Digital Ecology Podcast

Jun 24 2024 20 ep. 35 mins
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The Digital Ecology podcast creates a window into the backstory of technology adoption in the UK’s healthcare system. Through interviews with experts in the field, we shine a light on the inner workings of digital health and uncover a world of complexity and challenge. We are in the foothills of technology adoption, where the hype doesn’t always match the reality.

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S2 E10 - The Craft of Caring: Douglas Hamandishe on NHS, Healthcare Innovation, and Patient Empowerment

Jun 24 2024 50 mins  
In this episode, I speak with Douglas Hamandishe about the challenges and potential innovations within the NHS. Douglas brings a wealth of experience and a diverse background, including roles as a mental health nurse, CCIO, broadcaster, creative director, and local councillor. His insights are deepened by an engineering background and his practical, hands-on understanding of health

S2 E9 - Bridging Gaps: From Health Inequalities to Digital Innovation with Matt Boazman

May 20 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, I speak with Matt Boazman, the Chief Executive of Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, about the evolving landscape of digital transformation in healthcare, focusing particularly on the crucial role of third sector organisations in engaging diverse communities. Matt, who brings a wealth of experience from his position at a prominent healthcare trust, delves

S2 E8 - Aahuti Rai on Women's Health and the Power of Digital Transformation

Feb 26 2024 45 mins  
In this episode of Digital Ecology, I speak with Aahuti Rai, a remarkable voice and advocate for women's health and a proponent for sustainable innovation in digital health. Aahuti shares with us her extensive experience in digital transformation across different sectors before focusing her expertise exclusively on health tech. With Aahuti's background in large multinational c

S2 E7 - Enhancing Nursing Practice with Technology: Conversations with Natalie Hayes

Jan 22 2024 39 mins  
In this episode of Digital Ecology, I have the pleasure of speaking with Natalie Hayes, the Chief Nursing Information Officer in a large acute trust in the Northwest. Our conversation centres on the impact of technology on nursing in the NHS and Natalie's experiences advocating for nurses in the digital transformation space.Natalie has been in her role for three years and describes

S2 E6 - Empowering Digital Entrepreneurs: Insights on Innovation and Diversity in Healthcare with Jenny Chong

Dec 18 2023 37 mins  
In this episode of Digital Ecology, I delve into the dynamic world of digital health alongside my guest, Jenny Chong, a non-executive director at an NHS Trust. Our discussion traverses the myriad challenges, opportunities, and critical areas within the digital health sector, drawing from our personal experiences and insights.We kick off the conversation by sharing our personal hurd

S2 E5 - Jo Robinson on Suicide Prevention in the Digital Age

Dec 04 2023 46 mins  
In this episode of Digital Ecology, I speak with guest Jo Robinson, Professor and Head of Suicide Research at Orygen, a leading youth mental health service in Melbourne, Australia. Jo Robinson leads research programs on suicide prevention, specifically focusing on reducing suicide risk among young people.Our conversation centres around Jo's work with the CHATsafe intervention, a pr

S2 E4 - Continuous Discovery: Unlocking User Insights for Better Product Development: Kayikunmi 'Kay' Sogo

Oct 09 2023 33 mins  
In this episode of Digital Ecology, host Victoria Betton is joined by Kayikunmi 'Kay' Sogo, a senior product manager specialising in product management and user research. Kay emphasises the importance of discovery, assumption testing and working with cross-functional teams to build software. Kay reflects on a recent decision-making process regarding a content management s

S2 E3 - When I get things wrong, my brain grows: James Freed

Sep 18 2023 40 mins  
In today's episode of Digital Ecology, I chat with James Freed, a seasoned expert in digital health. We kick off by diving into James's eclectic career journey—starting from biochemistry and oncology, pivoting into NHS cancer services, and finally making waves in digital health.He offers wisdom on the essence of change management and even shares a pe

S2 E2 - Complicated, complexity & chaos in digital health: Sam Shah

Aug 08 2023 35 mins  
In this episode Sam Shah and I converse on the topic of complexity in digital health, the tendency to tip into chaos and the fact that things are rarely just complicated. Sam is a well known figure in digital health. In addition to his practice as a dentist, he's chief medical officer at Numan, senior adviser at Freuds, visiting lecturer at UCL and has a host of other roles be

S2 E1 - How to fail better with simulation: James Woollard, Wendy Chapman & Kit Huckvale

May 22 2023 43 mins  
In the first of my second series of the Digital Ecology podcast I host a panel conversation about the role of simulation in healthcare professional training and how it applies to all stages of design, development and implementation of digital technologies in the NHS. I'm joined by James Woollard, a child psychiatrist and chief clinical information officer along with Wendy Cha