Who Would Have Thought - Digital Health Innovation
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Who Would Have Thought is a podcast about digital health innovation, what we know now and what we have yet to discover about the rapid digital innovation happening around healthcare. Twenty years ago, who would have thought that so many people would have smartphones? Twenty years from now, what will the new “Who Would Have Thought” questions become. What digital technologies will significantly transform healthcare and what will it look like? What will we know then that we don’t know now about the way healthcare is delivered for more effective outcomes. Digital technology has certainly brought many changes in the quality of our lifestyle and we are starting to see it in healthcare. What are the challenges that patients and physicians face now and what are the changes needed for better outcomes? Discover the perspectives of digital health thought leaders today and inquire into digital technologies of tomorrow. This is a conversation to discover the future of digital health that impacts us all.
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Episodes
2022 SmartTab Year in Review - Presented by Sacha Francois Heppell
January 04, 2023 06:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB2022 SmartTab Year in Review A recap of the progress at SmartTab for the year 2022 and challenges we’ve had to overcome. Most importantly celebrating the legacy of Robert Niichel, 2023 is about bringing his vision to life. From the conversations we’ve had throughout 2022, the progress in the lab and what’s ahead for SmartTab and the future of digital health as we enter 2023. SmartTab is driving the future of digital medicine by developing a superior patient-centered personalized drug deli...
Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials - Interview with Victoria Donovan
December 15, 2022 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBJoining us in this episode of Who Would Have Thought is Victoria Donovan, Founder and CEO of Clinically Media, an award-winning full-service agency specializing in patient recruitment and retention in clinical research. Tune in to learn how Clinically Media is reinventing the recruitment and retention process to address the lack of diversity and inclusion in clinical trials. Victoria talks about developing trust and engagement in clinical research for marginalized communities, how the world...
Importance of Medication Price Transparency - Interview with Kyle Kiser
October 19, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this very special episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health (formerly RxRevu), an industry leader in real-time prescription benefit services. Kyle and his team focus on creating seamless, cost-effective prescribing experiences for patients and providers. Tune in to learn about the importance of price transparency and simplifying healthcare, as well as what it’s like growing an innovative healthcare technology company. Kyle sheds light on solutions to ...
Ushering a New Era in Specialty Care - Interview with Amy Valley
July 19, 2022 22:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Amy Valley, Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Technology Solutions at Cardinal Health, where she works to bring technology and services to specialty physician practices to help them provide the highest quality and most affordable care. Tune in to learn about advances and innovations affecting clinical services right now and what she believes to be the next turning point in the health tech space. You’ll gain insight into what clinic...
Advancing Innovation in Age Tech - Interview with Shane Curd
May 24, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBIn this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Shane Curd, Head of Healthcare Marketing at Connect America, the leading provider of connected health solutions that are dedicated to improving access to care, safety, and independence. Shane is also the Founder of Fresno Technology Affinity Group, a group that has consulted for dozens of startups on marketing and product strategy to successfully penetrate payer and enterprise health system markets. Tune in to learn about recent advances ...
Making Clinical Trials More Efficient - Interview with Monica Roy
May 03, 2022 16:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode of “Who would have thought?” Monica Roy, co-founder and CEO of Seascape Clinical, discusses a cloud-based clinical operations solution to assist clinical trial teams in more successfully managing trial data. Monica has worked in clinical operations for nearly 20 years and feels that by consolidating trial data and automating related workflows, teams can spend more time making data-driven trial decisions and on strategic work. Prior to founding Seascape Clinical, Monica has wo...
Building Out the Tinder of Healthcare - Interview With Amnon Bar-lev
April 15, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode of Who Would Have Thought, we welcome Amnon Bar-Lev, a passionate healthcare advocate and the co-founder and CEO of Alike.Health, a healthcare startup harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, crowdsourcing, and big data to empower patients, change healthcare, and improve lives. Tune in to learn how Amnon is making a powerful impact on digital healthcare through his new app, Alike, and why it’s considered to be “the Tinder for healthcare”. You’ll learn how Alike work...
Unconventional Thinking and Success - Interview with Raj Jhaveri
February 22, 2022 03:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBIn this episode, we welcome Raj Jhaveri, an Investor, Visionary Technologist, and Strategist in the healthcare and biotech industry, as well as in the clean energy sector particularly in EV charging. Tune in to learn how Raj is making an impact, in more ways than one, in digital healthcare innovation and the future of telehealth. You’ll learn how artificial intelligence is being implemented in healthcare management and delivery systems, how ingestible capsules and wearables can be integrate...
