podcast
details
.com
Print
Share
Look for any podcast host, guest or anyone
Search
Showing episodes and shows of
Yianni Johns
Shows
Reimagining Healthcare
The flight to quality & modern healthcare marketing practices - Peter Caddick (sella.io)
Today I’m speaking with Peter Caddick, Founder & CEO of sella.io, an ai supported brand and digital marketing agency working with healthcare and healthtech businesses. Intro Part B: Last episode, Peter explained what an Activity Based Marketing service agency was and how that was reimagining marketing agency engagement supporting B2B businesses. In this episode we extend the discussion into branding, strategy, referrals, key channels and alignments and what healthcare businesses should be doing to respond to the rapidly approaching future of marketing. Let’s jump in! _______ LINKS:...
2023-11-07
33 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Activity Based Marketing in Healthcare - Peter Caddick (sella.io)
Today I’m speaking with Peter Caddick, Founder & CEO of sella.io, an ai supported brand and digital marketing agency working with healthcare and healthtech businesses. In this first part of the interview, Peter explains Activity Based Marketing, overcoming business owner resource constraints, doing the basics and what that means, cutting through the noise of modern marketing tools and speaking to customers in a relavant and authentic way. Let’s jump in! ______ Next episode, we’ll pick up the discussion with Peter on B2B marketing, his experience and insights in the hea...
2023-10-24
29 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Non dilutive funding options for health businesses - Ethan Singer (Fundabl)
Today I’m speaking with Ethan Singer, co-Founder of Fundabl, they’re a revenue based funding partner for healthcare and healthtech businesses. Last episode, Ethan spoke to me about, the typical problems associated with obtaining funds traditionally within your business versus Fundabl’s approach, this episode we cover more nuanced examples and use cases where Fundabl provides significant business advantages at any stage of the lifecycle of your business. Let’s jump in! LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-singer-%F0%9F%90%A7-63407773/ Website: https://www.fundabl.com/ Connect:
2023-10-09
31 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Funding growth opportunities in healthcare - Ethan Singer (Fundabl)
Today I’m speaking with Ethan Singer, co-Founder of Fundabl, they’re a revenue based funding partner for healthcare and healthtech businesses. In this first part of the interview, Ethan talks us through what Fundabl is and why it was founded. We look at the types of problems and opportunities that having fast access to funding can address…and the differences between traditional funding options versus Fundabl’s quick fix & responsive approach to funding businesses in healthcare and healthtech. Let’s jump in! _______ Next episode, we pick up the discussion with Ethan and...
2023-09-25
24 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Proactive risk management for healthcare businesses - Giuseppe Carollo (Carollo Horton)
Today I’m speaking with Giuseppe Carollo, Head of Pharmacy Insurance at Carollo Horton, they’re an insurance business adviser with specialization in the healthcare & tech sectors. In our last episode, we started speaking with Guiseppe about the basics of what insurance is, why it’s important and how it works. In today’s episode we refine our thinking of risk by exporing the scope and value of quality healthcare domain oriented insurance advise, challenging the consumer mindset of younger business owners, seeing how quality insurance advise can help cashflow and the future of insurance in healthcare and tech...
2023-09-11
25 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Key healthcare business risks and risk management supports - Giuseppe Carollo (Carollo Horton)
Today I’m speaking with Giuseppe Carollo, Head of Pharmacy Insurance at Carollo Horton, they’re an insurance business adviser with specialisation in the healthcare & tech sectors. In this first part of the interview, Giuseppe provides an introduction to healthcare and tech insurance, risks and requirements. We explore how you can transfer risk to third parties and the value of building a regular advisory relationship with insurance experts who have domain expertise within healthcare. Let’s jump in! _______ In our next episode, we continue the discussion with Giusseppe covering the scope and va...
2023-08-28
39 min
Reimagining Healthcare
High Quality Revenue & Reasons not to raise capital - Dan Hilvert (Hilvert Advisory)
Today I’m speaking with Dan Hilvert, Director of Hilvert Advisory, a healthcare sector focussed strategy, investment, capital raising advisory firm. Last episode, Dan spoke to me about, advising healthcare start ups, mergers/ acquisitions, capital raising and investing in healthcare start ups and today we explore why capital raising might not be your best option, what high quality revenue is and further insights into the industry. Let’s jump in! LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhilvert/?originalSubdomain=au Website: https://www.hilvert.com.au/ Connect: Listen to other...
2023-08-14
32 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Mergers, Acquisitions, Investing & Capital Raising in Healthcare - Dan Hilvert (Hilvert Advisory)
Today I’m speaking with Dan Hilvert, Director of Hilvert, Director of Hilvert Advisory, a healthcare sector focused strategy, investment, capital raising advisory firm. In this first part of the interview, Dan talks to us about mergers, acquisition, investing and capital raising in healthcare. Let’s jump in! Next episode, we continue the discussion further with Dan covering aspects of advisory in the space, why capital raising shouldn’t be a go to strategy for founders of healthcare start ups, what high quality revenue is and some key insights of the industry. Spea...
2023-07-31
26 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Becoming an UnRivaled healthcare or healthtech business - Justin Flitter (UnRivaled.co.nz)
Today I’m speaking with Justin Flitter, a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer and Founder of Unrivaled.co.nz…it’s a marketing partner offerring strategy & activation for companies seeking accelerated growth. Last episode, Justin spoke to me about founding a fractional Chief Marketing Officer Agency and what that means for business and fractional CMO’s. Today we continue to discussion with Justin on the value and key concepts of engaging a fractional CMO and how to become unrivaled in business. Let’s jump in! LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinflitter/ Website: ht...
2023-07-17
28 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Fractional CMO for Healthcare & HealthTech - Justin Flitter (UnRivaled.co.nz)
Today I’m speaking with Justin Flitter, a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer and Founder of Unrivaled.co.nz…it’s a marketing partner offering strategy & activation for companies seeking accelerated growth. In this first part of the interview, Justin explains what a fractional chief marketing officer is, how it benefits businesses and what’s it’s like to live the life of a fractional CMO. Let’s jump in! --- Next episode, we continue the discussion further with Justin covering the key concepts all businesses should be thinking about to become a leader in...
2023-07-04
22 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Creating new assessment & training revenue streams - Andrew Lemon (Strength by Numbers)
Today I’m continuing the discussion with Andrew Lemon, Founder & Chief Revenue Officer at Strength by Numbers, an innovative provider for the AxIT objective force plate and and dynamometer solution for healthcare professionals. Intro Part B: Last week, Andrew Lemon spoke to me about, focussing on customer success and combining healthtech devices with enhanced objectively measured clinical engagement models to drive clinical outcomes and healthcare business success. In today’s part 2, we pick up from where we left off by talking more about how AxIT helps health & fitness professionals provide higher levels of service options & supp...
