#31: Making Sense of Digital Medicine Regulatory Pathways (with Smit Patel, Associate Director at DiMe)
Slice of Healthcare Team
Mar 29, 2023
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What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Smit Patel about how the Digital Medicine Society, better known as “DiMe”, is building the professional home for digital medicine. Smit shares how DiMe and its partners are tackling the toughest digital medicine challenges, developing clinical-quality resources on a tech timeline, and delivering actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. DiMe serves professionals at the intersection of the global healthcare and technology communities. BONUS: Smit is our very first T10 Alum to go through the Final Frontier, Tim’s 50-second gauntlet to finish all future Voyages. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Smit’s path to clinical medicine and his decision to pursue a career in service to patients as a PharmD
- Why Smit is passionate about advancing digital medicine and his work at DiMe
- The power of connectedness and treating digital health as a team sport
- How Smit and his team are supporting the adoption and deployment of digital medicine in large integrated care organizations like the Department of Veteran Affairs
- How DiMe led its 8-month collaboration called the Digital Health Regulatory Pathways Project that brought together stakeholders from Medtech, academia, trade associations, and digital health innovators to create free, interactive resources for the community
- How DiMe’s Reg Path Tool helps innovators from square one as they begin to navigate the landscape of digital health regulation and the FDA.
- How many different stakeholders have a hard time navigating regulations and laws for publishing the devices that are being built, and how often that leads to products not reaching their full potential in the marketplace.
Final Frontier - 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: Building trust across stakeholders
- Top Opportunity: Ethics, equity, and accessibility
- Tech Trend You’re Following: AI/ML in oncology
- Top Media Recs: Exits & Outcomes (Link→); DTx Podcast (Link→)
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following:
- Jennifer Goldsack (LinkedIn →)
- Ben Schwartz (LinkedIn →)
- Ami Bhatt (LinkedIn →)
- Grace Cordovano ( LinkedIn →)
- Joe Connolly (LinkedIn →)
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