Albert Einstein once said, "We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them." That's true, but can we find solutions by reverse-engineering the problem with a problem solver's mindset? Our guests today on OrthoGuide, Richard Boddington and Edouard Saget, founders and CEO of OrthoGrid, answer that question and explore healthcare problem solving with host Sean Heath.

Utah-based OrthoGrid started as a solution to help orthopedic surgeons position better for implants, leg lengths, and hip offset and grew into a portfolio of patented and patent-pending technologies related to intraoperative assessment using radiopaque grid patterns.

"We saw an opportunity for providing solutions that could be solved real-time, along with automation of implant placements or fracture reduction," Boddington said. "But it's also supporting on the spot difficult decisions or situational awareness with the predictive capability to identify certain problems ahead of time. These are the niche problems we hope to solve."

But solving technological problems in healthcare often requires a hybrid type of expert that's hard to come by.

"It takes a lot of time to find the people that have the passion, interest, and knowledge," Boddington said. "One of the challenges in finding a person who has expertise in multiple areas. It's hard to find a computer science expert that's also got the in-depth knowledge of an orthopedic surgeon."

While technology and AI have made the solutions possible, technology in of itself is not a solution, Saget said.

"We're looking for problems with a new perspective and we find new problems all the time," he said. "The fun part is we think there are solutions for them."