Join Huw and Belle in breaking down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. This week: [01:35] - Five ways to unlock a digital health revolution in the NHS [21:55] - 4 Things Digital Health Investors Need To Get Off Their Chest 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health...
May 26, 2024•45 min•Ep. 93
Join Aahuti and Jess breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with the help of Toby Basey-Fisher, CEO of Entia. This week: [04:45] - Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use [18:50] - UK partnership to address challenges regulating mental health tech [31:30] - How telemedicine can cut down NHS gynaecology waiting times 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jess on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Aahu...
May 19, 2024•43 min•Ep. 92
Join Jessica and James as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views joined by HLTH Europe's Lina Behrens and Henry Stoneley. This week: [02:45] - Apple pushes into clinical trials with new FDA nod for Apple Watch [22:45] - Virtual reality could revolutionize mental-health treatments, including ketamine therapy, for conditions like depression and anxiety [36:45] - Okko Health to test eye health app in space 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a ...
May 12, 2024•46 min•Ep. 91
Join Jessica and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [01:25] - ‘ Daniel Ek’s body scanning healthtech Neko Health is expanding to the UK [20:10] - Walmart Health Is Closing [29:10] - Hertility’s ReProductive Report aims to close the gaps in women’s health research 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about th...
May 05, 2024•46 min•Ep. 90
Join Jessica and James as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views joined by Dr Sioned Fôn Jones, co-founder of BoobyBiome. This week: [01:26] - How UK-based BoobyBiome Is Advancing Infant Feeding Harnessing the Power of the Breast Milk Microbiome [24:20] - Maven Clinic expands fertility support for males alongside health coaching program [46:10] - GE HealthCare launches voice-activated, AI-powered ultrasound machines for women’s health [59:55] - UK healthtech Elvie raises...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 89
Join Aahuti and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [14:10] - ‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients [34:55] - A Wearable Tech Gives Pharmas & Therapists Better Feel for Changes in Mental Health [46:20] - Healthtech Zoe announces 20% cost cutting, detailing redundancy packages 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Co...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 88
Join James and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [00:50] - More deal volume, lower check sizes for digital health in Q1, with AI investment leading the pack: Rock Health [22:30] - Virtual reality eases pain in cancer trial — even the next day [37:00] - I lead one of the startups accusing Apple of patent infringement. Here’s why Congress should side with us [47:30] - How UK-based BoobyBiome Is Advancing Infant Feeding Harnessing the Power of the Br...
Apr 14, 2024•55 min•Ep. 87
Join James, Belle and Daisy as they delve into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [00:25] - Increasingly sophisticated AI systems can perform empathy, but their use in mental health care raises ethical questions [23:50] - Sylvia Kang Founds Mira To Fill Gap In Women’s Health Market 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Daisy on LinkedIn 📚 ...
Apr 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 86
Join Jessica and James as they examine the week’s healthtech news and views, with help from Hassan Chaudhury and Victoria Betton, the team behind the Digital Health Equity Charter. This week: [01:10] - Sign the Equity Charter: Standing up to discrimination in Digital Health [21:40] - What ‘Digital Transformation’ Means to 3 Health System Execs 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jame...
Mar 31, 2024•53 min•Ep. 85
Join Jessica, Belle and Medic Footprints’ Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [07:45] - Virtual reality headsets calm NHS surgery patients [18:30] - New research exposes security, privacy, and safety issues in FemTech systems 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Abeyna on LinkedIn 📖 L...
Mar 24, 2024•46 min•Ep. 84
Join Jess and Huw and James as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [00:50] - This biotech startup wants to prevent unhappiness. Here's the pitch deck Matter Neuroscience used to raise $26 million [07:15] - Sooma gets €5M boost to expand its tDCS at-home depression treatment [10:50] - UK report reveals bias within medical tools and devices [19:00] - Everything you need to know to prepare for the EU’s AI Act 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com...
Mar 17, 2024•24 min•Ep. 83
Join Jessica, Huw and James as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views joined by Luke Pratsides, Head of Medical at Numan. This week: [02:25] - Let’s talk differently about obesity [23:00] - Kry profitable in all markets: “We wouldn’t have managed it as quickly without AI” [35:40] - Meet the AI chatbot therapists filling the gaps in Europe’s mental health care shortfall 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Co...
Mar 10, 2024•49 min•Ep. 82
Join Jessica and Belle as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. [04:25] - £6.2M grant share: Female-led health startup to build diverse biomarker database with Innovate UK support [16:25] - Health-care AI: The potential and pitfalls of diagnosis by app [27:35] - Driving Accessibility in HealthTech: 3 Things Founders should Consider for Thoughtful AI Implementation in 2024 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form ...
Mar 03, 2024•33 min•Ep. 81
Join James and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views, joined by Director of Data Strategy and Partnerships at Arcturis Data., Christie Brooks. This week: [01:45] - 23andMe considers splitting up company to revive stock price [10:20] - Artificial intelligence is making critical health care decisions. The sheriff is MIA. [35:50] - Tools for Better Data Interoperability Are Here — But Providers Aren’t Adopting Them 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ...
Feb 25, 2024•56 min•Ep. 80
Join Jessica and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views, joined by TORTUS CEO, Dr Dom Pimenta. This week: [01:50] - TORTUS secures $4.2M Seed Funding for clinical documentation automation [29:00] - Healthcare executives are investing in digital health tech without seeing an ROI [37:50] - Majority of data informing NICE’s appraisals of ‘poor quality’ 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Hu...
