Niki Scevak, Dan Krasnostein, and Jackie Vullinghs discuss the role of Venture Capital in healthcare, differentiating healthtech from life science, marketing strategies, fundraising challenges in 2020, investment opportunities, and advice for founders. The live webinar had interactive sessions with over 100 attendees.

Athol Hann is a critical care and emergency nurse, and the founder of Fwards; an app designed to assist healthcare workers to control the fundamentals of shift work and off-load from the demands of working in healthcare.  In this episode of the Talking HealthTech Podcast, Athol speaks to Pete about the challenges facing clinicians on the coalface of healthcare today, and shares some first hand advice to fellow healthcare workers who might be experiencing burnout. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at AtholTech, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Kate Quirke is CEO and Managing Director at Alcidion. Kate has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare information technology She has been involved in large system procurements and implementations of healthcare information technology across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Kate’s background involves holding leading management roles at some of the largest healthcare software firms where she has had an impact on strategic product direction across the health sector and believes astute application of information technology will support the transformation of healthcare delivery worldwide. In this interview, learn about Kate’s background in healthcare IT, as well as the 20 year evolution of Alcidion.   You will hear about their flagship product Miya Precision, and how it’s helping clinicians operate with more efficient workflows using their clinical decision support (CDS) tool. You will learn about the most important elements of what makes a good digital health strategy, as well as why it’s important to have a good understanding of healthcare data and analytics.   Kate describes her vision for driving change in healthcare models of delivery, and their focus on supporting caregivers with positive user experiences. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at MTAA, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Ian Burgess is the CEO of the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), the national association representing companies in the medical technology industry in Australia.  In this episode, Ian chats with Pete about the collaborations, innovations and evolution we’ve seen within the Australian MedTech industry particularly in the past 12 months.  He also talks to the response to COVID from the medtech industry and the related impact and opportunities presented. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at MTAA, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Deana Scott is Founder and CEO of VMORE. Deana and VMORE helps medical specialists start and scale their practices, and she continues to re-design, apply new technologies, processes, and systems to improve the ‘virtual private practice’ model. In this episode you will hear about Deana’s career, and the evolution of virtual services within healthcare.   Deana also provides some helpful advice for healthcare providers about leveraging virtual services, as well as tips for implementing successful telehealth and remote monitoring services. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at VMORE, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Hootan Mohseni is the founder of Cliniq Apps, a company that helps practitioners create and manage patient recall, retention and reactivation campaigns simultaneously across multiple channels.  In this episode, Hootan talks about automation in a clinical setting - how it looks when it is done well, and what can go wrong when it fails. He also gives some super practical tips for anyone wanting to automate or streamline some processes and communication in their healthcare business right away. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Cliniq Apps, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory listing here.

Hanya Oversby is Director and Healthcare Business Adviser for the company Specialist Consulting, and the company Health Business Network.     She is also the host of the Doctor Diaries Podcast, which takes listeners behind the scenes of the intriguing medical world.    In this episode, Hanya explores the challenges and opportunities facing the business of Australian GPs today, and the benefits of a “Business Reset” to get things back on track.   Hanya also covers some valuable lessons she has picked up in her career as an established consultant to the medical community. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Health Business Network, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Mir Imran is a healthcare innovator and entrepreneur who has been developing and commercialising breakthrough medical innovations for more than 40 years.  He is founder and CEO of Rani Therapeutics,and he is focused on developing breakthrough technology that has the potential to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry by converting injectable medications into pills.  Tune into this episode of the podcast to hear all about the RaniPill, and how they made a robotic pill that injects medication into the intestinal wall. You will also hear Mir’s advice and reflections on his years of experience and wisdom in the medtech and life science industries, and get a taste of the exciting innovations ahead of us. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at RaniPill, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Luke Fletcher is Co-Founder and CEO of Foxo, a global communication platform for enterprise Health. Foxo sets out to engineer modern solutions to today’s communication challenges, and they’re on a mission to connect a fragmented health system.  Hear Luke describe what Foxo does and the challenges it overcomes regarding communication in healthcare.  You will also learn about Luke’s experience with product design, and how these best practices need to be leveraged in healthcare.   Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Foxo, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

Mike Wenger is the Vice President of Patient Engagement at TrialScope, a company out of New Jersey who are unlocking clinical trial data superpowers.   They’re helping to make centralising, structuring and activating clinical trial information simple for use across an organisation at every stage of a study. Mike has made a career within the clinical trial space and helping patient advocacy groups support clinical trial awareness to their online communities. In this episode, hear the story of TrialScope and the work it does regarding clinical trial data.  You will learn about the challenges facing patients, sponsors and recruiters when it comes to clinical trial enrolment and recruitment. You’ll also hear about Mike’s personal story and health scare which motivated him to be where he is now. Full show notes and summary of the episode is available here. For more information about TrialScope check out their listing on the Talking HealthTech directory here.