2021 Year in Review - Presented by Sacha Francois Heppell and Robert Niichel
December 31, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBToday we launch a special episode to recap the year at SmartTab and review our 2021 podcast conversations. Breakthrough into 2022 with a brand new perspective as we prepare for tremendous growth. Learn about what’s ahead with SmartTab and the future of digital health. SmartTab is driving the future of digital medicine by developing a superior patient-centered personalized drug delivery platform in the form of a wireless ingestible capsule. The patient experience fuels SmartTab's commitment...
Importance of Marketing in Health Innovation - Interview with Dr. Roxie Mooney
July 12, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, we welcome Dr. Roxie Mooney, Founder & Healthcare Strategist at Legacy DNA, a company that assists health innovators to grow and succeed. As an accomplished healthcare innovator, Roxie is focused on driving strategic campaigns that change the world. Tune in to learn how Roxie is helping health innovators and startup entrepreneurs make winning decisions, reduce their risk of failure, and unlock their most profitable market strategy so they can take their innovations from an i...
Reimagining Digital Healthcare Innovation - Interview with Yianni Serpanos
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, we welcome Yianni Serpanos, Founder & CEO of HealthTechX, a community dedicated to a world of integrated digital health empowerment for all. Yianni is also the Founder & CEO of a digital health practice management software for Australian Allied Health providers, coreplus.com.au. Based in Australia, he is focused on innovating culture to support health tech development for digital-first models of healthcare. Tune in to learn how Yianni is reimagining digital health innovation...
Fueling the E-commerce Disruption in Healthcare - Interview with Cathy Tie
April 20, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, we welcome Cathy Tie, the Founder and CEO of Locke Bio, also known as the "Shopify for Pharma". At only 25 years of age, Cathy has founded several multi-million-dollar health technology companies. She was the youngest partner at a Silicon Valley VC, Cervin Ventures, as well as a recipient of The Thiel Fellowship. Tune in to explore the current environment of healthcare that’s ripe for e-commerce disruption, as well as how Cathy sees the world of health technology shifting in...
Cultivating Next-gen Digital Health Leaders - Interview with Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM
April 08, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this episode, we welcome Lisa Gualtieri, Ph.D., Sc.M., associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine. She’s also the founder of RecycleHealth, a non-profit that collects wearable activity trackers to donate to underserved populations. Dr. Gualtieri is empowering future leaders in the digital health industry through research and as an educator at Tufts. Tune in to explore Dr. Gualtieri's research, which focuses on the u...
Digital Collaboration in Life Sciences - Interview with Natalie Yeadon
March 09, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode, we welcome Natalie Yeadon, CEO and Co-Founder of Impetus Digital, a company that delivers virtual collaboration experiences for life science companies. Natalie is also the Host of the Healthcare Goes Digital Podcast and YouTube Channel and Author of The Healthcare Heretic. Tune in to explore the future opportunities in leadership, communication, and events as we dive into current insights on where the digital revolution of healthcare is headed. Natalie speaks on the rapid ...
Driving a New Era of Patient Centricity - Interview with Ian Marks
February 10, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode, we welcome Ian Marks, Senior R&D Innovation Leader and Global Vice President of Life Sciences at Salesforce, a leading software company committed to transforming healthcare. Ian is leading the push to reimagine healthcare and build strategic capabilities that improve patients' lives. Tune in to discover the innovation initiatives that are currently fueling the digital transformation of healthcare. We dive into the future of personalized, patient-centered healthcare and the i...
Unlocking the Deep Human Genome - Interview with Jo Bhakdi
January 12, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, we welcome Jo Bhakdi, Founder & CEO of Quantgene, a company that is unleashing the power of the Deep Human Genome by building and deploying the world’s leading Deep Genomics solution. Jo and his team have quickly created next-day 99.9% accurate COVID-19 testing solutions for individuals and institutions and he’s here today to talk about that incredible accomplishment. As the go-to testing supplier in Los Angeles, he’s even helped the film industry get up and running again af...
2020 Who Would Have Thought Year in Review - Presented by Robert Niichel and Sacha Heppell
December 30, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIt has been a wild year full of the unexpected yet digital health innovators didn't stop pushing. We are grateful to have had many conversations this year with those driving the transformation of healthcare, laying a foundation for the next decade of optimized care. In this episode our hosts Robert and Sacha review the podcast episodes from 2020 and share their favorite moments and insights that we hold with us into 2021. Every guest on the Who Would Have Thought podcast is making waves in...
