What were the biggest health tech trends in 2025? After a year of conversations with dozens of founders, clinicians, and investors, we're cutting through the noise to reveal what actually changed, where the hype fell flat, and where real momentum is building. We unpack the surprising gap between private equity investment and medical AI, debating whether AI is truly making healthcare faster and cheaper or if the money is flowing elsewhere.

In this special 2025 year-in-review, the HealthTech Remedy hosts - Dr. Tim Showalter, Dr. Paul Gerrard, and Dr. Trevor Royce - step back to connect the dots from a transformative year. We explore the massive theme of AI in healthcare, moving beyond buzzwords to distinguish between generative AI and classification models and how they are practically applied in the clinic today. We challenge the narrative of AI replacing doctors, arguing instead that technology is empowering clinicians with new "superpowers" and cementing the importance of the human element in patient care.

This episode synthesizes a year of insights into the most important health tech trends of 2025. We dive deep into the rise of physician entrepreneurs in health tech, highlighting how clinical leaders are the key to building successful companies that solve real-world workflow problems. We also tackle the foundational, less glamorous, but critical challenges of healthcare data integration and EHR interoperability, discussing how solving these "1980s engineering problems" is finally unlocking modern innovation. From automating healthcare administration nightmares with companies like Infinitus Systems to creating entirely new categories of patient care with Viz.ai, we cover the companies and ideas that challenged our thinking. We discuss the last-mile delivery solutions of Sprinter Health and Hims & Hers, the drug repurposing mission of Every Cure, the paradigm-shifting vision of the Enhanced Games, and key takeaways from the HLTH 2025 conference. Join us as we reflect on the lessons learned and what they mean for the future of healthcare.

Timestamps

(00:00) Holiday Banter & Intro

(00:55) Reflecting on 2025's Key Health Tech Learnings

(02:37) The Big Picture: AI Investment vs. Private Equity in Healthcare

(05:31) Defining the Role of AI: Generative vs. Classification and Augmenting Humans

(07:05) The Rise of Physician Entrepreneurs in Health Tech

(09:58) The Foundational Challenge: Healthcare Data Integration and EHR Interoperability

(12:47) Standout Companies and Surprising Insights from 2025 (Every Cure, Infinitus Systems, Hims & Hers)

(16:36) Tackling an Endless Pain Point: Automating Healthcare Administration

(18:09) Beyond Efficiency: How AI Is Creating Net-New Healthcare Products (Viz.ai)

(20:17) Unlocking Untapped Data: From Endoscopy Footage to Clinical Guidelines

(21:59) Key Company Takeaways from the HLTH 2025 Conference (Rimidi, Weight Watchers, GE Healthcare)

(24:40) Rethinking Human Performance: The Provocative Case of the Enhanced Games

(27:07) Final Reflections on the Podcast Journey & Top Episodes of the Year

Episode Resources

Companies Discussed in This Episode:

• Every Cure
• Infinitus Systems
• Sprinter Health
• Hims & Hers
• Viz.ai
• Artisight
• Virgo
• Cohere Health
• Turquoise Health
• SmarterDX
• ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
• GE Healthcare
• WeightWatchers
• Rimidi
• Enhanced Games