Data — Faces of digital health podcast

Learning From pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy - What's Next to EHDS? (Eric Sutherland)

Eric Sutherland is Senior Health Economist and Digital Health Lead at OECD, who worked on the pan-Canadian health data strategy before his current role. He discusses the upcoming implementation of the European Health Data Space, what needs to happen next, how do we involve the public, encourage trust in data sharing, and also build capacity for digital health implementation. We are moving into the era of new required data professionals, not just data analysts, but also data controllers, data stewards, and more.

DataTjasa ZajcMay 7, 2024data, healthcare, EHDS, innovation, healthcaeComment

Switzerland, AI and Liquid Biopsies

Data, Preventative Healrth, Preventative HealthTjasa ZajcMay 3, 2024liquid biopsy, Switzerland, healthcare, biotech, innovationComment

In the Rapid Advancements in Oncology Treatments, How Can Healthcare IT Support Clinicians? (Elekta)

The field of oncology treatments is advancing very fast with innovative therapies and approaches on the market every day. It can get very tricky to support these therapies from an IT perspective.

DataTjasa ZajcMarch 4, 2024oncology, software, healthcare IT, ElektaComment

How Can We Reduce Unnecessary Lab Testing?

Laboratory tests provide doctors with crucial information for diagnosis, monitoring disease progression, evaluating organ function, assessing risk factors for diseases and more. Laboratory testing can be reassuring, however, it is often deemed unnecessary.

DataTjasa ZajcJanuary 23, 2024laboratory testing, healthcare savings, lab tests, diagnosis, disease monitoring, preventionComment

ePrescribing in the US: How Are Non-Physician Prescribers Improving Care

ePrescribing has become a norm in the US healthcare system. Now, the expanded role of pharmacists and the integration of non-physician prescribers into the healthcare system signifies a move towards a more accessible healthcare model, potentially alleviating some of the clinicians' burdens.

Data, InteroperabilityTjasa ZajcJanuary 7, 2024pharmacists, prescribing, medication managementComment

How Is Patient Data Consolidated and Presented to Doctors in the US?

Healthcare data in the US is very fragmented. But many companies have been working on creating consolidated patient views, Reveleer being one of them.

In the US, patients have their healthcare data scattered across care providers, who they often change if they change their job and, consequently their insurers. Insurers have their own networks of healthcare providers, causing the individual to go from one healthcare provider to a different one when life changes happen. And when these providers use different IT systems, data gets siloed.

Bringing ePrescribing To The Next Level: To Patients

The US has had ePrescribing since 2001. The new player aims to give more value to the patients.

Data, Doctors, InteroperabilityTjasa ZajcAugust 22, 2023eprescribing, medications, PBM, pharmacy, doctorComment

Top Episodes Between August 2022 and August 2023

This is what the numbers say about episodes published between August 2022 and 2023.

DataTjasa ZajcAugust 5, 2023top 10, data, healthcare, healthcare it, generative AI, top episodesComment

Healthcare Data Series in The US - Data is Increasingly Analysed, but Many Challenges Remain

This series of discussions shines a light on healthcare data management in the US.

Data, Healthcare PolicyTjasa ZajcFebruary 25, 2023healthcare data, data governance, data management, healthcare innovationComment

NLP in Healthcare 2/3: The power of voice and NLP for medical practice optimization (Punit Singh Soni, CEO of Suki)

Symptom checkers have been around for a while. However, research shows that their reliability is still poor and varies substantially among providers, says a systematic review published in Nature in 2022.

Data, Artificial IntelligenceTjasa ZajcJanuary 12, 2023self-help, voice tech, natural language processing, dictation, medical notesComment

NLP in healthcare 1/3: The State of Symptom Checkers (Jeff Cutler, Ada Health)

Symptom checkers have been around for a while. However, research shows that their reliability is still poor and varies substantially among providers, says a systematic review published in Nature in 2022.

Data, Artificial IntelligenceTjasa ZajcJanuary 5, 2023symptom checkers, self-helpComment

What Do Patients Really Think About Data? (EPF Congress 2022)

How many times in the last year or two have you heard that patients should own their data or have control over their data? These statements sound simple but are much more complex once you start to look at the implications they might have in practice. In June, the European Patients’ Forum Congress took place in Brussels. The topic was the digital transformation of healthcare, data sharing, and the role of patient organizations in this story.

Data, PatientsTjasa ZajcJuly 7, 2022Patients, Data, Healthcare, healthcare technologyComment

What Can Digital Health Innovators Learn from Oncology? (Sean Khozin)

Due to the nature of cancer, readiness for risks in drug development is much higher here than it might be in other medical fields. Can digital health innovators learn anything from oncology medicines development?

Data, Clinical TrialsTjasa ZajcApril 8, 2022cancer, decentralized clinical trials, big data, healthcare, medicine, oncologyComment

What is openEHR and What are Open Ecosystems in Healthcare? (Hanna Pohjonen)

Sharing of data has improved with the introduction of the messaging standard called FHIR. But throughout the years, debates about open standards and open ecosystems have started to become louder and louder.

Data, Healthcare Policy, InteroperabilityTjasa ZajcMarch 17, 2022openEHR, open data, open standards, healthcare, healthcare IT, eHEalthComment

Digital Health in The Nordics

This short series explores the state of healthcare IT and digital health in Finland, Norway, Denmark, and on a broader scale. The topics addressed include national healthcare infrastructures, access to healthcare, care for the elderly, and more.

Country Profile, Data, Healthcare Policy, Interoperability, ManagementTjasa ZajcOctober 29, 2021Norway, Denmark, Finland, digitalhealth, ehealth, telemedicine, COVID, Health ItComment

F132 What's The State of Cybersecurity In Healthcare? (Lee Kim)

Phishing, Whaling, and exposure of patient data are a rising occurrence of the increasingly digitalized healthcare systems. 2020 saw more data breaches than previous years. What are the basics to know?

F131 How Can We Better Measure Pain? (Sara Berger, IBM)

Data, PatientsTjasa ZajcMay 12, 2021pain, research, diagnostics, diagnosis, language, AI, natural language processing, medicine, healthcare, opioids, Clinical Trials, clinical decision supportComment

F128 What Are We Missing About AI Development in Healthcare? (Casey Ross)

The potential of AI are, in theory, huge. However, this is not a free technology and another open question is, will its use bring down costs or just increase healthcare expenditure. Looking at history, the latter is not impossible.

F111 The full circle in telemedicine - adding home delivery of medications and at-home diagnostics ( Sid Viswanathan, Truepill)

There are a number of players that are trying to disrupt the pharmacy market. Companies such as GoodRx, RxSaver and now Amazon Pharmacy are starting to bring pricing transparency in the field. The Amazon Prime prescription savings benefit can save members up to 80% off generic and 40% off brand name medications when paying without insurance. Truepill is offering healthcare players a fast way to digital transformation.

F109 How digitally healthy is New Zealand? (Scott Arrol)

New Zealand is not a very large country so one might think digitalization of the healthcare system shouldn’t be too difficult to achieve. On the contrary, it is far from simple because of the complex and fragmented healthcare system design.