On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Carlo ↗
In their words
how do we eliminate taps, how do we prevent the clinician from having to take off the glove ever, how do we design it for one-handed usage so that when you're out in the field with a client you can take a picture
one of the things that we learned is that it doesn't matter how much you drink the kool-aid of the glory of technology disruption — healthcare doesn't want that
remember the mantra: design is simplicity, and you need to design for one thing, and you need to focus
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
Who is Carlo Perez?
The founder of Swift Medical, the Toronto digital wound care company, where he was CEO from 2015 until March 2023. He is now chief product officer at SafelyYou, an AI fall detection company for dementia care.
What did Carlo Perez talk about at TechTO?
Clinicians Are People Too, at HealthTO in July 2017. His argument: healthcare software is designed as if its users were aliens, disruption is what clinicians hate most, and the way in is graceful evolution — hide advanced features, use familiar icons, get the technology out of the way.
What is Swift Medical?
A Toronto company whose Swift Skin and Wound software turns a smartphone camera into a wound measurement tool. Perez founded it in 2015; it raised a US$35M Series B in 2021 and is now led by CEO Dwayne Sansone.