The Digital Health Voice: Recent Episodes
The Digital Health Voice
This is the Digital Health Voice - a podcast focused on the stories that are happening in Digital Health in Malta, Europe and World Wide. We talk with people from all walks of life that have decided to make Digital Health, their primary mission.
This work is a collaboration between Med-Tech World and Digital Health Malta.
In this week's episode, we're off to the UK as we explore further the world of Virtual Reality in Healthcare . It was a pleasure to speak to Mark Cheetham of RedBox VR who gave us an insight into the work that they're doing for Medical Education and how VR, could have an immense impacts on sectors such as the treatment of those working within the military, the ageing population and even the younger age group.
We got to meet RedBox VR at MedTech World 22 and we were delighted by the solutions they had to offer.
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Mark Cheetham | LinkedIn
RedboxVR
The Metaverse is the main keyword as we fly off to the Netherlands to meet Dr Javier Mendoza, Gastroenterologist and Senior Medical Advisor at AIMEDIS. The first time I met this gentleman was online and was truly struck by the energy and enthusiasm in his words. I confirmed this when I met him at Med-Tech World 2022 and of course, we could not resist having a Podcast and talk about the Metaverse, building Trust in Digital Health and much more.
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LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/javiermendozamd
Aimedis
In this week's episode, we virtually fly to Serbia where we met the Co-Founder of Health Tech lab, Ivana Kostić. This pleasant conversation evolved around the themes of Biotechnology, creating supportive environments for Digital Health and Health Tech and how we need to work together to exponentially grow the Digital Health community.
Take a moment to listen and learn about Supercluster, Biotech companies and much more!
In this episode, we look at an important part of every human's life span, the early years. We had the opportunity to meet with Andrew Olszewski, "Task Hunter" at High-Tech Productions who is working hard together with his team to engage children by taking active breaks whilst they are interacting with technology such as mobile devices. His job title, got me curious leading to a couple of interesting questions that we could not resist asking, so why don't you take a moment to explore this episode and listen for yourself.
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Andrew Olszewski | LinkedIn
Move and Enjoy Toddlers - we activate toddlers and children using smartphones
This week we're meeting the founder of the exciting UK HealthTech Startup - PocDoc, Steve Roest. Even better, he happens to be a fellow Podcaster at the HealthTech Hour. We talked about Lateral Flow Tests (not COVID ones!), Digital Health Startups, Access, Testing and the life event that pushed Steve to take action and work on PocDoc. Take a moment to listen to Steve's story and learn about what PocDoc is working on.
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Steve Roest | LinkedIn
MyPocDoc – Smart Health in Your Hands
HealthTech Hour
Welcome to the world of Digital Public Health! Through her academic journey at the Leibniz Science Campus Digital Public Health at the University of Bremen, Laura is trying to understand the best way to measure the maturity of Digital Public Health systems on a European and hopefully global level sometime soon.
In this podcast, Laura shares her insights on how to work with experts to achieve consensus and a way forward in measuring digital maturity. She also discusses the importance of working with stakeholders across organizational boundaries and challenges you to think beyond your own organization's goals.
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Laura's LinkedIn - Laura Maaß | LinkedIn
Leibniz Science Campus - Digital Public Health - Home - Leibniz ScienceCampus - DiPH (lsc-digital-public-health.de)
Can you imagine Artificial Intelligence techniques making their way into the operating room? Well, a Maltese general surgeon, Mr Jeffrey Dalli is currently doing a fellowship at the University College Dublin Centre for Precision Surgery where he is exploring this world and seeing the infinite possibilities of Digital Surgery. This episode explores the world of Big Data in Surgery and how we're just getting started! Take the time to listen to Jeffrey's story.
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LinkedIn Profile - Jeffrey Dalli | LinkedIn
UCD Centre for Precision Surgery - UCD Centre for Precision Surgery | UCD School of Medicine
We're closing off Season 1 with a bang as we interact with the Founder and CEO of Pera Labs, Burak. We had the incredible opportunity to learn about the digital health journey of Burak as he sought to digitally transform fertility by bridging "the gap between digital solutions such as AI and reproductive health". Listen to Burak as he tells us about his travels and how he chose Malta as one of the main locations to set up his Digital Health company.
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Burak Özkösem Ph.D. | LinkedIn
Pera Labs: Overview | LinkedIn
Pera Labs is a next-generation fertility tech company transforming the reproductive health field through Artificial Intelligence and lab-on-chip technology.
