Rewriting Healthcare: How Stories, AI, and Strategy Are Shaping Healthcare

Welcome to HealthTech Check Up! On this week's episode, your hosts Rachelle Galant and Perry Dimas are chatting with Ryan Flinn, communications consultant, biotech strategist, and former Bloomberg journalist—to explore how storytelling, artificial intelligence, and innovative technologies are transforming the healthcare landscape.

Ryan shares his unique journey from classics major to journalist to biotech communicator, revealing how clear, human-centered storytelling is key to navigating a world of complex science, broken systems, and growing mistrust. 

We discuss how tools like ChatGPT can help translate medical jargon, why “being a nice doctor” might be more important than encyclopedic knowledge, and how AI can both challenge and improve health equity.

We also dive into the cutting edge of healthcare innovation—from digital twins and open-source models to AI-powered drug discovery and “lab bench” supercomputers. Ryan unpacks how these technologies could dramatically accelerate treatment development, empower non-scientists to participate in breakthroughs, and reshape the economics of biotech.

💡 Topics Covered:

• Ryan’s path from journalism to biotech communications
  
  
  
• Why plain language is critical in health innovation
  
  
  
• The dual role of AI in health equity and access
  
  
  
• The potential of digital twins and supercomputers in drug discovery
  
  
  
• The systemic funding challenges in biotech
  
  
  
• How non-scientists may help drive future medical breakthroughs
  
  
  
• The evolving patient-provider relationship in the age of AI
  
  
  
• Why storytelling is the secret weapon for healthcare innovators

Whether you're a healthcare professional, communicator, or curious patient, this episode offers a thoughtful look at how technology and empathy can come together to build a more transparent, trustworthy, and inclusive future for medicine.

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