HealthTech Hour

Nov 13 2024 117 ep. 52 mins 6
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HealthTech Hour sees Steve Roest, CEO & Founder of PocDoc, speaking to the founders, leaders, clinicians and investors who are driving the HealthTech revolution and are at the forefront of healthcare innovation. Drawing on his extensive network, Steve will give listeners a unique insight into some of the most exciting technologies and most inspiring people from across all aspects of HealthTech.

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Ep107: Extending women's healthy lifespans with Andrea Berchowitz, CEO of Vira Health (the Stella app)

Nov 13 2024 58 mins  
In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Andrea Berchowitz, CEO and co-founder of Vira Health who have the mission of extending women's healthy lifespans, starting with the menopause. Vira do this through their groundbreaking Stella app, which provides not only content but clinical care. This episode is a wonderful deep dive into why dig

Ep106: Amber Vodegel, Founder of world's #1 Pregnancy App on her new venture 28X - aiming to disrupt the period tracking space and protect women from commercial exploitation

Nov 05 2024 57 mins  
In this week's show, Steve Roest speaks to Amber Vodegel, who among other things founded the world's #1 Pregnancy App, Pregnancy +. Amber is am incredibly successful digital healthtech entrepreneur, with expertise in scaling health apps using AI and deep analytics, with a proven track record of building impactful digital health solutions. Her latest venture, 28X, focuses on menstru

Ep105: NHS Menopause Special with TV's Linda Barker and NHS menopause specialist Bukky Ayoade

Oct 08 2024 58 mins  
Ahead of World Menopause Day on October 18th, Steve Roest, host of the HealthTech Hour and CEO of PocDoc is joined by TV presenter, writer and menopause campaigner, Linda Barker, alongside NHS England’s Menopause Lead, Bukky Ayoade.This show is a fantastic listen for anyone going through the menopause, worried about the menopause or with any questions. Both Linda and Bukky share

Ep104: Henry Stoneley, the science of creating the best conference for all humans in Health - HLTH Europe

Oct 01 2024 58 mins  
In this show, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to the inspirational and eloquent Henry Stoneley about how he and his team have built one of the best conference experiences in the world - including the science + art of creating an amazing human experience at HLTH Europe.From not taking money from speakers to secure speaking slots to outlawing questio

Ep103: Richie McGregor from Cumbria Health, delivering healthcare in the remotest most rural region of the UK by focusing on digital and remote technology

Sep 17 2024 57 mins  
On this week's show, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Richie McGregor, who is the Head of Digital and Performance for Cumbria Health, a CQC rated outstanding social enterprise organisation delivering Primary and Urgent Care services throughout Cumbria.Cumbria and neighbouring Northumbria are the two most remote, most rural regions in the UK and have taken a very proactive, lead

Ep102: Tony Nicolaidis, OriginAI - pioneers in using your WiFi signal and AI to detect movement and biometrics in your home

Sep 05 2024 58 mins  
This week Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Tony Nicolaidis the Chief Commercial Officer for Origin AI, a company that invented Wi-Fi sensing technology and is revolutionising smart homes, healthcare, and home security.This technology is incredible and Tony does a good job of talking Steve through it. OriginAI have developed a technology that can detect the micro disruptions in

Ep101: Jamie Tomalin, major HealthTech investor, thought leader on how NHS should adopt tech and the entrepreneurial journey

Aug 29 2024 52 mins  
In this episode Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Jamie Tomalin, Investment Manager at Triple Point Ventures, who are one of the UK's leading early funders of HealthTech and healthcare technology generally. Jamie is a deep thinker and thought leader in the HealthTech space and the wider startup scene. He has very interesting views on how healthcare systems should and could adopt

Ep100: Daniel Nathrath, co-founder and CEO of Ada Health the Global leader in Healthcare AI, the world's number 1 AI doctor app

Aug 20 2024 58 mins  
For the 100th episode, we have a very special guest...Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Daniel Nathrath, the co-founder and CEO of Ada Health. A serial entrepreneur, Daniel founded Ada in 2011 alongside a team of doctors, scientists and industry pioneers, combining AI technology with the world’s medical knowledge to create better outcomes for patients.Widely acknowledged as th

Ep99: Dr N. Tony Ahmed, UK's leading NHS Dentist on the UK's crisis in dentistry, why you can't get an appointment and why Oral Hygiene is key to overall Human Health

Jul 23 2024 58 mins  
Dr N. Tony Ahmed is one of the most senior and most experienced dentists in the NHS. He is a lifelong NHS dentist and in this episode he and Steve Roest go into the reality of the NHS dentistry crisis, why access to dentistry is a critical part of disease prevention and why it's important to "put the mouth back in the body" from a whole body health approach. Dr Tony Ahmed is a prac

Ep98: What is Epigenetics, why it is the key to LONGEVITY with expert Dani Martin-Herranz, Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Hurdle

Jun 27 2024 58 mins  
In this episode Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc and host of the HealthTech Hour speaks to Dani Martin-Herranz is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Hurdle. Dani is a world-expert in the field of Epigenetics, which focuses on the "software" layer within humans that controls what our genes do - and is hailed as the key to extended lifespan. Dani was a scientist who then founded a