Pera Labs | AI Fertility Treatment Solutions | IVF & Sperm Analysis
Recently, I spotted a tweet encouraging #MedTech founders to hire health economists rather than salespeople. With that in mind, I could definitely think that Fruszina is one health economist to look out for and she already supports digital health startups with their journey to achieving evidence-based value. Take some time to listen to this exciting conversation revolving around Digital Therapeutics, Health Technology Assessment and also a very cool task force. Check it out!
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LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fruzsinamezei
EIT Health - EIT Health: Overview | LinkedIn
This was quite an episode, Georgi spoke to us from a truly unique location, the beach. This was the perfect place to discuss an ever-growing health challenge - burnout. Georgi shares with us his digital health journey with Digiburn and how a specific person in his life inspired him to move forward with this adventure.
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Georgi Natchev 🚀 | LinkedIn
Digiburn
Time to delve into the world of Distributed Ledger Technologies with insight from Anton Hasselgren, PhD Candidate and Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Furthermore, he's also a Digital Health Specialist working at Accenture and this week we had a moment with him to explore the opportunities that lie ahead of us and how we can make the most out of this incredibly interesting technology, and how it could potentially be a game-changer.
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Anton Hasselgren - LinkedIn Profile - Anton Hasselgren | LinkedIn
Research
JMIR Formative Research - Medical Students’ Perceptions of a Blockchain-Based Decentralized Work History and Credentials Portfolio: Qualitative Feasibility Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research - Blockchain for Increased Trust in Virtual Health Care: Proof-of-Concept Study (jmir.org)
This week we get in touch with Lucas Perez, the co-founder of the Health My Project with a wealth of experience in developing innovative solutions for seniors and Digital Health. We were personally struck by Lucas' focus on Health and Autonomy and the opportunities that await future healthcare and public health leaders.
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Lucas Perez - LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-perez-688616b9
Health My Project - LinkedIn
In this week's episode we meet with Terry Wou, a former investor advisor who turned from the world of finance to mental health after witnessing the mental health challenges within that industry. We talk about a number of interesting things including her studies, what motivated her to make the switch, last year's experience at Med-Tech World in Malta, her role as founder at Bien-être World and ESG. Ever wondered what ESG is? take some time to listen in!
This episode is special for all of us at the Digital Health Voice Team as we reach the milestone of 20 Podcast Episodes! Thanks once again to all our fans and supporters as we strive and work hard to the next milestone!
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Bien-être : Home (bienetreworld.com)
Terry Wou - LinkedIn - Terry Wou | LinkedIn
Together with Ilja, we explore the world of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and we listen to an incredibly interesting story of a radiologist who transformed his career from medical imaging to the intersection of healthcare, business and technology. This episode was long due and we were extremely grateful that we made this happen with Ilja. Take a moment to digest this story as we understand and unravel the opportunities and challenges that await healthcare and public health within this field.
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Ilja Radlgruber - Dr. Ilja Radlgruber, MBA | LinkedIn
Pantaflow Digital - Pantaflow AI
Episode number 18 takes us to the Middle East and into the realm of Extended Reality as we meet with Dr Sana Farid, a surgeon in training who also happens to be the President of the Middle East Chapter of the VRAR Association. Furthermore, she is also the Co-Chair of the Healthcare Committee within this same association. You could feel Sana's passion and emotion to bring out the best of healthcare technology and ensure that we work as hard as we can to communicate the beneficial aspects of Digital Health and MedTech. We were truly struck by the stories that she shared with us throughout the show. Take a moment to listen to this healthcare perspective from the Middle East.
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Dr Sana Farid - LinkedIn - Dr. Sana (د. سناء فريد) Farid | LinkedIn
VRAR Association - VR/AR Association - The VRARA
Today we start making the links between Digital Health and our collective home, Planet Earth. In fact, on this topic, we met with one of the leading voices in this field, Dr Jordi Serrano Pons, CEO of UniversalDoctor and Co-Founder of UhDa Health. Jordi has been involved in the field of Digital Health and Global Health for more than 10 years and we heard an interesting story about a CD! Take the time to explore what this interesting Catalan doctor has been up to!
