Faces of Digital Health
Episodes
EHDS, Opt-Out, and Trust: The Next Decade of European Health Data (Dipak Kalra)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dipak Kalra, President of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data, joins Faces of Digital Health to break down the ...
How is Ali Parsa Building Agentic AI in Healthcare with Quadrivia, based on Experience From Babylon
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Parsa is a serial entrepreneur known for founding companies that challenge traditional models of healthcare delivery. Over two decades, he has bui...
As Hospitals Implement AI, What Challenges Stand in the Way?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, we sit down with Anne Forsyth, Hospital leader in clinical applications from Women's College Hospital in C...
AI, Wearables & Your Brain: What Helps Today and what is the state of treating dementia
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Faces of Digital Health episode Dr. David Dodick, Chief Science and Medical Officer at the Atria Health Institute and Co-Chair of the Atria Re...
Would you put an implant in your brain? BCI with Paradromics CMO
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Ryu, a neurosurgeon and key figure in the Stanford Neuroprosthetics Lab joins Tjaša Zajc on Faces of Digital Health to demystify brain–comp...
Beyond UAE: Digital Health in the Middle East (Mazin Gadir)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mazin Gadir, a regional expert in digital health strategy, Director with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare and Life Sciences in Dubai, reflects on the Midd...
Reenita Das on AI, Empathy, and UAE Healthcare
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, healthcare futurist Reenita Das, Partner at Frost&Sulivan, Healthcare Changemaker, voted top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, ...
Digital Dentistry + UAE: Most Digitally Connected Place on Earth (Sam Shah)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sam Shah is a clinician, advisor, and former startup founder. At WHX Tech he sat down with Tjasa Zajc to discuss the future of dentistry, oral hea...
Why Free Apps Are Never Free: Cybersecurity Lessons with Leila Taghizade
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At WHX Tech, cybersecurity expert Dr Leila Taghizade, Group Head of Cyber Risk Management / CISO IberoLatAm at Allianz, breaks down what every individ...
From Taboo to Treatment: Digital Interventions for Women’s Sexual Health
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that the lifetime prevalence for experiencing a sexual problem is above 70% for women and 55% for men? And when we talk about the pro...
AI replacing radiologists: Was the prediction right, just the timeline wrong? John Nosta, Shafi Ahmed
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this thought-provoking conversation, surgeon Shafi Ahmed and digital health futurist John Nosta revisit Geoffrey Hinton’s bold 2016 prediction th...
How India is Building the World’s Largest Digital Health Ecosystem for 1.5 billion people?
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India’s journey in digital health began just over a decade ago, yet it has quickly grown into one of the most ambitious transformations worldwide. ...
From Burnout to Balance: How EHR Culture and AI Are Reshaping Clinician Experience (Coray Tate,KLAS)
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Healthcare technology has long promised efficiency, but for many clinicians, the reality has been different: burnout, frustration, and time stolen fro...
Scaling Health in India: Digital Systems, AI, and Human-Centric Care (Sabine Kapasi)
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, host Tjasa Zajc speaks with Dr. Sabine Kapasi, a physician, UN strategist, and founder of a Enira Consulti...
Navigating the Future of AI in Pharma: AI agents will need limitations
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI has revolutionized drug discovery by enabling scientists to process vast amounts of historical data, thus accelerating the identification of diseas...
How Can We Change Healthcare to Prolonge Healthspan? (Bogi Eliasen)
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion covers the global impact of digital health technologies in making healthcare more sustainable and improving health outcomes. The conve...
AI in Healthcare: Navigating the Myths, Biases, and Regulation
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Morley, postdoctoral researcher at the Yale Digital Ethics Center joins Faces of Digital Health to discuss the overlooked aspects of AI, inclu...
Global AI Regulation: Health AI, Global Network and Early warning system
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare presents both opportunities and challenges that demand careful consideration. The comple...
Gaming & VR in Healthcare: How Fortnite, Roblox & More Are Revolutionizing Patient Education
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can video games really save lives? In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, we sit down with Anca Petre to explore the booming intersection of gami...
