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August 11, 2021 164 - Heat is on in Healthcare Payments; Marcus Wilson, Surgical Partners
Are you up-to-date with the current healthcare trend - healthcare payment?
Marcus Wilson is the CEO of Surgical Partners and is passionate about implementing technology-based solutions for the complex challenges facing healthcare practices.
Surgical Partners is a solution that is helping practices around Australia integrate their accounting information with their practice management system.
In this episode, Pete and Marcus explore the healthcare payment landscape. They discuss what possibilities lie ahead and the various fascinating approaches to healthcare payments.
This episode will answer many of the questions you have surrounding healthcare payment while ensuring you understand the gains of collaborating in that space. Also, tune in if you are wondering why now is the ideal time for entering the healthcare payment landscape.
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26 min
August 09, 2021 163 - Nurses are making a difference with health technology, Entreprenurses
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29 min
August 04, 2021 162 - How the twin pressures of an ageing and ailing population will decimate the Australian healthcare system; Ben Magid, Virtualcare
Virtual care is putting hospitals on the right track to surpass the ailing and ageing issues.
Ben Magid is CEO of Virtualcare and has expertise across all aspects of digital health. He is passionate about the power of emerging digital technologies.
Virtualcare is an end-to-end remote care automation platform focused on creating technology to enable patient-centric care where it is most convenient.
In this episode, Pete and Ben explore the many potential issues that will arise within the healthcare sector in another five or so years. They take an in-depth look at why this is a problem to deal with now, Australia’s response to the situation and the changes that must be made, among other things.
This episode surrounds virtual care. So tune in to learn how hospitals can make the shift from the bricks and mortar setting into the virtual space. Also, Ben Magid, a digital health expert, helps us to better understand the severity of the healthcare issues to come and if we are doing enough as an industry to remodel healthcare.
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Mentioned in this episode:
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21 min
August 02, 2021 161 - Gamification in healthcare - 2021 Winter Summit Panel Session
Serious games are becoming an effective way of increasing patient engagement and positive behavioural change. Should we get serious about games in healthcare?
This is a panel session recorded at the Talking HealthTech Winter Summit featuring Carolyn Mee from SoundScouts, Jim Cook from University of Sydney, Kiran Ijaz from Australian Institute of Health Innovation and Nathan Moore from Western Sydney Local Health District.
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Mentioned in this episode:
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29 min
July 28, 2021 160 - Smart clothing; increasing care beyond hospital walls; Shem Richards, Goldilocks
Smart clothing is the next generation of remote monitoring tech, are you subscribed yet?
Shem Richards is a biomedical engineer and the founder of Goldilocks.
Goldilocks is a smart clothing company aiming to reduce the cost of healthcare and increase the value of care beyond the hospital walls.
In this episode, Pete and Shem discuss how smart wearables can reduce parental stress and help with ageing-in-place. They take a sneak peek at what the next generation of care looks like and talk about Shem’s journey of bringing a medical device to market in Australia, among other things.
Tune into this episode to learn how a baby singlet can help clinicians coach parents through the stresses of bringing a newborn home. This episode also covers how innovative technologies can facilitate remote monitoring and aged care and implementing the human aspect of remote care.
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To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Goldilocks, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.
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Mentioned in this episode:
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23 min
July 26, 2021 159 - Beyond telehealth; what’s next for virtual care? Kerry Stratton, InterSystems
In this episode, we hear from Kerry Stratton from InterSystems, who speaks about innovation in healthcare surrounding COVID-19, including telehealth. He also discusses the concept of value-based care and the importance of healthcare data.
This episode covers how technology can improve the accessibility and quality of healthcare in rural and remote Australia. It also includes the tangible use and value of healthcare data, the sustainability of telehealth in its current form and explores what the future might hold for healthcare innovation.