2023-04-11
32 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Stop Guessing, Start Measuring - Andrew Lemon (Strength by Numbers)
Today I’m speaking with Andrew Lemon, Founder & Chief Revenue Officer at Strength by Numbers, an innovative provider for the AxIT objective force plate and and dynamometer solution for healthcare professionals. In this first part 1 of 2 of the interview, Andrew speaks with me about his journey as an Osteopath and his dreams of being a problem solver coming together to produce the healthtech start up called Strength by Numbers and in particular building the AxIT clinical hardware & customer success clinic model. We discuss: Focusing on Customer Success Becoming a Health Tech Start Up How Ob...
2023-03-28
31 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Sense making in healthcare teams - Laura Simmons & Leanne Healy
Today I’m continuing the discussion with Laura Simmons, CEO & Founder of Theratrak and Leanne Healey, Director Everyday Independence. Last week, we got to know both Laura and Leanne’s backgrounds and how that’s informed their views on cultural & clinical development, healthtech & systems and leadership. In today’s part 2 of 2, we pick up the discussion with both Leanne and Laura covering topics about the big picture, collective purpose, making sense at a team level and it’s impact on driving systemic change with healthtech. Big picture & collective purpose Sense making & supervisio...
2023-03-13
23 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Overcoming barriers to change in Allied Healthcare - Leanne Healy & Laura Simmons
Today I’m speaking with Laura Simmons, CEO & Founder of Theratrak and Leanne Healey, Director Everyday Independance. In this part of 1 of 2, I’ve extracted from a live stream discussion I hosted late last year talking about overcoming barriers or resistance to change in the Allied Healthcare sector. We get to know both Leanne’s and Laura’s background both within healthcare support in the Disability sector as well as building systems for healthcare providers, their teams and clients. Some of the key points covered are: Cultural & Clinical Engagement HealthTe...
2023-02-27
29 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The wellbeing marketplace and client journeys - Rohan Pardasani
Today I’m speaking with Rohan Pardasani, founder & CEO of Avaana an innovative well being services marketplace and lead generation solution. Last week, Rohan spoke to me about, new client acquisition beyond B2C, such as B2B, government and the power of quality systems in place such as NDIS Registration and how Avaana support becoming NDIS registered. Today we are speaking about: The value of optimizing white space in the clinical calendar by understanding types of client types. Employees and their engagement with healthcare via employers - what is the well being journey going forward? Dealing wi...
2022-12-19
34 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Getting new clients & NDIS registration support - Rohan Pardasani
Today I’m speaking with Rohan Pardasani, founder & CEO of avaana an innovative well being services marketplace and lead generation solution. Part A: In this first part of the interview, Rohan tells us how his legal background and dealing with cancer combined to design a health tech marketplace platform focused on helping people like him to navigate healthcare on terms that made sense to them. We cover topics such as: Definition of the Consumer & Well being What modern practices are looking for in client loads? Type of new client and what’s needed to support them...
2022-12-05
34 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The future of patient engagement - Ben Hurst (HotDoc)
Today I’m speaking with Ben Hurst, Founder & CEO of HotDoc, a cloud based Patient Engagement Platform. Part B: Last time in Part 1 or 2 of this interview, Ben spoke to me about the origins of HotDoc and building a foundation around known patient engagement pain points at the time and beyond. In this part 2 or 2 of the interview, Ben and I discuss the evolution of patient engagement in areas of clinical matching and asyncronous engagement techniques such as intake, surveys, reports/ feedback and so on as well as Ben’s take on what the future might look like...
2022-11-21
22 min
Reimagining Healthcare
From Doctor to patient engagement software - Ben Hurst (HotDoc)
Today I’m speaking with Ben Hurst, Founder & CEO of HotDoc, a cloud based Patient Engagement Platform. In this part 1 of 2 of the interview, Ben discusses with me how his personal insights as a healthcare professional lead to starting up HotDoc and how his healthtech start up experience with the market helped shape the foundations for what a modern healthcare clinic needs to administrate the patient engagement processes more efficiently as well as offering a better patient experience. To this end we discuss the key problems clinics have overcome with digital tools like HotDoc as we...
2022-11-07
30 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital Health's systemic challenges & solutions - Nicholas Domnisch (EES Health)
Today I’m speaking with Nicholas Domnisch, CEO & Partner at EES Health, a New York based digital health agency designing & developing scalable infrastructure and customer applications. _______ Part 2 of 2: Last week, Nick, the CEO of New York based Digital Health Agency, EES Health spoke to me about: The problems with the current infrastructure within the system of digital healthcare and that place for a digital health agency in helping address some of those problems. This week, we pick up the discussion with Nick and talk about: Applying sytem thinking and explaining modularity, interoperability and scalability in th...
2022-10-24
29 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The concept of a Digital Health Agency - Nicholas Domnisch (EES Health)
Today I’m speaking with Nicholas Domnisch, CEO & Partner at EES Health, a New York based digital health agency designing & developing scalable infrastructure and customer applications. Part 1 of 2: In this first part of the interview, Nick talks about building a digital health health agency, who for, and what a digital health agency does. We go into his vision for modernizing healthcare and taking on the system challenges or what Nick describes as the biggest reconstruction project the world has seen. We break down the key eco system problems that must be addressed to underpin the operation of a...
2022-10-11
31 min
Reimagining Healthcare
A Meta styled pain management, rehab and mental health support - Christian Doran (RecoveryVR)
Today I continue the discussion with Christian Doran, founder & CEO of RecoveryVR, a virtual reality platform supporting physical rehab, pain management and mental health therapy. This episode is Part 2 of 2 of the interview with Chrstian. You can find Part A here: https://healthtechx.com.au/podcasts/a-virtual-open-world-reality-and-its-impact-on-healthcare-christian-doran/ Christian comes from a film making background and is dedicated to building a VR health product that has impact in peoples lives. In this first of two parts, we cover ground on a fascinating field of Virtual Reality, Open Worlds and how this is Enhancing the relationship between c...
2022-09-26
27 min
Reimagining Healthcare
A Virtual Open World Reality and its impact on healthcare - Christian Doran (RecoveryVR)
Today I’m speaking with Christian Doran, founder & CEO of RecoveryVR, a virtual reality platform supporting physical rehab, pain management and mental health therapy. Christian comes from a film making background and is dedicated to building a VR health product that has impact in peoples lives. In this first of two parts, we cover ground on a fascinating field of Virtual Reality, Open Worlds and how this is Enhancing the relationship between clients, their providers and supporting peer groups supporting physical rehab, pain management and even mental health therapy. This discussion works through the client ex...
2022-09-12
28 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Personalising & connecting healthcare online - Nic Blair (Midnight Health)
Nic is the founder of Midnight Health, a digital healthcare startup on a mission to develop a complete healthcare ecosystem that consolidates the fragmented patient experience and improves accessibility to care. Their first two brands Youly and Stagger have seen over 14,000 patients and in November 2021 they raised $4mil from nib. Today I’m speaking with Nic Blair, Founder of Midnight Health, a digital healthcare start up on a mission to develop a complete healthcare ecosystem. Nic shares the journey into healthcare and healthtech having come from a successful digital agency and marketing background and his th...
