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Hosted by Healthia · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 17 episodes
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Technology doesn’t transform services. People do. Problems Worth Solving brings you conversations with the leaders, practitioners, and radical thinkers reshaping health, care and support services. It's hosted by Sam Menter, co-founder of Healthia (www.healthia.services). From transformation and AI to prevention and human-centred design, each episode uncovers the ideas and experiences behind lasting change. Guests include NHS directors, policy shapers, entrepreneurs, clinicians, and designers — all united by a drive to solve complex problems. Listen if you would like to understand how health systems can evolve to meet today’s pressures and tomorrow’s possibilities.
Healthia hosts Problems Worth Solving, a technology show with 17 episodes published.
Tero Väänänen, Head of Design at NHS England, has spent nearly thirty years watching the same pattern repeat across finance, telecoms, and now one of the world's most complex health systems. Organisations optimise the ca
At a radiology AI conference, a clinician described a simple interface choice: an agree/disagree button for feeding back on AI diagnoses. It looked clean and efficient. But it assumed something fundamentally untrue: that
Last year, GP teams in England delivered over 380 million appointments — and the pressure is on to deliver even more. But maybe the bigger opportunity isn't making each consultation faster? What if it's rethinking the re
In this episode, Helen Thomas , Chief Executive of Digital Health and Care Wales , shares a rare and honest perspective on the human side of transformation. Drawing on more than 36 years in the NHS, including leading Wal
Imagine starting every day with a calculation: what you eat, how you move, whether an unexpected walk or a stressful meeting will tip your blood sugars out of range. That daily mental load sets the stage for our conversa
Professor Jim McManus: Zooming out on prevention In this episode, we explore prevention in its widest sense — across systems, communities and everyday life. Professor Jim McManus, National Director of Health and Wellbein
The way we design health apps is shaping who stays healthy and who gets left behind. In this conversation, Amber Vodegel, founder of the world’s largest pregnancy app, Pregnancy Plus , and now CEO of 28x, challenges how
What if the word "solution" is generating more problems than it solves? In this revealing conversation, Rachel Hope, Director of Digital Prevention Services for the NHS, challenges our fundamental thinking about technolo
Transformation is pervasive but we rarely discuss implementation - the secret sauce of successful change. In this episode, we explore one of the most persistent challenges: how to turn promising ideas into real, lasting
At some point in your life, the chances are that you'll either become a carer or be cared for. For Charlotte Newman, this reality became the foundation for groundbreaking social innovation. With 5.7 million unpaid carers
Imagine passing your health data down like a family heirloom. Not just a list of conditions, but a rich personal history — something that could help your children and grandchildren live longer, healthier lives. But that
Dr Katharine Halliday, President of the Royal College of Radiologists and a leading voice in UK radiology, joins host Sam Menter to discuss how collaboration, authentic leadership, and ground-up innovation drive meaningf
In this two part episode, we talk to Dr. Jonathan Gregory , a former NHS cancer surgeon turned healthcare innovator, to explore the intersection of data, digital tools, AI, and patient-centred design in transforming canc
In this two part episode, we talk to Dr. Jonathan Gregory , a former NHS cancer surgeon turned healthcare innovator, to explore the intersection of data, digital tools, AI, and patient-centred design in transforming canc
Dr. Videha Sharma—NHS doctor, clinical innovation lead at the University of Manchester, and co-founder of Fava Health—joins host, Sam Menter from Healthia®, to explore how prevention-focused care, human-centered design,
Rochelle Gold—Head of User Research and User-Centred Design at NHS England—joins host, Sam Menter from Healthia®, to explore the challenge of making digital services more human. They discuss how actionable insights from
Dr. Lia Ali—consultant psychiatrist and clinical advisor at NHS England’s Transformation Directorate—joins host, Sam Menter from Healthia ®, to explore the intersection of healthcare, human-centered design, and digital i
Helen Thomas
Digital Health and Care Wales
1 appearance on this show
Dr David Cheney
Diabetes UK
1 appearance on this show
Jim McManus
Public Health Wales
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Hope
NHS
1 appearance on this show
Malte Gerhold
Health Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Charlotte Newman
Carefree
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Dunscombe
OpenEHR
1 appearance on this show
Dr Katharine Halliday
Royal College of Radiologists
1 appearance on this show
Rochelle Gold
NHS England
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Lia Ali
NHS England
1 appearance on this show
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