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Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonCan AI chatbots have more emotional intelligence than humans?SomX’s Amy Thomas, Hollie Ruda and Taffy Kahari dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro01:04 - Artificial Intelligence, real emotions — AI is more emotionally intelligent than humans, new study finds14:55 - Medical chatbot firm OpenEvidence raises $210m25:50 - Black women ‘denied pain relief’ on NHS maternity wards🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Hollie on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Taffy...2025-07-2738 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonTackling the stigma around obesitySomX’s Amy Thomas and Daisy Makin dive into this week's healthtech news with Reset Health's Dr Laura Falvey00:00 - Intro04:55 - Tandem Health raises $50M Series A to scale its AI scribe across the NHS19:12 -  NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media29:20 - Weight loss jabs 'may protect against dementia and stroke', study suggests🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with...2025-07-2055 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow can we see real scale in the NHS?SomX’s Belle Taylor and Huw Penson dive into this week's healthtech news with PocDoc's Steve Roest00:00 - Intro02:25 - Tech-led NHS could boost UK economy by £40bn29:00 - Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push42:50 - Comprehensive policies for scaling systemic and equitable integration of digital health technologies🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on Linke...2025-07-1352 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs the NHS 10-Year plan worth reading?SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Huw Penson dive into the NHS 10 Year Plan with Malte Gerhold and Liam Cahill.00:00 - Intro04:00 - 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Malte on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Liam on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://som2025-07-061h 00Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow is AI helping to speed up diagnosis?SomX’s Belle Taylor, Andrew Hair and Leed's Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Fahmid Chowdhury dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.00:43 - New AI chest X-ray software to speed up diagnosis and improve patient care21:35 -NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Fahmid on LinkedIn2025-06-2939 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech Pigeon2025 HLTH Europe roundupSomX’s Jessica Somauroo is joined by Dr Derrick Khor and Blanca Baez at HLTH Europe for the latest news and developments from across the healthtech ecosystem. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Blanca on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2025-06-2242 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow can women protect their health data?SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.00:00 - Intro17:28 - Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2025-06-1545 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow is Neurotech changing the industrySomX’s Huw Penson, Andrew Hair and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Musk's Neuralink raises $650 million in latest funding as clinical trials begin + A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person12:10 - atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech to Combine Creating a Global Leader in Psychedelic Mental Health Therapies20:13 - NHS England pauses ‘ground-breaking’ AI project following GP data concerns🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form...2025-06-0826 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs the UK is becoming a leader in healthtech?SomX’s Huw Penson, Amy Thomas and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories.[00:00] - Intro[01:34] - Amazon-style’ prescription tracking goes live on NHS App[13:14] - Hinge Health goes public, raises $437.3M in IPO[21:45] - UK health tech startups worth £32bn, report finds🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Hollie on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn...2025-06-0133 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow to effectively tackle digital exclusion in healthcareSomX’s Belle Taylor and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories with the help of The Health Foundations’ Tom Hardie.00:00 - Intro00:40 - Digitizing the NHS and adult social care16:10 - Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help?30:40 - Digital Inclusion Under the Microscope as Digital Poverty Alliance launches NHS Sector Inquiry🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect w...2025-05-2544 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonOne month Countdown to HLTH Europe: Everything you need to knowHuw and Amy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from HLTH's Henry Stoneley. 06:18 - The new Finland: How Portugal has become a hub for health tech innovation17:00 - Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends … but AI28:10 - Only 30% of Health and Social providers Using AI, New Survey Reveals🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn...2025-05-1843 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAll things digital twinsJames SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Sanome's, Benedikt von Thüngen,01:31 - Belfast Digital Twin Centre to fast track industrial adoption of deep tech🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Benedikt on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2025-05-1152 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAmbient scribes: Are they or aren't they a medical device?Huw and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Tandem Health’s, Dr Katie Baker.02:45 - Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS18:48 - Ambient voice technology guidance launched by NHSE to support adoption32:40 - Few digital health technologies can address multimorbidity🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with A...2025-05-0444 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonRich data collection is the backbone of healthcareBelle and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Faces of Digital Health podcast host, Tjasa Zajc.02:55 - Europe’s healthtech and AI startups raise $13.9B in Q1 as global investors return16:00 - Driving Fertility And Perimenopause Innovations For Women’s Health30:24 - Single-dose psychedelic boosts ‘brain flexibility’ for weeks, study finds🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇...2025-04-2745 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs remote monitoring the future of healthcare?Amy and Taffy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.  - Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker—Hellocare.ai banks $47M; SignalFire raises $1B to invest in AI startups. - Lab-grown chicken ‘nuggets’ hailed as ‘transformative step’ for cultured meat. - Innovative Blood Testing Tech Could Spell the End of Needle Phobia - Digital Health Technology News🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form2025-04-2039 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow should we address health inequalities?Huw, Adama and Taffy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. 01:34 - A startup space where women’s representation is growing: digital healthCavenagh Health's survey: https://xrgpfimzcdu.typeform.com/to/lplPfikk?typeform-source=www.linkedin.com19:51 - Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Adama...2025-04-1335 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhy we must prioritise homegrown innovationsHuw and Daisy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Definition Health’s Dr Rosie Scott09:28 - HealthTech is the UK’s hidden gem – the government can’t ignore it22:51 - Covera Health launches AI platform for women’s imaging30:34 - Trust in AI-assisted health systems and AI’s trust in humans🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Con...2025-04-0639 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonShould you rush to delete your genetic data?Huw and Jessica from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter11:00 23andMe customers struggle to delete their data - BBC News23:14 A California health tech company is letting AI run medical visits, fromintake to diagnosis38:31 - Experts enter fourth dimension to create better medical devices -University of Birmingham🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn2025-03-3046 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAI Implementation: Friend or Foe?Belle and Hollie from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Sword Health’s Robbie Huddleston[01:56] - NHS innovation centre floated as UKRI backs Labour’s missions[12:43] - As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back[38:54] - Can AI help detect cognitive impairment?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Robbie on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Hollie on LinkedIn2025-03-2345 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhy we should all be invested in longevityJames from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from LongVC's Artem Trotsyuk and Sergey Jakimov. [28:50] - 'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary likely made over 20 times his money on a startup selling genetic-testing kits for cats[37:32] - Antiaging pill for dogs clears key FDA hurdle[44:47] - History beckons as Healx doses first rare cancer patient with AI-created drug🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Con...2025-03-1659 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe complex road to tech adoption in health systemsAmy and Huw from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with the help of Firstword Healthtech’s Tina Tan.[04:30] - Rune Labs' AI coaching tool aims to offer care continuity to people with Parkinson's[19:05] - Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise[29:30] - Sofinnova has €1.2B to invest in up to 60 new life sciences firms🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Co...2025-03-0940 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow the NHS can use tech to truly save timeHuw from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from The Health Foundation's Ben Shemesh. [01:25] - Tech to save time: how the NHS can realise the benefits [24:10] - France Bets on Medical AI, to Train 100,000 Doctors Yearly🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Ben on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https:/2025-03-0232 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow to ensure AI enables equitable healthcareHuw and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from CTel's Christa Natoli. [02:55] - Most patients do not trust health systems to use AI responsibly[25:00] - Congress Extends Certain Telehealth Flexibilities Through March 31, 2025🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Christa on LinkedIn📖 Learn more abou...2025-02-2342 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonShould AI be used in end-of-life medical decisions?Huw, James and Taffy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:30] - Nina Capital's new €50M fund sets sights on early-stage healthtechs[15:05] - NICE consults on changes to its HealthTech programme[25:30] - Should AI be used in end-of-life medical decisions?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Taffy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James o...2025-02-1649 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHow to make the most of digital mental health techAmy and Daisy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[01:10] - L&G Group Protection reports 79% year on year increase in digital health service usage - IFA Magazine[13:30] - The role of AI in the future of women's health[22:00] - Guidance launched to ensure safety of digital mental health tech🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Daisy o...2025-02-0937 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonLet's talk about AI...againHuw, James and Daisy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[01:25] - UK healthcare sector falling behind on AI adoption, study shows[17:15] - Project launched to improve regulation of AI healthcare devices[26:05] - UK health AI firm criticises NHSE procurement as it goes bust🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Daisy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect wit...2025-02-0238 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe impact of telehealth on health systemsJames from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with Whereby’s Howard Wu and Accurx’s Jacob Haddad.