2022-08-29
56 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital Patient Registration is just the beginning - Adam Zein
Adam Zein is the Founder of Patient Plus, a health-tech start-up, driven to deliver innovative digital products for healthcare sectors. In today's episode, Adam shares his motivation for developing digital tools to assist healthcare practices, across areas such as clinical engagement and administrative functions. Plus, Adam details his thoughts on the future of digital data capturing and distribution, and what this means in the ever-evolving world of healthcare. Key takeaways: Patient Plus is a health-tech start-up, delivering innovative digital products for the healthcare sector. Digital data capturing expands past patient registration, and impl...
2022-07-26
32 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The investment fund with a passion for purpose-driven healthtech - Dr Joseph Mocanu
Dr Joseph Mocanu is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Verge HealthTech Fund. Verge is a fund focused on investing in seed-stage healthcare technology companies. In today's episode, Joseph talks us through his background in investing and how this led to starting Verge. He shares the importance of purpose-driven, founder-friendly health tech funds, and details exactly what Verge is focused on investing in. Plus, Joseph's insight into the problems in health that Verge is trying to address, and the skills that founders need to bring it all together. Key takeaways: Verge is a...
2022-07-04
31 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital first telecare specialists and patient engagement - Michael Wang
Michael Wang is a Co-founder and CEO of Telecare, one of the largest virtual healthcare clinics in Australia. Telecare provides accessible, affordable, and efficient healthcare across specialist and allied health fields. In today's episode, Michael details his journey in starting a virtual clinic, and how Telecare is combining business, technology, and medicine to provide a digital-first healthcare service experience that makes things easier for everyone involved. Michael also talks about the catalysts that inspired Telecare, and the ways that healthcare practice owners can improve their processes by removing tedious activities. Key takeaways: Te...
2022-06-20
35 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The science of running a successful healthcare business - Paul Wright
Paul Wright is a Physiotherapist, and the author of the Amazon best-seller "How to Run a One Minute Practice". He's also the Founder of Practiceology, a program designed to help health business owners enjoy their lives by working less, earning more, and focusing on what matters. In today's episode, Paul shares his observations on the challenges of owning an allied healthcare business, and how overcoming those challenges helped him to write "How to Run a One Minute Practice". Paul also talks us through the key reasons why a healthcare business will succeed, and why his one-minute practice...
2022-06-06
44 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital-first allied healthcare practice - Rochelle Mutton
Rochelle Mutton is a senior Occupational Therapist and the Founder of Motivate Kids, a digital-first OT healthcare service provider which works with kids in Australia’s disability sector. Plus, Tim Wilson, Co-founder and Director of Snapforms is back to share his insight as a health-tech software provider. In this episode, Rochelle and Tim discuss the growing number of practice owners who recognise the need to future-proof their allied healthcare practices and how they can use a digital first approach to do so. We showcase Rochelle’s story from a healthcare professional's viewpoint and compare it to Tim’s mind...
2022-05-23
54 min
Reimagining Healthcare
When physios get together and build an app - Travis Brunn, Eric Garther & Rob Hydomako
Travis Brunn, Rob Hydomako, and Eric Gartner are physiotherapists and Co-founders of SimpleSet, a digital health rehabilitation app that connects healthcare professionals with clients. They’ve each worked as physios for over 12 years, and founded SimpleSet 10 years ago to improve communication between clinicians and patients. In today’s episode, the boys discuss life as physios and digital health-tech founders, and how their app tackles the problems they faced as healthcare professionals. We talk through SimpleSet’s key features, and discuss the benefits for both clients and clinicians. Plus, an insight into the future of SimpleSet, and its potent...
2022-05-09
41 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Online literacy measurement & dyslexia screening - Hugo Richards
Hugo Richards is the Co-founder and CEO of Dystech, an evidence-based online literacy measurement and dyslexia screening platform powered by artificial intelligence. Hugo believes all problems have solutions; sometimes they just take a long time to find. But with advances in technology and artificial intelligence (AI), suddenly our human brains and problem-solving capabilities are far less limited. In this episode, Hugo discusses this passion and what digital health innovation can offer the speech pathology, literacy and dyslexia sectors across healthcare and education. Key takeaways: Dystec has built a client engagement framework that h...
2022-04-25
44 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Debt capital for post revenue start ups in health tech - Lighter Capital
Brandon Krongold and Matt Dowling are Investment Co-ordinators at Lighter Capital — a zero dilution, revenue-based debt capital provider for growing tech and healthtech businesses. In this episode, Brandon and Matt share their story and how Lighter Capital has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into growth companies. They also explain what terms like ‘zero dilution’, ‘zero equity warrants’, ‘zero personal guarantees’ and ‘financial covenants’ mean, before comparing and contrasting those terms with traditional debt or venture capital models. Key takeaways: Lighter Capital, based in Australia and the U.S., is the pioneer and largest provide...
2022-04-11
37 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The legal side of digital healthcare and its humanisation - Sarah Bartholomeusz
Sarah Bartholomeusz is the Principal at You Legal, an award-winning commercial law firm helping health and HealthTech businesses protect their purpose. Sarah has over 18 years experience as a lawyer and has an active practice in corporate and commercial law. In this episode, Sarah shares how her vision for You Legal aligns with the principles of Digital First Healthcare, how the business is working with healthcare professionals to modernise healthcare service delivery, and how Sarah is passionate about working with businesses to minimise their risks and maximise their potential. Key takeaways: You Legal f...
2022-03-28
40 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Everything you need to know about behavioural centred design - Lynette Reeves
Lynette Reeves is a Behavioral Change Specialist with the Miroma Project Factory, a globally integrated digital development studio coupling leading edge, engaging solutions with unique behavioural change, storytelling and gamification. In this episode, Lynette discusses behavioural economics and behavioural centred design, including understanding some key frameworks for digital health product design such as the ‘EAST framework’. She also talks through how to evaluate effectiveness in supporting client outcomes in clinical health, wellbeing and social change. Key takeaways: Lynette began her career working in healthcare before moving into the agency realm. She now works...
2022-03-14
43 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Replace your stick-figure therapy drawings with this app! - Laura Simmons
Original publish date: 08 Dec 2020 Laura Simmons is a paediatric occupational therapist and founder of Theratrak, an app that allows therapists to prescribe, monitor and track customised therapy programmes for children. In this episode, Laura shares her journey and transition from being a full-time therapist into becoming a start-up founder, what type of therapy challenges and problems she observed that led to creating Theratrak, and how using Theratrak has transformed her daily schedule. Key takeaways: Laura is an occupational therapist who has worked in paediatrics in Sydney for eight years. One of the t...
2022-02-28
33 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Hypnosis is the evidence-based therapy you've never heard of - Chris Naomidis
Original publish date: 10 Nov 2020 Chris Naoumidis is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Mindset Health. Mindset Health provides app-based hypnotherapy programmes to help people manage and improve their health. In this episode, Chris shares how a very stressful period of his life led to him becoming interested in gut-directed hypnotherapy; we discuss the evidence backing Mindset's digital therapeutic apps; and Chris shares how evidence-based digital health can provide a set of tools for practitioners to better support their clients. Key takeaways: Initially, Mindset started as a very simple app intending to act as a...