Longevity and health span: Do you want to live forever or live well?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Kreindler is physician, explorer, and CEO of WellFounded, who studies human performance, resilience, survivorship, and longevity. He emphasizes t...
How do we redefine medical evidence in the age of AI?
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Habets is a Dutch physician-scientist and entrepreneur specializing in computational psychiatry and artificial intelligence (AI) applications...
Opening the Vault: Germany’s Health Data Soon Accessible for Research
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting Summer 2025, researchers and innovators across Europe will be able to apply for access to one of the largest pseudonymized health datasets in...
How is Europe preparing for secondary use of data in healthcare through EHDS?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fidelia Cascini is Digital Healh expert engaged by the Italian Ministry of Health on European and national initiative. She recently wrote a book on se...
How is Europe preparing for secondary use of data in healthcare through EHDS?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fidelia Cascini is Digital Healh expert engaged by the Italian Ministry of Health on European and national initiative. She recently wrote a book on se...
Why are clinicians leaving medical practice?
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the evolving landscape of work life balance expectations workforce dynamics is reshaping the future of medicine. Dr Amanda Herbrand, clinical data...
Why Patients Lie—and How AI is Helping Doctors See the Truth
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🩺 57% of patients lie to their doctors, says Dr Jérome BOUAZIZ, CEO of One Clinic. Not maliciously—but out of discomfort, stigma, or fear of j...
Agentic AI and Longevity - Key topics at NextMed Health 2025
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NextMed Health in a healthtech and biotech conference exploring the most forward thinking ideas and topics in healthcare. Taking place in San Diego, a...
NHS England Abolished: Lessons from Past Restructurings and Future Impact
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news of the year for UK healthcare in March 2025 was the announcement of the abolishment of NHS England. Many people welcome the move, expecting t...
How does Cleveland Clinic London invest in AI and healthcare IT?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
6% of the hospital budget, EPIC and 100 healthcare IT systems. That's the description of the infrastructure in the Cleveland clinic London. CIO Ra...
HIMSS Global 2025: AI is everywhere
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In early March HIMSS Global (https://www.himssconference.com/), the currently biggest global gathering about healthcare IT took place Las Vegas. A few...
NextMed Health 2025: Agentic AI in healthcare and beyond
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This short episode will address some of the trends shaping the future of healthcare: agentic AI, Longevity efforts, Uncertain policy in light of ...
Decoding Cancer: AI, Biomarkers & Precision Medicine
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to cancer, prevalence is increasing and there is still a lot we don't understand about the factors and causes of cancers. Many studies ...
How to Identify High-Quality Digital Health Apps: The DIME Seal Explained
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Faces of Digital Health explores how digital health solutions can be evaluated for quality and reliability. Tjasa Zajc speaks with Vic...
OneLondon: Building a Connected Health Ecosystem for 10 Million People
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OneLondon—an ambitious project working to provide a single patient care record for 10 million people across London. Since its inception in 2018, One...
How is Italy digitalizing healthcare in its 20 regions?
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The discussion explores the current landscape of healthcare digitalization in Italy, emphasizing the fragmented regional approach, challenges with int...
How does an acquisition look like from a startup founder and investor perspective?
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Buller is a Founding Partner at Ascension Life Fund and exited founder of Avantec Healthcare. With his extensive experience of both raising and ...
Holiday Edition: Future Trends in Digital Health & AI (Daniel Kraft, Lucien Engelen, Zayna Khayat)
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special holiday edition of Faces of Digital Health, healthcare futurist and strategist Zayna Khayat, futurist and founder of NextMed Health Da...
How can healthcare companies improve their marketing? (Dr James Somauroo)
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode James Somauroo, Host of The Healthtech Podcast and CEO of SomX, a PR and content agency specializing in healthcare and biotech. They d...
How will health AI assurance labs look like and who will pay for assessments?