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LinkedIn Profile - Jordi Serrano Pons | LinkedIn
Universal Doctor - universaldoctor
UhDa Health - UhDa Health
The kindred spirit was alive and kicking in this special episode of The Digital Health Voice as we learnt about the link between brain health and virtual reality and the endless opportunities that are available out there as we venture into the present reality of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and much more within Healthcare. Are we at the cusp of an incredible breakthrough? Learn more from Amir in this interesting episode of The Digital Health Voice.
We can't wait to see you in Malta Amir!
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LinkedIn Profile - Amir Bozorgzadeh | LinkedIn
Virtuleap Official Website - Virtuleap - Brain training in VR
The Bayer Global G4A Program has always intrigued the team at the Digital Health Voice and we were delighted to be given the satisfaction to receive numerous golden nuggets of wisdom from Dominick, who went way back to give us an insight into how the funding of Digital Health Startups started off and we even got to hear about "e-angels" and much more. Dive deep into the Podcast to learn more!
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Linkedin Profile - Dominick Kennerson | LinkedIn
Bayer G4A - Digital Health Partnerships & Startup Funding | Bayer G4A
We mixed things up a bit this week and we met with Innocent Clement, CEO and Founder of Ciba Health. Innocent with his unique name and surname combination shared with us his vision for connected and continuity of care. There was so much to absorb and get ready to learn about the possibility of data analytics and artificial intelligence in the care of chronic diseases.
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Innocent Clement,MD,MPH,MBA | LinkedIn
Online Doctor Visits & Digital Therapeutics | Ciba Health Inc
13, usually an unlucky number, but we sure felt lucky this week to host Jasmine Hounsell, Co-Founder of Evolene Ltd. Jasmin had the opportunity to visit her family in Malta last November but we were also honoured to see her at Med-Tech World. In fact, she also spoke in a very interesting panel about scaling up into different markets, specifically the US Market. We spoke about debt collection, digital health, Marsaxlokk, but most of all, we spoke about the critical importance of including Communication in the very start of the development of Digital Health and Med Tech products. Enjoy this delightful conversation!
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Evolene Ltd
Jasmine Hounsell - LinkedIn - Jasmin Hounsell | LinkedIn
Evolene Ltd - Healthcare marketing agency | Powering purpose | Evolene
This week, our co-host Dr Stefan Buttigieg had a delightful conversation with the CEO of Digital Salutem and Digital Health Influencer João Bocas. João visited us in Malta in November of last year and we couldn't resist to reach out to him and ask him about his thoughts and vision for Digital Health and MedTech, especially with his deep knowledge in the field of Wearables. Take the time to learn about his sports background and how he learnt from his successes and even challenging times to create Digital Salutem, with the main aim of making healthcare uncomplicated.
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LinkedIn Profile - João Bocas - João Bocas | LinkedIn
Digital Salutem - Home - Digital Salutem
YouTube Channel - Digital Health & Wearables Series by João Bocas - YouTube
Episode no.11....we skipped the no.10 milestone and this week we talked to Tjasa Zajc, the host of the incredibly popular Digital Health podcast - The Faces of Digital Health and also Business Developer for Better Meds. The conversation evolved into a discussion about the future of Digital Health Podcasts, Medication Management, Patient Safety and even Medical Decision-making.
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LinkedIn Profile - Tjasa Zajc | LinkedIn
Podcast Website - Faces of digital health
Better Meds - Better Meds | Better care
In the second episode of 2022 (in our brand new studio!) we talked to Mr Lambert Montevecchi, CEO and Founder of Boost Consulting. Lambert comes from the unique background of Political Science but he kept us on the edge with his interesting stories from the ground, literally working within the hospital, the epicentre of healthcare activity. We were also delighted to hear about his Digital Health Journey and got some golden nuggets of wisdom with respect to the role of the Management Consultant within a healthcare setting. Take a moment to listen and learn from a unique individual.
We're also immensely grateful that we've reached our very first episode milestone....episode no.10. We hope that you follow us closely as we continue building our work into the next 10,20,30.....if not more...episodes!
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Boost Consulting | for Healthcare Organisations
Lambert Montevecchi | LinkedIn
First episode of 2022! Woohoo! In our ninth episode of The Digital Health Voice we had the incredible opportunity to speak to Dr Simon Sonntag, the CEO and Co-Founder of Virtonomy.io. We have to admit that we were pretty intrigued with the concepts of virtual patients, digital twins and clinical trials of medical devices driven by such technology. This episode gave us the opportunity to listen to his unique Digital Health story and some of his key take-aways from the Med-Tech World Conference.
