Join Huw and Jess for a special HETT Edition of the Healthtech Pigeon podcast, as Pigeon speaks to the movers and shakers at the 2023 edition of the Healthcare Excellence Through Technology show. This week: [01:25] - Catching up with Healthtech's busiest man: Sam Shah, Chief Medical Strategy Officer at Numan, Chair of the HETT steering committee [08:50] - Virtual wards, explained by an expert: Vivian Yiu, Clinical Lead for the Virtual Ward, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB [19:05] - AI In he...
Oct 08, 2023•40 min•Ep. 63
Join Jessica and James as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [11:30] - Decoding Women’s Health: Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizes PCOS Diagnosis [27:30] - Just 7% of startups actually use AI 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health...
Oct 01, 2023•37 min•Ep. 62
Join Huw, Belle and Together Digital's Liam Cahill as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [03:40] - The NHS blocking case studies of healthtech is a critical issue - guidance is needed, and what to do about it [19:00] - ICS digital leaders prioritising Shared Health and Care Records [36:00] - Copenhagen healthtech startup Corti raises $60M in Series B funding 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Conne...
Sep 24, 2023•45 min•Ep. 61
Join James, Jess Farmery and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [00:35] - NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital [10:50] - Medical technology outstripping other sectors in AI innovation [18:40] - Could robot penguins be the answer to bed-blocking in the NHS? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jess F on LinkedIn 🖇 Co...
Sep 17, 2023•26 min•Ep. 60
Join Huw, Hollie, Indi and Hardian Health's Dr Hugh Harvey as they take a deep-dive into the week's healthtech news and views and conduct a post-mortem following the news that Babylon Health's UK operations have been sold. This week: [00:50] - The fall of Babylon: Failed telehealth startup once valued at $2B goes bankrupt, sold for parts [23:25] - Huma taps Google Cloud’s generative AI tools for digital health platform - Medical Device Network [31:00] - The NHS Federated Data Platform: the impor...
Sep 03, 2023•38 min•Ep. 59
Join Jessica, James, Huw and BlackandBrownSkin Founder Malone Mukwende as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [00:30] - Black and Brown Skin launches chrome extension to show users health-related images from various skin tones on any health website globally [12:00] - There’s a disconnect between health tech and the people it’s supposed to hel p [23:00] - Doccla acquires OTH in bid to become Europe’s leading virtual hospital [32:15] - Epic taps Microsoft to...
Aug 27, 2023•41 min•Ep. 58
Join Jessica, James, Huw and Lindus Health Cofounder Michael Young (in a cameo appearance) as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [00:45] - Lindus Health, a U.K. clinical trials startup backed by Peter Thiel, raises $18M [10:55] - Digital Health Company Babylon Shutters U.S. Business, Lays Off Employees [23:50] - 'NHS staff just want tech that works' 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with J...
Aug 20, 2023•32 min•Ep. 57
Join James, Belle and new SomX recruit, Chaz, as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [01:40] - Seeking sleep without popping pills? Ozlo emerges from stealth? [07:20] - Getting personal: a wearable for precision antibiotic dosing [18:40] - Amazon partners with Maven to offer reproductive care to employees 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Chaz on Linke...
Aug 13, 2023•29 min•Ep. 56
Join James, Huw and Healthily CEO Matteo Berlucchi as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [01:45] - PIGEON EX-COO-SIVE: AI self-care platform Healthily lifts the lid on its new health information chatbot, ‘DOT’ [25:30] - Patient data: more than half of UK public don’t trust AI 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Matteo on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on ...
Aug 06, 2023•38 min•Ep. 55
Join Jess, Huw, Jessica, and special guest Dr Muhunthan Thillai for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [01:30] - Nothing artificial but plenty of intelligence as AstraZeneca and Qureight launch AI play [10:30] - Hippocratic AI raises $15M and more digital health fundings [18:20] - Health in 2040: projected patterns of illness in England 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jess F on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with J...
Jul 28, 2023•30 min•Ep. 54
Join Huw, Belle and Hollie for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [01:35] - This AI chatbot has helped doctors treat 3 million people–and may be coming to a hospital near you [11:45] - Bridging the communication divide and tackling health inequality [20:20] - Intel Capital, Khosla lead $27M investment into SiPhox Health’s at-home blood-testing tech 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇 Con...
Jul 22, 2023•31 min•Ep. 53
Join Huw, Jess Farmery and Aoife Fordham for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [01:55] - Majority of public want digital health apps to be used in NHS [12:10] - Telehealth should not be considered a one-size-fits-all-diseases solution: study [19:40] - Slow roll out and a lack of direction hindering digital health services [29:10] - Eureka Health Raises $7M in Funding 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Aoif...
Jul 15, 2023•36 min•Ep. 52
Join Jessica, James and Konrad for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [00:12] - The Case for Change - 75 Years On, An NHS Focused On Adoption And Scale of Tech For Greater Patient Benefit [14:40] - 7️⃣ NHS England sets out seven short-term digital priorities 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Konrad on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the Som...
Jul 08, 2023•35 min•Ep. 51
Join Jessica, James and Abeyna for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [01:30] - NHS digital health check-ups launched 'to ease pressure on GPs' [24:10] - The telehealth services we all relied on during COVID are fading away — but telemedicine may be entering a new era as providers look to bring the clinic home [40:50] - Digital health company Babylon Health to go private in merger with brain tech company MindMaze 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to b...
Jun 30, 2023•47 min•Ep. 50
Join James, Jess Farmery and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [00:50] - the implications of the metaverse for future healthcare, treatment and medical education [07:15] - AI can make healthcare more accurate, accessible, and sustainable [14:40] - The Viability Of The Digital Healthcare Sector In 2023 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jess on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect w...
