Digital Health Section Podcast- Royal Society of Medicine

This episode features a conversation with Malte Gerhold- Director of Innovation and Improvement at the Health foundation.

It discusses Implementation Insights from the research and policy undertaken by the Health Foundation on Health technology and AI.

Discussion areas include:

- Why we need to focus on funding change rather than the technology

- The public discussions that are needed about trade-offs patients are willing to make when it comes to AI 

- Why we need a problem driven approach healthtech adoption 

- The importance of avoiding an AI aristocracy in the NHS so that everyone can benefit 

Papers discussed:

Priorities for an AI in health care strategy

How would clinicians use time freed up by technology?

In this episode Dr Kath Halliday- President of the Royal College of Radiologists discusses how AI is impacting radiology.

Discussion points include:

- The AI technologies that are being used in NHS radiology derpatments

- Challenges faced with deploying AI in the NHS

- How AI is likely to change the nature of radiologists' work

- The use of autonomous AI in radiology

Links from the Royal College of Radiologists:

- AI Registry

- AI education course

- AI Code of Conduct

This special edition of the RSM digital health podcast is a joint episode with the hosts of the Dev & Doc podcast focussed on Explainable AI in healthcare.

Key discussion topics:

- The confusion around what explainable AI is

- The question of whether it is really necessary in healthcare

- Exploring different explainability techniques

- The future of explainability and what’s needed to get there

If you like this episode then I'd love to hear your comments and and do check out the Dev & Doc podcast where doctors and engineers unpick healthcare AI related topics

This episode features a conversation with Professor David Lowe- Clinical Director for Innovation at the Digital Health Validation Lab, University of Glasgow and A&E consultant.

Key conversation topics:

- The story of the Digital Health Validation lab

- What validation of Digital Health Technologies means in practice and how it varies depending on the maturity of the technology

- Evaluation challenges and what could be done to overcome them from a policy and governance perspective

- Hints and tips to early stage companies when it comes to evaluation

Digital Health Validation Lab website

This episode explores software as a medical device regulation on both sides of the Atlantic.  It features two incredible guests, Johan (ex-MHRA) and Brendan (ex-FDA) who share their unique perspectives from their respective experience at regulatory agencies.

On this episode Dr James Ray National clinical advisor for urgent and emergency care at NHS England shares how digital technologies are being introduced to improve care delivery in 111 and the challenges faced and lessons learned along the way He also shared his vision for how a single digital front door could help to simplify and standardise triage and provide a potential solution to the NHS navigation problem.

This episode focusses on AI & the Limits of Clinician Vigilance and features of conversation with Prof Julia Adler-Mistein, Professor at the University of California.

Conversation topics include 

Paper reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816582

This episode features a conversation with Dr Molly Gilmartin- Health Tech investor at AlbionVC about healthtech market trends and trajectories. 

Discussion topics include:

- Recent healthtech market investment trends

- Predicted trends in the next few years

- How to approach market entry

- Breaking down key buzzwords and phrases from product market fit to TAM, SAM, SOM, CAC and CTLV

- Challenges associated with business cases in healthcare and how these vary across regions

This episode features a conversation about Investment in Healthcare with Dr John Lee Allen who is Managing Partner at RYSE Asset Management.

John has a background as a physician scientist, entrepreneur, and investor and his ability to bridge the gap between academia and industry has made him an influential figure in the fields of science, technology, and investment.

John sits on company boards, is an NHS Board Governor, Grant Assessor at Innovate UK, Expert-In-Residence at Imperial College London, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow & Mentor, RSM Digital Health Council member and a Fellow at the University of Cambridge.

Conversation topics include:

This episode features a conversation with Jess Morley- Health Data Academic at Yale Digital Ethics Centre, discussing ethical implications of digital health transformation.

Jess shares a framework for thinking about some key areas where technology is likely to impact on healthcare and some difficult questions we are going to need to face as a healthcare system. 

Conversation topics include questions about trust, accountability, equity and the changing doctor patient relationship.