
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

Apr 20, 2022 • 38min
232 - Celebrating brilliant women in digital health - Emma Hossack - MSIA, Michael Walsh - Powerhouse Partners, Dorota Gertig - Telstra Health, Louise Schaper - AIDH
In this episode, you will learn how almost three hundred survey respondents view gender equity in digital health. You will also hear about why twenty-five women were honoured through the 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards. This episode also explores how women can be encouraged to enter and stay within the sector among other topics.

Apr 18, 2022 • 26min
231 - The good, bad, ugly and even uglier of healthcare data migration; Will Erskine, PBT Australia
Listen to this interview with Will Erskine from PBT Australia about doing data migration the right way

Apr 13, 2022 • 24min
230 - Remedying the clinical skills shortage; Dr Diane Cannon, Xapimed and Mem Van Beak, NHS
Learn about how the NHS is enhancing the nursing skill set with the help of technology in this interview with Dr Diane Cannon from Xapimed and Mem Van Beek from the NHS.

Apr 11, 2022 • 34min
229 - Block-changing the World, Dr Jane Thomason, British Blockchain & Frontier Technology Association
Learn about blockchain’s relevance to healthcare in this interview with Jane Thomason from the British Blockchain and Frontier Technology Association

Apr 6, 2022 • 26min
228 - Taking a healthtech unicorn global, Mark McConnell & Stephen Lynch, Citadel Health
Have you ever wondered what it takes to take your startup, turn it into something huge and expand into the global scene? Well, in this episode, that and other questions are answered by industry experts.

Apr 4, 2022 • 26min
227 - Adjusting care pathways for future trends. Michael Davies, Global Health
Have you ever wondered how the fragmented issues that plague the healthcare sector could be remedies. What about digitising community care so that clinicians don’t have to travel with tubs of paper? The future of healthcare delivery is essential and in this episode, we hear how interoperability can solve those and other problems.

Mar 30, 2022 • 24min
226 - Reducing referrals with improved diagnosis rates in telehealth; Kirsty Garrett, Doctors on Demand and Adam Brett, ResApp
Learn about virtual diagnosis and telehealth in this interview with Kirsty Garrett from Doctors on Demand and Adam Brett from ResApp

Mar 28, 2022 • 27min
225 - Extracting value from healthcare data; Andrew Aho, Wendy Chapman, Bruno Braga (Summer Summit)
In this episode, you will learn about the value of healthcare data. The panellists look at utilising data and how it can be done effectively and the potential that healthcare data brings to reducing healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes. You will also learn about the value of interoperability and much more.

Mar 23, 2022 • 29min
224 - Hype vs reality: Artificial intelligence in healthcare; Brian Mitchell, Katja Beitat & Nicholas Therkelsen-Terry (Summer Summit 2022)
Have you ever watched a movie or maybe a documentary detailing how awesome AI is and its potential application to healthcare. Or maybe you are in the healthcare space you wonder if AI can make some tasks easier for you. In this episode, Pete and his guests discuss the possibilities and the hype of AI’s application in healthcare delivery.

Mar 21, 2022 • 25min
223 - The evolving models of care; Dr Malcolm Pradhan, and Richard Taggart (Summer Summit)
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has changed the way we do healthcare, but are the permanent changes? In this episode, Pete and his two guests, Dr Malcolm Pradhan and Richard Taggart, discuss the evolving models of care and how Sydney LHD has responded to COVID-19. They also explore how technology vendors have supported healthcare services through this time and much more.