Impulse - Meeting Healthcare Pioneers

One third of all data generated globally comes from the healthcare sector, yet a staggering 97% of it remains unused, trapped in siloed systems. This "big crime" of wasted potential is exactly what Simon Rost and his team at GE Healthcare are determined to solve. As the Global Marketing Officer for Enterprise Imaging, Simon sits at the helm of a business that touches over a billion patients a year...

To discover the whole episode, type "#58 - Leading at scale in the medical imaging business - Simon Rost - GE Healthcare" on your preferred streaming platform.

Which care models will handle the scourge of metabolic disorders? Beyond the societal questions raised by this public health phenomenon, the real concern is whether traditional care models are capable of managing this group of conditions effectively and sustainably. This largely because traditional care models are episodic and put little focus on behaviour change that is dearly needed to reverse t...

To discover the whole episode, type "#57 - Reimagining care for metabolic disorders - Ihsan Almarzooqi - meta[bolic]" on your preferred streaming platform.

What will our interactions with our healthcare system look like in the age of AI? Whether you are a patient, a doctor, or any other stakeholder in that system, the question is worth asking. In a world where healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, it is clear we need a radical solution to reverse the trend. The broader challenge is to restore the balance between demand and supply of care, limited b...

To discover the whole episode, type "#56 - Building the one clinical AI assistant - Ali Parsa - Quadrivia" on your preferred streaming platform.

Do you know how organs are traditionally transported for transplantation purposes? In a cooler filled with ice. When I learned that this approach was the most widespread method, I admit I was quite shocked... We talk here about "living" organs whose preservation is crucial for the success of their transplant! And as you can imagine, these transplants are often vital. The good news is: some people...

To discover the whole episode, type "#55 - Reinventing organ transportation - Lisa Anderson - Paragonix Technologies" on your preferred streaming platform.

While studies have yet to prove a direct causal link, the correlation between smartphone use and declining mental health is well-established, a trend especially concerning among young people. But what if the same technology contributing to the problem could also be the solution? It turns out the therapeutic potential of our smartphones for mental health is no longer up for debate, and one company...

To discover the whole episode, type "#54 - Making the smartphone a psychiatrist - Hannes Klöpper - HelloBetter" on your preferred streaming platform.

Is there a future where we will manufacture entire organs? If that's the case, it’s not tomorrow. Yet, the era of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering is very much real and happening now! In some fields, like in dentistry, we are already 3D printing implants that are placed in patients' mouths. In others, like in orthopedic or plastic surgery, cells are harvested from patients to be modifi...

To discover the whole episode, type "#53 - Engineering living tissue therapeutics - Simon Mackenzie - Cellbricks Therapeutics" on your preferred streaming platform.

Is there a simple way to know your hydration level? Not really. It's a surprising reality, considering our bodies are composed of roughly 60% water. When you consider that half of all people drink less than recommended and that chronic dehydration leads to an increased risk of chronic diseases and premature mortality, it becomes clear that monitoring this parameter daily is a public health imperat...

To discover the whole episode, type "#52 - Sensing hydration through the skin - Mark Kendall - WearOptimo" on your preferred streaming platform.

Three years after the 2022 "crypto winter" severely damaged public confidence in these technologies (even among healthcare leaders), the term Web3 is conspicuously absent from the current healthtech space. So, what happened? And where do we really stand with the adoption of these technologies within our healthcare systems? Anca Petre is perfectly positioned to give us answers. A trained pharmacist...

To discover the whole episode, type "#51 - Bridging web3 and healthcare - Anca Petre - Tech Anatomy" on your preferred streaming platform.

What's the link between quantum physics, AI, and drug discovery? Maximilien Levesque might be the perfect person to answer. A former theoretical physicist, he realised his research could transform drug development by fundamentally understanding how molecules interact at the atomic level. In 2019, he co-founded Aqemia with Emmanuelle Martiano Rolland to turn that vision into reality. Their mission...

To discover the whole episode, type "#50 - Scaling drug discovery with quantum physics and AI - Maximilien Levesque - Aqemia" on your preferred streaming platform.

Can we learn from extreme cancer survivors to develop new treatments? This is the bet that Nicolas Wolikow and his team at Cure51 are making. Backed by the world's top cancer centers and specialists, they work around the clock to build the largest-ever health dataset of patients who defied the odds—people diagnosed with stage 4 cancer who were given a few months to live, yet survived more than fiv...

To discover the whole episode, type "#49 - Reverse-engineering cancer survival - Nicolas Wolikow - Cure51" on your preferred streaming platform.

Disclaimer: Blythe and I both work for Roche; nevertheless, all opinions expressed in this episode are our own and do not necessarily represent the position of our employer. What's really behind the term "real-world data" in clinical science? And what can it actually be used for? I asked Blythe Adamson of Flatiron Health to find out the answer. It turns out real-world data is all the medical data...

To discover the whole episode, type "#48 - Driving precision medicine with real-world data - Blythe Adamson - Flatiron Health" on your preferred streaming platform.

How can we solve the puzzle of regulating AI in healthcare? This is the question that Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite and his team at HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health ask themselves every day. Their goal? To help international organizations, governments, and local stakeholders strike a balance between regulation and access to the latest innovation in the field. A thorny equatio...

To discover the whole episode, type "#47 - Pushing responsible AI in health - Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite - HealthAI" on your preferred streaming platform.

When we think of the term "medicine," one of the symbols that comes to mind is the stethoscope. Its use in almost every physical examination by healthcare providers makes it one of the most iconic and widely recognized medical devices. Despite the emergence of digital technologies and the first electronic stethoscopes, their operating principle and design still rely heavily on the patent filed by...