The TechLink Health Podcast

Two Steps Forward 👣 Repeat 🔁 Innovations in Mobility Longevity

In the past on the podcast, we’ve explored health-tech and medical devices leveraging next-generation technologies to improve outcomes, including innovations in heart health, neuro-tech, and deep tech like AI and Machine Learning. While advancements like Brain Computing Interfaces show promise, we’re not there yet. Today’s devices and technologies focus on enhancing quality of life now, while innovators pave the way for the future.In today’s episode we discuss devices and technologies shaping the present and future for individuals with mobility challenges, a growing societal issue as aging demographics rise in developed countries. With 500-700 million people globally affected by mobility issues—such as fall risks, fatigue when walking, or difficulty transitioning from sitting to standing—these trends carry significant economic, healthcare, and workforce impacts. How can addressing mobility issues make a difference?Listen in with us as we discuss all of this and more with ⁠Rick Sherak⁠, an Air Force Veteran and seasoned Executive Leader in the Medical Devices, Biotech, and Diagnostics Space who is currently the CEO of Exokinetics, a mobility technology company dedicated to revolutionary advancements in the mobility industry and the continued development of  life-changing products to help restore the full range of movement, independence, and a healthier lifestyle for those who struggle with diminished mobility.  Invented by Hall-of-Fame and Oscar winning Steadicam creator Garrett Brown and partners, the Zeen®, Exokinetic's core offering, is a state-of-the-art upright walking mobility device designed for those who are at risk of falling, tire easily when walking, and want to move from sitting to standing independently without assistance.Other insights range from how innovations showcased in the movie Rocky ultimately played a role in shaping the future of health and wellness, to best practices for establishing relationships with the US Department of Veteran Affairs, to how mobility is one of the core pillars as we enter the Age of Longevity.For more details visit TechLink Health ⁠on the web⁠ or connect with Rick on ⁠LinkedIn⁠.This episode was hosted by ⁠Dr. Sarah Samaan⁠.The episode points to several references with links below:⁠📺 CBS Mornings: Steadicam creator now helping people with disabilities⁠🌐 New Mobility Device from 'Steadicam' Creator Helps Disabled Veterans Move Without Motors or Batteries⁠If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with any referenced technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #Zeen #Exokinetics⁠Apple iOS⁠⁠Google Play

Revolutionizing Home Health 🌍 🛜 BeamO and the Future of Connected Care

Welcome back to The TechLink Health Podcast, where we explore the intersection of health, technology, and innovations that are helping to create the future of healthcare and life sciences! In today's episode we dive into the future of personal health monitoring and connected health with BeamO, the revolutionary compact home health check-up device by Withings, a leader in the health tech space, known for creating connected devices that empower consumers to “make better health part of daily life”. BeamO represents the next step in that journey, with cutting-edge technology designed to give users real-time insights into their health and well-being. The evolution of connected care and the technologies that are paving the way to the future continues to parallel the emerging need for discoverability of devices such as BeamO and the meaningful insights that are creating opportunities for consumers, clinicians, and companies to engage in new ways. In today’s episode we dig deeper into these themes and more with Livia Robic, a Biomedical Engineer by training and Product Manager at Withings, as we discuss BeamO in detail, explore its key features, and consider what the future holds for this device in the larger context of connected health. Listen in with us as we dial in on BeamO and it's revolutionary approach as an influencer device in the growing landscape of connected health. BeamO has recently been recognized as one of Time’s Best Inventions of 2024: 200 Innovations Changing How We Live and as a CES 2024 award-winner! Other insights range from exploring how connected devices can revolutionize home health while also promoting health equity in medical deserts, to how connected health is increasingly being consumer-driven in a bottoms-up way, leading to demand for health literacy and education, to a growing list of potential risks that will need to be considered as the rate of adoption continues to increase for connected IoHT and IoMT devices. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Livia on LinkedIn. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. 🛜 Tech Topics: Connected Health, IoHT, IoMT, Medical Devices, AI, Home Health, Wearables, Tech for Health Equity The episode points to several references with links below: 📺 Withings Unveiled 2024 — Introducing BeamO 🏅 Withings BeamO: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 | TIME 📙 The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands 🌐 Deloitte: Realising the potential of the Internet of Medical Things 🌐 Wolters Kluwer: Telehealth in care deserts: Helping to overcome barriers created by location, costs, or social stigma If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with any referenced technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #BeamO #Withings Apple iOS Google Play

Laser Focused 🔆 Brain Therapy 🧠 💡 Into the Light with Photobiomodulation Neuro-Tech

