The Medical Imaging for All Podcast

Dr. Larry Istrail on Forwarding the Manifesto for Revolutionized Patient Care with POCUS

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Dr. Larry Istrail, Hospitalist at Inova Fairfax Hospital. They discuss the inspiration behind Larry's book The POCUS Manifesto: Expanding the Limits of the Physical Exam with Point of Care Ultrasound and where the industry is today on awareness, education, and usage of ultrasound. They also discuss how POCUS can revolutionize the physical exam by looking inside the body, how AI can help lower the learning curve, and what the future of everyday ultrasound use looks like.
Topics discussed:
How Larry got interested in medicine and in point-of-care ultrasound, and how he practiced on his own to gain proficiency.
How he was inspired to write his book The POCUS Manifesto after seeing a decreased use in stethoscopes during COVID, which led him to write an article, which led to the realization that most clinicians didn't know about POCUS.
Where the pockets of resistance are to point-of-care ultrasound, and why change begins with an increase in awareness and education.
How AI guidance can be a key player in reducing the learning curve and leading clinicians to better quality images.
How POCUS will revolutionize the physical exam by looking inside the patient, and why POCUS should be more accurately called "internal organ inspection."
How ultrasound can be used in everyday settings like patient-led monitoring of heart conditions and checking on fetal heartbeats.
Resources Mention: 
https://www.thepocusmanifesto.com/
https://www.pocusmeded.com/

Dr. Chris Fox on Advancing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education for Clinicians and Med Students

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Dr. Chris Fox, Chair of Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine. They discuss how Chris became "one of the fathers of the point of care revolution in ultrasound" and his passion for teaching practicing physicians and med students the skill of ultrasound. They also talk about how education is the biggest barrier to unlocking ultrasound's potential today, why appropriately-classified  reimbursements are key to further adoption, and how ultrasound is expanding to primary care physicians and potentially into patient homes.
Topics discussed:
How Chris got into emergency medicine, and how his early adoption of ultrasound led him to become "one of the fathers of the point of care revolution in ultrasound."
Why education is one of the biggest barriers today to unlocking the potential of ultrasound, and how that can change by starting ultrasound training in med school.
The ways in which AI could develop to instruct the operator on how to use it, closing the gap in education.
How the first revolution in ultrasound — a political one that needed to break down barriers between specialities claiming ultrasound as their own — has been won, but how the next revolution will be around creating more standardized, widespread education for all.
The challenges to getting reimbursed for ultrasound use today, and why point-of-care ultrasound needs to be categorized correctly.
Why primary care physicians are using ultrasound more in their practices, and how ultrasound may extend to in-home patient monitoring.
The patient impact on using ultrasound, and how patients remember the doctors who "went a little step further" by using ultrasound.
Resources Mention: 
Twitter
The Point of Care Revolution: Ultrasound | Chris Fox | TEDxUCIrvine

Creating and Funding Innovations in Patient Care with Triventures’s Dr. Peter Fitzgerald

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Triventures, a global, early stage fund that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs. They discuss how Peter's career has evolved from studying engineering to funding new medical device technology, the current state of innovation in healthcare, and where it's going — and what needs to happen to get it there. They also discuss how data collection will transform patient care, how healthcare is becoming more consumer-focused, and how we need to answer the question "Who pays?"
Topics discussed:
How Peter "stumbled into" a career that took him from engineering to med school, and then to a focus on creating innovation in medical device technology and funding companies who do so as well.
The reasons why medical technology can take a long time to adopt, especially when it comes to moving the needle for big tech companies.
Where Peter sees the future of medical devices heading, and how data collected from connected devices will improve patient care.
How healthcare is becoming more consumer and patient driven, as well as how it will become much more integrated into someone's everyday life.
The question around "Who pays?" in today's healthcare systems, and how innovative companies need to integrate themselves into today's health systems.
How medical imaging can allow a person to see inside of themselves, which can better engage them with treatment and care.
Why physicians don't have to reinvent processes, but can rely on technology, devices, and professionals accessible in the cloud.

