
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

Sep 29, 2022 • 37min
292 - Improving clinical trials with AI. Michelle Gallaher, Opyl
Have you ever wondered how clinical trials have changed over time? In this episode, you will discover how artificial intelligence is used in clinical trials, specifically in participant recruitment and protocol design.

Sep 28, 2022 • 54min
291 - Medtech and Manufacturing: Building Global Capability. AusMedTech 2022
Listen to this episode as we sat down with the speakers at AusMedTech 22 making rounds of conversations surrounding healthcare and medtech related topics such as Australian manufacturing and global expansion , implications of cyber security, the diagnostic landscape post covid 19, building an appropriate board, and much more.

Sep 26, 2022 • 25min
290 - Solving inefficient access to medical imaging. Dr Chaturica Athukorala, Aurabox
Did you know that viewing medical imaging can now be conveniently accessed by patients and clinicians in a single platform? This episode tackles the importance of having medical imaging on one platform and having an extended multi-disciplinary team. You’ll also get useful advice on taking the first step toward change, particularly in the most common issues that arise in the workplace every day.

Sep 22, 2022 • 21min
289 - Taking a different approach to STI testing; James Sneddon, PrEP Health
In this episode, you will learn more about online asynchronous healthcare with a focus on STI testing. This episode dives into the challenges of funding such a company and a few of the potential markets. You will also hear more about leveraging human capital and much more.

Sep 19, 2022 • 23min
288 - Why Don’t Most Australian and New Zealand Healthcare Organisations Fully Trust Their Data - Andrew Aho, InterSystems
In this episode, you will learn the results conducted by InterSystems and its partners regarding how data and analytics can be powerful tools in healthcare. Seeing insights from the health care executive on the current status of data quality and its uses.

Sep 18, 2022 • 42min
287 - You can’t manage what you can’t measure. Ian Lowe, CMH Practice Management
In this episode, you’ll find out how Ian Lowe builds and uses analytics in the healthcare field. Even though COVID caused problems, it allowed him to create a business model that helps medical practices be more efficient and profitable.

Sep 15, 2022 • 19min
286 - How to successfully take your medical product idea to market. Adrian Crouch, Procept
If you’re looking into getting a medical device idea to be developed, then this might be what you’re looking for. In this episode you will learn everything you need to know in turning that idea into reality.

Sep 14, 2022 • 32min
285 - Women in Health Entrepreneurship, MedTech Actuator Bootcamp
Check out this episode to hear more about the wild ride of entrepreneurship in healthcare from the perspective of a number of women at different stages of their journey. Hear from those experiencing it in the real world today and learn about raising funds, finding your advocates, maintaining resilience in challenging times, and lots more.

Sep 12, 2022 • 21min
284 - How to scale a health tech business internationally. Robert Milsom, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE)
If you’re a startup founder, you may be looking to scale internationally, and just like everything else along the startup journey, moving into a new market can be rather challenging. As such, its quite beneficial to have someone who’s done it before be your mentor. In this episode, we learn more about how New Zealand Trade & Enterprise is making it easier for startups to bring their business to other parts of the world.

Sep 11, 2022 • 21min
283- Episode Technology improving cardiac rehabilitation. Helen Souris, Cardihab
As a medical professional, you may be aware of the woes and massing waiting lists when it comes to patients accessing various types of recovery therapies, cardiac rehabilitation, in particular. In this episode, Pete and Helen Souris explore the efficient use of Software to provide cardiac rehabilitation digitally. This episode also covers the barriers to achieving this change, the burden of cardiac rehabilitation on the healthcare system, plus much more.