In this episode, we delve into the world of AI-powered healthcare with Shayan Mashatian, the founder of Pingoo.AI. You can learn how this innovative startup is applying AI to tackle a critical healthcare challenge: diabetic foot ulcers.

Shayan highlights the alarming statistics surrounding diabetes and its complications, emphasizing the need for greatly improved patient education and engagement. Pingoo.AI's solution leverages AI to provide personalized education and support for patients, helping them understand their condition and manage it effectively.

Shayan also shares how collaboration between healthcare providers, innovators, and patients, is leading to better AI integration and use of data. By leveraging technology and fostering a community-driven approach, the Pingoo.AI team is working towards a future where diabetes and its complications are better managed and ultimately prevented, a mission sure to leave you informed and inspired.

Novobeing is addressing a significant problem in healthcare: poor patient experience during hospital stays. Their solution involves using virtual reality technology to transport patients to calming environments, helping to reduce stress and anxiety. Beyond the direct benefits to patients, this also aims to improve HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores, as patient satisfaction increases.

CEO and co-founder, Sid Desai, shares how their research studies are validating these benefits for hospitals systems, with exciting recent results from Massachusetts General Hospital providing further evidence. The company's initial focus is on patients undergoing stem cell transplant procedures, who often face prolonged hospital stays and isolation. Novobeing’s VR technology offers a way to improve their mental well-being and overall experience.

With several hospital systems already testing Novobeing’s solution, Sid discusses the exciting opportunities, including the potential to reduce pharmacological interventions. As the healthcare industry embraces Medical VR, the vision of fully patient-centered care comes closer to reality. Novobeing is well placed to play a central role in this evolution, meaning this story is sure to leave you informed and inspired.

Prapela is a medical device company focused on improving newborn health. Their primary product is a specially designed mattress that uses gentle vibrations to regulate infant breathing, particularly for babies experiencing apnea of prematurity and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.

CEO & co-founder, John Konsin, joins this episode to share how many newborns, especially premature babies, experience breathing irregularities, including apnea and oxygen desaturation. Prapela's innovative mattress offers a non-invasive solution than can reduce the need for additional interventions while lowering costs for hospitals.

Prapela's market potential is significant, as it addresses a common and serious issue affecting newborn infants. Building on decades of research and recent exciting clinical evidence, the Prapela journey is definitely one to track, be sure to tune in so you can be informed and inspired.