Joining us in the Pulse Pod studio this week is Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of OpenEHR International and Director at the ECHA Alliance. Rachel is a key figure in advancing digital health systems globally, working with governments all over the world to advance their digital health agendas. She recently addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New …

Our special guest of Pulse is known online as e-Patient Dave. Dave Debronkart is a leading light of determined patient advocacy for individual access to their own health information. Dave joins us in the PulsePod studio to explore a new movement he is championing - #PatientsUseAI OpenAI's Transformation and AI Transparency OpenAI's shift from a non…

Matthew Holt, Founder of The Health Care Blog and resident Silicon Valley digital health expert, joins us in the PulsePod studio to talk about the US election, what’s happening in health start-ups and venture capital; and what other countries can learn from the US’s experiments in the retailisation of healthcare. George and Louise discuss Apple’s b…

We are living in the future! AI generated drug development is here. George and Louise discuss the significance of this development. There’s lots of stuff happening in the aged care sector – from clinical information system standards to virtual nurses. Would you form an intimate relationship with a chatbot? We introduce the topic of sextech on the p…

Today’s episode features part 2 of our extended interview with Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary for the Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. We dissect the government’s ambitious agenda and their determination to put patients/consumers in the centre of healthcare inno…

Today’s episode features part 1 of our extended interview with Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary for the Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. We dissect the government’s ambitious agenda and their determination to put patients/consumers in the centre of healthcare inno…

The PulsePod team are in Brisbane Australia for the annual HIC conference, where there are a number of announcements from large software companies, plus the future of interoperability seems to be FHIR all the way baby! What does Rock Health’s latest report tell us about US investor sentiment in digital health startups? Investing in women founders i…

Oh the irony – a software tool designed to offer cyber protection against systems going down, causes the biggest cyber outage the world has ever seen. Healthcare was not except. The conspiracy theorists think it could be the start of SkyNet. Good grief! Australia and the US making moves to improve cybersecurity in health. Will Tony Blair convince L…

Unless EMRs have become sentient and we missed the memo, humans are ultimately the cause of an ‘EMR error’ South Australia Health is currently investigating. What’s required to save the NHS? There’s a new sheriff in the town that is the United Kingdom and he’s a big fan of tech. Can he course correct the NHS? Should we be worried about life expecta…

Well it’s finally here! George and Louise managed to coordinate their calendars to bring you this inaugural episode of Pulse. They lift the lid on a range of hot topics, from AI, Ozempic, the telehealth wars and even Southpark gets a mention. They also share their own career journeys that led them to digital health – they might have been younger, b…

Two Australians who’ve been at the heart of digital health since before it was called digital health - Dr Louise Schaper and Dr George Margelis, join forces to bring you Pulse. Pulse lifts the lid on all things innovation and tech in healthcare. With expert analysis, breaking news, and some idle banter, you’ll feel at home tuning in to hear these d…

Endocrinologist, health informatician and systems physician. Dr. Clair Sullivan is an exceptional clinical informatician. She is a systems thinker and takes a holistic perspective to how she practices medicine — both as an endocrinologist and one of Australia’s most prominent clinical informaticians. Your host is Dr Louise Schaper https://www.linke…

The UK’s NHS first Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and soon-to-be Queensland’s deputy Director General and CMIO, Professor Keith McNeil just wants to help clinicians look after patients better. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper With special thanks to our guest prof. Keith McNeil https://www.linkedin.com/in…

Nurse, clinical informatician, healthcare CIO, cybersecurity expert and someone who has the ear of senior players in the Health and Human Services department of the US government. Theresa Meadows’ career path has always had at its core, wanting to give back to the community, to do her part to improve the care people have available to them and its q…

Trish Williams’ name is synonymous with healthcare cybersecurity in Australia and across the globe. She’s convinced that security and health is super cool — uber cool in fact — and listening to her, you will believe it too. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper With special thanks to our guest Professor Trish Wil…

Blackford Middleton is an explorer of digital frontiers. He is a giant in the world of health informatics. His 30+ years as a physician and health informatics innovator has led him to conclude that healthcare is ripe for digital disruption. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper With special thanks to our guest Dr…

We need more allied health professionals in digital health. We need more Lesley Holdsworths! A physiotherapist by training, Lesley has spent the last 20 years opening doors with her strategic, visionary approach to digital health and her strong leadership. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper With special thanks…

Could you teach an AI to know the difference between a cat and a dog? Luke Oakden-Rayner can teach you how. He taught himself advanced computer science and math so that he could apply his medicine and radiology training to a PhD on deep learning applied to medical images. He’s not even too depressed to know that the technology he is developing will…

According to Google Scholar, Chris Lehmann’s academic citation tally is 4,655. But he is far from an ‘ivory tower’ academic, Chris is passionate about informatics making real differences in people’s lives - so much so, that he founded the journal of Applied Clinical Informatics. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisescha…

Sara Riggare refers to herself as a ‘digital patient’. She is an engineer, a PhD student, and she has Parkinson’s disease. Sara says she wants to give people coming after her the map that she didn’t have and anything I can do to help her with that, I’m in! Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper With special thanks…

Manuel Schneider was having an existential crisis (just a small one) when we met. What should a theoretical physicist focus on when there is so much opportunity in healthcare to preserve the ‘human’ in our technological development? Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper) With special thanks to our guest Manuel S…

Grahame Grieve has carved out an ‘accidental’ career in health informatics, where he has his hands on levers that are significantly shaping the future of digital health across the planet. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper) With special thanks to our guest Grahame Grieve (https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahame-g…

Ever feel like you spend too many days hitting your head against a metaphorical brick wall? Lyle Berkowitz and George Margelis have a friendship that begun with their shared passionate determination to dismantle those brick walls. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper) With special thanks to our guests Dr. Lyle …

Dr Harpreet Sood, like many of us, fell into a career in clinical informatics. Now he is dedicating his career to creating opportunities for clinical informaticians to be the next generation of health informatics leaders. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper) With special thanks to our guest Dr. Harpreet Sood (…

Terry is one of the most humble people you will ever meet. Despite an impressive CV and a career’s worth of achievements that have impacted people in Australia and overseas, he still seems surprised people bestow honours on him. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseschaper) With special thanks to our guest Dr. Terry Ha…

David Evans can’t believe his luck — that he gets paid to show up to work when he would gladly show up for free …don’t tell his boss! :-) He lives and breathes the mission of the BCS, that IT should be about delivering social good. I caught up with David at the British Computer Society in London. Your host is Dr. Louise Schaper (linkedin.com/in/lou…

Dr Patti Brennan is a bit of a legend when it comes to health informatics and nursing informatics. I had the pleasure of catching up with Patti when she was in Australia to keynote HIC 2016. It was just before she took up a new challenge as the Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the US. She is the first female and first nurse to …