How many places are your healthcare information kept? Wouldn't it be great if you could view it all in one spot? Healthtech start up Wanngi is taking on the bold journey to attempt to do just that. Maree Beare is the Founder of a HealthTech startup called Wanngi, an online health wallet that is implementing a social movement to empower people with their own health information. Maree was recently recognised in the top 50 list of Women leading Startups that are disrupting Healthtech In this episod...
Oct 28, 2019•18 min
Dr Adam Meredith is the CEO, Founder and Inventor of Migraine Stopper, a device that turns off migraines. Adam is a Chiropractor by trade, with his own group of practices known as the Spine and Health, a Posture Based Chiropractic Centre. In this interview, learn how migraines come about, some different treatment methods and the theory behind the Migraine Stopper device.
Oct 21, 2019•24 min
If you work in the healthcare industry you have a huge responsibility when it comes to managing sensitive patient information, whether you’re a big software vendor or a single physiotherapist, everyone needs to follow the same rules, and there are some pretty serious consequences for not doing it properly. Do you know what your obligations are and if you’re doing a good job? Check this episode out to find out! Who is Anna Johnston Anna Johnston is one of Australia’s most respected experts in pri...
Oct 14, 2019•32 min
James Scollay is CEO of clinical and practice management software vendor Genie Solutions. He’s the former General Manager of MYOB, and was originally the executive chair of Genie before moving into the full time CEO gig early last year. Genie has earned tremendous respect and trust from its customer base, with over 20 years in market as a software solution for Doctors. More recently James has been focused on bringing the company into a new era of industry collaboration and technological advancem...
Sep 30, 2019•25 min
Marcus Wilson is CEO of Surgical Partners, a solution that is helping practices around Australia integrate their accounting information with their practice management system. He is a former healthcare analyst for Macquarie Group, and an Engineer by training. Marcus is passionate about implementing technology-based solutions for the complex challenges facing healthcare practices. In this chat with Pete, they cover the inefficiencies of back office processes in health, the exciting world of health...
Sep 16, 2019•28 min
Ami Assigal is the Director of Practice Partners, a group of Healthcare Business Consultants helping clinics achieve their goals of profitability and growth. Ami has a wealth of experience in all aspects of running a medical centre. She an MBA specialising in finance, and a Diploma in Practice Management, so she knows her stuff when it comes to running a successful medical practice. Ami loins Pete in the studio to talk about the concept of Virtual Practice Management, and how it's revolutionisin...
Sep 02, 2019•23 min
Karen Finnin is a Physiotherapist, and the Director of Online Physio, who specialise in providing long distance Physiotherapy consultations to people who have trouble accessing traditional care. She's been a physio for 20 years, and worked in many rural and remote areas, here and abroad, and in that time identified the recurring need for patients in remote areas to have better access to quality care for injury management. Due to the success of Online Physio, she has become one of Australia's lea...
Aug 19, 2019•17 min
Matt Bardsley is CEO of MedicalDirector, one of Australia's leading Practice Management Software providers. In this episode, Pete and Matt address questions like: is building software for healthcare a pain or pleasure economy? What's the right kind of investment to build innovative technology? Has humankind outpaced Darwinism?
Aug 05, 2019•29 min
Ariel Garten is CEO and co-founder of Muse - the brain sensing headband which is used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Bloomberg describes her "an innovator who completely remakes reality". She is featured in over 1000 articles and TV spots including Fortune, NBC, CBS, CNET, Business Inside (50 sexiest scientists!), Times India, Huffington Post, GQ, Tim Ferris, Popular Science, New York Times, and multiple times on CNN, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and Tech Crunch. She has a T...
Jul 22, 2019•22 min
Rafic Habib is the CEO and co-founder of Clinic To Cloud, a cloud based practice management system that is striving to optimise Medica Practices and enabling better patient engagement. We talk about the adoption of cloud by the industry, and his team's approach to solving big problems in healthcare.
Jul 08, 2019•28 min
Katrina Otto is the Principal and Owner of Train IT Medical, and is the self proclaimed "Switzerland of HealthTech vendors" - she likes all of them. With a strong track record of delivering results, Katrina has carved out a niche as one of Australia's leading medical software trainers. She helps practices make informed decisions about how best to use technology to provide better healthcare. In this episode Katrina chats with Pete about the importance and intricacies of sharing health data, the a...
Jun 24, 2019•27 min
Dr Ben Hurst, the CEO and Founder of HotDoc - Australia’s most trusted patient engagement platform - chats with Pete about the adoption of technology in General Practice (including cloud), emerging technology and the importance of trust between clinicians and vendors.
Jun 10, 2019•34 min
Dr Maryam Sadeghi is CEO and co-founder of MetaOptima, the creators of DermEngine and MoleScope - innovative and intelligent technology for imaging, documentation and diagnosis of skin conditions and skin cancer, powered by artificial intelligence. Maryam talks with Pete about innovation, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare.
May 27, 2019•25 min
Pete chat's with the "Father of FHIR" Grahame Grieve about the motivations and drivers behind the plumbing of healthcare data. Check out the FHIR community at www.fhir.org
May 13, 2019•28 min
Tess Van De Rijt is CEO and Founder of Patient Connector, and is solving the complexities facing patients when being referred to a specialist doctor.
Apr 29, 2019•15 min
Dr Ganesh Naidoo is Medical Director of the Healius brand Health & Co, and has seen primary care from many perspectives - from within a clinic he started himself, to within the biggest of Healthcare corporates in Australia. Ganesh talks with Pete about the opportunities and challenges facing primary healthcare today and in the future.
Apr 15, 2019•17 min
Dr Todd Cameron: GP, Clinic Owner, Health Executive, Mentor, Speaker and White Board & Stationery Connoisseur. He joins Pete for a wide ranging conversation about the changing dynamics of healthcare and technology for the GP of today, and tomorrow.
Apr 01, 2019•26 min
In this episode Pete chat's with Dr Robert Laidlaw of Secure Health Chain about Blockchain and Healthcare.
Mar 18, 2019•15 min
When recreating the 1942 Japanese bombing of Darwin in Virtual Reality isn't enough, what do you do next? If you're Anshul Dayal, CEO and Co-Founder of Neuromersiv, you look to use your creative talents and Virtual Reality expertise to make stroke and brain rehabilitation more engaging and fun. Anshul chats to Pete about emerging tech in health like virtual reality and augmented reality and the role it will play in the near future.
Mar 04, 2019•19 min
Dr Merran Cooper, founder of Touchstone Life Care chats with Pete about how technology can be an enabler of a healthy death.
Feb 18, 2019•27 min
Digital Health expert Tim Blake joins Pete in the studio to talk about social prescribing, unpacks what is digital health and why, the emerging needs of the patient and new models of care in this ever changing healthcare landscape.
Feb 04, 2019•28 min
Silvia Pfeiffer, CEO and co-founder of Coviu, talks with Pete about telemedicine, medicare, regional and remote Australia, writing a book, and how she doesn't do blood.
Jan 16, 2019•16 min
Keep an eye out for the Talking HealthTech podcast in 2019!
Dec 17, 2018•2 min