2022-02-14
38 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Healthcare without having to leave your desk - Dr Patrick Aouad
Dr Patrick Aouad is the Co-founder and CEO of [cu]health, a virtual medical practice for businesses. Pat is focused on bringing evidence-based approaches supported by appropriate innovation to support trusted, compassionate and excellent healthcare. In this episode, Pat shares his journey through the healthcare industry. Originally a consulting neurologist, Pat co-founded a medical practice and achieved extensive academic qualifications, including publishing research. He’s since co-founded [cu]health, with a vision to bring virtual medical and healthcare support to businesses right to the desktop of employees. Key takeaways: Dr Aouad is an...
2022-01-31
57 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital health and it's role in modern drug access and distribution - Alexandra Robertson
Alexandra Robertson is the VP of Client Growth & Innovation at XIL Health — a technology and consulting company supporting Pharmacies, Benefits Managers, Accountable Care Organisations and Hospitals to innovate and optimise their healthcare businesses. In this episode, Alexandra talks to us about the complexity and innovation opportunities for consumer access to drugs within the medical and pharmaceutical benefits system, its supply and also its management. She then turns to the opportunities and threats that traditional bricks and mortar distribution models face. Key takeaways: In a tech world, it’s easy to think we just n...
2022-01-17
41 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The keys to running successful & high performing psychology practices - Dr Kaye Frankcom
Original publish date: 12 Nov 2019. Entrepreneur and co-author of Fit to Practice, Kaye Frankcom joins me on this episode. Kaye is an accomplished psychologist and passionate businesswoman. Her career path has taken her from consultant to speaker, and owner of her own group practice for 17 years. Kaye addresses issues that should be tackled when deciding whether to enter into private practice alone. With more practitioners leaning toward running their own practices, Kaye poses key questions that are relevant to taking this leap. Have you considered costs? Are you familiar with administration? What is your selling point...
2022-01-03
40 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Changing physiotherapy into digital first physio - Dr Jim Feng
Dr Jim Feng is the Founder & CEO of Phyxable, an end-to-end virtual pain and prevention platform that uses machine learning, augmented reality and gamification to coach people out of pain. In this episode, Jimmy breaks down the reasons why digital health for the musculoskeletal professionals is not only needed, but how it adds value to clients/ patients, improves engagement, healthcare outcomes and leads to potentially better professional work lives for healthcare professionals. Key takeaways: Dr Feng is a chiropractor, as well as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and Medical Acupuncturist. He’s dir...
2021-12-20
39 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Using stakes & behavioral theory to achieve healthcare goals - Ben Raphael
Ben Raphael is the Co-founder of Stake Something, an app designed to help people achieve their goals using the concept of “staking”. Staking is a method to motivate and hold people accountable for taking the necessary actions designed to help that person succeed. In this episode, Ben discusses the behavirourial economics of loss aversion and present bias. He also talks about the neuroscience of taking action that leads to building a customer experience where individuals and their coaches (or healthcare providers) can define goals and actions to hold themselves accountable. Key takeaways: Stake...
2021-12-06
38 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Building a digital first Osteo brand and what healthcare can learn from this - Alan Zaia
Alan Zaia is an osteopath, and he's also the Founder and CEO of Osteohustle. Osteohustle is a business and marketing company run by a team of osteopaths which helps osteopaths achieve their own version of success. In this episode, Alan explains why he developed Osteohustle, and the digital-first approach Osteohustle takes, which enables osteopaths to build their own brands and achieve their own goals. With both the personal experience as a business owner, and now as a community leader supporting other osteopaths, Alan walks us through the typical approach, what’s in the members’ area, the basics of m...
2021-11-22
53 min
Reimagining Healthcare
How your personal issues impact your business culture - Gaelene Adams Wood
Gaelene Adams Wood is the Managing Director and Business IMPACT Partner with Team Fusion International, a business leadership coaching group from New Zealand. They help business owners redefine meaning in business, relationships and life. Gaelene is a leading expert on improving productivity in business through high-performance leadership coaching and creating high performing teams. In this episode, she shares how she drew from her personal experience as an employee working within teams to develop a better way to create and build inspired, empowered, engaged and high performing team cultures. Key takeaways: Gaelene is a...
2021-11-08
50 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The life long Health Span of your customer & digital tools - Klaus Bartosch
Klaus Bartosch is the Co-founder and CEO of 1st Group, an online marketplace focused on improving lives by connecting healthcare consumers with a variety of healthcare providers and information. In this episode, Klaus talks about the 1st Group, the healthcare problems it’s focused on, and how they’re addressing those problems. He also discusses the types of products now available and what areas of healthcare service experiences they cover. Key takeaways: Patients today expect the ability to search and book appointments online and engage in other ways with their healthcare providers. 1st Gr...
2021-10-25
55 min
TY Skin
Episode 10: Fractional Laser + Finishing our Degree
Welcome to our first double digit episode of TY Skin! This episode, Tonaya and Yianni discuss finishing their degree in 5 weeks and how fractional laser can rock your world. Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review on Apple Podcasts ------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to TY Skin. We are Tonaya and Yianni: Fourth year Dermal Clinic students interested in everything and anything skin. We are here to unveil, debunk, discuss and divulge the dermal world.
2021-10-25
44 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Australian connected healthcare, its foundations & the future - Neeraj Maharaj
Neeraj Maharaj is the Program Director for Secure Messaging with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), a statutory authority in the form of a corporate Commonwealth entity. The ADHA has a vision to create a healthier future for Australians through connected healthcare. In this episode, Neeraj shares his journey within the ADHA, as well as a number of programs he's been delivering including the recent Provider Connect Australia. Key takeaways: Neeraj is a passionate digital health innovator currently focused on digital enablement and incremental improvements to the digital healthcare system supporting outcomes f...
2021-10-11
41 min
Reimagining Healthcare
mHealth, Privacy By Design & beautiful patient experiences - Mohammad Mohaghegh
Mohammad Mohaghegh is the Co-founder and Director of Panteya, a patient experience application bridging the gap between medical specialists and their patients. In this episode, Mohammad shares his experience with the UNSW Health 10x accelerator program, whilst working directly with specialists to uncover their client engagement problems. Mohammad explains how he is designing the Panteya MVP ... all while being an undergraduate student, all seemingly with a smile on his face. Key takeaways: Panteya is an mHealth tool that aims to increase communications between specialists and their patients, to reduce recovery-related re-admissions via i...
2021-09-27
39 min
Reimagining Healthcare
HealthTech early adopters and how to find them? - Dr Roxie Mooney
Dr Roxie Mooney is the CEO and Healthcare Commercialization Strategist of Legacy DNA, who focuses on helping health tech innovators uncover their most profitable and viable market strategies, from early adoption strategies to pivoting. Dr Roxie is also the international best-selling author of “How Health Innovators Maximize Market Success: Strategies to Launch and Commercialize Healthcare Innovations”, as well as the host of the “COIQ with Dr Roxie” podcast. In this episode, Dr Roxie shares her journey from business to academia, before becoming a leading expert in healthcare innovation and commercialisation within the US market and beyond.
