The AI Healthcare Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Healthcare Thought Leader & Visiting Research Fellow at the Paragon Health Institute, Kev Coleman, highlights key considerations to watch for AI healthcare policy under a Trump 2.0 administration.

To read more of Kev's research, please visit here.

Stay tuned for the Paragon consolidated AI page, and Kev's paper with Michael Penina from Duke University that will be announced at a later time.

For further insights, read Kev's paper "Healthcare AI Regulation: Guidelines for Maintaining Public Safety and Innovation", which can be found here. 

This paper examines the main challenges of AI regulation in healthcare and the second part provides guidelines to help policymakers avoid misregulation. 

Key Takeaways: 

1. The key policy areas that must be addressed in AI healthcare policy are public safety and privacy while maintaining world leadership. AI healthcare policy will continue to evolve over the next two years. 

2. AI healthcare places a greater reliance on data and post-market surveillance after approval. Implementing this new way of operating so that it does not restrict innovation and cause unnecessary costs is essential for the FDA to consider. 

3. AI consists of various programming methodologies, each with different vulnerabilities depending on the context. Regulations must address subtypes of AI.

*Please note that this interview is informational and is not meant as an endorsement/support/advocacy.

Why is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month so important? Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs at Guardant Health, Jenn Higgins, teaches us why.

To learn more about Guardant Health, visit their website here.
To learn more about Shield Cancer Screen, visit their website here. 

A huge thank you to Melissa Marasco of Guardant Health for scheduling and making this happen. Thank you!

Key takeaways: 

1. Since its inception in 2012, the goal of Guardant Health was to be the organization for the Continuum of Care, which includes people who have never had cancer, survivors, treatment, and monitoring.   

2. With 50 million Americans unscreened for colorectal cancer, Shield Cancer Screen helps improve adherence and alleviates fears of screening.   

3. Maximizing innovation and minimizing the regulatory burden will help companies get their technology products into the hands of patients.

*Please note that this interview is informational and is not meant as an endorsement/support/advocacy.

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.