[40:15] - Patient portals top digital health tech use in older adults, survey finds[49:00] - AI Threatens To Further Erode Physician Autonomy🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Howard on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jacob on LinkedIn...2025-01-261h 06Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonEverything healthtech companies need to know about the UK AI Action PlanHuw, James and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:10] - Startups Welcome UK AI Action Plan, But With Caveats[26:10] - ‘The returns are awful’: why taxpayers are racking up losses on British start-ups🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn📖 Learn more...2025-01-1945 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhat does the future of preventative healthcare look like?Huw, Belle and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:00] - Healthtech startups making healthcare delivery better for doctors and patients[25:40] -Withings unveils body-scanning mirror at CES 2025🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://2025-01-1248 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonA Year in Healthtech: Advocacy, Equity, and What’s Next for AI?James and Jessica from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2024-12-1548 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs healthtech helping or hurting health equity?James, Amy and Belle from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [02:05] - Why are doctors wary of wearables? [18:30] - How does the public feel about health technologies and data?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the So...2024-12-0839 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonCan AI tools predict future health conditions?James, Jessica and Belle from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. [14:20] - AI tool could predict type 2 diabetes 10 years in advance[40:50] - Many digital health startups are quietly raising down rounds and closing up shop. Here's why🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn2024-12-011h 02Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhat is holding the NHS back from innovation?Amy and Huw from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Doccla's Sukrti Nagpal[02:35] - Smart ring maker Oura hits a $5bn valuation after raising $75m[23:15] - Industry view: what is holding the NHS back from innovation, and what is needed to break these barriers?[34:20] - Alan unveils AI health assistant for its 680K health insurance members🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form...2024-11-2450 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWould you bet against Ali Parsa?Jessica, James and Huw from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[01:17] - Forward, Startup Behind ‘Doctor in Box’ Healthcare Modules, to Shut Down[23:55] - Ali Parsa launches Quadrivia: I have stepped back from LinkedIn for almost a year, but we have not been idle🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn2024-11-1741 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhy we need system-level change for better population healthAmy and James from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust's Dr Gareth Thompson, with segments from Jason C. Foster and Vijay Luthra exploring the future of US healthcare.[19:45] - 3 Types of Startups that Healthcare Leaders Want to See More Of[37:35] - Swedish startup Yazen Health raises €19.5M to combat obesity across Europe🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🎟️ Purcha...2024-11-101h 57Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe Ultimate Autumn Budget breakdownJessica and James from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[01:10] - A kick in the teeth' or 'necessary'? UK tech reacts to tax hikes and exit relief scheme changes in the Budget🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2024-11-0355 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhat should the NHS's 10 year health plan include?Jessica, Huw and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter.01:20 - Government launches online platform to shape 10 year health plan23:50 - DrDoctor study reveals why patients miss hospital appointments37:40 - Amazon Says AI Tools Reduce Healthcare Administrative Tasks 40%51:25 - Fundraising for women’s health start-up ‘painful as giving birth’🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form📝 Complete the Women in VC survey here 2024-10-2755 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech Pigeon#114 How wearable neurotech coming to the mainstreamJessica and Hollie from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Dr Junaid Hassan Founder of Man Confidence[01:35] - Headspace Introduces AI Companion To Support Patients Through ‘Ebbs and Flows’ of Life[34:50] -What is wearable neurotech and why might we need it?