Jun 25, 2023•27 min•Ep. 49
Join Jessica, James, Huw and THC Primary Care's Tara Humphrey for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [04:05] - Majority of public happy to use health technology to avoid going into hospital, new research shows [14:55] - “Building and maintaining trust is crucial to realising the benefits of AI” – CDEI publishes portfolio of AI assurance techniques [25:30] - Achieving health equity in life sciences 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using ...
Jun 16, 2023•55 min•Ep. 48
Join Jessica, James and Dama Health's Elena Rueda for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [04:50] - Pharma giant Bayer moves deeper into digital health with new business unit [23:40] - Re:Cognition Health opens concussion clinic featuring brain-scanning tech [32:30] - Davina McCall's Pill Revolution 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Elena...
Jun 10, 2023•46 min•Ep. 47
Join James, Huw and FITFILE's Philip Russmeyer for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [02:25] - NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent [26:35] - NHS and Government back AHSNs to continue to lead innovation, under new name [41:20] - The AI revolution can put patients at the centre of NHS 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Philip on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on Linke...
Jun 02, 2023•51 min•Ep. 46
Join Jessica, James, and Katherine Church for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [02:30] - Technology can help transform the NHS says Starmer [24:40] - How to close the gender health gap 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn...
May 28, 2023•51 min•Ep. 45
Join Jessica, James, Indi and Dr Michelle Griffin, for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [02:00] - The new science of the menopause: Could delaying it be better for your health? [22:15] - Longevity Startup InsideTracker Launches Women’s Healthspan Extension With New Female Biomarker Analysis [39:10] - WHO calls for safe and ethical AI for healt h 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn 🖇 C...
May 19, 2023•59 min•Ep. 44
Join Jessica, Jess, Huw and Dr Grace Hatton, for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: [01:25] - Shares in Babylon fall sharply on news of moves to take private [11:15] - The ‘innovative practice’ should not be the basis of a recovery plan [21:10] - Coming To Terms With The Healthcare Industry’s Inauthenticity Epidemic [39:40] - Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply t...
May 13, 2023•53 min•Ep. 43
Join James, Jessica, Huw and Derrick Khor, cancer doctor and founder of Adopt-A-Doc for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at www.somx.co.uk...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 42
Join James, Jessica, Huw and Digital Health advisor Junaid Hussain for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: (02:43) - - NHS staff in Scotland say technology key to future healthcare (16:35) - - Amazon & 3M Will Use Generative AI To Ease Documentation For Healthcare Providers (33:26) - - BT launches ‘virtual ward’ tech to take pressure off NHS frontline
Apr 28, 2023•46 min•Ep. 41
Join James, Jessica, Indi and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. (00:35) - - Digital health revolution: Almost half of people in Wales using technology to manage health (09:35) - - 🥷 Google, Microsoft and startups test out generative AI in healthcare 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Indi on LinkedIn 📖 Learn m...
Apr 22, 2023•35 min•Ep. 40
Join James, Jess and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. [01:10] - 📃 OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft will instantly transcribe patient notes during doctor visits [08:05] - 🍐 Pear Therapeutics files for bankruptcy [19:00] - 🧑🏫 4 Lessons Health Tech Companies Should Know to Reach $100M ARR 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jess F on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn...
Apr 15, 2023•31 min•Ep. 39
Join James, Jessica, Liam Cahill for another week of healthtech news and views. [03:20] - 📃 11 things I'd like to see national bodies tackle to make UK healthtech more viable [22:15] - 🩹 ‘ Smart bandage’ with biosensors could help chronic wounds heal [31:40] - 📲 Babylon Health virtual GP app faces cash crunch (£) [41:50] - 🤬 Bayer plans to scale back women’s health R&D 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connect with Liam on LinkedIn ...
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 38
Join James, Jessica, Huw and Numan's Chief Medical Strategy Officer, Sam Shah, for another week of healthtech news and views. [01:50] - The other funding gap: it’s not just unicorns that are leaving Europe [16:50] - The next challenge for ChatGPT? To save the NHS [36:10] - Woolworths-owned HealthyLife launches telehealth service [46:30] - Maven Clinic buys fellow virtual women's health company Naytal 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 🖇 Connec...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 37
This week: Jessica Smith is joined by James, Belle and Albion VC's Molly Gilmartin. [01:50] SVB fuelled high-risk, high-reward tech firms. Now health start-ups feel bereft [10:00] Why do so many biotechs face being kicked off the Nasdaq? [15:15] How UK healthtechs can get a head start on their US expansion [28:05] Why investors should pay close attention to the UK’s healthtech sector in 2023 ✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at somx.health 🖇 Connect with Jess...
Mar 17, 2023•45 min•Ep. 36
Henry is joined by Jessica Smith, Huw Penson, and Gus Kennedy, CEO at Hero Health. [02:30] What is changing in the GP contract for 2023/24? - What’s not changing? Will we see a GP strike? Will special guest Hero Health’s Gus Kennedy have any opinions on it in this week’s Pigeon Podcast? [17:20] Moving from exclusion to inclusion in digital health and care - This is how reports should be written. Clear, concise, waffle-free. If you see authors Pritesh Mistry or Joni Jabbal in the near future, giv...
Mar 11, 2023•45 min•Ep. 35
This week: Jess Farmery is joined by Jessica Smith, Huw Penson, and Dr Johnny Andrews, Chief Medical Officer at Certific. [01:20] Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Coming Soon To An HR Department Near You [11:10] After 8 years of losses, digital health scaleup Kry is heading for profitability in 2023 [18:25] Five healthtech ideas VCs want you to pitch in 2023 [24:40] Northumberland hospitals test drone flights for medical supplies [31:15] Medical body NICE backs online mental health treatments ✍️ Apply ...
Mar 04, 2023•41 min•Ep. 34