Key Takeaways:
The factors that hindered innovation before COVID-19 and how they have changed. One of the determinants Kerry outlines is that healthcare is quite complex, and as such, doing anything, such as making decisions and gathering and using data takes much more time.
The value of healthcare data. Kerry shares examples of how healthcare data is being used and weighs in on whether or not it has been highlighted by the pandemic.
The utilisation and reliance of telehealth globally. With the global responsibility for InterSystems, Kerry gets exposed to the various ways that countries use telehealth. He describes some ways that he has seen it being used and points out aspects of telehealth that need improvement.
Improving healthcare in rural and remote Australia using technology. Along with technology, Pete and Kerry discuss looking at other aspects of enhancing healthcare, such as internet connectivity and being able to provide care long-term.
The concept of value-based care. Kerry explains how true value can be accomplished. He also addresses the possible barriers to health tech innovation and pinpoints how technology may interfere with clinical governance.
Mentioned in this episode:
Use the free Talking HealthTech Glossary for plain-English explanations of digital health terms, acronyms and concepts across the industry: talkinghealthtech.com/glossary.
36 min
July 21, 2021 158 - Public health and the digital agenda, Demogene Smith, Mid North Coast Local Health District NSW
Are you appealing to the real foundational issues in digital healthcare, or are you just creating widgets?
Demogene Smith is currently the e-health Program Manager for Mid North Coast Local Health District NSW. He is a Senior technologist with a passion for driving digital change.
MNCLHD covers the Port Macquarie Hastings Local Government Area in the south, to Coffs Harbour Local Government Area in the north and provides a diverse range of services to a population of more than 215,000 people.
In this episode, Pete and Demogene discuss the challenges facing public health with a digital agenda in the real world and how we might, as an industry, really deliver positive outcomes for organisations, clients, and the community.
Tune into this episode to learn how you can connect with healthcare organisations to solve the real issues they are having. This episode also explores the challenges facing public health with a digital agenda in the real world and the future of digital health.
Check out the episode and full show notes here.
To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at MNCLHD, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Use the free Talking HealthTech Glossary for plain-English explanations of digital health terms, acronyms and concepts across the industry: talkinghealthtech.com/glossary.
23 min
July 19, 2021 157 - Advanced population health and empathetic care. Dr Chris Hobson, Orion Health
How do you feel about care coordination, convenient or not, necessary or not?
Dr Chris Hobson is the Chief Medical Officer at Orion Health. He has twenty years of experience as a physician working in primary and secondary care, including ten years of experience in family medicine.
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In this episode, Pete and Chris explore the process of enabling clinicians and patients to take the right actions through efficient care coordination and how we can make sense of all this data through analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and many more things that they unpack in this chat.
Tune into this episode to learn new ways of making sense of data, and the importance of delivering empathetic care. Also, learn how data can be used to make a clinician’s life much easier. This episode will also explore the visions for good healthcare.
Check out the episode and full show notes here.
To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Orion Health, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Use the free Talking HealthTech Glossary for plain-English explanations of digital health terms, acronyms and concepts across the industry: talkinghealthtech.com/glossary.
25 min
July 14, 2021 156- Human centred design in healthcare; Landell Archer, Elypsys
Technology is meant to make life easier, so what is it doing for your healthcare practice?
Landell Archer is the CEO and Co-founder of Elypsys. Landell works with clients to create digital solutions designed for the exact people who use them.
Elypsys is a proudly Australian-owned and operated business, dedicated to delivering human-first solutions which promote equality, accessibility, and connection.
In this episode, Pete and Landell discuss her career journey, creating better solutions in healthcare, the benefits of deep discovery, digital prototyping and usability testing in creating solutions.
This episode exposes you to another side of telehealth. Landell Archer enjoys networking. She shares how connecting with the clients, the tech people and the creative agencies create ideal solutions. You will also learn about digital prototyping and usability testing in creating solutions
Check out the episode and full show notes here.
To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at Elypsys, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Use the free Talking HealthTech Glossary for plain-English explanations of digital health terms, acronyms and concepts across the industry: talkinghealthtech.com/glossary.
20 min
July 12, 2021 155 - The future of healthcare communication training: Virtual Patients. Will Pamment and Aiden Roberts, SimConverse
Did you know that 60 to 80% of medical errors are attributable to communication breakdown?
Will Pamment and Aiden Roberts are the cofounders of SimConverse. They’re two medical students who are passionate about solving the issues in healthcare communication that lead to harming patients. SimConverse creates Artificially Intelligent virtual patients for healthcare communication training. It is a platform for structured communication training.
In this episode, Pete, Will and Aiden chat about using better, more scalable and accessible ways of training communications skills to hopefully eliminate numerous medical errors and maybe save lots of lives.
This episode helps us to understand how one solution can solve two issues. Learn how you can use virtual patients to improve healthcare communication training, making it more structured, lessening medical errors. Also, get a better understanding of how medical schools approach communication skills and how it can be improved.

In this episode, you go on a journey to explore a new perspective on solving communication issues in healthcare.
Check out the episode and full show notes here.
To see the latest information, news, events and jobs on offer at SimConverse, visit their Talking HealthTech Directory here.
Loving the show? Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits. For more information visit here.
Mentioned in this episode:
Use the free Talking HealthTech Glossary for plain-English explanations of digital health terms, acronyms and concepts across the industry: talkinghealthtech.com/glossary.
23 min

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