How will AI and Digital Therapeutics role affect the Indian Healthcare System? Dr. Manthan Mehta teaches us what to expect.

To connect with Dr. Mehta, connect with him here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. Healthcare is not just about curing illnesses, but also about improving the quality of life and where you marry science and empathy. 

2. Disease management must be more proactive, personalized, and accessible to support patients in navigating the healthcare system.

3. Physicians play the biggest role in AI Healthcare because they are the gatekeepers and advocates for AI healthcare. AI is a tool for them and they will use those insights and apply them to patient care.

How can you make EHR integration painless? CEO & Co-Founder of Topology Health, Alex Goel, teaches us how it is possible.

To connect with Alex, find him on LinkedIn here. 

To learn more about Topology Health, please find more here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. Pre-Topology Health, there were not any developer-focused tools for building EHR integration into applications or other health IT systems. 

2. Topology Health creates customized solutions for clients in EHR integration based on the data needs while ensuring a use-case-first perspective. 

3. Provinces can implement their rules and regulations around the data privacy of Canadians.

How can one make a lateral career move from the clinical to the consulting side of healthcare? AI startup advisor and nurse, Dr. Karen B Seagraves, tells us her story of how she did it and how she sees the integration of AI in healthcare.

To connect with Karen, find her on LinkedIn here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. Having clinician, administrator, researcher, and business perspectives is crucial in deciding whether medical products/services by companies will impact the healthcare system. 

2. Making the EHR accessible to nurses is essential in helping patients receive the best possible care. 

3. Access to patient information is needed to help save a patient's life and provide them with a better outcome while ensuring healthier communities.

How can we usher in non-insurance wellness benefits today? Chief Growth Officer Of Well-Genie, Chris Mathew, tells us how it is possible.

To connect with Chris, find him on LinkedIn here.

To learn more about Well-Genie, please find more here. 

A huge shoutout to our mutual friend Tiffany Ryder for connecting us and making this interview happen. Thank you!

Key Takeaways:

1. Well-Genie is focused on generic medications, wellness tools, and the GLP-1 marketplace.

2. Patient Advocacy and Navigation are essential in helping people move forward in their health journey. 

3. When constructing policy for wellness benefits, the "way it's always been done" should not be the default, and we must look at this from a different perspective and new information.

How can we use AI to reduce medical supply costs and decrease order times in the healthcare supply chain? Chief Executive Officer of Grapevine Medical Supply & Procurement, Luká Yancopoulos, educates us on how it is possible.

To connect with Luká , find him on LinkedIn here.

To learn more about Grapevine Medical Supply & Procurement, please find more here.

A huge shoutout to Adrienne Uthe of Kronus Communications for scheduling and making this interview happen. Thank you!

To learn more about Kronus, please find more here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. The origin of Grapevine came from Luka's desire to contribute to a solution that his parents were facing while they were at risk taking care of patients during COVID.

2. Diversifying spend among suppliers and creating a more competitive marketplace decreases costs and saves time. 

3.  1/2 trillion is spent on medical supplies and pharmaceuticals and Grapevine aims to cut that in half in the near term across all medical practices.

What is the story behind the Hevolution Foundation? Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mehmood Khan, educates us on how the organization is addressing the increasing rates of age-related disabilities and diseases while advancing science.

To connect with Dr. Khan, find him on LinkedIn here.

To learn more about Hevolution Foundation, find their website here,

A huge shoutout to the APCO and Hevolution teams for scheduling and making this happen. Thank you!

Key Takeaways:

1. The Hevolution Foundation was created by a royal order to address the huge, worldwide demographic change, including the significant healthcare and global economic burden. 

2. The mission and vision of the Hevolution Foundation aim to answer how do you democratize the extension of a healthy life span for all.

3. World leaders must look at the fields of aging biology and geroscience in the following three ways:

I. Aging and the demographic changes it has on society should be a high priority for every world leader.
II. How we can better address the field of geroscience.
III. The compression of the time period that people live with disease.

Why should healthspan technologies be a priority for investors? Chief Investment Officer of Hevolution Foundation, Dr. William Greene tells us why. 

To connect with Dr. Greene, find him on LinkedIn here.

To learn more about Hevolution Foundation, find their website here.

A huge shoutout to the APCO and Hevolution teams for scheduling and making this happen. Thank you!
 
Key Takeaways:

1.  The solution to solving chronic diseases in aging populations lies in addressing the technological, care, and approach gaps. 

2. About 5% of people globally develop cancer in their lifetime and 100% of people develop chronic, debilitating diseases, which demonstrates that the market for healthspan technologies is vast and underserved. 

3. Thinking holistically from idea, science, and then translation is essential in the cause and treatment of diseases for patients.

How can we empower and integrate no-code platforms in AI, APIs, and data sources? Chief Marketing Officer of SmythOS, Michael Walker II, educates us on its possibilities.

To connect with Michael, find him on LinkedIn here.

To learn more about SmythOS, please find more here.

A huge shoutout to Adrienne Uthe of Kronus Communications for scheduling and making this interview happen. Thank you!

To learn more about Kronus, please find more here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. As AI advances, the technology becomes more user-friendly. 

2. SmythOS aims to be the happy medium between GPTs and customized AI solutions. 

3. Oversight regulatory bodies are necessary because AI is here and it is not going anywhere.

What is the current state of the healthcare system in Nigeria and how is the country spurring innovation in Africa? Medical Student at Ambrose Alli University, Abraham Obianke, educates us on what is being done.

To connect with Abraham, find him on LinkedIn here. 

Key Takeaways:

1. Nigeria has a shortage of medical professionals because they are not well-compensated. The lack of compensation compels doctors to move to other areas, which include the United Kingdom and the United States. 

2. In an average medical school class in Nigeria, 70% of graduates will move to other parts of the world where their skills are more valued. 

3. Because of the lack of modern medical equipment and government policies that encourage public health initiatives, Nigeria has expedited the use of technology in its healthcare system.

How do we prevent health professional burnout AND break down barriers for patients to communicate with providers globally while being patient-centric in the process? Founder & CEO of Upvio, Mark Evans, teaches us how it is possible.

A huge shoutout to Robert Winkelmann, for scheduling and making this interview happen! Thank you!

To connect with Mark, visit him on LinkedIn here. 

To learn more about Upvio, visit their website here.

Key takeaways:

1. Part of the story of Upvio aims to solve the question of "why should we be restricted by the locality that we are in" by breaking down barriers for patients to communicate globally with the best medical professionals to receive the best care possible. 

2. Many big healthcare providers in Australia (with large, global teams) use U.S.-facing EHRs, which is the main clientele of Upvio's business. 

3. Upvio is moving towards "Emotional", "Conversational", and "Empathic" AI, which is the ability to do virtual consultations and monitor the facial expressions of the patient/person, the tonality and intonation of the patient's/person's voice, and how they react to a question. All of these features would be summarized into a note that can be saved to their patient record.