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Several organizations are thinking about the right way to regulate AI and the idea of assurance labs which would test and validate AI solutions in the...
How Can Hospitals Advance Their Digital Transformation With HIMSS Maturity Models?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HIMSS, The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an American not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care...
How does remote patient monitoring look like in South Africa and Nigeria?
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clinitouch, originating in the UK NHS, is expanding globally with a focus on chronic conditions and adapting to regional nuances in healthcare deliver...
How can startups avoid failure? Listen better. (Laura Hilty)
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Hilty has spent over 18 years working to improve the healthcare ecosystem, over 14 years of that in clinical research. She has held leadership ...
The future of data in in collaboration among standards bodies (Rachel Dunscombe)
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This short discussion with Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International Foundation, was recorded in Reading at the first openEHR Annual conference. ...
Zayna Khayat: Language, Mindset and the Future of Care
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this discussion, strategist, and applied health futurist Zayna Khayat explores the evolution of healthcare, particularly the shift towards home-bas...
How Patients Use AI (Grace Vinton, Grace Cordovano)
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Cordovano is an expert healthcare navigating solutionist and award winning, board-certified patient advocate, and Grace Vinton is an account dir...
Gary Monk on DTx and Common Sense in Analysing Wellness Data From Apps and Wearables
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Gary Monk, independent consultant with over 25 years in the pharma and healthcare sectors where he worked in roles from R&D to busines...
How Successful Digital Intervention Can Be in Mental Health?
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If social media and smartphones are the root cause of the new mental health epidemic in younger generations, how successful can digital interventions ...
What is Impact Investing and Why You Should Consider Patenting Your Ideas (Michael Friebe)
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Faces of Digital Health, Michael, an experienced innovator with over 80 patents and a professor in multiple countries, joins to dis...
Where is Healthcare IT in Europe in 2024? (Tomaz Gornik)
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Better is a healthcare IT provider of a healthcare data platform, low-code tools that help healthcare organisations to rapidly build applications that...
How Is NHS Working With Innovation and Startups? (Mindy Simon)
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are over 200 hospital trusts in the UK, encompassing more than 1,200 hospitals. With those numbers and a population of 67 million, the United Ki...
"The hardest technology is behaviour change" - Daniel Kraft
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur focused on accelerating much improved future of health a...
What does NVIDIA do in healthcare?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr. Chelsea Sumner discussing NVIDIA's significant role in healthcare, particularly in its work with AI startups. Key areas of f...
Portugal: Centralizing Digital Health Decision Making and Solution Design
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode gives an in-depth insight into healthcare digitalization in Portugal. Cátia Sousa Pinto, Head of Global Digital Health and International...
Optimizing Healthcare IT in Canadian Hospitals: Data Standards, Governance, and Digital Literacy
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne Forsyth, Director of Clinical Applications and Support at Women’s College Hospital in Canada, discusses the challenges and oppo...
What Does Good Healthcare Consulting Look Like?
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In healthcare, consultants are present more often than we might realise: they work with healthcare providers to improve clinical efficiency, manage c...
Digital Health Strategy in Spain and Catalonia (Jordi Piera Jiménez)
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catalonia published a new digitalization strategy in 2017. It set a new path of the healthcare IT infrastructure, based on open-platform approach, foc...
Artur Olesch on the use of health data, European policy and book recommendations
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artur Olesch is Berlin-based journalist specializing in digital health, the founder of aboutDigitalHealth.com, and the editor-in-chief of ICT&Health I...
It's time for AI credibility scores (John Halamka, President of Mayo Clinic Platform)
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Halamka is the President of the Mayo Clinic Platform and a leading expert in digital health and AI. He has traveled to 21 countries, helping to s...
Would you Pay $2500 for a Preventative MRI Scan?
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You may not have heard about Prenuvo, but you probably know Kim Kardashian. Or perhaps you know about Prenuvo because of Kim Kardashian. Prenuvo offer...
