Talking HealthTech

Sally-Ann Williams is the CEO of Cicada Innovations. Cicada Innovations is Australia’s pioneering deep tech incubator supporting companies solving the world's most pressing problems through science & engineering.  Cicada Innovations has nurtured hundreds of visionary deep tech innovators to validate, commercialise and scale high impact technologies globally across MedTech, HealthTech, AgTech, FoodTech, Clean Energy, AI, Industry 4.0 and more. Prior to joining Cicada Innovations Sally-Ann spent over 12 years at Google as an Executive Program Manager on the engineering team leading work on R&D collaborations with universities, startup and entrepreneurship engagement and pioneering work on CS & STEM education including building world first collaborations delivering national transformation. She is on the boards of World Vision Australia, Fishburners and Cicada Innovations. She is an advisor to several state and national working groups on tech & innovation and is a mentor and advisor to several industry and university incubators & accelerators including Startmate. In this episode you will learn about Cicada Innovations and their involvement in the deeptech sector.  You will learn more about what exactly is “deep tech” and what it looks like when it’s done well.  You will hear about some of the exciting innovations coming from of Cicada Innovations members, and get an understanding of how Australia compares with the rest of the world when it comes to innovation and deep tech.  Founders and entrepreneurs from any industry will also get loads of helpful information and motivating advice around innovating, commercialising and building a company. A lot of learnings from this episode, so we added a load of new terms to our glossary on the Talking HealthTech website including definitions for: Incubators & Accelerators, Research & Development, STEM, Agtech, Foodtech, Industry 4.0, Intellectual Property (IP), Venture Capital, Molecular Diagnostics and Prototype. Full show notes are available on the Talking HealthTech website here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Cicada Innovations, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

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Berne Gibbons is Head of Business Innovation and Partnerships at InfoMedix Berne is a respected leader in the healthcare industry with a background in Nursing, Pharmaceutical Industry and Digital Technology spanning 40 years.  Listen to this episode to hear about her commitment to advancing Digital Health in Australia, and her desire to educate and inform the current and future healthcare workforce in Australia to utilise technology to its full potential.  You will hear about Berne’s impressive history as a clinician, drug rep, business woman an decision maker within various healthcare settings along her career, which have led her to her current role at InfoMedix. You will also hear her passion for standards and interoperability within healthcare. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at InfoMedix, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, we sit down with Cheryl Maley; General Manager of Oncology For Australia, New Zealand at Novartis, Krystal Barter; CEO of Humanise Health and the founder of Pink Hope, and Holly Masters; CEO of the McGrath Foundation. With the growing number of people avoiding getting routine checkups, health screenings, and early diagnostic tests because of the pandemic, Novartis has created the Wellness Day Campaign. It aims to motivate individuals to focus on their health for a moment during these challenging times. Novartis is a leading global medicine company focused on innovative science, digital technologies, and data that lead to transformative medicines. Check out the episode and full show notes here. To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Novartis, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.

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.