2021-09-13
44 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Buy Now, Pay Later and overcoming barriers to accessing healthcare - Nick Grant
Nick Grant is the Head of Healthcare at Openpay, a next-generation payments solution offering Buy Now Pay Later within healthcare and other markets. In this episode, Nick shares his journey from a former practising osteopath to Head of Healthcare for Openpay, and why he's committed to helping healthcare providers extend the choice to their clients to manage budgets better when it comes to accessing healthcare. Key takeaways: Openpay is an Australian-owned fintech business. They connect merchants and healthcare providers to consumers under a Buy Now Pay Later payment solution. The Buy Now P...
2021-08-30
43 min
TY Skin
Episode 9: Skin Cancer and the Dermal Clinician’s Reach with Jen Hookham
In our ninth episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Hookham; Dermoscopist and Dermal Clinician who founded The Dermal Health Alliance in New South Wales and Queensland. In this episode, we discuss the Dermal Clinician’s reach in career, Jen’s experience and her future studies interstate. As well as all things dermoscopy and skin cancer. Welcome to TY Skin. We are Tonaya and Yianni: Fourth year Dermal Clinic students interested in everything and anything skin. We are here to unveil, debunk, discuss and divulge the dermal world. If you would like to submit an anonymous question for us to an...
2021-08-24
47 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Building better customer experiences with better forms - Tim Wilson
Tim Wilson is the CEO and Co-founder of Snapforms, an online form builder that allows healthcare providers to create, share and collect data to support healthcare workflows or healthcare marketing. From the simple to the complex, the humble form is an integral and often overlooked part of any patient's healthcare journey. In this episode, Tim shares how Snapforms has digitised the form to support digital-first healthcare services in any way, shape or size. Key takeaways: Intake forms, patient consents and initial assessments are fairly generic concepts within the healthcare industry from a d...
2021-08-16
38 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The promise of biosensing: Achieving the vision of personalised medicine (Panel Discussion)
Today's episode features a Reimagining Healthcare livestream panel covering the topic of: “The promise of biosensing: Achieving the vision of personalised medicine”. On this panel, we discuss the commercial and real-world opportunities coming about from the convergence of these fields to address some of the world’s biggest healthcare challenges and problems that will move toward achieving the vision of personalised medicine. This livestream has come together via a collaboration between coreplus, Nutromics and HealthTechX. The live panel features the following experts: Yianni Serpanos — Founder and Executive Director of HealthTechX, Founder a...
2021-08-02
50 min
TY Skin
Episode 8: Beauty Perceptions
Welcome to episode 8 of TY Skin. Tonaya and Yianni go live on Stereo to discuss beauty perceptions, when they started grooming themselves, beauty stories, tanning culture, the current trends such as lip filler and brows/freckle perception over the years. Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on the Stereo app to keep up to date for when we go live again: https://stereo.com/yian.m , https://stereo.com/tonayabarton
2021-07-29
43 min
TY Skin
Episode 7: Laser vs IPL - Hair Removal
Welcome to Episode 7 of TY Skin, where Tonaya and Yianni go LIVE on Stereo! They discuss their current thoughts on the Melbourne Lockdown 5.0, what a laser and IPL machine is and how they treat hair on a cellular level and on a naked eye level. Misconceptions on laser hair removal are demistified, and what someone can expect to see after a treatment is discussed. Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review on Apple Podcasts Follow us...
2021-07-20
54 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Shaping Australia's digital health strategy, collaboration, adoption & innovation - Dr Malcolm Thatcher
Dr Malcolm Thatcher is the Chief Technology Officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency ("the Agency"), a statutory authority in the form of a corporate Commonwealth entity with a vision to create a healthier future for Australians through connected healthcare. In this interview, Malcolm shares how technology is shaping digital health going forward, the Agency's interoperability plan and why that's key to success for digital health. We also discuss the Agency's mission to develop a collaborative environment that accelerates the adoption and use of innovative digital services and technologies. Key takeaways: In t...
2021-07-19
53 min
TY Skin
Episode 6: Pigment Part 2
Welcome to another episode of TY Skin, in this second part of the pigmentatation discussion we talk all things pigment conditions. Some of the most common types, where they sit within the skin and tips and tricks to treat them. We also discuss how to identify any suspicious lesions and how often you should be seeking a skin check. Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review. ABCDE Guide to...
2021-07-11
53 min
TY Skin
Episode 5: Pigment Part 1
In this episode of TY Skin, Yianni discusses his recent operation, new haircare and Tonaya finds a potential holy-grail product and discusses her Jessner Peel. This episode also is an introduction to the long-awaited pigment chat! What is pigment, melanocytes and melanosomes, how Dermal Clinicians assess pigment, protection component of pigment and how it behaves and looks in darker vs lighter skin. Skin Types Pigmentation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884703/figure/F1/ Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us...
2021-07-08
35 min
TY Skin
Episode 4: Acne
Welcome to Episode 4 of TY Skin, where Tonaya and Yianni discuss Acne! Types of acne, how it's managed by Dermal Clinicians, Dermatologists and General Practitioners, risk factors for acne and how health professionals grade/rate acne. TY Skin acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are meeting. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today. Make sure to follow us to stay up to date on our podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review. Types of A...
2021-06-25
55 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The smart biosensing tablet revolution enabling personalised healthcare - Robert Niichel
Robert Niichel (Bob) is the Founder and CEO of SmartTab, a digital medicine company developing novel and effective wireless drug delivery and monitoring systems. In this episode, Bob discusses the reimagination of capsules to produce a wireless smart ingestible capsule as a platform for personalised, biologically targeted drug delivery. He talks about what the key problems are with existing drug delivery methods and how the SmartTab offers to deliver a better patient experience, whilst supporting better clinical workflows and healthcare outcomes. Key takeaways: SmartTab is bringing about a convergence of technologies to produce a c...
2021-06-21
33 min
TY Skin
Episode 3: Skin Types
Welcome to episode 3 of TY Skin. Here Tonaya and Yianni discuss skin types. What this means for someone choosing skincare products, skin treatments, and how they differentiate to a skin condition. We also discuss how Melbourne lockdown has affected our skin, and Tonaya shows off some new purchases! TY Skin podcast is being held on the lands of the Wurunjeri people and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners. We would also like to pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today. ...
2021-06-09
52 min
TY Skin
Episode 2: ABCs of Skincare
Welcome to episode 2 of TY Skin. Here Tonaya and Yianni discuss 'active' skincare ingredients, how to use them, the formulations of these products, and what conditions or problems are best suited. TY Skin podcast is being held on the lands of the Wurunjeri people and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners. We would also like to pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today. Lab Muffin Beauty Science - How to Incorporate Vitamin A into Your Regime Example: https://labmuffin...
