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Synapse

Podcast by Emma Barbier

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Technology & science

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Despite hopeful gasps and flashy promises, many healthcare innovations never make it to the market, ultimately stalling against the countless barriers preventing their adoption. The culprit ? Increasingly complex healthcare systems, lack of understanding of market realities, a disconnect between innovation and care delivery, backward policies, complex regulations... and many more that we uncover and explore through conversations with innovators, healthcare professionals, and public decision-makers. The mission ? Find concrete ways to overcome these barriers and reconnect the world of innovation to our healthcare systems… synapse after synapse. ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/) and on our website (https://linktr.ee/synapsepodcast) 🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAdhHs3BjOz4Ez6k2JiybMK8gXNu5RAQ/view?usp=sharing) and join our mailing list (https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ) 🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com (mailto:emma@synapsepodcast.com) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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7 episodes

episode #4 - De l'EPFL à la startup MedTech: l'aventure Healium artwork

#4 - De l'EPFL à la startup MedTech: l'aventure Healium

Nous vous emmenons dans les coulisses d'Healium, start-up fondée par deux étudiants de l’EPFL, qui remettent l'adhésion thérapeutique au cœur du débat avec Medicase, un pilulier connecté. Comment construire sa légitimité quand on est un jeune innovateur en santé ? Comment bien s’entourer ? Quelles clés pour aller à la rencontre de l’écosystème ? Quelles qualités cultiver sur fond d’incertitude et de temps long ? Autant de questions que nous abordons avec Moncef Assa, CEO de Healium. Un épisode particulièrement intéressant pour les jeunes entrepreneurs en santé de l’arc lémanique ! On parle de : * Co-création avec les professionnels de santé * Savoir s'entourer des bons experts * Identifier ses partenaires * Allier jeunesse & crédibilité * Accepter l'incertitude & fournir un effort dans le temps long Pour les curieux : * Unisanté [https://www.unisante.ch/fr] * H4 [https://www.h4vd.ch] * Blaze [https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/programs/blaze/] * La Forge [https://laforge-incubator.ch] * Future of Health Grant [https://future-of-health.org] * Genilem [https://genilem.ch] * La FIT [https://www.fondation-fit.ch/fr/] ❤️ Soutenez-nous ! Abonnez-vous, et suivez l'aventure sur LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/] 🐥 Nouveau ? Informez-vous sur nos raison d'être et missions [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAdhHs3BjOz4Ez6k2JiybMK8gXNu5RAQ/view] et rejoignez notre mailing list [https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ] 🤝 Vous souhaitez collaborer ? Contactez moi sur emma@synapsepodcast.com [emma@synapsepodcast.com] This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://www.ausha.co/privacy-policy/] for more information. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

18 Mar 2026 - 54 min
episode #3 - Transformer un système de santé en profondeur : l'aventure Lifen artwork

#3 - Transformer un système de santé en profondeur : l'aventure Lifen

Dans la santé, innover, c'est avoir la capacité et surtout la volonté d'accompagner tout un écosystème vers le changement. L’aventure ne commence pas à l’étude de marché, ni une fois la technologie développée… ni même au premier investisseur. Elle commence lorsqu'on parvient à rallier les acteurs clés autour d’une cause suffisamment essentielle pour mériter leur attention. C’est seulement alors qu’on peut commencer à parler de réussite. C’est ce qu’ont su faire Franck Le Ouay [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#] et ses équipes chez Lifen [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#], qui accompagnent la digitalisation du système de santé français depuis 10 ans… Qui a dit marathon 👀 ? Alors arrêtez de sprinter, et rejoignez-nous le temps d'un épisode ! On parle de : * Choisir le premier cas d'usage: entre potentiel d'impact et faisabilité * Libérer la donnée de santé * Le juste rôle de l'Etat * Allier impact social et viabilité financière Barrières à l'adoption abordées : * Savoir choisir un cas d'usage à impact * La dette technique de l'Hôpital * Le coût cognitif à l'adoption * La mouvance des politiques de santé Pour les curieux : * Lifen [https://www.lifen.fr] * Resilience Care [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#] * Nabla [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#] ❤️ Soutenez-nous ! Abonnez-vous, et suivez l'aventure sur LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/] 🐥 Nouveau ? Informez-vous sur nos raison d'être et missions [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAdhHs3BjOz4Ez6k2JiybMK8gXNu5RAQ/view] et rejoignez notre mailing list [https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ] 🤝 Vous souhaitez collaborer ? Contactez moi sur emma@synapsepodcast.com [emma@synapsepodcast.com] This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

