Tjaša Zajc (Tyasha Zayc) lives and breathes all things digital health. She is a chronic patient who channels her patient journey insights into her work.
After a 10 year career as a healthcare journalist she transitioned to the healthcare IT sector, where she worked as a business development specialist for 7 years. Since 2015 she’s done over 400 interviews on the global digital health industry at conferences and through Faces of digital health - a podcast and newsletter that explore how healthcare systems globally adopt technology since 2017. Known for her thoughtful and probing interview style, in conversations she bridges expert insight with real-world complexity, helping speakers unpack nuance, clarify trade-offs, and explore what truly drives impact at scale. She is a sharp, systems-oriented moderator who brings deep knowledge of digital health and a strong command of the policy, technology, and ethical dimensions shaping innovation.
In 2026 she started The Agentic Patient: a podcast series about patient stories and practical insights on safe use of AI as a patient.
She is the author of two documentaries - Hopes and hypes around digital health (2016) and (OVER)DOSE - How can we prevent medication errors? (2021). She regularly works with digital health conferences as a content advisor, keynote speaker and professional moderator and is the content lead for HIMSS Europe.
