Today’s guest is RJ Kedziora, Co-founder, Partner, and Chief Operating and Technology Officer at Estenda Solutions. Estenda is a healthcare and medical custom software development, data analytics, and consulting company with 20 years of experience in digital health. RJ joins us on today’s program to talk about challenges for healthcare leaders in driving the data necessary to take advantage of these new use cases in generative AI and beyond. Throughout the episode, RJ provides measured and tested frameworks for tackling new opportunities in the standardization and interoperability of healthcare systems, especially where they intersect with the need for data sharing across the sector and what that means for HIPAA protections. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.

Today’s guest is Xiong Liu, Director of Data Science and AI at Novartis. Xiong joins us on the program today to offer life sciences leaders a framework for driving meaningful data infrastructure advancements at their organizations. Xiong emphasizes the need for robust data quality, ethics considerations, and scalability to ensure practical applications in real-life use cases. Later, he highlights the importance of understanding customer perspectives, aligning business goals with AI efforts, and leveraging graph databases to manage large-scale healthcare data. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guest is Shreyas Becker, Head of AI & Data Products, Manufacturing & Supply at Sanofi. Shreyas returns to the Emerj podcast platform to talk about best strategies for driving digital transformation in life sciences organizations. Throughout the episode, he offers cogent and tested advice through the lens of manufacturing workflows for the ends of managing up and winning executive buy-in for systems and initiatives where the road to ROI can be opaque. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guests are Tom Hayes and Gareth Dabbs, Senior Director of Product Strategy & Commercialization and Global Technology Product Strategy Lead at IQVIA, respectively. They return to the p to share two use cases helping to drive quality patient experiences between healthcare and insurance workflows. The first focuses on optimizing omnichannel marketing for compliance. The second use case centers on building trust and value in caretaker support systems through personalized insights. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guest is Anne Phelan, Chief Scientific Officer at BenevolentAI. Benevolent is a global leader in applying advanced AI to accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery, leveraging the latest technologies to uncover new biology, predict novel targets, and develop treatments for some of the world’s most complex diseases. Anne joins the program today to give us an insider’s view into how her team uses a suite of cutting-edge tools to predict the properties of a drug, as well as its pharmacology and suitability for dosing in humans. This episode is sponsored by BenevolentAI. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach the Emerj audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today’s guest is Dr. Dan Elton, a Data Scientist at the Mass General Brigham Data Science Office. He’s also a fellow at the Foresight Institute and previously served as a staff scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Dan returns to the Emerj podcast platform following his appearance on the ‘AI in Business’ podcast to clarify his vision for what he sees as the future of ‘preventative care’ as healthcare workflows fuse with advanced technologies. Throughout the episode, Dr. Elton clarifies the industry trends and market forces keeping the sector locked in a ‘reactive’ status quo and specifically how healthcare leaders can leverage new AI capabilities to build proactive approaches to patient care through new systems. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guest is Prashant Natajaran, Vice President of Strategy and Products at H2O.ai. H2O.ai is a tech company whose platform, the H2O AI Cloud, enables businesses, government entities, nonprofits, and academic institutions to make, operate, and innovate with different AI capabilities like machine learning and AI-enhanced middleware. Prashant joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today’s episode to discuss the impact generative AI is having on the healthcare industry and what leaders can do to drive adoption safely across the enterprise. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.

Today’s guest is Asif Hasan, Co-founder of Quantiphi. Quantiphi is an AI-first digital engineering company that designs AI-driven services and platforms for broad applications across industries. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Asif discusses reducing hallucinations in healthcare language models and the latest developments in AI’s impact on drug discovery for rare disorders. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from the insights in this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts and let us know what you learned or liked most about this show or what you’d like to see in the future. 

Today, we are proud to introduce the latest addition to our burgeoning podcast platform: The ‘AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences’ podcast! Join the Emerj staff as we converse with Fortune 500 leaders and those at the cutting edge of technological transformations to look at high-level industry trends. Together, we try to anticipate how AI capabilities may be able to solve ensuing business challenges while improving experiences for patients and caretakers alike. Check out our pilot episode, featuring a profile of prevalent AI-related healthcare and life sciences trends, as well as previous episodes of our flagship ‘AI in Business’ podcast featuring prominent leaders across both sectors.