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form📝 Complete the Women in VC survey here 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇...2024-10-2053 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs it AI or is it just a really good algorithm?Daisy and Belle from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:35] - Wearable sensors moving into critical care roles[10:45] - How AI "twins" could help fill women's health gap[18:45] - Women’s health tech ‘less likely’ to get funding if woman is on founding team🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form📝 Complete the Women in VC survey here 🖇 Connect with Daisy on LinkedIn2024-10-1331 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhy did Huma acquire eConsult — and what's next?James and Jessica from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2024-10-0639 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonCould brainwaves give us more insight into mental health?Huw and Belle from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:00] - Digital mental health therapies could save thousands of NHS therapist hours [16:05] - Graphene spike mat and magnet technology to fight antibiotic resistance[23:50] - Brain activity patterns could help identify mental health markers🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn...2024-09-2930 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonDragon's Den: Healthtech SpecialJames and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from digital health investors David Buller and Laurent Van Lerberghe[03:55] - Analysis finds Thermology Health imaging tech capable of saving NHS £1 billion[13:20] - Finger wrap uses sweat to provide health monitoring at your fingertips[28:35] - Scientists develop stunning AI to predict blood pressure from voice🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Conn...2024-09-2249 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHave you read the Lord Darzi Report yet?Huw and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Together Digital's Liam Cahil.[02:05] - Independent investigation of the NHS in England[29:40] - NHS warned on rollout of AI-powered genomic health prediction[45:15] - Scientists develop stunning AI to predict blood pressure from voice🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn2024-09-1553 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonNobody ever got fired for hiring MckinseyHuw and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from DocAbode’s Taz Aldawoud.[04:55] - Monitoring technology in social care could save over £1.2bn for NHS[29:45] - Innovate UK reverses female founder funding decision following uproar from UK startup community[43:40] - What do 'digital transformation' and 'digital health' really mean?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect...2024-09-0853 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWho's using AI in health...and do they need to know?James and Jessica from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[01:00] - Survey: AI most exciting emerging technology in healthcare[26:00] - How to make sure AI helps rather than hinders healthcare[33:15] - Decentralised trial reveals home-testing behaviours for respiratory infections🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX tea...2024-09-0149 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe way we test healthcare AI isn't workingHuw, James and Daisy from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[03:45] - The testing of AI in medicine is a mess. Here’s how it should be done[34:00] - Preparing the NHS for the AI Era: A Digital Health Record for Every Citizen🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Daisy on LinkedIn2024-08-2651 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonCould tongue colour identify diseases?Belle and Jessica from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:40] - Hims & Hers CEO: Women's health business "will likely" eclipse men's[18:20] - Innovative AI system uses tongue color to identify multiple health conditions[26:30] - 23andMe to launch GLP-1 telehealth offering, trims internal drug development team🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn📖 Learn more...2024-08-1849 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonFunding and femtech: record breaking raisesJessica and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Flo Health Inc's Anna Klepchukova.[15:40] -Femtech startups appear on track for record VC funding[25:05] - Mental health benefits company Spring Health hits $3.3B valuation, boosted by $100M series E round[35:05] - AI assistant eases NHS pressure in cataract care🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect...2024-08-1159 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonDigital pathways transforming stroke recoveryBelle and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Pogo Digital Healthcare’s Jack Francis.[02:10] - Digital pathway launched to improve care for stroke survivors [30:35] - Flo Health raises record $200m for period tracking app and becomes Europe’s first femtech unicorn[31:50] - The NHS at 100 - time to reimagine the future?🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn...2024-08-0443 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAI's role in mental health careJessica and James from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from ieso Digital Health's Director of Evidence Generation, Clare Palmer.[29:20] - Diagnosing STIs with a ‘selfie’? AI could make it possible [37:00] - Are AI-chatbots suitable for hospitals? Diagnostic capabilities of large language models tested🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Clare on L...2024-07-2851 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhat does an AI in healthcare strategy look like?Huw and Belle from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from The Health Foundation’s Tim Horton.[02:15] - AI outperforms clinical tests at predicting Alzheimer’s progress[42:30] - Digital health needs women at the heart of it🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Belle on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Tim on LinkedIn2024-07-2150 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonA full-body MRI scan or the ultimate selfie?James, Jessica and Daisy from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.This week: What should the next AI healthcare strategy cover?