
Talking HealthTech
Conversations with clinicians, vendors, policy makers and decision makers to promote innovation and collaboration for better healthcare enabled by technology.
Learn about digital health, medical devices, medtech, biotech, health informatics, life sciences, aged care, disability, commercialisation, startups and so much more.
Latest episodes

Oct 24, 2022 • 43min
302 - Improving Health Outcomes and Clinician Intervention Through Interoperable Solutions; recorded at the Talking HealthTech Winter Summit 2022
In this episode, you will learn more about the potential benefits of interoperable solutions toward the improvement of healthcare delivery and outcomes for patients, as well as clinician intervention. This episode also covers a comparison of in-person versus virtual care, scaling in more efficient ways and some advice for those who use virtual healthcare services.

Oct 20, 2022 • 32min
301 - Scaling for growth. Jonathan Jeffries, Think & Grow
In this episode, you will learn how Jonathan Jeffries of Think & Grow supports businesses to expand beyond the shores of Australia. Finding the right people for the right job allows a business’s capacity to expand and grow. We will see how the company can scale for growth.

Oct 17, 2022 • 30min
300 - A connected farming future; Hamish Munro, Pairtree Intelligence (Talking AgTech special episode)
If you’re a part of the agriculture industry, especially large scale farming, then you know how challenging it can be to gather and appropriately use data from several sources. In this episode, we learn about the approach of one company that is aiming to make farming more connected for better data use in decision-making. Also, this episode looks at data convergence versus data centralisation plus much more.

Oct 12, 2022 • 28min
299 - Building the capability for greater digital health participation. Robert Hardie, nbn
In this episode, you will learn more about the work that the nbn is doing surrounding the digital capabilities and infrastructure with the aim of driving healthcare delivery in the future. You will also hear about the nbn’s efforts to enable digital health, telehealth and other virtual care services across Australia, including rural and remote areas, plus much more.

Oct 10, 2022 • 42min
298 - Interoperability and healthcare systems integration. Robi Karp, Fluffy Spider Technologies
Do you know why interoperability is important in healthcare technology? In this episode, you will find out what interoperability is all about. Listen to this interview with Robi Karp, the CEO and founder of Fluffy Spider Technologies, which assists clients in providing better healthcare by offering interoperable digital health software solutions.

Oct 9, 2022 • 48min
297 - Harnessing the power of the crowd to make digital health work for humans. Ken Saman, Personify Care & Paul Lambert, Think Human
In this episode, you will learn more about how to translate health strategy into practical, real-world solutions that will be seen in our lifetime, taking the right approach to implementing changes that should improve clinical workflow and patient outcomes. Pete and his guests also discuss a few problems that surround digital health implementation, the use of buzzwords and much more.

Oct 6, 2022 • 31min
296 - Speech technology & efficient documentation reducing healthcare workforce burnout. Jonathan Larbey, T-Pro
In this episode you will learn how speech recognition can be an effective tool to assist clinician workforce burnout, as well as improving efficiency and patient outcomes.

Oct 5, 2022 • 32min
295 - Shifting the dial for healthcare in Australia. Dr Louise Schaper, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
In this episode, you will learn how health informatics and digital health can make a significant impact on your career. What are the current trends to be a specialist in this field of integrating health and information technology? And what to expect in the upcoming digital health 2022 that will be held in Sydney Australia.

Oct 3, 2022 • 29min
294 - Strategies to optimise the value of digital technologies and improve organisational resiliency in a smart, connected hospital. Dr Benjamin Kanter, Vocera - now part of Stryker
Have you ever wondered how a digital hospital differs from a smart hospital? In this episode, you’ll learn about some strategies for maximising the value of digital technologies in a smart, connected hospital. This episode also discusses how communication is crucial in the digitisation of hospital health systems.

Oct 2, 2022 • 32min
293 - Solving chronic disease from the ground up. Tim Veron, Dr Michelle Woolhouse, Vively
In this episode you will learn how technology can help people prevent chronic disease and start building healthier lifestyles that can affect policies from the ground up.