digital health maven dot edu – episode 27:  August 21, 2021 In this episode, I take a look at the evolving FemTech space – specifically whether innovators are expanding their focus into a broader array of women’s health and wellness concerns beyond parenthood and fertility. I also focus on FemAging – women’s health innovations that focus specifically on women ages 40+ and recent work I have been involved in to expand awareness and support for companies in this area of health and wellness. This episode highlights the following reports and events: FemTech Landscape 2021, from FemTech Focus ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 26:  April 6, 2021 In this episode, I take a look at how the global digital health landscape evolved over Q1 2021 and continue to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market. In my last episode, I had three areas of focus: the behavioral changes ushered in by the COVID-19 virus, the ongoing revenue problem facing digital health companies and hospitals, as virtualization takes hold and the rise of the global data lake. In this podcast, I’ll focus on the digital health investment/exit surge, talk a bit about which digital behaviors and tr ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 24:  October 23, 2020 Over the past few episodes, I have been focusing a lot on a new initiative I launched last year with Denise Pines, president of the Medical Board of California and women’s health expert and champion, called the FemAging Project. The project is designed to educate on the unique health, wellness and well-being issues faced by women over the age of 40. Another goal is to accelerate innovative solutions for their most urgent health concerns. Denise and I had the opportunity to participate in a virtual Fireside Chat with Natalie Yead ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 23:  July 14, 2020 This is a very special episode featuring a conversation between me and Denis Pines. Together we developed two recently published reports: FemAging 2020 and FemAging in the COVID 19 Era. Denise is president of the Medical Board of California and serves on the Martin Luther King Community Hospital Foundation. She also serves in leadership positions in the California University of Science and Medicine, School of Medicine, the Triple Step Toward the Cure, and is an award-winning marketer and serial entrepreneur, with experience in 10 s ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 22:  June 22, 2020 This episode is the second part of a new ongoing series focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on global digital health. In this series of podcasts, I focus on the many ways COVID-19 is reshaping global health from a digital perspective. This installment focuses on the issue of privacy. Will privacy be a casualty of the war against the coronavirus? Real-time insights highlighted in this podcast are generated by analysis of data flowing into our DigiHealth Informer platform. DigiHealth Informer features the world’s largest da ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 20:  February 17, 2020 This episode is the first of a three-part research and strategy-based podcast series focusing on the important topic of digital therapeutics. This episode focuses on the clarity question: What exactly is a digital therapeutic? With an increasing number of startups and other firms describing their products and services as “digital therapeutics” what really matters most? Is it more important to understand what they are, or what it will take for them to be adopted? Enjoying the digital health maven dot edu podcast? Please spread t ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 19:  December 4, 2019 In this episode, I introduce a new three-part research and strategy-based podcast series I’ve developed focusing on the important topic of digital therapeutics. What is a digital therapeutic? According to the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, they are evidence-based digital solutions featuring high-quality software that — ideally — have been validated by regulatory bodies. As the digital therapeutics sub-sector has grown it’s faced some key challenges. In this series, which will be published over the next three podcast episodes, I ..read more

digital health maven dot edu – episode 18:  October 22, 2019 This episode is the final installment in a series of research-based lectures focusing on virtual care technologies. As virtual care solutions such as telehealth and mobile, powered by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, have become more popular, health industry incumbents are asking critical questions about whether they should view virtual care as a threat — or opportunity. In this podcast, I look at various episodes of care — from urgent care (for example, UTIs and sexually transmitted infections), to behavioral ..read more

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