[03:15] -Function pockets $53M for personalized health testing backed by celeb investors Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Kevin Hart[18:25] -NHS urged to prioritise cancer care basics over tech and AI ‘magic bullets’[39:00] - Effectiveness of digital health interventions for telemedicine/telehealth for managing blood pressure in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis🗞 Grab the newsl...2024-07-1440 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhat should the next AI healthcare strategy cover?Huw and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire Trusts, Dr Julia Dawson 08:35 - Priorities for an AI in health care strategy24:05 - Pain-free home test kit for cervical cancer is unveiled 33:15 - AI prosthetic limbs and advanced sensors: how one startup is building tech for next gen wearables 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with J...2024-07-0742 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe ultimate HLTH Europe roundupJames and Jessica from SomX do a post-HLTH download of all of the most exciting announcements from last week’s event in Amsterdam.🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health2024-06-3046 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonReframing the investment landscapeJoin Jessica, Huw and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from Coulter Partners’ Ian Coyne.This week: [03:00] - Be a part of a study: What kind of person builds a digital health startup?[09:30] - Freespira bets on slow and steady, amid spectacular digital health collapses[23:00] - What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?[37:50] - How virtual reality transforms women’s labor experiences🗞 Grab the newsle...2024-06-2345 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonDoes Gen AI have a place in therapy?Join Jessica, James and Huw from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter.[02:30] - Lying To Your Therapist Is Being Superseded By Telling The Truth To Generative AI[23:45] - Urinary incontinence neuromod newcomer Amber Therapeutics nets $100M[32:15] - AI in Healthcare Report: Healthcare AI investment growing faster than non-health AI🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn🖇 Connect...2024-06-1643 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonTackling inequity in healthcareJoin Aahuti and Huw from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from HealthKey’s David JoerringThis week: 19:40 - ifeel cements $20M to address rising mental health costs for businesses and insurers31:30 - Ciba Health uses wearables and analytics to get to the root cause of type 2 diabetes41:15 - Black and ethnic minority people underrepresented in virtual wards54:45 - 5 steps towards health equity in low- and middle-income countries through tailored innovation...2024-06-091h 03Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonFemtech's evolution and bridging the women's health funding gapJoin Huw and Aahuti in breaking down the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from FemTech Lab’s Karina Vazirova and Kate Nikityuk.This week: [17:00] - Seek Launches First At-Home Test for Alcohol’s Effects on Women’s Health[32:00] - How Women’s Health Conversations With Investors Have Evolved'Decoding the Future of Women' - Femtech Lab's Flagship Women's Healthtech Conference takes place on 10-11 June. Use SOMX for 20% off your ticket🗞...2024-06-0251 minHealth Beyond TomorrowHealth Beyond Tomorrow#31 How to Build a Movement as a Health Entrepreneur? (Jess Smith - SomX)Discover how to build a movement/community as a health entrepreneur in this episode with Jess Smith (Co-founder of SomX). Jess provides a deep dive into the realm of effective communication within healthcare.Highlighting the pervasive communication challenges, she underscores how health entrepreneurs can leverage strategies like those of SOMX to establish authenticity, offer value, and, crucially, build a thriving community. Dive in to unearth the secrets of community-building for health entrepreneurs. Main Discussion Points: - Communication Challenges in Healthcare: The foundation every health entrepreneur needs to understand before building a community. - SomX’s Strategy: A ma...2023-08-2844 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonFunding, Fertility & Phenoxymethylpenicillin 🧫Join James, Belle and new SomX recruit, Chaz, as they take a deep-dive into the week’s healthtech news and views.This week: [01:40] - Seeking sleep without popping pills? Ozlo emerges from stealth?[07:20] - Getting personal: a wearable for precision antibiotic dosing[18:40] - Amazon partners with Maven to offer reproductive care to employees🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest using this form🖇 Connect with James on Link...2023-08-1329 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonSpecial K at your desk? 🥣This week: Jess Farmery is joined by Jessica Smith, Huw Penson, and Dr Johnny Andrews, Chief Medical Officer at Certific. [01:20] Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Coming Soon To An HR Department Near You[11:10] After 8 years of losses, digital health scaleup Kry is heading for profitability in 2023[18:25] Five healthtech ideas VCs want you to pitch in 2023[24:40] Northumberland hospitals test drone flights for medical supplies[31:15] Medical body NICE backs online mental health treatments✍️ Apply to be a guest at this form📖 Learn m...2023-03-0441 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHealthtech decks that raised big 🎤This week: Jess Farmery is joined by Henry, Huw, and Insider's Riddhi Kanetkar. [01:10] Investors take to the next shiny toy — AI[06:30] DrDoctor Raises £10M[09:25] 16 of the hottest pitch decks founders used to raise millions from investors[14:05] Skin + Me secures over £10 million for prescription-based approach to skincare[17:50] New AI and digital health resource published for the NHS📚 WSJ article link: AI vs Crypto 🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more ab...2023-02-2423 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonMick Jagger's Toothpaste 🕺This week: Is the NHS app the answer to everything? [03:25] Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs[14:00] Asabys Partners announces €100m first close for health and biotech fund[20:22] Is the NHS app the answer to everything?[37:55] A new wave of startups are tackling financial issues within the healthcare space🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn...2023-02-1946 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAI goes bio 🤖This week: The Future of Digital Health, medical technology strategy launched, and why the growth of gut-tech could transform female health outcomes.