What if you or a loved one goes into the hospital for a treatable condition only to end up with a completely unrelated health problem while admitted? It happens and is a perennial issue. Almost one-million Americans experience falls in the healthcare systems every year. In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Kim Young, Clinical Senior Management Engineer in the Office of Quality Excellence and Performance Improvement at UNC Health, about falls and preventing them.    Today’s Topics Include: Quality Coach: Why falls matter to Kim - it’s a really big, pers ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and Nabil Khan with FastTraCS talk to Jon Speer, founder of Greenlight Guru and host of the Global Medical Device Podcast.  Jon discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown affected the quality and regulatory affairs industry and specifically, Greenlight Guru as a company and quality management system (QMS).   Today’s Topics Include: Greenlight Guru’s QMS: Needed now more than ever for to access documents, records Rules Change: Why Greenlight Guru decided to allow remote work to continue growing Greenlight Growth: Expected, forecasted ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Jon Speer, founder of Greenlight Guru and host of the Global Medical Device Podcast. Jon discusses the origins of his company, electronic quality management software (QMS), and entrepreneurship experiences in the startup world.   Today’s Topics Include: Greenlight Guru: Medical device success platform helps meet quality/regulatory needs Greenlight Guru provides workflows to navigate/manage design/development process Design Controls: Evidence demonstrates safe and effective products that actually work Why electronic quali ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Jim and Audrey Larson, a father-daughter duo from a family of healthcare innovators—one is a physician and the other is a medical device engineer. Jim and Audrey discuss their journeys into medical careers and focus on everything from emergency medicine to design, research, and development of devices. You don’t have to have the ultimate solution in mind, but what is the problem? Find somebody you can work with.   Today’s Topics Include: FastTraCS: Jim joined Clinical Advisory Group to provide input, innovate, solve probl ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and other FastTraCS team members reflect on what they have tried in the past that worked well or not, and things that are still works in progress to uncover and solve high-impact, unmet medical needs. Also, they predict what’s coming in 2021 for medical device innovation.     Today’s Topics Include: What has worked, was better than expected, or abandoned to move onto next idea? Clinical Advisory Group: Enriching to get direct, constant engagement and feedback Growing Pains: Engineers and physicians learn to work together and communica ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Dr. Alan Rosenbaum, founder and first of six team members to join the FastTraCS Clinical Advisory Group (CAG).  Alan gives an update on CAG, which offers unfiltered, critical input and feedback from participating clinicians and non-physician providers on ideas, projects, diseases, and unmet needs. Is he happy with where things are and where he wanted them to go? It’s still too new and early to know.     Today’s Topics Include: DiverseTeam: Individuals with different clinical specialties, expertise, experie ..read more

If you want to be the best at innovating and what you are doing, you have to be up to speed on what’s going on to be viewed as an expert. In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Dr. Yee Lam about innovation instruction in medical training.  Dr. Lam is a family medicine provider at the University of North Carolina (UNC), member of the Clinical Advisory Group for FastTraCS, and innovation instructor for medical students. She earned a PhD at Duke University before completing medical school at UNC. Then, Dr. Lam did a residency in Family Medicine at UNC at Chapel H ..read more

In this episode, host of the GuideWire podcast, Devin Hubbard, shares some big news! On September 23 and 24, FastTraCS is partnering with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBiotech) to host the first ever Accelerating Health Care Innovation in North Carolina Conference: Charting the Course. If you are interested in design or healthcare innovation, register for the virtual conference. NCBiotech and FastTraCS are collaborating with health systems across North Carolina to provide a foundation for clinician innovation. The two-day virtual event emphasizes taking action by connecting attend ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and Nicole Wiley with FastTraCS talk to Dr. Austin Rose, MD, MBA, who discusses his experience as a clinician, innovator, and entrepreneur. Austin is a pediatric ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeon at UNC - Chapel Hill. Also, he is a member of FastTraCS’s Clinical Advisory Group and Clinical Advisory Board.    Today’s Topics Include: MD, MBA: Why and how Austin combines interests in worlds of science and business OR vs. Clinic: How Austin’s MBA makes a difference in different provider settings Austin’s Home Otoscope: Device used on iPhone ..read more

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard with FastTraCS talks to Dr. Rob Lampman about his experiences managing COVID-19 patients and the directions of hospital medicine post-COVID. What was in short supply and what changes in practice are expected? Dr. Lampman is a hospitalist at UNC and member of the FastTraCS Clinical Advisory Group.  He reflects on predictions he set for medical supplies, such as disposable stethoscopes, masks, and face shields.    Today’s Topics Include: PPE: Sometimes there were enough masks and gowns, sometimes not—wash, reuse Masks: About 90% of peop ..read more