#14: Building outsource & in-house dev team for healthcare startup | Tim Ahong, CTO at Caribou

Doctor Raj is a surgeon, a colonel in the US Army, and a nurse. While in Afghanistan, he was injured by a rocket-propelled grenade. The surgeon now became the patient and saw both sides of the equation, which led to the founding of Nine Line Medical company. The goal of the company is to leverage emerging technology to improve the operational efficiency of healthcare. Enjoy the listening! Links: Raj's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-ambay-m-d-d-d-s-8aa84b1a/

As an expert in building a next-generation data platform at Briotix Health, Russell Hertzberg shares his valuable advice on how data integration can revolutionize occupational health practices and enhance the overall well-being of employees. In this episode, Russ uncovers the dynamic world of custom and on-the-shelf EHR/EMR solutions and shares the emerging trends such as speech processing, wearable sensors, and genetics shaping the future of healthcare. This conversation opens a deeper understanding of the obstacles in the US healthcare technology market and brings you many insights into the challenges faced by healthcare organizations, software developers, and industry stakeholders. Uncover practical strategies and innovative solutions that can help overcome these obstacles and drive positive change in healthtech. Enjoy the listening! Links: Russell’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russhertzberg/ Briotix Health: https://www.briotix.com/ Jcloud: https://jcloudco.com/

Who is responsible for the decision that ML algorithms make in the healthcare industry? In this episode, you’ll learn more about how machine learning is used in ophthalmology, its accuracy and bias in making a diagnosis. Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin tells about activities at PulseMedica, a large platform for the new generation of eye disease treatment. As CTO, he shares his approach to hiring optical engineers, integrating teams of different specialties into one productive system, and explains why PulseMedica is open to third-party vendors. And also you’ll find out how being open-minded can help you to find very rare niche industry specialists. Enjoy the listening! Links: Geoffroy’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffroy-rivet-sabourin-b1007920/ PulseMedica website: https://www.pulsemedica.com/

The caregiver shortage is growing, but a lot of caregivers are leaving the industry, especially during COVID. What is the best solution? Probably an on-demand economy. Caribou creates software for home care companies that helps them recruit and retain caregivers with referral and incentive programs. As CTO that works with customers the same as on the technical part, Timothy shares his advice on both his startups related to healthcare, how to define how much to pay for a solution that nothing like this existed before, and how to choose a team that can give you great results. And also, why should project managers be involved very early on in the sales cycle? Enjoy the listening! Links: Tim’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyahong/?originalSubdomain=ca Caribou website: https://www.caribou.care/

People with dementia don’t become distant, they just lose their way of communicating. How can software possibly help them? Aikomi is a Japan-based startup that helps find a connection between a person with dementia and their family members via software. Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi, tells about the challenges of an healthtech startup in Japan, its features, and the technologies that are used. She shows real-time cases of how AI helps create personalized content for people with dementia using a possible amount of data. Enjoy the listening! Links: Aikomi: https://www.aikomi.co.jp/ Yu in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-shimizu-499149110/

Investing time and knowledge in your team will simplify your work, it’s not a favor you’re doing. Ankit Anand, VP of Software Engineering at Sleepiz, shares useful ideas for engineers and engineering managers on how to allocate the resources, measure the team's productivity, and reach a mutual understanding between engineers’ goals and the company’s goals. Also, you’ll find out what it takes to develop hardware and software and how to overcome a shortage of specialists on the example of Sleepiz, a company that creates easy-to-use medical-grade devices for sleep apnea diagnosis at home. Do you agree that overengineering is one of the challenges that a startup face? Enjoy the listening! Links: Sleepiz: https://sleepiz.com/ Ankit’s email: ankit.anand@sleepiz.com Ankit’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-anand-5654a62a

In which innovations to invest and how much of them is the right amount? Today’s guest Ram Prayaga talks about the technical part of mPulse Mobile and the products they’re making. He gives some insights on overcoming a shortage of engineers and presenting tech products to the leaders of the healthcare industry. As CTO and executive adviser, he shares his thoughts on the engineering skills, leadership, attitude to «rollers» in the tech industry, and «technical excellence» of technical managers. Enjoy the listening! Links: Ram’s email: ram@mpulsemobile.com Ram’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-prayaga-400aa51/ mPulse Mobile website: https://mpulsemobile.com/

"I was jealous of diabetics that could screen themselves whenever they wanted to in their homes. There are 2 billion people that suffer from anemia," Erika says. In this episode, Erika Tyburski shares a very inspiring story when founders, «a bunch of nerds», solve their own health problems via a healthtech product. During the last years, a lot of focus shifted away from other chronic diseases that were being managed prior to the pandemic. You'll learn about the FDA approval process, getting patients' feedback, distributing uncommon healthcare apps, and the path of Sanguina in healthcare from the early beginning through all the stages. This episode will inspire you to launch your own idea to the market and help hundreds or even millions of people. Enjoy the listening! Links: Erika’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-tyburski-292555b1/ Sanguina LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sanguina/ Sanguina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanguinaINC/ Sanguina Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanguina_inc/ Sanguina Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanguina_inc/

The special guest of our new episode, Vanessa Sandarusi, will talk about integrating EMR, the advantages of creating custom solutions, the importance of gathering clinician data, and the opportunities it gives. You'll learn more about the main things that healthcare organizations should consider if they want to build a custom solution for their needs and details about EMR system adaptation to different locations' needs. Enjoy the listening! Links: Vanessa Sandarusi email: zeblismapo@gmail.com Vanessa Sandarusi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessasandarusi/

Give your clinicians a seat at the table for developing new healthcare solutions. In the new episode, Morgan Hart, the founder of Hart Health Strategy, shares her experience as a consultant working with large and small clinics, hospitals, and insurance providers. We discuss how to optimize the purchase timeline, how healthcare organizations measure the performance of consultant work, which EHRs are the most popular in the market nowadays and why. Also, if you are creating a healthcare startup right now, there is some good advice for you in this episode. Enjoy the listening! Links: Morgan Hart email: morgan@harthealthstrategy.com Morgan Hart LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganehart/