DigitalHealth InvestorTalk Show

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Looking at key digital health industry topics from the investor perspective.

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September 24, 2026Episode 1231 hr 23 min

What's Next For Telehealth? With Chris Gallagher and Steven Wardell

Can telehealth deliver more than just convenience and bust healthcare out of the productivity trap? Telehealth is no longer just about technology or convenience. It's about supporting every step of care delivery and creating new care models. In this show we’ll look at: The current state of the art for telehealth and the way forward The ongoing hospital budget shock and how this creates a new moment for telehealth The productivity trap that healthcare has been stuck in for 75 years and the way out And we'll answer your questions. Chris Gallagher, MD, is the CEO of Teos Health and former CEO of Access TeleCare, one of the counrty's largest acute care telemedicine providers. He is nationally recognized for pineering virtual care programs including the first virtual cardiac arrest management program. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell . Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com . Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

September 18, 20269 min

Boston Health Innovation Night: What's Next In AgeTech? With Kate Brigham and Steven Wardell

This event is co-hosted with Boston Health Innovation Night and AgeTech Boston . Our Guest of Honor, Kate Brigham , founder of AgeTech Boston, will make opening remarks on the theme of "What's Next in AgeTech." Thur. Sept. 17, 2026 at the Liberty Hotel in Boston (the Panopticon).

September 13, 2026Episode 1221 hr 28 min

DigitalHealth InvestorTalk: The Battle For Mastry Between Software and AI with Harry Glorikian

In healthcare, the software that people use is now fighting the AI underneath it for the same prize: the customer, the data, and the future. The next decade of competitive advantage will be decided by who controls the software layer between people and AI. Most companies haven’t noticed that the fight has started. This show draws on the argument: when software disappears into intent, advantage shifts to whoever owns the defaults, the memory, and the trust. For thirty years technology shifts have reshaped who wins. This time, the shift is different. AI agents don’t wait to be asked. They anticipate, orchestrate, and act. When software disappears into intent, the old questions stop mattering. Which app? Which vendor? Which features? Wrong questions. The real question is who owns the defaults, the memory, and the trust. In this show we’ll look at: The healthcare data arenas like EMR data, clinical trial data, and patient reported data The strategies of the AI hyperscalers versus the human-facing software layer How this struggle will play out, who wins, and who loses. And we’ll take your questions. Harry Glorikian is a General Partner at Scientia Ventures and a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab, where his work focuses on how AI rewrites competitive strategy and governance for lasting advantage. For more than three decades he has built, invested in, and advised companies at the convergence of healthcare, life sciences, and data-driven technology. His new book, The Invisible Interface: How AI Turns Intentions into Actions - and Who Wins (foreword by Don Norman), maps exactly this fight. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell . Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com . Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

July 18, 2024Episode 791 hr 32 min

A new birth of consumerism? With Steven Wardell, Jarred Bressner, and Todd Pietri

Consumers are increasingly spending their own dollars and becoming the decision makers in healthcare In the show we’ll dive into: New technologies like telehealth and smartphones have created a supply shock of healthcare options for consumers New products and business models are gaining traction But will consumer behavior change fast enough and will consumers really pay? Todd Pietri and Jarred Bressner are partners at Activate Venture Partners. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts (new show link): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633 Spotify (new show link): https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

July 28, 2026Episode 1191 hr 24 min

DigitalHealth InvestorTalk: Training AI Search Engines To Recommend You

Marketing is about meeting customers' needs. But how do we do this with a changing landscape and what if the customer is an AI agent? The marketing landscape is changing dramatically. Customers may go to an AI chatbot for answers instead of a search engine, obseleting SEO and ads from vendors in one shot. And what if the customer you're really selling to is an AI agent? In this show we’ll look at: - What are modern AI SEO, AI search, and AI marketing? - How do you get your product into a chatbot's answer? - How do you get chosen by AI agents? And we’ll take your questions. Dale Bertrand is an SEO strategist and founder & CEO of Fire&Spark agency. Noah Goldfarb is the founder of the Digital Health Growth Mastermind and a director at Fire& Spark agency. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

December 6, 2024Episode 8957 min

Who are the Digital Health Consolidators?

