E145: Inventing ‘Virtual Wards’, Population Health and Big Data - Dr Geraint Lewis (Director of Population Health - Microsoft)
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Show Notes
In this week’s episode Geraint shares his journey from clinical medicine to public health, inventing the concept for ‘Virtual Wards’ to now being the Director of Population Health at Microsoft.
We discussed:
👩⚕️ First few years in clinical medicine
👨⚕️ Practising as an ED doctor in Australia -> coming back to the UK
⚕️Building a career in public health
🗣️ Explaining what public health is for non-clinicians
💡 Creativity while practising medicine
😷 Dealing with COVID as a public health doctor
👩💻 Inventing ‘Virtual Wards’
🇺🇸 Fellowship in America and becoming a Senior Director at Walgreens
📊 Becoming the Chief data officer for NHS England
🧱 Building systems, structures and a team while at NHS England
🧠 How to become first of mind for career opportunities
💬 The tweet that landed a role at Microsoft
🗣️ Becoming an industry advisor for Microsoft
🖡 Role as a ‘translator’ between big tech and healthcare in the NHS
🏥 Real-life applications from Microsoft in the NHS
Dr Geraint Lewis is the Director of Population Health at Microsoft, previously served as Chief Data Officer at NHS England and a Senior Director at Walgreens. He is a Public Health Consultant, having worked on virtual wards, remote monitoring, and predictive analytics. Dr Lewis has authored a postgraduate textbook and published over 40 peer-reviewed papers.
In partnership with Microsoft:
Webinar - Microsoft for Healthcare focused ISVs - Recording
Apply to the Microsoft Startup program - Founders Hub
Join the Microsoft UK ISV LinkedIn group
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