In past episodes of The TechLink Health Podcast, we’ve explored how digital transformation in healthcare and life sciences is driving innovation for emerging health-tech and medical devices, from heart-health and neuro-tech to AI and machine learning. A key challenge in scaling these technologies lies in adoption and discoverability, which can be addressed by making them more accessible and remotely deployable on a global scale. As wearables and connected devices like IoHT and IoMT shape the future of treatment and prevention, their market is set to exceed $400 billion by 2030. In today’s episode, we dive into neuro-tech, wearables, and the innovation of photobiomodulation technology. Here to talk about all of this and more, is Peter Adams, a commercialization consultant and senior executive with experience building tech-focused organizations in global markets. Peter has worked with companies like Intel, McKesson, and MaRS Discovery District. He’s now Vice President of Commercialization at ⁠Vielight⁠, which uses neuroscience and photobiomodulation to enhance brain health. Vielight’s research has shown improvements in cognition, memory, and mood, and their technology is recognized by organizations like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for treating traumatic brain injuries. Listen in with us as explore the innovation of photobiomodulation and its many use cases ranging from enhanced neurofeedback to improved athletic performance to impacts on experiential levels of meditation. Other insights range from the potential of AI to detect new biomarkers yet to be discovered, to the emerging opportunity to rethink vital signs using real-time data from smartphones, to how many devices have no contraindications with medications and are increasingly a viable treatment alternative. Also, how are consumers driving the adoption of new technologies that are gradually being trusted by clinicians? For more details visit TechLink Health ⁠on the web⁠ or connect with Peter on ⁠LinkedIn⁠. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. 🛜 Tech Topics: NeuroTech, IoHT, IoMT, Medical Devices, AI, Photobiomodulation 🔬 Relevant Conditions: Dementia, Alzheimer's, Tramautic Brian Injury, Parkinson's, PTSD References to some of the episode topics are listed below: ⁠📺 Photobiomodulation Research Video ⁠🎖️ US Veterans Affairs: LED Therapy helps AF Veteran ⁠📚 Published Research with Vielight ⁠💡 ‘It heals the brain’ — Larry Carr’s crusade is to help football players, and everyone else, see the light ⁠🩺 Level 42 AI: Decoding health by deeply and frequently listening to the music of the heart, lung, and gut ⁠🔗 Starfish Medical: Empowering Medtech Innovation If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with any referenced technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #Vielight #AppleHealth #SamsungHealth #imPulseUNA #imPulseTOR #TrillianSmartPatch #TrillianSmartWatch ⁠Apple iOS⁠ ⁠Google Play

Securing the Future 🛡️ 🛜 Cybersecurity in Connected Health

The future of healthcare and life sciences is increasingly becoming a connected industry that relies on delivering health-focused data over secure and efficient networks to ensure that clinicians and health systems have the necessary information to achieve optimal outcomes. On one end of the spectrum, the healthcare software-as-a-service space alongside growth in the IoHT and IoMT spaces will lead to a massive increase in solutions capable of producing key data points and meaningful insights, on the other end of the spectrum, this will lead to an increase in breaches that can lead to operational disruptions, financial consequences, and erosion of patient safety and trust.  As we transition into the future of care, it’s important to highlight how cybersecurity will help to deliver on the promises of digital health solutions and the deep tech that is powering the evolution. Here to talk about all of this and more is this episode’s guest, Anand Naik, CEO and Co-Founder of ⁠Sequretek⁠, a global cybersecurity company, which offers end-to-end security in the areas of enterprise threat monitoring, incident response, device security, and identity & access governance, through their own AI-driven Percept Cloud Security Platform, PCSP. Anand’s experience within the cybersecurity industry spans executive leadership roles with notable companies such as IBM, Symantec, and Sun Microsystems.  Listen in with us as explore cybersecurity processes and frameworks that will play a critical role in advancing the future of connected health and strategic growth in the IoHT / IoMT markets. Other insights range from the opportunity for organizations to address skills gaps related to cybersecurity, to a structured approach when deploying AI-driven solutions for cybersecurity gains, to emerging devices such as open MRIs that are continuing to expand the innovation curve for connected devices. For more details visit TechLink Health ⁠on the web⁠ or connect with Anand on ⁠LinkedIn⁠. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. 🛜 Tech Topics: Cybersecurity, IoHT, IoMT, Medical Devices, AI, 5G References to some of the episode topics are listed below: ⁠🔐 Cybersecurity is a requisite for unleashing 5G’s potential in healthcare ⁠🌐 AI, Cybersecurity and the Health Sector ⁠🌐 Healthcare and Cybersecurity: Taking a Zero Trust Approach If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with any referenced technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. ⁠Apple iOS⁠ ⁠Google Play

Neuro-Rehab Tech 💚 🧠 and the Benefits of Gamified 🕹️ Health

In the past on the podcast, we've discussed a range of emerging health-tech and medical devices that are leveraging next-generation technologies to improve health outcomes at scale, such as those focused on developing areas of practice related to heart-health devices, neuro-tech, and deep tech such as AI and Machine Learning; yet, despite the significant progress, one of the core challenges in scaling these technologies is connected to the themes of adoption and discoverability.  One way to solve for these challenges is through immersive experiences and the gamification of health-tech solutions.  We’re entering an era where Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are increasingly becoming viable solutions for the growing “metaverse in healthcare” market, which is expected to reach $80 billion by 2032. In today’s episode, we’re talking about all of this and more as we dig deeper into the evolving space of neuro-tech. This episode’s guest is Martin Perminas, an internationally experienced executive across multiple disciplines gained in both major corporate and start-up environments.  He is a Board Advisor and CFO for Torque3, a US based VR and Robotics start-up with the ambition of disrupting the neuro-rehabilitation market and improving the lives of the world's 101 million stroke survivors.  Torque3 helps stroke survivors significantly improve their recovery outcomes by combining deeply immersive simulations and advanced robotics to help the brain create new neural pathways. Listen in with us as explore how the gamification of health and the emerging metaverse of health are providing new paths to treatment and care. Other insights range from exploring the potential of photobiomodulation devices, to how observing the "quality-adjusted life years" gained standard can give insights into the success of various treatments, to how the emerging metaverse in health provides new paths for patient engagement. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Martin on LinkedIn. This episode was hosted by Payal Kohli, MD, FACC. 🔬 Relevant Conditions: Stroke, Stroke Recovery Plateau 🖥️ Torque3: In Game Video Demo 🖥️ Torque3: Test Patient Video The episode points to several references with links below: 📙 Norman Doidge, MD, author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Brain That Changes Itself 📲 Vielight combines neuroscience and engineering to improve brain and systemic health with photobiomodulation technology. 🌐 PubMed: Neuro Plasticity for Stroke Patients 🌐 The Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) is the academic standard for measuring how well all different kinds of medical treatments lengthen and/or improve patients’ lives If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with any referenced technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #Torque3 #Vielight Apple iOS Google Play