18 Feb 2026 - 1 h 5 min
episode #2 - Kicked out of the lab: entering healthcare ventures artwork

#2 - Kicked out of the lab: entering healthcare ventures

How has the healthcare startup landscape evolved over the last 20 years? What are must-know for a scientist building a venture? What does “the perfect path to failure” look like? What does it take to go from 0 to 1? In this episode, Venturelab [https://www.venturelab.swiss] co-founder Jordi Montserrat [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordimontserrat/] takes us through an innovator’s journey, drawing on 20 years of shaping the Swiss startup ecosystem and helping ventures take off. Together, we explore: * The emergence of startups over the last 20 years * Entering entrepreneurship with a technical/scientific background * Fundraising in healthcare * Innovation as a cornerstone of resilience in times of crisis Barriers to adoption we discussed: * Regulatory hurdles * Business case: the dependance on reimbursement * The healthcare space's risk aversion * Healthcare's high entry barrier * Increasing evidence requirements * ... and more For the curious ones: * Innosuisse [https://www.innosuisse.admin.ch/en] * Top 100 Swiss Startups [https://www.top100startups.ch] * Distalmotion [https://www.distalmotion.com] * Lunaphore [https://lunaphore.com/?utm_term=lunaphore&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=1564322435&hsa_cam=14642347596&hsa_grp=133973386264&hsa_ad=545752517516&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1475154400287&hsa_kw=lunaphore&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14642347596&gbraid=0AAAAABcAh81cElEkIgQ8slpkphlPOKlGb&gclid=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIsZ6Vobb8SFTeNOVbh4BliC1ChY55W7yv8uREFKfcnwVzCFVb_o65xoCVLIQAvD_BwE] * Amal therapeutics [https://www.amaltherapeutics.com] * Virtuosis AI [https://www.virtuosis.ai] * Working the pond [https://www.amazon.com/Work-Power-Positive-Networking-Forward/dp/0735204020] (book) ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/] and on our website [https://linktr.ee/synapsepodcast] 🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wJXYyRgpx_U9Mg_9ZKnDDiSqo5b8cILB/view?usp=sharing]and join our mailing list [https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ] 🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com [emma@synapsepodcast.com] This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

4 Feb 2026 - 1 h 18 min
episode #1 - Back to basics: how clinicians & institutions approach innovation artwork

#1 - Back to basics: how clinicians & institutions approach innovation

What do those engaged in care delivery expect from innovation ? What kind of innovation do they adopt? What role should they play in the innovation process? How can we innovate closest to real needs? Where do we even start? In this episode, Florian Rossiaud-Fischer (Director within the Swiss Medical Network, former Chief Innovation Officer at Hôpital de la Tour) gives us a behind-the-scenes perspective of clinicians' and healthcare executives' day-to-day, and how they perceive innovation in it. Together, we explore: * Best practices for innovators * The difference between the public and private sectors' freedom to adopt innovation * A rare perspective: innovating in the way our healthcare systems function to increase resilience and efficiency, with the example of the Swiss Medical Network's Viva Health initiative for integrated care * Value-based healthcare, and why it can be a guiding star to develop innovation that matters Barriers to adoption we tried to solve * The disconnect between innovation & care delivery * Innovators' common mistake: bitting more than you can chew * How healthcare systems' complexity hinders adoption * Innovations having to meet the expectations of a large variety of stakeholders * How the public sector's obligation to "serve all" can slow down innovation adoption * ... more in the episode For the curious ones * Value-based care [https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation-center/value-based-care-spotlight/basics-value-based-care](basics) * ICHOM [https://www.ichom.org] (International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement) * The Swiss Medical Network [https://www.swissmedical.net/en] * Viva Health [https://viva-health.ch] * The Genolier Innovation Hub [https://www.genolierinnovation.com/en/] ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/] and on our website [https://linktr.ee/synapsepodcast] 🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wJXYyRgpx_U9Mg_9ZKnDDiSqo5b8cILB/view?usp=sharing]and join our mailing list [https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ] 🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com [emma@synapsepodcast.com] This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

21 Jan 2026 - 1 h 12 min
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