Could drones deliver your medicine?

What if the biggest challenge in healthcare wasn't medicine...

...but getting the right people to work together?

In Part 1 of this fascinating conversation, Professor Derek O'Keeffe — consultant endocrinologist, engineer and founder of the Hive Lab at the University of Galway — explains why solving healthcare problems often starts outside the hospital.

From delivering medicines by drone after Storm Ophelia, to creating smart connected medical devices and bringing engineers and clinicians together, this is a story about practical innovation that is already changing lives.

In this episode:

• Why Derek calls himself a "physicianeer"

• Why healthcare is full of engineering problems

• The remarkable drone medicine delivery project

• Why regulation is often a bigger challenge than technology

• The story behind the "digital stent"

• Why the best innovations start with a real human problem

This isn't a conversation about gadgets.