47 min
MedWand: The Swiss Army Knife of Telehealth The Bleeding Edge of Digital Health
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In this week’s episode, host Mike Moore talks to Dr. Sam Qamar, the Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and former CEO of telehealth technology company MedWand Solutions.MedWand is a remote diagnostic device that helps providers conduct real-time examinations. Roughly the size of a computer mouse, MedWand provides live monitoring, remote clinical-grade vitals capture, and support for external AI-based vitals data analysis – all the tools a clinician needs for a comprehensive virtual exam. Today, Mike and Sam discuss MedWand’s role in the future of telemedicine, how the stark differences between clinical medicine and telehealth paved the way for MedWand’s invention, and the challenges of bringing this revolutionary technology to life. Notable Quotes“In the real world, if you come in with a cough and a fever, you would at least expect me to listen to your lungs, get your temperature, maybe get a pulse, make sure you don't have COVID perhaps – you expect an examination of sorts when you come in. In fact, you would probably think very differently about a doctor who didn't examine you or put their hands on you when you were sick and you would leave the office dissatisfied. Yet in telemedicine, we had shunned and basically ignored this whole critical component. The standard of care is to listen to someone's lungs is to get their temperature, get their vitals, get data. And that wasn't being done. [Telemedicine and clinical medicine] were both operating in parallel. And that bothered me as a doctor, as a futurist. So I decided to do something about it.” – Sam (05:32)In This Episode(02:10) The genesis of MedWand(06:29) Clinical medicine expectations vs telemedicine expectations(10:15) The engineering behind MedWand(15:15) The Swiss Army Knife of telehealth(19:48) “Borderless medicine” (23:53) Star Trek, The Jetsons and modern medicine(25:35) The future of primary care(33:33) How MedWand works(41:50) The road to FDA approval(43:24) Revolutionizing the transition from hospital to home careOur GuestDr. Sam Qamar is the Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and former CEO of MedWand Solutions. Prior to MedWand, Sam founded Direct Primary Care company MedLion and worked with Google to help develop telemedicine technology. He completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a member of the MIT Tech Review Global Panel, AMA, and American Academy of Family Physicians.
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LinkedIn: The Bleeding Edge of Digital Health
In this week’s episode, host Mike Moore talks to Dr. Sam Qamar, the Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and former CEO of telehealth technology company MedWand Solutions.MedWand is a remote diagnostic device that helps providers conduct real-time examinations. Roughly the size of a computer mouse, MedWand provides live monitoring, remote clinical-grade vitals capture, and support for external AI-based vitals data analysis – all the tools a clinician needs for a comprehensive virtual exam. Today, Mike and Sam discuss MedWand’s role in the future of telemedicine, how the stark differences between clinical medicine and telehealth paved the way for MedWand’s invention, and the challenges of bringing this revolutionary technology to life. Notable Quotes“In the real world, if you come in with a cough and a fever, you would at least expect me to listen to your lungs, get your temperature, maybe get a pulse, make sure you don't have COVID perhaps – you expect an examination of sorts when you come in. In fact, you would probably think very differently about a doctor who didn't examine you or put their hands on you when you were sick and you would leave the office dissatisfied. Yet in telemedicine, we had shunned and basically ignored this whole critical component. The standard of care is to listen to someone's lungs is to get their temperature, get their vitals, get data. And that wasn't being done. [Telemedicine and clinical medicine] were both operating in parallel. And that bothered me as a doctor, as a futurist. So I decided to do something about it.” – Sam (05:32)In This Episode(02:10) The genesis of MedWand(06:29) Clinical medicine expectations vs telemedicine expectations(10:15) The engineering behind MedWand(15:15) The Swiss Army Knife of telehealth(19:48) “Borderless medicine” (23:53) Star Trek, The Jetsons and modern medicine(25:35) The future of primary care(33:33) How MedWand works(41:50) The road to FDA approval(43:24) Revolutionizing the transition from hospital to home careOur GuestDr. Sam Qamar is the Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and former CEO of MedWand Solutions. Prior to MedWand, Sam founded Direct Primary Care company MedLion and worked with Google to help develop telemedicine technology. He completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a member of the MIT Tech Review Global Panel, AMA, and American Academy of Family Physicians.
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LinkedIn: Mike Moore
LinkedIn: The Bleeding Edge of Digital Health
47 min