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Dr. Simon J. Sonntag | LinkedIn
Anatomy Study & Virtual Fitting | Virtonomy.io
Virtual Patients - v-Patients
Our last episode for 2021 is with Dr Brian Wallace, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Calmsie, a digital therapeutics company focused on Digital Mental Health. What we found peculiar about Brian, was his background as a House Officer (Medical Officer) in Malta and how together with his colleagues, he set up Calmsie during the COVID-19 Pandemic. He had quite a story to share with us! Take the opportunity to listen to his Med-Tech World experience and his unique Digital Health Journey.
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Calmsie
Brian E Wallace MD PhD MBA | LinkedIn
This is the first episode after Med-Tech World. What an incredible couple of days with amazing like-minded people. This week we are meeting with Ms Maxine Bristow, Health Coach and Director at MUHDO Health Malta. She gave us some key take-aways from the Med-Tech World Conference and also provided us with an interesting outlook towards the future of MUHDO Health in Malta, especially in the field of epigenetics.
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Epigenetics DNA Tests - DNA Health Tests - Muhdo
Muhdo | Epigenetic DNA Tests | Malta (muhdomalta.com)
Maxine (Max) Bristow | LinkedIn
In the latest episode before we dive deep into the Med-Tech World Symposium of 2021, we fly off to Switzerland to meet Dr Michel Bielecki, founder of Testasy and GobiX. Dr Bielecki comes across as an innovative medical professional who has got quite a story from the COVID-19 Pandemic. We were delighted to listen to his story and we can't wait to welcome him in Malta
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Michel Bielecki MD | LinkedIn
Testasy Official Website - Testasy
GobiX Official Website - Home – GobiX
We're flying back to the UK with the CEO and Co-Founder of Blüm Health, Dr Michael Watts. Dr Watts and his team shares his journey as a medical doctor were he was seeking to intersect the worlds of technology and healthcare throughout his career. In fact, Blüm Health is a software development company with the sole goal to connect healthcare excellence with technological innovation, accelerating the transition to a world filled with digital health solutions.
It was a true pleasure meeting him and we can't see to him at Med-Tech World
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Dr Michael Watts - LinkedIn - Michael Watts | LinkedIn
Blüm Health - Blüm Tech | Software Engineering & Design (blumtechgroup.com)
Shifting towards the academic perspective of Digital Health, in Episode number 4 we are speaking to Dr Conrad Attard. Dr Attard is the Deputy Dean and Chair of Board of Studies of the newly launched Masters of Science in Digital Health at the University of Malta. Furthermore, he is also the Lead Researcher of the PEM Project, with the aim being to increase the quality of life of People with Dementia (PwD) by assisting them in their daily life activities as well as enabling their social engagement with other persons that include care-givers, family members as well as other members within their community.
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Dr Conrad Attard - LinkedIn - Conrad Attard | LinkedIn
PEM - Pervasive Electronic Monitoring In Healthcare (pem.space)
Masters of Science in Digital Health - University of Malta - Master of Science in Digital Health - L-Università ta' Malta (um.edu.mt)
In the third episode we hear the story of a newly founded Biotechnology company in Malta from the Director of Bioarte Ltd, Dr Manuele Biazzo. Dr Manuele is a biotechnologist with a PhD and MBA who is focused on directing the diagnostic research and development activities of BioArte Ltd. He has even directed movies!
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Dr Manuele Biazzo - LinkedIn - Manuele Biazzo, Ph.D, MBA | LinkedIn
BioArte Ltd - Thebioarte
Episode number two! We now move on to Dr Edmund Farrar, Co-Founder of OTO. Together with his colleague, they have developed a solution that is specifically targeted to treat Tinnitus through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
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OTO Website - Oto | Tinnitus Relief Made Simple (joinoto.com)
Dr Edmund Farrar - LinkedIn - Edmund Farrar - Co-Founder - Oto | LinkedIn
Kicking off the first season of The Digital Health Voice with an interview with Dr Monika Sonu, CEO and Director of New Product Development at Health Innovation Toolbox. She shares her 15 year journey into Digital Health with a background as a Medical Doctor.
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Dr Monika Sonu - LinkedIN - Dr. Monika Sonu | LinkedIn
Health Innovation Toolbox - HEALTHINNOVATIONTOOLBOX
Digital Machina - http://digitalmachina.io/