Welcome to Pulse: Hot Topics, where Louise and George unpack the big shifts shaping healthcare right now.

Digital Health Maturity: Measuring What Matters
Is your health system truly digitally mature — or just good at buying software? We dig into the global frameworks that could finally separate progress from PR.

Verily Me: Google’s Bid for Your Health Life
A free app that knows your medical history, interprets your blood tests, and gives you health advice — what could possibly go wrong?

The GLP-1 Economy: From Gold Rush to Ground Game
The weight-loss drug boom is cooling — but who’s cashing in next? Inside the business model pivot reshaping obesity care and chronic health.

Melanoma Risk Calculator: Precision Prevention Down Under
An Australian tool predicts your personal skin-cancer risk.

Galleri Blood Test: The 50-Cancer Promise
A single blood draw that could detect 50 cancers — miracle of modern medicine or the next overhyped moonshot?

Resources:

• Global Digital Health Partnership Maturity Assessments Link
• Melanoma Risk Calculator: Pulse+IT link
• Joe McDonald’s book, FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas – Link

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