Clinical Research w/ Faro Health Founder & CEO, Scott Chetham
Aug 29, 2025
Scott Chetham, Founder and CEO of Faro Health, discusses the evolving landscape of clinical trials. He highlights how outdated processes slow research and how technology can enhance efficiency and patient engagement. Chetham emphasizes the role of AI and real-time data in streamlining trials while maintaining the need for human judgment. The conversation also addresses the importance of patient-centric design, particularly in pediatric trials, and the challenges in aligning international healthcare regulations.
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Early Clinical Research Roots
- Scott Chetham started in clinical research as a university coordinator and later enrolled his own patients while training in a cath lab in Australia.
- He worked at a tertiary referral center with near-zero attrition, which made it ideal for early human research recruitment.
Protocols Are Static, Not Connected
- Clinical trial designs remain static Word documents that are copied and redlined, which preserves past mistakes and prevents learning.
- Scott argues fixing design and connecting data systems is prerequisite to meaningful automation across trials.
Science Drives Trial Burden
- Trials are more burdensome because scientific complexity and biomarker work demand more procedures and data collection.
- The result is more work done to people rather than with people, increasing costs and failure risk.
