In a recent Heart of Healthcare podcast episode, Lucia Savage, a Board Member of AcademyHealth and the Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer at Omada Health, hosts a discussion with experts Vindell Washington, Chief Clinical Officer and Head of Health Equity at Verily, and Aaron Carroll, CEO of AcademyHealth. Their conversation touches on several hot topics in the digital health space, such as how to build public trust at a time when both science and innovation are under pressure, as well as how digital tools and AI are transforming the delivery of care.
A central theme of the episode is the comparison of digital health tools with traditional methods, addressing how patient perspectives are essential in evaluating health care advancements. Aaron Carroll emphasizes, "digital health offers critical insights around preferred communication channels, accessibility, ease of use, and patient-defined meaningful outcomes."
Listen to the full episode for a peek into the future of health care innovation.
Continue this discussion at the upcoming Health Datapalooza on September 4-5 in Washington, D.C. The event offers a platform where tech industry stakeholders, patients, policymakers, and researchers can discuss how to integrate patient perspectives into evaluating health tech and why transparency is key to building trust in innovation. Learn more and register here.