Episodes
Actually Rocket Science; AR & Digital Twins Help Aerospace Engineers Work In 3D - Alex Goldberg
Most of the time spatail computing isn't rocket science, but for this conversation, it is. Alex Goldberg leads augmented reality at Blue Origin. He helps rocket scientists and manufacturing engineers work faster, collaborate better, and solve problems that require precision at the edge of what's possible. His tools include AR glasses for remote assistance, digital twins built from reality capture,...
From Physical Therapist to COO: Beth Ratliff on Systems, Survival, and Strategic Vulnerability || EP.230
"I thought I understood healthcareâuntil I had cancer." Beth Ratliff had spent her entire career in healthcare operations. She'd built multi-site clinical systems, led digital transformations, and risen from physical therapist to C-suite executive. But when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, she discovered something that would fundamentally change how she leads. And it had nothing to do with cli...
How To Prepare For The AI Spatial Race & A New Model For Computing; Or Get Disrupted - Cortney Harding
Cortney Harding thinks the Spatial Race has already started, but most companies are lookiing 10 years ahead. As founder of Friends with Holograms and author of The Spatial Race, she works with Fortune 100 companies to build strategies in spatial computing and artificial intelligence before they get disrupted. Cortney's real focus is solving the actual business problem first. She built an Amazon tr...
From Bedside to Boardroom: Kristi Henderson on Building Healthcare's Future || EP.229
Kristi Henderson invented telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center decades before anyone thought healthcare needed it. While her colleagues were optimizing traditional clinic workflows, Kristi was asking a different question: What if geography didn't dictate healthcare access? By the time the pandemic forced everyone else to figure out virtual care overnight, she'd already spent ...
Robots and Healthcare: A Solution for Caregiving Shortage? (Tanja Ahlin)
The conversation explores the impact of robots on mental health and their role in healthcare. Anthropologist Tanja Ahlin and Faces of digital health host Tjasa Zajc discuss the fascination with robots, the ambiguous identity of robots, their use in elder care, the challenges of integrating robots, the global perspective on robots, and the misconceptions and realities of robots. The conversation ex...
The Secret Behind Felix & Paul Studio's Magical VR âHolodecksâ Is The Focus On Story - Paul RaphaĂ«l
There's a philosophical difference between making a film and creating an experience. Paul RaphaĂ«l discovered that difference when he put the Oculus Rift on for the first time in 2013. He realized immediately that everything he'd been taught about cinemaâframing, pacing, narrative structureâhad to get rethought from the ground up. Twelve years later, he's still figuring out what immersive storytell...
Gail Menasco Spills the Tea on Patient Power and How Advocacy Moves Policy Forward
Welcome back to HITea With Grace, where we sip something warm and spotlight the voices reshaping healthcare. Today Grace is joined by Gail Menasco, founder of the Bra Society and a powerful advocate for women navigating breast reconstruction and broader healthcare challenges. Gail shares the personal cancer journey that led her into advocacy at just 38 years old and how it shaped her mission to em...
Nick Adkins Spills the Tea on the PinkSocks Movement
On this week's HITea with Grace, our host is joined by Nick Adkins, Founder of PinkSocks, for a joyful and heartfelt conversation inspired by his new book that captures years of adventure, connection, and community building. Nick shares the story behind the PinkSocks movement, how a simple symbol grew into a global community, and why the message of empathy and kindness continues to resonate across...
EHDS, Opt-Out, and Trust: The Next Decade of European Health Data (Dipak Kalra)
In this episode, Dipak Kalra, President of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data, joins Faces of Digital Health to break down the real progress (and real gaps) in European health data, from legacy âhybridâ paper/digital workflows to the underused potential of clinical decision support that depends on structured data. We explore what EHDS changesâespecially the promise of a stan...









