Ardexia Podcast: Healthcare Change for the Better

Half of patients who receive a digital therapeutic prescription never download the app. The prescription exists. The reimbursement exists. The clinical evidence exists. The patient never gets there. Stéphane Tholander has spent fifteen years building digital health companies in France and he is direct about what is not working. He co-founded the first French company to receive CE marking under the...

"Bureaucracy isn't always a bad word." In this episode of Ardexia Insights, Dr. Aditi Joshi speaks with Dr. Lloyd McCann, CEO of Tamaki Health in New Zealand, about his unique journey from military leadership to healthcare innovation. They discuss the importance of effective leadership, the challenges of bureaucracy, and the need for a consumer-centered approach in health system desi...

In this episode of Ardexia Insights, I’m joined by Dr. Resa E. Lewiss, a Harvard-trained ER physician and a pioneer in healthcare system design. We aren't talking about aesthetics; we’re talking about the deep change management required to align physical space, digital workflows, and clinical reality. What we tackle in this conversation: The EHR-Ultrasound Gap: Why point-of-care tech fails when th...

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Ardexia Podcast where we speak to leaders, clinicians and advocates for better healthcare. This week, we talk to Dr. Minal Shah, a hospitalist, physician informaticist, and health technology leader at CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest health systems in the US, where she supports more than 25,000 providers. In our latest Ardexia Insights conversation, Minal and I e...

A conversation with Dr. Nadeem Alduaij on what digital health leaders need to know about cultural context, clinician readiness, and sustainable implementation. When healthcare organizations pursue digital transformation, they typically focus on selecting the best technology. But what if the real challenge isn't choosing the right system but understanding whether any system can work in your spe...

In this episode of Ardexia Insights, Dr. Aditi Joshi speaks with Dr. Matt Sakumoto about the evolving landscape of digital healthcare, focusing on virtual care, AI tools, and the importance of empathy in patient inIn this episode of Ardexia Insights, Dr. Aditi Joshi speaks with Dr. Matt Sakumoto about the evolving landscape of digital healthcare, focusing on virtual care, AI tools, and the importa...

70% of digital health investments see no ROI.Not because the technology doesn't work. Because pilots don't convert to revenue-generating contracts. In Episode 4 of the Ardexia Podcast, we explore why with Dr. Raihan Faroqui—who's closed $30M+ in enterprise deals and built four startups from zero to one. For more information and insights follow us. We work on clinical validation, adopti...

Primary care in America has an invisible problem: physicians burn out delivering continuous care in a system that only reimburses 15-minute appointments. In Episode 3 of the Ardexia Podcast, we explore a radically different model with Dr. Paulius Mui—founder of X Primary Care and a virtual direct primary care practice where patients pay what they can afford. This episode explores:- The invisible w...

Dr. John R. Dayton is an emergency physician and healthcare innovator who co-led one of the first academic-private incubators at Stanford. In this episode of Ardexia insights podcast, conversation, we explore the critical gap between pilot success and real-world adoption—and what it takes to bridge it.

Episode 1 of the Ardexia Podcast: Healthcare organizations are rushing to adopt AI, but most are missing the critical piece that determines success or failure: governance. In our first episode of the Ardexia podcast, I sat down with Dr. Sarah Gebauer, founder of Validara Health and a physician who uniquely combines clinical practice as an anesthesiologist with AI governance expertise honed at RAND...