[00:50] Medical technology strategy launched[08:25] Why user needs should be at the heart of healthtech[14:00] The Future of Digital Health[24:20] Why the growth of gut-tech could transform female health outcomes🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🖇 Conne...2023-02-1737 minThe Scrubbed In Show by PeerrThe Scrubbed In Show by PeerrE119: SomX - The PR Agency that understands HealthTech - Jessica Smith (CXO + Co-founder)In this week’s episode Jess shares her journey into building a healthtech communication agency despite never being entrepreneurial. We delve into her non-conventional route and why her creativity + PR experiences served well for SomX.  We discuss the importance of having a value driven approach and why branding it’s more than just a logo! Jess shares the difficult first few months after starting SomX, why her confidence comes from other people and why she can ‘turn it on’ as a natural introvert.  Jessica is co-founder & CXO of SomX, a healthtech and biotech-specific communicat...2023-02-051h 06Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe Jargon Carousel 🎠This week: Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers?[1:55] 📱Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers?[24:35] 🏥 Smart hospitals are the key to unlocking the next era of healthcare[35:50] 🎧 Spotify founder Daniel Ek takes on healthcare🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn🖇 Connect with Jessica...2023-02-0554 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAnyone for Oregon? 🇺🇸This week: December's biggest seeds, Microsoft is aggressively investing in healthcare AI, and psychedelic therapy is now legal in Oregon. Are investors and startups ready?[04:05] 📹 YouTube Health Showcases U.K. Strategy: 5 Things We Learned[16:50] 🍄Psychedelic therapy is now legal in Oregon. Are investors and startups ready?[24:25] 🌱December's biggest seeds[28:45] ☕️ Connecting clinicians over coffee [38:20] 💸 Microsoft is aggressively investing in healthcare AI🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company a...2023-01-2743 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWhy investors love healthtech 💌This week: Researchers develop AI tool Sybil to predict lung cancer risk, how technology will shape healthcare in 2023, and biotech start-up announces first patient enrolled in endometriosis clinical trial.[01:35] 💁 Researchers develop AI tool Sybil to predict lung cancer risk [04:30] 𑗊 How technology will shape healthcare in 2023[11:35] 💊HealthTech nets £7.5m to tackle drug overdoses [18:45] 🧬 Biotech start-up announces first patient enrolled in endometriosis clinical trial[22:40] 🫁 Organs on demand: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023[26:00] 🏇The jockey, not the horse🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out thi...2023-01-2231 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonOf eternal mice and men 🐭This week: Eternal mice, the expansion of US expansion, and top tips for getting into healthtech.📝 7 tips for breaking into Healthtech - [02:50]❓ 5 questions facing emerging biotech in 2023 - [11:50]📬 NHS ‘must speed up move to digital communication’ after patients miss letters due to Royal Mail strike - [17:15]🐭 Biotech startup says mice live longer after genetic reprogramming - [22:20]🚀 One in five UK HealthTech SMEs head to US for product launch - [28:25]🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn mor...2023-01-1438 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonNew year, same ol' Pigeon. 🐣Join Jessica, James and Dr Joel Brown for another week of healthtech news and views. Joel is an NHS GP and Chief Clinical Officer and Medical Director of Bionabu, a virtual “Knowledge-Marketplace." This week: 2023 AI predictions and is ‘smart toilet’ the worst combination of words ever?[04:05] Global collaboration is the answer to Medtech and Biotech’s biggest challenges[13:30] 6 healthcare AI predictions for 2023[31:50] We need to stop junior doctors leaving the NHS[49:25] Withings unveils urine analysis device that sits in your toilet bowl🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.health...2023-01-081h 05Healthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonA Healthtech Pigeon Christmas BonanzaJoin Henry, Jess, Huw, Belle & Dr Steve for the inaugural Healthtech Pigeon Christmas Quiz.A slightly different format this week - we'll be taking a look back at the last 12 months in healthtech.With three of our regular panellists joined by Dr Steve Cross & special guest Business Insider's Riddhi Kanetkar.🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🖇...2022-12-1854 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonIs healthtech recession-proof? 📉Join Henry, Jess, and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: AI, IVF, and a robotic NHS.[01:08] - 🦯 WeWalk raises for smart cane for visually impaired people - GPS enabled walking sticks could be the future for visually impaired people.[02:44] -🚨 Healthcare may be a recession-proof field, but healthtech is not[08:32] - 🏙 First four regional secure data environments confirmed- Beneath the dull title, this is a real step forward for the data saves lives policy being implemented.[13:11] - 🧑‍💼How an ageing population will change health...2022-12-0929 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonWHOOP, there it is!Join James, Jessica, and Henry for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: McKinsey Biotech reports, Anne Hathaway turns LP, and NHS data guardian says suppliers must share core values.[01:17] -🧪 WHOOP identifies a novel pregnancy digital biomarker for premature birth[11:15] - Switzerland to accept medical devices with FDA approval[27:44] - Switzerland to accept medical devices with FDA approval[34:10] - 🎬 Anne Hathaway backs Pact, an all-women-led VC for mission-driven startups🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by fill...2022-12-0438 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe Inappropriate Joke RobotJoin Henry, Jessica, and Huw for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: Theranos sentencing, nurses go to prison in VR, and long COVID startups.