Digital health sectors are maturing and consolidators are circling. Have some recent acquisitions kicked off the game of musical chairs? In the show we’ll dive into: - There has been tremendous entry of innovators into healthcare since 2009 but consolidation has typically been weak - Some recent acquisitions like Virgin Pulse & HealthComp and Veradigm's acquisition of ScienceIO show that the pace is picking up - We look at the different subsectors of digital health, the consolidators in each subsector, and the potential for big tech and other outsiders to pounce And we'll answer your questions Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Follow on Eventbrite to hear about new events and live shows: StevenWardell.EventBrite.com. Subscribe to the podcast! Apple Podcasts (new show link): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitalhealth-investortalk-show/id1739850633 Spotify (new show link): https://open.spotify.com/show/42dV5Wnag97l2rtIDpxmlJ

March 13, 2026Episode 1141 hr 24 min

From GenAI to Patient Agency with David Shaywitz and Steven Wardell

The amount of healthcare data keeps growing. The tools we have keep improving, including new GenAI tools. But to truly drive better healthcare outcomes, we need to improve the agency of both patients in healthcare systems and of consumers at home. In this show we'll cover: - The new landscape of data and tools in healthcare - Extracting meaningful insight for care delivery - Using GenAI and digital tools to drive behavior change and improved health And we'll answer your questions. David Shaywitz, MD, PhD, is Chief Medical Scientist at Lore Health. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

May 23, 2024Episode 761 hr 39 min

What's Working in Digital Health with Steven Wardell and Alex Lennox-Miller

After an unprecedented wave of software innovation, where are digital health products creating clinical and financial value for buyers? In the show we’ll dive into: There has been a tremendous amount of software innovation in healthcare since 2009 across all subsectors But the digital health sector frequently suffers from weak product adoption We look at those markets in healthcare where digital health products are working to deliver clinical and financial value to buyers We also look at the latest fundraising trends Alexander Lennox-Miller is a healthcare IT analyst at CB Insights where covers how emerging technologies are changing front desk and back office workflows in healthcare. You can follow him on LinkedIn. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell. Find future shows and events at: StevenWardell.Eventbrite.com.

February 10, 2025Episode 921 hr 18 min

Where Can Healthcare Best Use AI? With Steve Wardell and Chad Pytel

What are the new capabilities of modern AI and where can they be best used in healthcare to solve problems? There's been a flurry of healthcare AI startups since the arrivel of ChatGPT, and the sector is white hot with investors. What are the problem areas in healthcare that are amenible to the capabilities of generative AI? In this show we'll cover: - The capabilities of generative AI - The problem areas where AI can help and where startups are buidling products - The obstacles like keeping personal healthcare data private And we'll answer your questions. Chad Pytel is the founder and CEO of thoughtbot, which helps companies with strategy, design, product management, and development. Steven Wardell is the Managing Director of Wardell Advisors, a digital health business development consulting firm, and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow him on X.com/StevenWardell.

October 16, 2025Episode 1061 hr 23 min

Key Longevity Insights You Need To Know with Soheil Saadat and Steven Wardell

Longevity care is making advances and growing more popular among consumers. What is a framework to start extending your healthspan? Longevity isn’t just about adding years to life, it’s about adding life to those years. What steps can you take today to extend your healthspan and enhance your quality of life? What framework can help you identify major risks and set yourself up for long-term vitality? In this show we'll cover: - A practical framework for extending your healthspan - The major health risks and how to prevent problems starting early - The latest advances in longevity science And we'll answer your questions. Dr. Soheil Saadat is the founder and CEO of GenieMD, a San Francisco Bay Area–based telemedicine and digital health company that has treated millions of patients worldwide. GenieMD focuses on virtual care that promotes vitality and longevity, AI-driven chronic disease management, and advanced healthcare communication technologies. Elora Health, a part of GenieMD, is dedicated to longevity, prevention, and healthspan optimization. Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.

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