HLTH Europe 2024: AI, Patients, Women's health, and more
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you ever want to go to a healthcare innovation conference that doesn’t shy away from potentially controversive topics, HLTH is your place to go. ...
Women's Health: What it is, how it's funded and what changes do we need? (Joy Rios)
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Debates around equity and equality, especially concerning men and women and female representation, can become heated and divisive quickly. For a long...
HIMSS Europe 2024: EHDS, future of interoperability, next steps in AI, and where patient journey fits in?
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rome was buzzing with digital health at the end of May as the HIMSS Europe conference took place at La Nuova Congress Center. Delegates from 80 countr...
Can We Harmonize Medication Management Across Europe?
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to WHO, the global cost associated with medication errors is 42 billion US dollars. Errors can happen at the point of prescribing, transcrib...
Learning From pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy - What's Next to EHDS? (Eric Sutherland)
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The European Health Data Space is around the corner. The legislation is confirmed. How do we get to the next steps? Today you will hear a discussion w...
Switzerland, AI and Liquid Biopsies
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI and predictive modeling to understand an individual’s immune system function and predict treatment response are still in very early stages. We dr...
Healthtech in the GCC Countries: Focus on Infrastructure and Export Capabilities
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) brings together six Arab countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates W...
DTx in 2024: Where Are We With Business and Reimbursement Models? (Andy Molnar)
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the last few years, we've witnessed a whirlwind of developments in the world of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) - from FDA approvals sparking optimism f...
What Factors Should You Take into Account when Designing ePROs - Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes Solutions?
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have become increasingly integral in healthcare for assessing the effectiveness of treatments from the patient's pers...
DTx in Belgium: It's Time to Embed Digital Therapeutics in Clinical Pathways
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Belgium has had an idea for classifying and validating digital therapeutics since 2018? A clear framework was formed with all main s...
In the Rapid Advancements in Oncology Treatments, How Can Healthcare IT Support Clinicians? (Elekta)
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The field of oncology treatments is advancing very fast with innovative therapies and approaches on the market every day. It can get very tricky to su...
How Do Pharma and Digital Health Converge in 2024? (Amir Lahav)
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, Insilico Medicine—a biotech company developing medications with a heavy reliance on AI—used AI to develop an experimental drug for the in...
Experience Economy: How To Create Healthcare Events the HLTH Way (Richard Scarfo)
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HLTH (https://hlth.com/) is an event where you will see a literal forest on one of the stages, be able to take a selfie with a unicorn mascot, and get...
Gender Impact On Health Is Huge - Women's Health Research Needs More Investments
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Migraine is 3 times more common in women than in men. 2/3 of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Gender differences are real and they matter. The...
How Can We Reduce Unnecessary Lab Testing?
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laboratory tests provide doctors with crucial information for diagnosis, monitoring disease progression, evaluating organ function, assessing risk fac...
Innovation at Charité, The Problems With DiGAs and the German Market (Dorothée Marie-Louise Döpfer)
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, you’re going hear about the German market for digital health startups, the innovation approach at Charite, one of Europe's largest ...
The Rise of Non-Traditional Prescribers in the US and the role of ePrescribing
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ePrescribing has become a norm in the US healthcare system. Now, the expanded role of pharmacists and the integration of non-physician prescribers int...
"Women's Health Space Is Not Doing Much Better Today Than 10 years Ago" (Marija Butkovic)
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Digital health funding has fallen significantly since 2020. However, funding for Femtech went from 7,6% inside the digital health investments in 2020 ...
Why Human Connection Is Medicine, and How is Tech an Enabler
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Technically, we've never been more connected or had relationships with as many people as we do today, thanks to social networks on the internet. Yet, ...
US and Europe: A Snapshot of Healthcare Innovation (Jody Tropeano, Henry Stoneley, HLTH)
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HLTH is recognized as the United States' number one health innovation event. Its unique and vibrant approach sets it apart from typical industry conf...
How To Get Patient Feedback That Is Actionable
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In patient included or patient centred healthcare approach, patient feedback is key for improved care, and healthcare experience. Pep Health uses a di...
