The TechLink Health Podcast

FinHealth Insights 📈📊 Tax Planning for Side Gigs in Healthcare

When thinking about holistic health and wellbeing, there are a number of factors that go into the wellness equation, ranging from mental and physical health to financial wellbeing and professional vitality.  This episode is a continuation of The TechLink Wealth series and focuses on financial wellbeing and professional vitality. From a financial perspective, particularly with physicians, the financial path to wellness looks and feels very different, which calls for a unique approach to create strategies that address the complexities associated with the profession. This episode’s guest is Alexis Gallati, a Tax Strategist and Published Author, who is the Founder of Cerebral Tax Advisors, a company dedicated to facilitating tax strategies for medical professionals through education and planning. The Cerebral Tax Advisors mission is tied to stepping outside the emotions of finances and using cerebral thinking to delve deep into the tax strategies that will allow clinicians to keep more of their hard earned money. Alexis is also the author of Advanced Tax Planning for Medical Professionals. Listen in with us as we dive into finance strategies that are particularly relevant to healthcare practitioners that engage with side gigs and independent advisory work. Other insights range from how to take a strategic approach when exploring side gigs in healthcare to business strategies for independent professionals to helpful tips on practical uses for financial technologies. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Cerebral Tax Advisors here. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. The episode points to several references with links below: 🌐 Cerebral Tax Advisors Link for The TechLink Health Podcast 🌐 Cerebral Wealth Academy 📙 Advanced Tax Planning for Medical Professionals by Alexis Gallati, EA, MBA, MS Tax, CTS 📗 Taxes Made Simple by Mike Piper 📘 Tax Books by J.K. Lasser 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. Apple iOS Google Play

Head Strong 💚 🧠 NeuroTech for Brain Health

Often on the podcast there’s conversations about emerging technologies that are shaping the future of health and wellness alongside the data that is necessary to continue building and linking the connectedness of health technologies which will enable a future that starts to be more aligned to the longevity and preventive aspects of wellness.  In order to move in this direction, it becomes important to highlight technologies that are being developed for specific areas of practice as well as leading conversations around how these innovations will enter our day to day lives. In today’s episode, we’re continuing a series focused on brain health and neuro-tech while also starting a new conversation centered around sports related technologies and how they benefit athletes at all levels. ⚽️🏀🏈🏒⚾️🥍🏉🥊🏑🚴🏽‍♀️🥋⛸️🏅 This episode’s guest is Grenville Thynne, Finance Executive, Medical Device Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroFlex. The NeuroFlex device measures and monitors the impact of a head knock using eye and head tracking virtual reality technology. The technology has been used by a variety of professional and collegiate sports teams and organizations while maintaining a grassroots approach to promoting brain health for athletes at all levels. The ability to detect brain injuries during athletic competition is critical to ensuring the safety of athletes, and, more broadly, the monitoring of brain health is increasingly becoming mainstream for a variety of use cases.  For example, NeuroFlex has been used on patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI) who seek treatment at Emergency Departments (ED/ER) and clinics. The broader implications of the technology are strongly tied to brain health and neuro-development with the overarching mission of “brain health for life”. Listen in with us as we explore the evolving practice of neuro-technology and how innovations will continue to promote brain health for life while expanding the boundaries of human potential. Other topics range from how brain health is increasingly becoming a part of routine examinations, to why the open source sharing of brain data is important to neuro-tech innovation, to the future of sports safety rooted in brain health as a key pillar. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with the NeuroFlex Team at the following link. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. The episode points to several references with links below: 🏥 The Concussion Center 🧠 Neuralink’s First-in-Human Clinical Trial is Open for Recruitment ▶️ AI and VR are reshaping sport in Australia 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 the NeuroFlex technology, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tag is: #NeuroFlex Apple iOS Google Play

Defeating Superbugs 🦠 An Evolutionary Battle (Part 3)

