{"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 Predicts Surgical Site Infections Before Incisions","slug":"how-ai-predicts-surgical-site-infections-before-incisions","published_at":"2026-07-08T20:43:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthtech-talks-with-fexingo-digital-health-telemedicine-and-medical-software-7871821/how-ai-predicts-surgical-site-infections-before-incisions","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-0099.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/healthtech-talks/episode-0099.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how machine learning models are predicting surgical site infections before the patient even leaves the operating room. They dive into a specific model developed by a team at the University of Michigan Health System, which analyzes pre-op labs, patient history, and intra-operative data to assign a real-time infection risk score. The hosts discuss the 2024 study showing a 40 percent reduction in SSI rates when surgeons used the model to adjust antibiotic timing and wound care protocols. They also touch on the challenges of integrating predictive tools into surgical workflows and the potential for these models to become standard in pre-surgical briefings. A concrete look at how AI is moving from prediction to prevention in one of the most common hospital-acquired conditions. #SurgicalSiteInfection #AIinSurgery #PredictiveAnalytics #UniversityOfMichigan #MachineLearning #PatientSafety #InfectionPrevention #HealthcareAI #ClinicalDecisionSupport #PreOpRisk #SurgicalOutcomes #HealthTech #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DigitalHealth #MedTech #AntibioticStewardship Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how machine learning models are predicting surgical site infections before the patient even leaves the operating r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":649,"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-predicts-surgical-site-infections-before-incisions/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-predicts-surgical-site-infections-before-incisions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}