Clubhouse, Digital Therapeutics and How Can We Speed Up Innovation Adoption (Jhonathan Bringas, Diana Van Stijn)
“There's no readiness for digital therapeutics (DTx) yet in many places in the world. I think that the United States has found a blue ocean for DTX, especially because there are a lot of employee-employer types of DTx arrangements that work. But in Europe it's not that easy to just prescribe a DTx,” says Jhonathan Bringas, digital health consultant.
It’s been quite a while since we started talking about Clubhouse in the past tense. But in 2021, it was THE platform to join.
Some people got more from it than others. Medical doctors Diana Van Stijn and Jhonathan Bringas, a married couple from the Netherlands made a mark in the digital health community in the Digital Health Channel, which was founded by Bringas and healthcare expert Amit Goldman. The Channel has 6400 members today. Diana founded MedNet - a club targeted at medical professionals.
At the peak of activity on Clubhouse, several discussions took place on a weekly basis in the Digital Health Channel and MedNet. Diana and Jhonathan found advisors for their startup on the platform. They forged a collaboration with Medscape. While they are not active on Clubhouse anymore, Jhonathan still occasionally facilitates discussions for Medscape, this time on Linkedin.
Diana and Jhonatan are continuing their pursuit of bridging the gap between medical practice and innovation. They’re the co-founders of Lapsi health, a digital health startup that was first looking at a digital therapeutic solution for asthma in children but is now pivoting in the space of digital biomarkers. Most of the time, however, Diana works as a clinical resident at Amsterdam UMC Hospital and Jhonathan as the digital health consultant and lecturer.
In this short discussion, you’re going to hear a bit more about their journey, perspective on digital therapeutics, and bridging the gap between academia and the industry to accelerate healthcare innovation.
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