2021-06-08
1h 06
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital health using modern media to build healthcare communities - Sonia Bestulic
Sonia Bestulic is a Speech Pathologist, author, podcaster, industry speaker and Founding Director of Talking Heads Speech Pathology. Sonia has embraced modern digital methods to connect with her community and help empower and support her clients with valuable insights, information, education and tools — in addition to her clinical healthcare services. In this episode, Sonia shares her experience gained through 20 years of speech pathology. She also talks about her inspiration to use approaches like writing books, developing a podcast and packaging media products to give to her community and how that has also supported her speech pathology clinics wi...
2021-06-07
43 min
TY Skin
Episode 1: Welcome to TY Skin
In this episode, we formally introduce ourselves in our first ever podcast episode. We discuss our goals for our podcast, personal health and wellness interests, our skin journeys, what skincare wives tales we fell for, and our pet peeves in the skincare and dermal realm. TY Skin podcast is being held on the lands of the Wurunjeri people and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners. We would also like to pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today. Make sure...
2021-05-29
27 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Peer to peer online support & overcoming mental health access barriers - James Hatchman
James Hatchman is the Co-founder and CEO of Voice of Health, a social platform for mental health peer to peer support. It's providing access to people and communities where people can talk about their lives with supportive people, based on their shared lived experience and offering tools and strategies to self-manage mental health wellbeing. In this episode, James discusses his journey and inspiration to develop Voice of Health, with insights into the startup journey to date. James’s journey highlights just how important our lived experiences within our families and friendship circles are to offer nuggets of ins...
2021-05-24
38 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Joining students with start ups in the health-tech sector - Sumeet Charan and Alexis Schteinman
Sumeet Charan and Alexis Schteinman are the Vice Presidents Industry for 2021 and 2020 respectively at the Society of Medical Innovation (SOMI). SOMI is a student-led society at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) promoting innovation in the med-tech sector and inspiring students to not wait for graduation before seeking to make a difference. In this episode, they share how SOMI came about and discuss how SOMI is connecting current students with industry insiders. They also share how this has proven to be mutually beneficial, giving real-world, invaluable experience whilst providing lower-cost solutions for businesses.
2021-05-10
39 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 13 Happy Mothers Day! feat. Madonna Sines
Every single Mother was born on this day and every year we gather to celebrate it, which is why joining Host Yianni on this season finale episode is his very own mother Madonna Sines. In perhaps the longest episode yet, Yianni discusses a range of interesting and not interesting things with his mother. Madonna is a fan of all things Bicycle Helmets, Aluminum, Car Brakes, and Lithium Batteries. Happy Mothers Day! You can follow Host Yianni on all good and evil social media platforms @yiannisines
2021-05-09
35 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 12 Squirted Full of Chocolate
The penultimate episode to the season! Yianni is alone once again in the studio, but he has fun nonetheless. This week, Yianni is a fan of all things Aluminum Screw Caps, Chocolate, Pills, and Pasta. You can follow Yianni on all good and evil social media platforms @yiannisines
2021-05-05
25 min
Reimagining Healthcare
The app that safeguards lone healthcare workers - Hays Bailey
Hays Bailey is Founder & CEO at SHEQSY, a cloud-based lone worker health and safety platform that enables organisations to visualise, monitor and track employee activity in real-time. It helps generate alerts for overstays, missing check-ins or situations that have caused duress. In this episode, Hays walks through the user experience from a health professional's point of view, a case or team manager's point of view and the business's point of view. He talks about how SHEQSY is an easy way to ensure employee quality, safeguarding, audit and compliance, and business reporting. Key takeaways:
2021-04-26
40 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 11 No Butts ft. Willie Page
On this week's episode Host Yianni sits down with well-known recluse and successful plant daddy Willie Page to discuss a plethora of topics, none of which are the subject of the How It’s Made episode. Willie is a fan of all things Plastic Bags, Solar Panels, Plastic Gasoline Containers, and Hockey Sticks Follow the host on all good and evil social media websites @ yiannisines
2021-04-25
25 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 10 Honkity Honk
Back from the unscheduled hiatus, Why's It's Made launches into its most rambling and nonsensical episode yet! Tune in to hear Nancy talk and scream in the background of the episode. This week Yianni is lover of all things Holograms, Package Printing, Skin Culture, and Canned Corn! Don't swiss miss it. Follow your host on all good and evil social media apps @yiannisines
2021-04-19
22 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Biosensors, Aptamers & measuring molecules in real-time - Peter Vranes
Peter Vranes is a Co-founder of Nutromics, an Australian med-tech company providing continuous, real-time molecular monitoring using a smart patch biosensor platform. In this episode, Peter shares his story from having already built and exited a successful cosmeceutical brand and how that led to meeting his co-founder to build Nutromics. He also talks about how that experience led to them participating in a med-tech accelerator, and their journey through capital raising and biosensor supported proof of concepts. Key takeaways: Conventional molecular tests and monitoring leaves big gaps in terms of the information needed to s...
2021-04-12
51 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 9 Gaping Hole
The titles are NEVER clickbait, it's always said during the podcast but maybe just not within the context your dirty mind was thinking. Once again host Yianni is all alone this week but not to worry, because this week he is a lover of all things Steel, Apple Juice, Aircraft Landing Gears, and Cosmetics. Yeehaw! Follow the host on all socials @yiannisines
2021-04-06
19 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Health tech and digital health start-up establishment & acceleration - Dina Titkova & Vesna Todorovski
Today’s guests are Dina Titkova (the Health 10x Program Manager at the University of New South Wales) and Vesna Todorovski (the Global HealthTech & Innovation Program Manager at The George Institute for Global Health). In this episode, Dina and Vesna share their respective journeys which led them to be involved in both designing and delivering the Health 10x Program within the University of New South Wales Founders Program. And they describe how the program works to help establish or accelerate the business growth of healthtech and digital health start-ups. Key takeaways: The Hea...
2021-03-29
43 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 8 Satisfying Not Terrifying
Dearest Why It's Made Podcast, Wowzers, what a week I have had. It's been busy busy busy but I still think about you all the time and make room in my life to be with you. The host is a little sick this week (although he never mentions it) but don't worry, his voice does sound a little sexier ;). This week Yianni is a fan of all things Copy Paper, Jeans, Computers, and Plate Glass. Find Yianni on all those social things @yiannisines
2021-03-29
19 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 7 Truly Just Stumbling
The world's 2nd best 'How It's Made' rewatch podcast returns with another triumphant solo podcast from your host Yianni. This week there is ample discussion about random rubbish in addition to the four main segment topics, Trucks, Adhesive Bandages, Computer Circuit Boards, and Liquors. Follow the host anywhere and everywhere @yiannisines
2021-03-21
28 min
Why It's Made
Ep. 6 Used to Treat Masterbation
All by myself! No one joins your host this week because everyone has finally had enough of his bullsh*t. But the pod must go on. This week, Yianni is a lover of all things Kayaks, Safety Boots, Electronic Signs, and Cereals. Plus there is bonus content this week as Yianni explains how he got ditched on a date. Enjoy! P.S Guys, I just found a 'How It's Made' rewatch podcast that started two days before me. I'm quoted as saying the original 'How It's Made' rewatch podcast in this ep but that is a LIE 😩 ...
