{"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 Reshaping Hospital OR Scheduling","slug":"how-ai-is-reshaping-hospital-or-scheduling","published_at":"2026-06-15T07:44:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821/how-ai-is-reshaping-hospital-or-scheduling","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-0052.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks/episode-0052.mp3","summary":"Episode 52 of Healthtech Talks digs into one of the most stubborn operational headaches in healthcare: operating room scheduling. Lucas and Luna explore how Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago used machine learning to cut unused OR time by 18% in 2025, saving $4.2 million annually. They walk through the specific model—a gradient-boosted decision tree trained on case duration, surgeon preferences, and patient comorbidities—and explain why simple averages fail. The episode also touches on the human resistance from surgeons who felt the AI encroached on their autonomy, and how the hospital ultimately blended algorithmic predictions with a weekly surgeon review. A concrete look at where healthtech meets operations, without the hype. #AIinHealthcare #ORScheduling #NorthwesternMemorial #GradientBoosting #HealthtechOperations #MachineLearning #HospitalEfficiency #SurgicalScheduling #PredictiveAnalytics #OperatingRoom #HealthcareLogistics #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #HealthtechTalks #DigitalHealth #HospitalManagement #AIOperations Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 52 of Healthtech Talks digs into one of the most stubborn operational headaches in healthcare: operating room scheduling. Lucas and Luna explore h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":493,"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-reshaping-hospital-or-scheduling/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-reshaping-hospital-or-scheduling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}