[01:33] - Joke-telling vacuum robot under-fire at Darent Valley Hospital[06:53] - New device measures haemoglobin more accurately in dark skin[10:42] - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud[17:15] - HEE launches VR app for nurses to experience prison healthcare settings[23:06] - Long Covid may affect 100m people — meet one of the first startups looking to hel...2022-11-2626 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech Pigeon$7 short of an $8 blue tickJoin Henry, Indigo, and healthcare whirlwind Rachel Murphy for another week of healthtech news and views. Rachel is raising money to support families in Ukraine - you can help out here.This week: Men's health, the NHS' agency crisis, and biotech's ethical conundrum.[02:03] - The digital future of men's health[06:30] - NHS forking out £2,500 a shift to agency nurses to stop staffing crisis - The NHS spends[14:00] - Twitter changes cost big pharma $15bn [19:04] - Biotechnology is creating ethical worries—and we’ve been h...2022-11-1836 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonA Healthtech Bond VillainJoin James, Jessica, Jess, Henry and Credentially's Dr Kit Latham, for another week of healthtech news and views. This week: Murder, M&A, and October's hottest seeds.[02:51] - Biotech co-founder, facing murder-for-hire charges, accused of fabricating data[06:40] - Exploring 2022 digital health M&A trends[12:42] - Leva Clinic fundraises £3m for UK’s first digital chronic pain platform[20:45] - The 50 most active early-stage healthtech investors[28:03] - October's hottest seeds🗞️ Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com✍️ Apply to be a guest by filling out this form2022-11-1147 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonPumpkin-Spiced Pathways 🧋Join James, Jessica, Henry and special guest Dr Maslah Amin, for another week of healthtech news and views.This week: The metaverse and patient care, AI training for NHS staff, and investors not yet willing to splash the cash.[01:08] - NHS report calls for artificial intelligence training for all staff[05:27] - Biotech IPOs are strange, even in a down market[09:25] - YouTube will let doctors and nurses apply to be labelled as reliable[22:50] - The top 3 cyberthreats facing healthcare organisations today[29:25] - Peachy's Patel gives his view on Apple's latest healthtech...2022-11-0635 minThe Healthtech PodcastThe Healthtech Podcast#279 Selling to the NHS, with SomX Associate Director, Henry StoneleyThis week, James is joined by SomX's very own Associate Director, Henry Stoneley. With many years of experience in selling primary care technologies to the NHS, Henry shares his top tips and greatest insights for breaking down the barriers to entry. How should founders approach selling to the NHS? Who do healthtech innovators need be talking to? All is to be revealed...Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.comSubscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦:www.healthtechpigeon.comGet in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.comLearn more about SomX for you...2022-11-0340 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe Return Of Theranos? 🩸Join James & Henry and SomX's PR lead, Jess Farmery, for another week of healthtech news and views.This week: Daye raise €11.5 for vaginal microbiome testing, the problems with voice biomarkers, and is military metaphor appropriate for talking healthcare?[00:55] - Healthtech-specific risks for medical malpractice liability[07:56] - "Voice biomarker" tech analyses your voice for signs of depression[12:16] - UK-based gynae health startup Daye raises €11.5 million to launch at-home screening kit and bridge the gender health gap[16:27] - From ‘war rooms’ to ‘cancer battles’: history shows military metaphors are detrimental to the NHS[23:30] - xWave part...2022-10-2842 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonSpicy Goggles = Less Drugs 🌶Join James & Henry and special guest Professor Andrew Farmery, who, amongst many other things, heads up the undergraduate programme at Wadham Colllege, Oxford.This week: A sensible article about the state of the market, healthtech amasses more unicorns than any other tech, and people in nerd goggles need less drugs.[06:05] - Mid and South Essex ICS create a single waiting list for all elective[12:26] - Study finds patients immersed in VR could need less anaesthetic during surgery[22:28] - The future of augmented reality in four charts[31:20] - After two exuberant years, health...2022-10-2142 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonAussies, AI & A Worrying Trend 🇦🇺Join James & Henry and special guest Peter Birch, founder of Talking Healthtech, Australia's biggest and best healthtech community, for another week of healthtech news and views.This week: A well-being invasion, period apps continue to fail privacy tests, and definitely-not-a-metal-band Malware as a Service comes to the fore.[01:38] - WHO launches the world's most extensive freely accessible AI health worker[6:48] - September's hottest seeds[12:34] - Wellbeing startup banks $35 million[19:06] - Declining VC investment in digital health[24:47] - Malware as a Service...2022-10-1446 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHealthtech User's Biggest Turnoffs 👋This week: Why users stop using health apps, Rock Health’s Q3 funding review and VR renders Plymouth more palatable.[1:50] - Why healthcare organisations should adopt modern data platforms[4:16] - Q3 2022 digital health funding: The market isn’t the same as it was[7:54] - Virtual wards are failing patients and clinicians[15:05] - University Hospitals Plymouth introduces virtual reality for new emergency centre[18:18] - What makes users stop using their mobile health apps?🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more ab...2022-10-0728 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonSailing The High(Er) SEIS 🌊This week: A Peachy raise, techbio/biotech ones to watch, and more interoperability than you can shake a stick at.