2021-03-16
27 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Human Activity Recognition in aged care - Dr Harro Stokman
Dr Harro Stokman is the Founder & CEO of Kepler Vision Technologies, a company providing human activity recognition software to improve the well being of humans at night. Harro comes from a deep background in technology and after selling a successful technology business, decided to focus on an innovative use of AI and Machine Learning in the areas of human activity recognition. In this discussion, Harro explains what human activity recognition is, the type of healthtech involved and how it adds value in modern healthcare settings. Key takeaways: Kepler Vision has optimised their Human Activity R...
2021-03-15
42 min
Why It's Made
Ep.5 I Was Driving and I Like Ran Over Him ft. Demi Moore
In this week's episode, your host Yianni chats with long-time sister, first-time podcaster, Demi Moore. The siblings very briefly chat about the 'How It's Made' items before going off on various tangents. Demi is a lover of all things staples and nails, safety glasses, fabrics, and bicycles. Find your Host on Instagram and Twitter @yiannisines Find Demi on TikTok @demsmoore.
2021-03-08
22 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Reimagining Workforce Healthcare & Digital Osteopathy - Heath Williams
Heath Williams is an osteopath who frequently lectures on topics such as exercise rehabilitation, ergonomics and clinical education. He’s also the director of Corporate Work Health Australia, a provider of corporate health, safety and wellness advice. In this episode, Heath and Yianni focus on what workplace health means and what the responsibilities of an employer are in a changing workplace landscape. Heath also shares his vision of an ideal workplace. Key takeaways: Workplace injuries are a massive nationwide problem for Australia, costing more than $61 billion annually. Given workplace injuries are a problem for Aus...
2021-03-01
36 min
Why It's Made
Ep.4 How Many Cars Per 100 Tires? ft. Nancy Wang
In this week's episode, your host Yianni talks to the sister everybody would want, and the friend that everybody deserves, Nancy Wang. She is a lover of all things hearing aids, 3D puzzles, rubber mats, and toilets. Find your Host on Instagram and Twitter @yiannisines Find Nancy on Instagram @nancy.wang
2021-02-28
33 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Achieving healthcare outcomes with Human Centered Design - Ricardo Escalon
Ricardo Escalon is the Director and Principal Designer at Thought Collaborative, an Australian human-centred design agency. He’s also a veteran of the industry, with over fifteen years' experience. In this episode, Ricardo explains the importance of human-centered design and how, when it’s done well, it can power ideation, creation, and product or service delivery that helps customers achieve their goals. Key takeaways: Software can be designed to effectively produce the desired result, but difficult to navigate in day-to-day usage. Human-centred design uses a human perspective to ensure your software is easy and intui...
2021-02-15
46 min
Why It's Made
Ep.1 Aluminium is Gay
Yianni will discuss how aluminum, snowboards, contacts, and bread are made and what it means to him. Bet you're desperate to hear this one! Find your Host on Instagram and Twitter @yiannisines
2021-02-07
23 min
Reimagining Healthcare
How this digital robot helps stem the rising tide of childhood anxiety - Dr Louise Metcalf
Dr Louise Metcalf is a psychologist and the Founder and CEO of Gheorg, an online robot who helps kids with anxiety. Louise’s vision and clever approach to design has resulted in an educational and loveable online character that families can easily download as an app and introduce to their child. In this episode, Louise shares her story with irresistible enthusiasm and energy. From her clinical career spanning thirty-plus years as a practising psychologist to her move into the digital mental health tech world. Key takeaways: Psychologists are valuable in developing technology as they pro...
2021-02-01
42 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Focusing on FemTech, it's healthtech for female healthcare - Megan Capriccio
Megan Capriccio is the Co-founder of the FemTech Collective, a premier network supporting founders of female healthtech innovation around the world. Megan has a very diverse background. From researching the role of women on the international stage at the University of Sydney, to establishing a tequila company that empowers and celebrates women in the wine and spirits industry, Megan is passionate about championing positive change for women. In this episode, Megan shares her story as to why she has dedicated her career to ensuring that women have more control of their realities, especially in health and wellness.
2021-01-18
45 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Secure healthcare team communication & collaboration - Luke Fletcher
Luke Fletcher is the Co-founder and CEO of Foxo, a digital health communication platform that facilitates communication between healthcare teams and organisations in a clinically safe, secure and seamless way. In this episode, Luke shares the development process of Foxo and how design-thinking has helped them build a modern, secure and private communication platform for healthcare professionals. Luke and Yianni also discuss ‘Shadow IT’ in healthcare. What is it? And what types of problems, issues, and challenges does it represent? Key takeaways: Everyone in the Foxo network is verified. They have integrations with leading pract...
2021-01-04
49 min
Reimagining Healthcare
What's your business's cybersecurity risk score? - Susie Jones
Susie Jones is the Co-founder of Cynch Security, a cyber-security business fitness software, designed to build cyber-security into healthcare businesses. In this episode, Susie shares how her journey working within insurance and cyber-security for major corporations led to the development of Cynch Security's innovative subscription model. She describes how this model helps healthcare businesses access cyber-security advice, tools and support in a cost-effective way. And, Susie also discusses the concept of ‘cyber fitness’, as well as the many security dangers facing allied health businesses. Key takeaways: In allied health, there are more and more expec...
2020-12-21
43 min
Reimagining Healthcare
From Occupational Therapist to Digital OT App founder - Laura Simmons
Laura Simmons is a paediatric occupational therapist and founder of Theratrak, an app that allows therapists to prescribe, monitor and track customised therapy programmes for children. In this episode, Laura shares her journey and transition from being a full-time therapist into becoming a start-up founder, what type of therapy challenges and problems she observed that led to creating Theratrak, and how using Theratrak has transformed her daily schedule. Key takeaways: Laura is an occupational therapist who has worked in paediatrics in Sydney for eight years. One of the things she's most enthusiastic about is h...
2020-12-07
33 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Precision mental health therapy and innovative eReferral matching - Dr Qusai Hussain
Dr Qusai Hussain is the Founder and CEO of Cyber Clinic, an online mental healthcare clinic providing quality therapeutic matching, online video consultations and measurement supporting outcomes anywhere, anytime. In this episode, Qusai shares how Cyber Clinic helps strengthen the therapeutic alliance, and how this directly relates to positive client outcomes. Qusai and Yianni also explain how the digital health network co-operative model works for private practices and independent practitioners to ensure access to healthcare in a safe, seamless and secure way. Key takeaways: Qusai was a criminal defence lawyer before moving into psychology...
2020-11-23
47 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Hypnosis and evidence-based digital health therapy - Chris Naoumidis
Chris Naoumidis is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Mindset Health. Mindset Health provides app-based hypnotherapy programmes to help people manage and improve their health. In this episode, Chris shares how a very stressful period of his life led to him becoming interested in gut-directed hypnotherapy; we discuss the evidence backing Mindset's digital therapeutic apps; and Chris shares how evidence-based digital health can provide a set of tools for practitioners to better support their clients. Key takeaways: Initially, Mindset started as a very simple app intending to act as a preventative. They then started working with experts...