Feb 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 79
Join Jessica and Jess as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views, joined by IBIS Capital Vice President, Bracy Fertig. This week: [02:45] - Double Take: This Singapore Healthtech Startup Develops ‘Digital Twins’ To Manage Chronic Diseases [13:05] - Amazon Unveils New Program To Tackle Chronic Disease. But Will It Help Cure A Sick Nation? - [24:25] - Elon Musk's Neuralink Has Implanted Its First Chip in a Human Brain. What's Next? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpi...
Feb 11, 2024•35 min•Ep. 78
Jessica and Huw take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views, with help from DocComs CEO Roseanna Jaggard This week: [02:55] - Edinburgh startup making 3D-printed tumours raises £4.2m [08:15] - Wearable device monitors tumour size and displays it in an app [16:35] - Virtual ward costs twice that of inpatient care, study finds [26:45] - What will happen if doctors can’t use WhatsApp? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇...
Feb 04, 2024•35 min•Ep. 77
Jessica and Huw take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [02:05] - Digital health startups are running out of cash — firesales are expected [13:40] - General Catalyst to acquire nonprofit system Summa Health [17:40] - New UK rules will drastically lower the number of women able to angel invest in startups 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on Linked...
Jan 28, 2024•27 min•Ep. 76
James, Jessica and nen's Francesca Wuttke take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Francesca on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health...
Jan 21, 2024•46 min•Ep. 75
Jessica, James and Huw take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [20:05] - This women's smart health ring uses AI to analyze menstrual and sleep data [37:05] - Qvin’s Q-Pad Makes History with First FDA Approval for Menstrual Blood Health Testing 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the S...
Jan 14, 2024•46 min•Ep. 74
Jessica, James and Huw take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views. This week: [00:20] - Goldman Sachs Asset Management raises $650 mln for life sciences fund [13:15] - Overhyped? Digital Health Executive Anti-Predictions For Healthcare In 2024 [25:40] - Warner & UK HealthTech trial ‘music as medicine’ [36:15] - What's the deal with ZOE? 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connec...
Jan 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 73
Join Jessica, James and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [14:35] - ☢️ The doctor will call you now: are remote GP appointments safe? [37:10] - 🔄 Generative AI could revolutionize health care — but not if control is ceded to big tech 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Faris on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more ...
Dec 10, 2023•56 min•Ep. 72
Jessica, James and Huw (accompanied by the dog chorus) take a deep dive into the week’s healthtech news and views, discussing Amazon's latest healthcare play and the value of biomarkers in consumer healthtech. This week: [10:20] - Why Consumers Should Care About Biomarkers — And How Technology Developers and Manufacturers Can Bridge the Gap [27:05] - Amazon (AMZN) Bets on One Medical After Past Health-Care Initiatives Sputter 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a po...
Dec 03, 2023•43 min•Ep. 71
Join Jessica, James and Huw as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [10:05] - How the shakeup at OpenAI underscores the need for AI standards in health care [23:50] - EPR target for 90% of NHS trusts to go live is met early [28:10] - Toku’s AI platform predicts heart conditions by scanning inside your eye 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessic...
Nov 26, 2023•40 min•Ep. 70
Join James & Jessica as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [00:05] - 📲 Smartphones and speakers may be able to detect alcohol intoxication by analysing voice patterns [16:40] - 📠 OECD health report defines digital health as emerging health determinant 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team...
Nov 19, 2023•31 min•Ep. 69
Join James, Jessica, Huw and Motics' Dr Harvinder Power as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech news and views. This week: [04:05] - Parkinson's implant restores man's ability to walk [14:50] - HealthTech's Role In Self-Care In The Era Of Google And AI [33:20] - HTC is Sending a VR Headset to the ISS to Support Astronaut Mental Health 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Harvinder on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with...
Nov 12, 2023•57 min•Ep. 68
Join James, Huw and TORTUS's Dr Dom Pimenta as they take a deep dive into the week's healthtech stories and examine the challenges of adoption of generative AI in healthcare through the lens of TORTUS's work with Great Ormond Street Hospital. This week: [17:05] - Generative AI can be applied to nearly every healthcare use case you can think of [22:55] - New £100 million fund to capitalise on AI’s game-changing potential in life sciences and healthcare [29:30] - A group behind Stable Diffusion wa...
Nov 05, 2023•47 min•Ep. 67
Join Jessica, Huw and Health Service Journal's Joe Talora as they take an in-depth look at the NHS's Federated Data Platform (FDP), examining its origins, purposes, and the various controversies that have arisen in the lead up to the imminent contract award later this year. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Joe on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the Som...
Oct 29, 2023•49 min•Ep. 66
Join Jess, Adama and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week's top healthtech news and views. This week: [01:15] - New AI can screen for diabetes in seconds by listening to your voice [06:35] - Close AI ‘confidence gap’ to make it a powerful force for good, say experts [12:00] - Digital therapeutics software developer for Parkinson's disease gets £2.1m investment 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jess on LinkedIn ...
Oct 22, 2023•21 min•Ep. 65
Join Jessica, James and Huw as they take a deep-dive into the week's top healthtech news and views — featuring drug-dispensing robots, a race to regulate AI, and £171m for futuristic diagnostic tech. This week: [04:40] - Pharmacierge to build 30ft medication-dispensing robot in London [11:15] - H ealth AI: Geneva Initiative Launches Global Agency to Support Artificial Intelligence Regulation [22:30] - Labour’s Fit for the Future fund to increase tech in the NHS 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.heal...
Oct 15, 2023•35 min•Ep. 64
