Meet the people pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in human health. Founders, researchers, innovators, engineers and everyone else proving that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Learn what it takes to build the next generation of medtech and digital health. Advice from founders, clinical workflow deep-dives, marketing and sales strategies, opportunities for innovation, and more.
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There is no roadmap to successfully building a medical innovation company. There isn’t even a road. You need to rely on people who have found their way despite the odds. Howard Rosen is one of them.
This was a great conversation with a veteran of the industry. Whether you’ve been in medical technology innovation for decades or you’re just starting you, you can learn from Howard’s experience.
Check out Howard’s company, Nova Insights (https://novapix.com/), if you want to work with him.
If you’re investing in, acquiring or selling a digital health company, get in touch (http://clarkteeple.com) - you need technical due diligence.
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24 Oct 2024
Technology and Medical Relationships with Dr. Keith Thompson
The point of medical technology is not technology. The point is improving human health.
Given time and consistency, the relationship physicians develop with their patients can be a cornerstone in comprehensive, life-long healthcare.
Yet the relationship between a patient and a care provider continues to be under-appreciated. Some technology even aims to replace that relationship altogether.
That’s just one reason why it’s critically important for medtech and digital health companies to have physicians embedded in every aspect of their product and market strategies.
Dr. Keith Thompson is helping commercialize a powerful technology with NuraLogix - but he wants to see that technology used to enhance, rather than replace, those relationships.
He joined me on Magic or Medtech to talk about NuraLogix remote photo plasmography technology, its potential use cases, leveraging technology on a population level before the individual level, the crisis in family medicine, and what physicians should know about entrepreneurship.
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NuraLogix (https://www.nuralogix.ai)
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19 Sept 2024
Male Fertility with Thiv Paramsothy
Ask 100 startup founders in digital health what motivates them and you’ll get 100 variations on “I want to make a meaningful difference in people’s health.”
Thiv Paramsothy, CEO and co-founder of Hera Fertility, has found a way to do that for a group of people who rarely even talk about their problem… much less take the often awkward steps towards solving it: men experiencing fertility issues.
I had a chance to talk with him about the current state of male fertility testing and treatment, the practical and psychological barriers men have to overcome to seek out treatment, and how he knows he’s on the right track.
Hera Fertility (https://herafertility.co)
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23 Aug 2024
Concussion Recovery with Faisal Khudud
It’s not easy to find accurate, up-to-date medical information. There aren’t many places with curated and vetted research to make it useful and understandable for the average person - so as a patient, you just need to hope your doctor is up to speed on your condition and can communicate it to you.
Faisal Khudud is on a mission to change that for concussion recovery.
Faisal is the founder of neuroapp.ai, a tool that helps people get the information they need to educate themselves and advocate for themselves.
We talk about the current state of concussion treatment, the difference between providing information and making claims, how to find good people for fractional roles, and the unique challenges of being a solopreneur.
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neuroapp.ai (http://neuroapp.ai)
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9 Aug 2024
Preventing Falls with Jim Closs
Adding value doesn’t have to mean inventing something new. Sometimes it can mean bringing things together in a new way.
That’s what Jim Closs is doing with CareTech Solutions. He takes existing research and technology to assess fall risk in seniors using biomarkers like gait and strength.
I had a chance to talk with Jim about the severity and prevalence of falls, the impact they have on the healthcare system, what providing value actually means, and why he’s the general contractor of fall prevention.
CareTech/CareFall (https://carefall.ca/)
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23 Jul 2024
Moneyballing Healthcare with Shawn Mondoux
There’s an almost incomprehensible amount of data in healthcare - and it’s not being used to its full potential.
That’s why Shawn Mondoux is on a mission to moneyball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_(film)) healthcare. Shawn is the founder and CEO of Prognostiq Health (https://www.prognostiq.io/), where he is creating a system that informs physicians on their own patient outcomes.
We talk about the current state of insight into clinical outcomes, the incentive structures of Canadian hospitals, what it takes to start a digital health company, and the path Canadian medtech companies often take through the American healthcare system.
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5 Jul 2024
Why physicians make great founders // Cheryl Netterfield
Cheryl Netterfield is the founder and CEO of Pomme Health, a digital health company that’s tackling the problem of coordination in complex care plans.
You’ll learn about her experience as a military physician, how complex care works in Canada, why she thinks physicians make great founders, and how to find the right people to talk to in large institutions like hospitals and healthcare networks.
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POMMe Health: https://pomme-health.com/ (https://pomme-health.com/)
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20 Jun 2024
🎧 Healthy women = healthy society
Dallas Barnes is the founder and CEO of Reya Health (https://www.reyahealth.ca/), a company that helps people find their best birth control options.
We talk about her personal experience finding birth control and why she started her company, how to start a digital health company without a technical or medical background, how to build a team, femtech and the importance of women's health, and her work with StartOut Canada (https://startout.org/) and LGBTQ entrepreneurs.
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11 Jun 2024
🎧 Magic or Medtech Podcast #5: How to build credibility
This week’s guest is Emile Maamary. Emile is the co-founder and CMO of Steadiwear, a company that builds a battery-free glove that reduces tremors for patients with Parkinsons and essential hand tremors.
You’ll learn how to build credibility, market your early stage medical device, and network with important early stakeholders.
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Steadiwear: https://www.steadiwear.com (https://steadiwear.com)
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4 Jun 2024
How to balance innovation and limitations // Lisa Voronkova
Lisa Voronkova is the founder of Ova Solutions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ova-solutions/), a medical device development firm that works with medtech founders from the research and ideation phase all the way through to a finalized product.
We talked about how she balances innovation and limitations, the opportunities she sees in the wearables market, her mindset advice for medical device founders, why she uses TikTok to stay up to date, and how she ended up owning a chain of coffee shops in Chile.
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28 May 2024
How to integrate with an EMR w/ Alex Goel
Alex Goel is the CEO of Topology Health (https://topology.health/), a company that specializes in custom EMR/EHR integrations and interoperability tools.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
The integration process
Integration opportunities for digital health and medtech startups
The future of EMRs and interoperability
How AI fits into the picture
The EMR landscape in Canada vs the US
Interoperability standards like HL7, FHIR, and DICOM
What software developers need to understand about integrated systems
How to get a foot in the door for your integration
Even though I've designed and coded a fair number of EMR integrations myself, I learned a lot by talking to Alex. I hope you learn something from him too!
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And if you like the episode, please leave a rating and share it with anyone you think might be interested!
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21 May 2024
Julia Slanina // Treehouse
Julia Slanina is the founder and CEO of Treehouse (https://beta.treehousecommunity.ca/), a maternal healthcare platform that connects care providers with patients across Canada.
We talk about the importance of reverse engineering the problem you’re trying to solve, seeking feedback (and more importantly actually listening to it), applying well-meaning advice to your own situation, and networking… even if you don’t want to.
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13 May 2024
Sydney Robinson // Vessl Prosthetics
Sydney Robinson is the co-founder and CEO of Vessl Prosthetics (https://vesslpro.com/). Vessl is on a mission to make amputees more comfortable with a socket that automatically adjusts to the size of their leg throughout the day.
We talk about why Sydney and her co-founder decided to tackle this problem, the state of the prosthetics industry, the importance of user research and understanding reimbursement, and why your network is your greatest asset as an entrepreneur.
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