Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Inspire: Digital health and setting up a medical device with Professor Richard Costello
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Inspire: Digital health and setting up a medical device with Professor Richard Costello
We’re back in the studio with Professor Richard Costello, exploring his vision for the future of digital health and what it takes to set up a medical device to life. He discusses how his experience in digital monitoring led him to a deeper understanding of human behaviour.
00:00 Intro and episode overview
00:41 Introduction to Professor Richard Costello
02:13 Developing an interest in digital health
04:49 Developing patents in digital health
08:37 Maintaining motivation
10:17 Challenges setting up a medical device
13:24 Vision for digital health
16:26 Restructuring healthcare to be more inclusive using digital technology
16:49 Data ownership in digital health
17:33 Portals of communication and the electronic healthcare record
19:44 GDPR in digital health
21:29 Funding structures for digital subscriptions and online platforms
23:19 Inequality and inclusion in the digital era
23:59 The carbon footprint of digital health
Guest - Professor Richard Costello
Professor Richard Costello is a professor of respiratory medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a consultant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. He trained at RCSI, Beaumont, and Johns Hopkins University. A leading researcher in airways disease and digital respiratory health, he has published over 200 papers, holds several health innovation patents, and founded a company focused on inhaler adherence. He has served as Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and chaired the European Respiratory Society Educational Council, receiving the ERS Educational Award for his contributions to respiratory medicine.
Hosts - Dr Barry Harnedy & Dr Sandra Green
Dr Barry Harnedy is a respiratory specialist trainee in Ireland. He graduated from National University of Ireland Galway. He is the current Irish Thoracic Society co Educational Officer. He is passionate about digital innovation and airways assessment.
Dr Sandra Green is a respiratory specialist trainee in Ireland. She is the current Irish Thoracic Society Sustainability Officer. As a founder of Irish Doctors for the Environment she is interested in healthcare sustainability and planetary health.
View all episodes
By The Podcast StudiosWe’re back in the studio with Professor Richard Costello, exploring his vision for the future of digital health and what it takes to set up a medical device to life. He discusses how his experience in digital monitoring led him to a deeper understanding of human behaviour.
00:00 Intro and episode overview
00:41 Introduction to Professor Richard Costello
02:13 Developing an interest in digital health
04:49 Developing patents in digital health
08:37 Maintaining motivation
10:17 Challenges setting up a medical device
13:24 Vision for digital health
16:26 Restructuring healthcare to be more inclusive using digital technology
16:49 Data ownership in digital health
17:33 Portals of communication and the electronic healthcare record
19:44 GDPR in digital health
21:29 Funding structures for digital subscriptions and online platforms
23:19 Inequality and inclusion in the digital era
23:59 The carbon footprint of digital health
Guest - Professor Richard Costello
Professor Richard Costello is a professor of respiratory medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a consultant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. He trained at RCSI, Beaumont, and Johns Hopkins University. A leading researcher in airways disease and digital respiratory health, he has published over 200 papers, holds several health innovation patents, and founded a company focused on inhaler adherence. He has served as Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and chaired the European Respiratory Society Educational Council, receiving the ERS Educational Award for his contributions to respiratory medicine.
Hosts - Dr Barry Harnedy & Dr Sandra Green
Dr Barry Harnedy is a respiratory specialist trainee in Ireland. He graduated from National University of Ireland Galway. He is the current Irish Thoracic Society co Educational Officer. He is passionate about digital innovation and airways assessment.
Dr Sandra Green is a respiratory specialist trainee in Ireland. She is the current Irish Thoracic Society Sustainability Officer. As a founder of Irish Doctors for the Environment she is interested in healthcare sustainability and planetary health.