Listen "Measuring What Matters: Maturity Tests, Miracle Blood Tests, and the Great Health Data Grab"
Episode Synopsis
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
More episodes of the podcast PULSE
Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Bonus Show
02/01/2026
Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Part II
30/12/2025
Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Part I
23/12/2025
Healthcare’s Trust Paradox: AI Scribes, Augmented Humans, and the Rise of “Influencer Medicine”
12/12/2025
Elon’s promise of surgical robots, nanobots, D2C blood tests: innovation, hype and health equity
28/11/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.