In Part 2 of our HLTH 2025 conversation, Stuart and Bethany dive into the actual innovations that stood out on the conference floor — not the flashy AI branding, not the megabooths, but the clever, focused technologies solving real problems for patients and clinicians.

Stuart shares three products that caught his attention:

• Temperature-sensing diabetic socks designed to reduce amputations

• Entia’s Liberty home CBC device enabling oncology patients to monitor blood counts without constant hospital visits

• PLAUD’s clinician-friendly portable ambient transcription tools, reshaping workflow for doctors outside exam rooms

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Beyond the tech, we also explore the value of big multi-day events vs. niche specialty conferences, the economics of booths, why startups struggle for visibility, and how clinicians and small clinics can adopt technology without enterprise budgets.

If you work in health tech, digital health, clinical workflows, or simply want to know what’s actually worth paying attention to at HLTH, you’ll find a lot here.

00:00 — Welcome to Part 2 & framing the discussion

00:48 — Why solving a real problem matters (benefits vs. features)

01:20 — Innovation #1: Temperature-sensing diabetic socks

04:40 — The future of wearables & clinical data flow

06:30 — Innovation #2: Entia Liberty home CBC analyzer

10:50 — Chemotherapy, home monitoring & equity questions

12:54 — Innovation #3: Ambient scribing everywhere (big & small players)

14:40 — PLAUD’s rise & why clinicians secretly love it

20:10 — Small tech solving big problems vs. enterprise vendors

23:20 — Big vs. niche conferences: which actually deliver value?

28:30 — Booth ROI, startup economics & brand awareness reality

32:40 — Lead scanning horror stories & capturing meaningful conversations

39:20 — Should conferences use ambient capture? A future idea

41:55 — Wrapping up: JOMO, event culture & what comes next

43:10 — Closing & “Keep Haverin!”

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