As many reflect on the past few years of the pandemic and continue thinking about emerging threats of the future, it’s important to bring awareness to that very topic, the future, and what’s on the horizon in public health. Today’s episode is Part 3 of a series that focuses on the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance, which has been deemed by The World Health Organization as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. The episode digs deeper into innovations happening globally to help defeat superbugs and evolve the applications of Phage Therapy as well as deepening connectivity to the broader healthcare community. This episode’s guest is Jessica Sacher, PhD, a Canadian Phage Microbiologist and Co-Founder of Phage Directory as well as Phage Australia. The Phage Directory goal is founded in helping doctors find phage scientists willing to share their phages to rescue patients dying from antibiotic-resistant infections. Phage Directory is now the global phage community's central source of news & connectivity that supports thousands of phage professionals, from 80+ countries, helping clinicians source phages for their patients while also helping organizations manage, grow, and learn from their phage collections. Listen in with us as we continue to explore this evolving science and how it's innovations will continue to create alternative paths to treat a variety of health conditions as told from scientists that are influential in the space. Other topics range from the significance of climate change as a contributor to emerging human viruses, to how gene editing technologies are helping to evolve precision medicine and designer therapies, to the future of phage applications across a range of practical applications. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Jessica and Phage Directory @ Phage.Directory or 📩 Email. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. The episode points to several references with links below: 📚 Capsid & Tail: A Weekly Phage Periodical 🧬 Locus Biosciences: Next generation CRISPR technology for programmed cell death 🔬 Intralytix: A biotechnology company focused on the production and marketing of bacteriophage-based products 🌐 Climate change will result in new viruses and risk of new diseases 🌐 Phage Therapy To Defeat Superbugs Is Taking Off @ Forbes 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 Phage Therapies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #ProgrammableTherapies #PhageTherapy #ProgrammedPhage Apple iOS Google Play

Head Strong 💪🏼 👀 Perspectives from the ENT Space

During previous episodes of The TechLink Health Podcast we've discussed themes related to the pillars of health such as sleep, exercise, diet, and stress management alongside the technologies, innovators, and entrepreneurs that are helping to create the future of health and wellness.  When thinking about these core pillars, it  becomes important to examine the clinical specialties that influence the desired health outcomes, while at the same time, it’s equally as important to highlight the innovators and entrepreneurs that are helping to create a healthier future for people, peers, and organizations. This episode focuses on the specialty of otorhinolaryngology or what many refer to as an ENT, Ear, Nose, and Throat, and how the science will continue to help evolve the healthcare industry and the emerging technologies that will pave the way to the future.  The topic is timely as many are still in the process of moving beyond the global pandemic and examining perspectives on the future of health and wellness. This episode’s guest is Dr. Keith Matheny, a medical entrepreneur and practicing physician in the specialty area of Otolaryngology focused on Head & Neck Surgery. During his work, Dr. Matheny is involved in a variety of activities to include being a founder in multiple companies such as Septum Solutions, US ENT Partners, Sleep Vigil alongside his work as a Physician for the Dallas Cowboys, a fellow for the American Rhinologic Society, a committee member for the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and President of Matheny ENTerprises, a company that has established dozens of patents for innovative technologies and medical devices. Listen in with us as we explore innovations happening in the ENT space and best practices shared from a medical entrepreneur committed to evolving the healthcare industry while helping to pave the way for future practitioners. Other topics range from best practices for commercializing innovations, to how being an early adopter can expand the innovation curve, to the importance of collaboration between innovators and larger companies to scale healthcare technologies. Also, what is a GPO and how can they contribute to creating business value? For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Dr. Matheny via LinkedIn. This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan. The episode points to several references with links below: 🥽 NeuroFlex: Brain Health for Life 🎙 BackTable Podcasts 📙 Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 🌐 Google Patent Search 🌐 USPTO Patent Search 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 the NeuroFlex or SleepVigil technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #NeuroFlex #SleepVigil Apple iOS Google Play

Perspectives on Aging Tech ⌚️ Innovation 💡👀 Workforce Engagement

Today’s episode focuses on Aging Care Tech and Innovation alongside initiatives focused on operational efficiencies and workforce engagement within the aging care space.  As with many new technologies and workforce initiatives, there’s challenges and opportunities.  On the tech side there’s data considerations such as ownership, privacy, and interoperability; and on the workforce engagement side, there’s considerations tied to the future of work such as education and training alongside the move towards a skills-based model.  This episode digs deeper into these topics and more. This episode’s guest is Tammy York-Day, President and CEO of CEOc, an organization focused on initiating Aging Innovation - The mission of CEOc is focused on fostering collaboration and facilitating resources for everything Aging from game-changing ideas and start-ups to mature operations and products.  CEOc is also the parent company for Aging 2.0, a global platform for innovation in aging. Listen in with us as we explore innovations happening in the aging space from grassroots beginnings to corporate engagement at the national and global level. Other topics range from how innovators and communities benefit from public private partnerships (PPPs), to new legislative campaigns focused on workforce initiatives, to the importance of health equity when building the future of health. For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Tammy via LinkedIn. This episode was hosted by Justine Reiss. The episode points to several references with links below: 🗓️ Optimize Conference - September 27-28, 2023 🌐 CEOc: Global Innovation Search 🌐 CEOc: Healthcare Career Lab 🌐 CEOc: Konexons 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. Apple iOS Google Play