{"podcast":{"title":"Healthtech Talks with Fexingo: Digital Health, Telemedicine, and Medical Software","slug":"healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821","podcast_index_feed_id":7871821,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":104,"summary":"Every day, a new health technology company claims to reinvent healthcare. Which ones actually improve patient outcomes, and which are just repackaging old inefficiencies with better user interfaces? In Healthtech Talks with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna cut through the hype to examine the real economics and clinical evidence behind digital health, telemedicine, and medical software. They analyze specific companies — from telemedicine platforms like Teladoc to AI diagnostic tools from Aidoc — dissecting their business models, regulatory hurdles, and adoption curves. Lucas brings a journalist's precision to revenue numbers, clinical trial data, and policy changes (e.g., FDA digital health guidance, CMS telehealth reimbursement rules). Luna challenges assumptions about scalability, patient privacy, and equity of access, grounded in real-world case studies like Babylon Health's rise and fall or the integration of Epic Systems across hospital networks. Each episode focuses on a single topic: how remote patient monitoring platforms affect readmission rates, whether AI scribes actually reduce physician burnout, why some digital therapeutics succeed while others fail FDA clearance. This show is…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T14:19:18.527325+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821"},"episode":{"title":"How AI Is Predicting Hospital Readmissions Within 24 Hours","slug":"how-ai-is-predicting-hospital-readmissions-within-24-hours","published_at":"2026-06-11T20:02:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821/how-ai-is-predicting-hospital-readmissions-within-24-hours","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks/episode-0045.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks/episode-0045.mp3","summary":"Episode 45 of Healthtech Talks with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dive into a new wave of AI models that can predict which patients are likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge — and do it in under 24 hours after admission. They examine a recent study from Mount Sinai Health System in New York, where a deep-learning algorithm trained on electronic health record data achieved an area under the curve of 0.86 — outperforming the traditional LACE index by about 12 percentage points. Lucas explains the three data streams the model uses: vital sign trajectories, medication changes, and nursing notes. Luna questions whether these tools actually change clinician behavior. The episode also explores the operational challenge of turning a prediction into an intervention — like scheduling a follow-up appointment before the patient leaves the bed. Relevant for hospital administrators, health IT leaders, and clinicians tired of being surprised by bounce-backs. #AI #HospitalReadmissions #MountSinai #PredictiveAnalytics #DeepLearning #HealthIT #ElectronicHealthRecords #VitalSigns #NursingNotes #LACEIndex #AUC #30DayReadmission #PopulationHealth #ClinicalDecisionSupport #HospitalOperations #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 45 of Healthtech Talks with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dive into a new wave of AI models that can predict which patients are likely to be readmitted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":437,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821/episodes/how-ai-is-predicting-hospital-readmissions-within-24-hours/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821/how-ai-is-predicting-hospital-readmissions-within-24-hours.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}