Partnering with Patients on Medical Innovation - Interview with Tina Aswani Omprakash
December 01, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this episode, we welcome Tina Aswani Omprakash, public health advocate, speaker, and the world-renowned, award-winning blogger behind Own Your Crohn’s. Tina courageously shares her powerful story of living with Crohn’s disease and why she decided to come out to her community about the severity of her condition. She tells us about her impactful role as an advocate and we explore how patient advocates can work together with medical startups to fuel patient-centered innovation and develop br...
Corporate Citizens Driving Civic Innovation - Interview with Kent Thiry
November 17, 2020 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MBIn this episode, SmartTab’s Founder and CEO, Robert Niichel welcomes Kent Thiry, Former chairman and CEO of DaVita. In 2018, Kent founded a CEO group, called Colorado Thrives, focused on advancing the quality of life of all Coloradans. Kent is here to highlight Colorado Thrives’ goals of advancing Colorado as an inspiring and inclusive community known globally for innovation, collaboration, and overall well-being. He shares the inspiration that drives Colorado Thrives and their vision to ta...
Empowering Doctors With AI - Interview with Dr. George Hauser and Artur Adib, PhD
November 04, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this episode, we explore how advancements in artificial intelligence can empower physicians to address unmet needs, both with COVID-19 and beyond. Biocogniv is leading the effort by building the largest model for COVID-19 screening, making AI-powered diagnostic software for hospitals. Combining software engineering and academic research to address the needs of hospital systems with AI. We welcome CEO, Artur Adib, PhD and Chief Medical Scientist, Dr. George Hauser of Biocogniv. The duo det...
Mobile Technology Advancing Global Health - Interview with Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala
October 06, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, we sit down with KP Yelpaala, Founder and CEO of access.mobile to discover how mobile technology is advancing global health and the bold path to develop innovative solutions that reduce health disparities. Discover how personalized multicultural mobile communication can meaningfully and effectively engage patients. Access.mobile is leading the push to give health access to those who need it most. Leading the mobile revolution for health systems around the globe. Kaakpema “...
Moving Mountains of Innovative Medicine - Interview with Dr. Richard Zane
September 22, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode Robert Niichel interviews Dr. Richard Zane, Chief Innovation Officer of UCHealth to inquire into the future of effective care using digital and virtual advancements that are being implemented at UCHealth. This enables patient-centric digital health innovation. As Chief Innovation Officer for UCHealth, Dr. Zane is focused on the development of novel industry and venture relationships to bring innovative solutions to health care. By partnering with companies, from small start-...
Hiring Talent to Drive Digital Health Innovation - Interview with Polina Hanin
September 08, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBAs innovative companies grow, so does their need for talent. In this episode, learn what it takes to attract top talent build high-growth teams for continuous growth and innovation. The recruitment landscape is changing and becoming more competitive. Discover a more empowering way to recruit high performing teams that drive the next decade of healthcare innovation. Learn about the Health Talent Exchange, an Aequitas platform to match new candidates with promising health startups. This episod...
Hiring Talent to Drive Digital Health Innovation - Interview with Polina Hanin
September 08, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBAs innovative companies grow, so does their need for talent. In this episode, learn what it takes to attract top talent build high-growth teams for continuous growth and innovation. The recruitment landscape is changing and becoming more competitive. Discover a more empowering way to recruit high performing teams that drive the next decade of healthcare innovation. Learn about the Health Talent Exchange, an Aequitas platform to match new candidates with promising health startups. This episod...
The Impact of Digital Technology on Pharmacy - Interview with Harry Travis
August 18, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode we speak with the President and CEO of EtectRX about the impact of digital technologies on the practice of pharmacy and the next wave of digital ingestible pills. Learn more about EtectRX, the FDA Cleared ingestible capsule improving medication adherence. Explore how these new technologies will be adopted and transform the future of pharmacy. Harry J. Travis is a senior healthcare executive with over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of pharmaceutical distribution channe...
Patient-Reported Data and AI in Healthcare - Interview with Mehmet Kazgan
August 04, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this episode we look into the future of AI and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). We hear from the Founder and CEO of cliexa (a.k.a Clinical Excellence Algorithms) about how a smarter application of big data can improve every aspect of health. Mehmet Kazgan is passionately working on developing a patient-centered platform for clinicians and building a health system with an innovation approach centered on underserved patients with healthcare services they deserve. His company cliexa is...
Living Life Powerfully with Crohn's Disease - Interview with Natalie Hayden
July 16, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode we get grounded in real patient experiences and what it's like to actively live with Crohn’s disease. Natalie Hayden shares her extraordinary story of battling Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Living a powerful life beyond those challenges and making a difference for the five million others around the world who battle IBD on a daily basis through her blog "Lights, Camera, Crohn's". Natalie shares her perspective of new technologies coming to healthcare, COVID-19's impact and what ...