AMD’s Subh Bhattacharya on Building the Medical Devices of Today and Tomorrow

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Subh Bhattacharya, Lead, Healthcare & Sciences at AMD, one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world. They discuss current trends in medical device creation, including a deep dive into the hardware, chips, and processors that make medical imaging devices like ultrasound, CT, and MRIs run. They also discuss how AI is being integrated into those devices and its current applications in assisting physicians, as well as the need for better cybersecurity in healthcare.
Topics discussed:
Subh's twenty-five year career in the technology industry, from designing microprocessors for Intel, to building a modular healthcare information systems platform start-up, to joining AMD to drive initiatives around healthcare, medical systems, and life sciences.
AMD's presence in the medical space and how they're "the brain" behind a number of diagnostic tools and equipment like AEDs, medical PCs, and more.
The challenges to building smaller medical devices that have enough horsepower, can hold enough data, and that can provide results in real time.
How AI is being integrated into medical devices today, and its use cases in assisting with surgery, alleviating radiologist fatigue, and calculating volume measurements — and why it still needs more data and better accuracy to truly grow.
Why the future of healthcare will not only focus on AI, but will need to address cybersecurity across IT and OT infrastructures as well.
How AMD is addressing security through trust, encryption, isolating code, compliance, and creating bottom-to-top solutions across each market.

Unlocking the Power of Medical Imaging Data with Optum’s Tracy Byers

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Tracy Byers, CEO Enterprise Imaging at Optum, a health services and innovation company. They discuss current trends in healthcare IT and technology, including the reasons why hospitals are making the shift to the cloud, how to make medical imaging data more accessible for use in training and research, and how to lower some of the barriers to using AI. They also talk about the need for start-up mentalities in large healthcare companies, how to staff for efficiency and scale, and what makes a good role model.
Topics discussed:
Tracy's thirty-year career in medical healthcare IT, from working in finance at Philips to learning about artificial intelligence and machine learning at IBM, and joining Optum four years ago as the CEO of Enterprise Imaging.
What makes a good team working to solve healthcare technology problems, the importance of great role models, and why you need to treat people with respect and dignity all throughout the process.
Why big healthcare companies should incorporate individuals with start-up mindsets in order to help scale and encourage quicker decision-making.
How medical imaging data is being underutilized today, and the steps companies are making to unlock that data for training, research, and more.
What big shifts have happened in the healthcare industry to prompt hospitals and health systems to make the move to the cloud, and why there's been resistance to it.
How AI can be a great productivity tool for radiologists, and what barriers are standing in the way of AI adoption today.
Why training better AI algorithms will build trust in its accuracy, reduce skepticism, and increase adoption. 

Signify Research Analyst Mustafa Hassan on Handheld Ultrasound Market Trends and Growth Potential

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All, Ohad speaks with Mustafa Hassan, Market Analyst at Signify Research. Together they discuss emerging and future trends in the ultrasound market, its expanding user base, the growing role of AI in ultrasound, and what day-to-day life is like for a market intelligence analyst.
Topics discussed:
Hassan's journey to becoming a market analyst for the ultrasound industry, and how a PhD in neurophysiology and studying cells played into it.
What day-to-day life is like for a market intelligence analyst, including how Hassan follows the news, which projects he works on, how he talks to vendors, and more.
The outlook of the handheld ultrasound market, and how it’s carving a space for itself alongside cart-based machines.
A look at the total market of ultrasound, including where it is today and where it could grow to.
How regulations impact the adoption of ultrasound, and how ultrasound could be used for at-home monitoring.
The growing role of AI in ultrasound, and how it will speed up the time it will take to analyze images and help with diagnostic support.
New ultrasound tech and solutions that may come as standard features on ultrasound devices in the future.
Resources Mention: 
www.signifyresearch.net

AI, Cloud Computing, and the Future of Medical Imaging: A Discussion with AWS’s Jared Saul

Jared Saul is an accomplished healthcare strategist and thought leader with over a decade of experience across healthcare technology, medical imaging, and AI. As the Head of Healthcare Strategy at Amazon Web Services (AWS), he leads AWS's efforts to support healthcare providers and medical technology companies in their pursuit of innovation. 
In this episode… 
Jared discusses the impact of AI and cloud computing on medical imaging and healthcare in general. The conversation delves into the role of AI in radiology, the evolution of medical imaging AI startups, and the challenges in integrating AI solutions into radiology workflows. Additionally, Jared emphasizes the importance of real-time AI in ultrasound imaging, highlighting its potential to revolutionize patient care.
Key topics include: 
The transformative role of AI in radiology and its potential to improve efficiency and patient care.
The evolution of medical imaging AI startups and the challenges faced in integrating AI solutions into radiology workflows.
The power of real-time AI in ultrasound imaging and its potential to improve image acquisition and diagnostic capabilities.
The growing trend of miniaturizing ultrasound devices and making them more accessible for point-of-care use.
The role of handheld ultrasound devices in democratizing access to healthcare and making patient care more personalized and efficient.