HealthBeats

About HealthBeats

HealthBeats is your ultimate source for transformative insights into the future of global health. Hosted by Steve Gardner, Managing Director of Healthcare World Magazine, this leading international podcast explores the bold innovations and collaborative strategies driving global health momentum. Through engaging conversations with industry pioneers, policymakers, and changemakers, HealthBeats highlights how innovation, collaboration, and forward-thinking policies are shaping the next generation of healthcare. Subscribe to HealthBeats today, the official podcast of Abu Dhabi Global Health Week!

Publisher

Abu Dhabi Global Health Week

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Mar 2024

Latest episode

14 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

34 of 44 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The Show About the Show

   The host becomes the guest as Abu Dhabi Global Health Week’s Event Director, Trevor Punt, interviews HealthBeats host and Managing Director of Healthcare World Steve Gardner about his experience of ADGHW, his thoughts on the healthcare system of the Emirate and why healthcare across the region is such an exciting place to be.

2. 

   4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Digital Dreams - The Ambition for Digital Health in Abu Dhabi #Ep.43

   H.E. Ibrahim Al Jallaf, Executive Director of Digital Health at the Department of Health Abu Dhabi on the ideas and reality of creating a digitally enabled, data driven health economy in Abu Dhabi.

3. 

   17 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The Business of Surgery: Systems, Scepticism and Hospital Success. #Ep.42

   In this episode of HealthBeats, host Steve is joined by Rick May, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, who takes us through his remarkable path from NASA programmer to orthopaedic surgeon to healthcare leader. Rick explains why surgeries account for nearly 70% of hospital revenues and 60% of margins, making them a cornerstone of financial performance. He emphasises that great doctors alone are not enough, as without the right systems hospitals cannot thrive. Rick also addresses resistance among experienced surgeons, noting that while 20% may not adapt to change, the other 80% can drive meaningful improvement. Listen in for an insightful discussion on why scepticism in healthcare can be dangerous and why hospitals must continually evolve to deliver both quality outcomes and long-term success.

Inside a recent episode

The Show About the Show

Published 14 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There's a really interesting area, I think, in terms of development and thinking that we haven't quite cracked the nuts of yet, which is the point about value -based care. How do we go from an activity -based payer model where it's essentially the payer pays the provider to do it and every time they do a thing they get paid to actually create them through outcome -based models where it's actually about, you know, actually, you get more money if the patient recovers more quickly. Really interesting question, how do you insensivise and contract with a payer to stop people from mentioning the healthcare system in first place? […]

Who has been a guest on HealthBeats

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Zain Ali Al Yafei
• Reenita Das
• J&J Innovative Medicine VP Health Economics Market Access and Reimbursement EMEA
• Paul Jones
• Elodie Robin-Guillerm

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

535,586

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

27

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