The Entrepreneurial Clinician: Could Clinicians Build Better Healthcare Systems? What Happens Between Sessions Matters Most with Laura Simmons

Hosted by Jo Muirhead, The Entrepreneurial Clinician is a podcast for allied health professionals and private practice owners who are building sustainable, profitable businesses without burning out.

This podcast interview with Theratrak Founder & Occupational Therapist Laura Simmons explores why “what happens between sessions” is often the real driver of outcomes, and what changes when clinicians build better systems to support real-life follow-through.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about:

  • Why therapy “homework” so often falls apart in real life.

  • The gap between sessions and everyday implementation.

  • How allied health professionals are natural problem solvers (and why that matters for innovation).

  • OT skills that transfer into tech, UX, and healthcare innovation.

  • The future of asynchronous and digitally supported care.

  • Startup realities: risk, sustainability, and building without knowing how to code.

  • Co-design, user experience, and listening deeply to clients and families.


This episode makes a simple point that clinicians and families live every week: therapy doesn’t succeed on good intentions alone - it succeeds when support is designed for real life between appointments.

It also reframes innovation as a clinician-led opportunity: not “tech replacing people,” but clinicians shaping better systems for continuity, communication, and follow-through.


The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast: S5 E8

What Happens Between Sessions Matters Most with Laura Simmons

 
 
 
 

The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast: S5 E8

What Happens Between Sessions Matters Most with Laura Simmons