[1:31] -  11 VC investors behind the hottest healthtech deals[3:21] - HEE CEO discusses digital workforce issues[7:14] - Health insurtech startup Peachy raises £1.5m[17:45] - 18 European techbio startups to watch - according to investors[21:43] - Interoperable digital care can only be achieved with an open technology approach🐦 Grab the newsletter at healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.hea...2022-09-3027 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonStuck in limboThis week: Google’s health-conscious sibling Verily secures pocket money from the parents, health apps are giving us a stonking headache, and a modern day “David vs Goliath” story or shall we say Hippocrates vs Dr Google. 🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health👨🏻‍🦱 Connect with James on LinkedIn 👩🏼Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jess on Linkedin2022-09-2426 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonArms Race 💪🏻This week: Google’s health-conscious sibling Verily secures pocket money from the parents, health apps are giving us a stonking headache and a modern day “David vs Goliath” story or shall we say Hippocrates vs Dr Google. 1:35 - Google’s Verily secures $1B to bolster armoury3:30 - Health apps are a headache and how to fix them 8:30 - Redesign Health bags $65M to incubate more tech-enabled healthcare businesses13:00 - ⏩ Digital health trends coming in 202319:35 - 🤖 Dotplot wins UK Dyson award 25:45 - Creating a digital Hippocratic Oath for the 21st century🐦 Grab the newslet...2022-09-1632 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe Biotech Bee Gees 🕺This week: Triage accuracy of symptoms checkers low, why the Bee Gees are popular with biotech investors, and llongyfarchiadau i Diurnal.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin 👩🏻 Connect with Belle on Linkedin2022-09-0327 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonYou are not a gorilla 🦍This week: Organ harvesting, animal testing, death to gorillas, and other uplifting stories.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-08-2728 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonSoonicorn yoghurt 🍯This week: 10 caretech startups to watch, integration depression, and why women should be doing more acid*.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-08-2034 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonBenchmarks, biotech & big bangsThis week: Patchwork raise, Space force gets physical, and Bessemer Venture Partners teach us our COGS from our ARPU.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-08-1242 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonRise of the chatbots 💬This week: Cera raise big, unicorn stock sinks, and if we lose a funding battle to Proptech, Pigeon will turn this car newsletter around and go back home.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-08-0525 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonThe end of Googling symptoms?🚦This week: What’s gone on at NHS AI lab, analysing Apple’s approach, and Australian startup wants you to stop Googling your symptoms.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-07-2921 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonPart-man, part-building 🏢This week: Overstuffed olive slims down, uplifting ALS breakthrough, and meet Fred Hutchinson, part-man, part-building. Joining as a guest this week is Lauren Bevan, currently head of health and social care at BJSS and has worked in the industry for almost 20 years. She comes bringing strong views but a weak wi-fi signal.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin🐥 Connect w2022-07-2346 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonTwo sides to every correction.This week: Flesh penetrating waves, The Rut’s 1979 single Babylon’s Burning becomes prescient 43 years too late, and NHS staff given a pay rise. No. Sorry. Pigeon’s misread that. NHS staff given a share of a £312 medal.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin🐥 Connect with Rajiv on Linkedin2022-07-1533 minFounders KeepersFounders Keepers#08 Jessica Smith - Growing a world-leading healthtech consulting agency with SomXJessica Smith is the co-founder and CXO of the privately-held innovation and communications agency, SomX, and whose expertise is specifically targeted at healthtech companies. SomX have provided personalised strategy, content and PR for more than 30 healthtech companies to date, including startups at seed stage, Series A and Series B, as well as corporates in healthcare, pharma and health and life insurance. Jessica was a previous Associate Director at global PR and marketing agency, and has broad experience in healthcare communications across NHS, corporate, charity, healthtech and pharma industry clients. Today, we talk about finding Somx’s niche; her experience of be...2022-07-1538 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonHealthtech 1 - 0 Fintech 🌱This week: Fintech plays second fiddle (poorly probably), blood test startups are back, and how switching thinking from biotech to techbio could unblock the sector.  🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin🐥 Connect with Rajiv on Linkedin2022-07-0932 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonCentaurs & Unicorns 🦄This week: Birdie confirms avian supremacy with $30m series B and cofounder and CPO Rajiv Tanna joins James, Jess and Henry to discuss the raise and the rest of the week's news in healthtech.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin🐥 Connect with Rajiv on Linkedin2022-07-0335 minHealthtech PigeonHealthtech PigeonRaise, Sell, Sleep. Repeat ♽The one-minute healthtech roundup. Now in podcast form. James, Jessica and Henry from SomX bring you the first episode of this brand new, weekly panel show covering the healthtech news. This week, Apple & Alphabet’s differing approaches, mental health raises, and EMIS picked up for $1.5bn.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🥸 Apply to be a guest by filling in this form 🚀 Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health🙋🏻‍♂️ Connect with James on Linkedin🕺🏻 Connect with Henry on Linkedin🤦🏼‍♀️ Connect with Jessica on Linkedin2022-06-2531 min