Upside Down: How AI Changed Healthcare in 2023
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI is making waves in healthcare, with an already visible impact in documentation and potential in drug development, medicine, care, and mo...
Not Just Women's Health: Trends in Fertility Tech (Leslie Schrock)
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Women's health refers to a broad range of medical and wellness services specifically tailored to address the unique health concerns of women. Particul...
How Does AI Work For Medical Note Taking and Risk Scoring? (Augmedix, HDAI)
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re still trying to wrap your head around the use of AI in healthcare, this episode will give you an idea about the use of generative AI to cr...
How Is Patient Data Consolidated and Presented to Doctors in the US? (Reveleer)
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the United States, individuals' healthcare information is dispersed among various healthcare providers. But many companies have been working on cre...
VR in healthcare: What are the Indications and How Far Is Accessibility? (Aaron Gani, BehaVR)
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
VR is becoming a well-established tool in healthcare and medicine to help treat pain management, anxiety, mental wellness, and more. Thousands of stud...
The State Of Generative AI in Healthcare with Justin Norden, GSR Ventures
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI - a subset of AI technologies that employ advanced machine learning algorithms to generate content, solutions, or outcomes that weren't ...
[SPECIAL EPISODE] How Does AWS Support Startups Through the AWS Health Innovation Podcast
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Merwin is Head of Growth, Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this episode, he presents the AWS Health Innovatio...
How Can Lack of Resources Spur Innovation?
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scarsity of resources can be difficult to image: it encompasses the adaptation of clinical guidelines, palliative care instead of treatment, and clini...
Kenya: How is Ilara Health Improving Availability and Affordability of Diagnostic Devices?
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenya has a lot of talent and opportunities for innovation. Access to care is not a problem because plenty of community nurses are present nationwide....
Startups in Nigeria: The Biggest Challenge is Access to Market (Jennie Nwokoye, Clafiya)
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges for healthcare startups in Nigeria is access to market. “In Nigeria, healthcare is fragmented, making it difficult to ...
Nigeria: Innovation in One of The Worst Healthcare Systems in The World
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the speakers at the Nextmed Health Conference 2023 said: “In the past, people didn’t age; they just died.” This is still a daily reality ...
How Are Drones in Malawi Solving Medical Supply Chain Challenges?
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Africa is a huge continent with 1.2 billion people and a diverse set of countries. Healthcare systems are generally poor, with workforce and supply ch...
How Is France Executing The Vision To Become The European Digital Health Leader?
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2021, France announced a €7.5 billion Health Innovation Plan, as part of a broader financial investment to boost the French industry. This...
Bringing ePrescribing To The Next Level: To Patients
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first efforts to establish ePrescribing in the US started in 2001. However, by 2014 only 4% of clinicians had adopted it. Electronic prescribing b...
(RERUN) Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana: How is Medtronic Labs Redefining Chronic Disease Management (Anne Stake)
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A systemic approach to care for non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes is Africa is in its early stages, with the biggest challenge ...
How Can AI Help Predict Patient Drug Response? (Genialis)
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drug development is undeniably expensive. For years, the pharmaceutical industry cited an estimate of 3 billion US dollars. However, a recent study pu...
How Can Digital Tools Aid Long-Term Chronic Care Management? (Omada Health)
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic diseases are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioral factors. They require long-term management an...
How Can Generative AI "Super Staff" Healthcare? (Munjal Shah)
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The field of generative AI companies is evolving fast and many companies, that have been exploring the field for years, are gaining in visibility. How...
What Are Investors Betting On In Generative AI in Healthcare?
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI is definitely the word we will remember 2023 by. Knowing that administrative burden is among the key reason for physician burnout, the i...
BEST OF 2022: Has The Risk of Becoming a Nurse Become Too Great in the US?
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nurses play a key role in patient care, but their contribution to patient outcomes is often undervalued and underappreciated. It took a pandemic to cr...