PULSE

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PULSE, the podcast, produced by Pulse+IT and hosted by digital health legends Louise Schaper and George Margelis, is an enlightening, entertaining look at global digital health trends and current debates with our hosts’ deep takes on all the latest news in digital health.

  1. 5D AGO

    Pulse Summer: Dr Alain Labrique from WHO, on Building Global Digital Health Systems That Serve Countries, Community, and People

    Welcome to Pulse Summer 2026, where Louise and George revisit the Pulse Pod archives to bring you a curated set of interviews which will challenge and inspire. Today, we revisit our chat with friend of Pulse, Dr Alain Labrique, Director for the Department of Digital Health and Innovation at the World Health Organization. We chat about the transformative role of digital health on a global scale. Follow Alain on LinkedIn Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    58 min

  2. JAN 15

    Pulse Summer: Dr Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer at Google, on Trust, AI and Patient Care

    Welcome to Pulse Summer 2026, where Louise and George revisit the Pulse Pod archives to bring you a curated set of interviews which will challenge and inspire. Back in late 2024, we were joined in the studio by Dr Karen DeSalvo — Chief Health Officer at Google, former US National Coordinator for Health IT, public health leader, clinician, and one of the most thoughtful voices globally on how technology, policy and equity intersect in healthcare. We covered a lot of ground in this conversation — from Karen’s journey as a physician and public health leader, to why patient access to their own health information still matters deeply; from AI’s role in drug discovery and clinical practice, to how generative AI could transform public health, prevention, and global health equity at scale.  “Dr Google”, herself personifies what it means to be human and to put people first in everything she does. Follow Karen on LinkedIn Link Google Resources: AI in Action: Accelerating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals Link Transforming Public Health Practice with GenAI. Health Affairs Link Google Open Health Stack Link Google for StartUps Growth Academy Link The Keyword Blog: AI and Health collection Link The Check Up with Google Health Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    57 min

  3. JAN 8

    Pulse Summer: Liz Salmi on What Happens When Patients Get Test Results Before Doctors

    Welcome to Pulse Summer 2026, where Louise and George revisit the Pulse Pod archives to bring you a curated set of interviews which will challenge and inspire. Louise & George talk with Liz Salmi, Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the US about her research and patient advocacy work, and what happens when patients get bad health news from reading it in online first Paper: When Bad News Comes Through the Portal Keynote: Getting Ready for Open Everything, MedInfo 2023 Follow @TheLizArmy on LinkedIn | BlueSky Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    27 min

  4. JAN 1

    Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Bonus Show

    Welcome to Pulse: Year in Review, where Louise and George unpack the big stories from Pulse+IT’s 2025 Year in Review series. Segment 3: AI and the rise of Virtual Care Resources: Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Australian digital health LinkPulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: New Zealand digital health LinkPulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Allied health breaking new ground LinkPulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Community and Aged Care Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    20 min

  5. 12/29/2025

    Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Part II

    Welcome to Pulse: Year in Review, where Louise and George unpack the big stories from Pulse+IT’s 2025 Year in Review series. Segment 1: Aged Care’s Digital Reckoning Segment 2: Allied Health’s Breakthrough Year Resources: Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Allied health breaking new ground LinkPulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Community and Aged Care Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    41 min

  6. 12/22/2025

    Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Part I

    Welcome to Pulse: Year in Review, where Louise and George unpack the big stories from Pulse+IT’s 2025 Year in Review series. Segment 1: AI goes mainstream Segment 2: Modernisation, Standards, and the Path to Integration Segment 3: Risk, Governance & its Relationship to Innovation Resources: Pulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: Australian digital health LinkPulse+IT 2025 Year in Review: New Zealand digital health Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    41 min

  7. 12/11/2025

    Healthcare’s Trust Paradox: AI Scribes, Augmented Humans, and the Rise of “Influencer Medicine”

    Welcome to Pulse: Hot Topics, where Louise and George unpack the big shifts shaping healthcare right now - from billion-dollar hype to human-level trust. Are AI Scribes The Billion-Dollar Burnout Band-Aid? Doctors adore them, investors can’t stop funding them - We dig into the paradox of technology that makes clinicians happy but might not be improving productivity—and why transparency is becoming urgent as these tools expand into agentic workflows. Chatbots in Therapy: When AI Joins the Session From therapists secretly using ChatGPT mid-session, to patients uploading their medical records for advice, and one founder shutting down his AI therapy app over safety fears — can AI-mediated care ever truly be therapeutic? New Zealand’s Digital Déjà Vu After a tough 2024, New Zealand’s back with a 10-year digital health plan, a new Centre for Modernisation, and a promise of one innovation a month. But with no funding announcement and an election looming, is this genuine commitment or just another round of hopeful planning? Tender watch is on. MIT’s Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies MIT Technology Review’s annual list has brain–computer interfaces voted readers’ #11 pick. Are BCIs about to finally enter their translation era? And would George drill a hole in his head for the tech? The BMJ vs. TikTok Medicine What happens when money, marketing, medicine, and misinformation collide? Raffael Heiss can tell you as he’s mapped it. Spoiler alert: it’s not god. Tina Purnat argues we can't regulate this away—we need to recognise the information environment as a determinant of health. Resources: AI Scribes paper, NEJM AI LinkNZ DH Strategy, Pulse+IT Story LinkMIT Technology Review’s Breakthrough Tech List LinkPublic health challenges of ‘medical influencers’ BMJ Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    46 min

  8. 12/04/2025

    You, Me & AI. David Fraile Navarro on triadic care in the clinical consultation

    Welcome to Pulse: Amplify, where we sit down with the leaders and changemakers shaping the future of health.  What happens when AI becomes a valued third party in the clinical consultation between a clinician and the patient? George and Louise sit down with author and postdoctoral research fellow Dr David Fraile Navarro to discuss the British Medical Journal special on generative AI in the clinical encounter. Resources: Connect with David on LinkedIn LinkBMJ special on Generative AI and the Clinical Encounter Link Visit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news. Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT Follow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT Send us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news Production by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric

    34 min
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PULSE, the podcast, produced by Pulse+IT and hosted by digital health legends Louise Schaper and George Margelis, is an enlightening, entertaining look at global digital health trends and current debates with our hosts’ deep takes on all the latest news in digital health.

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  • Creator
    PULSE+IT
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
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