2020-11-09
38 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Curating digital health tech breakthroughs with humanised AI - Dr Mat McGann
Mat McGann is the Co-founder and CEO of Health Horizon, a health-technology tracking platform which uses humanised AI to discover and organise public information about healthtech innovation into curated timelines. In this episode, Mat shares the key benefits Health Horizon can bring to consumers, practitioners, investors and policymakers — and what type of insights are available on the platform to guide support for healthcare innovation. Key takeaways: Health Horizon tracks what technology is out there, monitors this technology in real-time, and keeps users up to date about which stage the technology they’ve chosen to follo...
2020-10-26
36 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Body Literacy & Movement using digital health interventions - Matt Green
Matt Green is the Founder of BodyGuide, a body literacy and movement guide app that provides guidance and digital health programs to help manage pain and other movement issues. This episode focuses on Matt's journey as an allied health practitioner moving into healthtech innovation, and unpacks the process of building an emerging and innovative approach to health literacy, self-management and self-referral. Key takeaways: Matt's background is in myotherapy. He had a clinic in Port Melbourne and started a telehealth business in 2015 providing chronic pelvic pain rehab online. He became aware that there was a l...
2020-10-12
43 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Home physical therapy converging health tech, tele health & digital health - Benjamin Gold
Benjamin Gold is the Co-director of Home Physio Melbourne. In this episode, Ben explains how the convergence of health technology, attitudes, patient requirements, and how the impacts of COVID-19 are driving higher demand for home healthcare service models. And, we discuss the value of empowering team members to use key principles and implement innovations like telehealth to cope with the dramatic changes to healthcare during COVID-19. Key takeaways: Benjamin initially started Home Physio Melbourne after returning from living in New York City for several years. Home Physio started with just Benjamin and now has 18–19 pra...
2020-09-28
33 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Digital therapeutics & motivating behavioral change to improve patient outcomes - Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor is the CEO and Co-founder of Perx Health, a digital healthcare app that uses rewards, games, and challenges to motivate behavioural change for people living with chronic conditions. In this discussion, Yianni and Scott work through the behavioural science and techniques used by healthtech to help supercharge patient willpower, how to break down complexity and barriers to adherence, and how this sustains engagement and life habits — supporting healthcare and better outcomes. Key takeaways: At university, Scott studied behavioural economics and behavioural science. When he realised that all the theories he'd studied at uni...
2020-09-14
40 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Customer service & it's role in human centered healthcare - Cate Schreck
Cate Schreck is the Director and Service Excellence Coach at Lightbulb Training Solutions, a team of highly-skilled workplace trainers and facilitators who specialise in customer service and teamwork professional development programs for workplaces. In this episode, Cate shares her passion for frontline customer service and how adopting a human-centric approach, rather than being sales-motivated, can help your business achieve financial sustainability. Key takeaways: Lightbulb Training Solutions focuses on going into businesses and giving managers the skills and confidence that they need so they can support their staff. Employees are drawn to the h...
2020-08-31
43 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Transforming your values & beliefs into KPI's - Ronan Leonard
Ronan Leonard is the Founder of Eccountability, a mastermind mentoring, coaching & support programs helping entrepreneurs & founders of healthcare and healthtech organizations discover and align themselves, their business needs, and their world views around meaning and purpose. Ronan and Yianni discuss why values, ethos, and vision are the keys to forming an essential relationship with customers and team members. This episode gives a great overview of how innovative management consultancy, combined with AI, can help reimagine businesses and transform customers into advocates while adding a ton of value in the process. Key takeaways: There are...
2020-08-17
47 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Healthy? Happy? It’s where AI, Personalised Healthcare & the world meet - Dr Cam McDonald
Dr Cam McDonald is a dietitian, an exercise physiologist, a PhD scholar and a leader in personalised health. He's also the CEO of Ph360 — a provider of the healthtech lifestyle application Shae — along with supporting programs, education, coaching and healthcare personalisation. Dr Cam shares his passion, his history, and his knowledge of the latest research on body types, genetics, and environmental influences to promote health in ways that are tailored to each client. Key takeaways: Shae is a personal health assistant technology that uses artificial intelligence and deep learning technology to provide you with time...
2020-08-03
46 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Leveraging AI to engage and give voice to clients in their health journey - Ravini Abey
Ravini Abey is the Co-founder and CEO of PhysiVoice. In this episode, Ravini shares how her personal healthcare journey led to the motivation to create PhysiVoice, a healthtech start-up aimed at cultivating more meaningful relationships between patients and allied health practitioners. Yianni and Ravini discuss how AI, combined with a more holistic biopsychosocial approach to clinical practice, can help predict a diagnosis and also provide treatment recommendations. Ravini also unpacks how this approach can even highlight whether a patient is likely to show up for therapy, along with strategies to support adherence. Key t...
2020-07-20
42 min
Reimagining Healthcare
How doctors are using AI to fight skin cancer - Peter Birch
MetaOptima is a technology company that is focused on delivering intelligent dermatology solutions for clinicians. They created the MoleScope, a lightweight and clinical-grade mobile dermatoscope, and an intelligent supporting dermatology platform called DermEngine. In this episode, Yianni is joined by Peter Birch, MetaOptima Technologies Asia Pacific General Manager. Peter explains how AI can support conventional skin checking, workflows and diagnosis; and how that can reimagine healthcare service models at the intersection of other skin conditions and healthcare services. The challenge of social distancing to the business of healthcare is discussed, and how that might be overcome by...
2020-05-11
34 min
Reimagining Healthcare
Adapting with telehealth and digital healthcare - Yianni Serpanos
This episode is based on the Digital Health Service Delivery presentation, which was a live webinar to over 950 healthcare practitioners around Australia on the 24th of March, 2020. Yianni Serpanos is the host of this podcast and the founder of both the digital health practice management software Coreplus, and the digital health innovation community, HealthTechX. Yianni is committed to helping support the healthcare industry to reimagine healthcare using modernisation systems contained within digital health. In this presentation, he explains what digital health and telehealth are and how to use them to improve your patient experience. He discusses how...
2020-04-13
40 min
Reimagining Healthcare
What investors are looking for in a healthcare start-up - Steve Telburn
Steve Telburn — the Managing Director of Secret Sauce IP Ventures — is an accomplished tech entrepreneur, having started up and assisted multiple early-stage companies as a CEO through to successful exits. After studying life sciences at university, he worked in the IT department of Telstra where he was responsible for connecting the Telstra team with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, thus facilitating advances in cancer detection. Steve is a technology executive with a genuine desire to help navigate the challenges of commercialising and launching healthtech start-ups. In this episode, Steve and Yianni discuss innovation opportunities within the healthcare indu...
2020-03-30
38 min
Yianni Johns
Episode 2 Gliding.
Yianni goes Gliding on the NSW Central Coast. Join him in the cockpit as he pulls negative and positive “G’s”
2018-10-11
13 min