#435: Hidden barriers to healthtech adoption with Saira Ghafur from Prova Health

About this episode

Dr. Saira Ghafur discusses the challenges and realities of healthtech adoption and regulation in healthcare.

This week, James is joined by Dr Saira Ghafur, respiratory consultant, health tech leader, and Co-Founder of Prova Health. She shares her journey from medical training in Scotland to NHS consultancy, policy fellowships at NHS England and in New York, and co-founding two health tech ventures. Saira discusses the realities of scaling digital health, generating credible evidence for innovation, and the challenges of regulating AI in healthcare. Connect with Saira: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-saira-g-943a1b1b/ Learn more about Prova Health: https://www.provahealth.com/ Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company:https://somx.health/ Apply to be a guest on The Healthtech Podcast: https://www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to our newsletter, Healthtech Pigeon 🐦:https://www.healthtechpigeon.com/

People in this episode

Host: Dr. James Somauroo

Guest: Dr Saira Ghafur

Topics covered

• healthtech adoption
• digital health
• AI in healthcare
• scaling health tech
• evidence generation
• health policy

Keywords

• healthtech
• digital health
• AI regulation
• evidence generation
• NHS
• health policy
• Prova Health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prova Health, NHS England

Places: Scotland, New York

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