612 - Small Steps, Big Futures: Solving Maternity Care One Happy Baby at a Time

About this episode

The episode discusses a digital health platform improving maternity care and its impact on early childhood health.

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, Peter Birch speaks with Brendan Tang and Peter Rady from Medicity. Together, they discuss EVE, a digital health platform improving maternity care, supporting parents, and optimising outcomes in the crucial first 2,000 days of life. The discussion covers the strategic framework behind early childhood health, the ways technology can enhance communication between hospitals and clinicians, and how feedback from both clinicians and families drives EVE's development. They also explore the real-world impact of the platform, including how one Melbourne hospital reduced maternal hypertension and hyperemesis admissions by 50%, the economic case for early intervention, and why getting the first 2,000 days right has consequences that reach well beyond the maternity ward. The conversation also touches on the importance of building support networks that extend beyond the mother, and the challenge of scaling digital solutions equitably across communities. Looking further ahead, Brendan and Peter R share their vision for what prevention-focused perinatal care could look like at a state and national level. Key Takeaways 🍼 Focusing on the first 2,000 days…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Birch

Guests: Brendan Tang, Peter Rady

Topics covered

• maternity care
• digital health
• early childhood health
• technology in healthcare
• parent support
• health outcomes
• perinatal care

Keywords

• maternity care
• digital health
• EVE
• early intervention
• health outcomes
• parent support
• hospital communication
• maternal health
• community support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Medicity

Products: EVE

Places: Melbourne

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