Measuring What Matters: Maturity Tests, Miracle Blood Tests, and the Great Health Data Grab

31/10/2025 38 min Episodio 40
Measuring What Matters: Maturity Tests, Miracle Blood Tests, and the Great Health Data Grab

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Welcome to Pulse: Hot Topics, where Louise and George unpack the big shifts shaping healthcare right now. Digital Health Maturity: Measuring What Matters Is your health system truly digitally mature — or just good at buying software? We dig into the global frameworks that could finally separate progress from PR.Verily Me: Google’s Bid for Your Health Life A free app that knows your medical history, interprets your blood tests, and gives you health advice — what could possibly go wrong?The GLP-1 Economy: From Gold Rush to Ground Game The weight-loss drug boom is cooling — but who’s cashing in next? Inside the business model pivot reshaping obesity care and chronic health.Melanoma Risk Calculator: Precision Prevention Down Under An Australian tool predicts your personal skin-cancer risk. Galleri Blood Test: The 50-Cancer Promise A single blood draw that could detect 50 cancers — miracle of modern medicine or the next overhyped moonshot?Resources:Global Digital Health Partnership Maturity Assessments LinkMelanoma Risk Calculator: Pulse+IT linkJoe McDonald’s book, FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas – LinkVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news.Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+ITFollow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+ITSend us your questions [email protected] by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

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