About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of digital transformation in healthcare and features insights from entrepreneur Mariano García-Valiño on scaling health tech for chronic disease management.
Why has healthcare resisted digital transformation longer than almost any other industry? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we're joined by Mariano García-Valiño, four-time entrepreneur, digital health innovator, and CEO of AXENYA—recently named one of the world's best digital health companies by Newsweek . Mariano has built, scaled, and exited billion-dollar healthcare companies by combining technology, data, and human-centered design to tackle chronic disease at scale. Mariano is also the author of Inedible , where he argues that modern healthcare is still built for acute illness, not the chronic conditions driving today's costs and outcomes. In this conversation, we explore why software alone isn't enough, how AI and continuous care models unlock real impact, and what it actually takes to scale health tech in complex, regulated markets. From leadership and entrepreneurship to AI-enabled care delivery, Mariano shares hard-earned lessons on building companies with both scale and purpose. If you care about digital health, healthcare transformation, or meaningful innovation, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.
People in this episode
Host: Tom Hickey
Guest: Mariano García-Valiño
Topics covered
- digital transformation
- healthcare
- chronic disease
- AI in healthcare
- entrepreneurship
- health tech
Keywords
- digital health
- healthcare transformation
- AI
- continuous care
- entrepreneurship
- chronic conditions
- health tech scaling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AXENYA, Newsweek
Books & works: Inedible
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