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Autonomous Health Podcast Anmol Madan
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Welcome to the Autonomous Health Podcast, where we have conversations with academics, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors at the intersection of bringing AI and machine learning(ML) to healthcare and wellness.About Your Host:Anmol Madan is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, and executive who has been leading the digital health and AI revolution over the past two decades. Anmol has co-founded or held executive roles at multiple unicorns in the emerging field of digital healthcare; a field which has existed for less than two decades. His professional contributions in the field have received hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from leading VCs, and been featured in such media as CNBC, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wired Magazine. His scientific contributions have been published in dozens of scientific articles in leading computer science and digital health journals, and led to over 30 issued and pending US patents.Anmol received a Ph.D. in machine learning applied to human behavior from the MIT Media Lab. In his spare time, he enjoys time with his family, which has recently meant changing a surprising number of diapers.Thank you for listening!Subscribe here to be notified every time we release new episodes!You can also find our podcast episodes on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@AutonomousHealthLearn more at: https://www.autonomoushealth.com/Come follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/autonomoushealth/And continue the conversation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AutonomousHealAutonomous Health is...Produced & Hosted by: Anmol MadanEdited by: Rebecca AhnDisclaimer:The Autonomous Health podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions.
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Skin Cancer and Melanoma - Did Machine Vision Lose?
In this episode, we talk to Cody Simmons, CEO at DermaSensor. DermaSensor achieved internet-fame in late Jan 2024, when it received FDA clearance for its approach using non-invasive spectroscopy for skin cancer and melanoma detection. According to Cody, there have been hundreds of researchers in both academia and industry, with the first research papers in the late 1980s. So why go after a novel hardware centric-approach? Hasn’t #machinevision already solved this? Not so fast. Ther...
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An Architect’s View on Putting Healthcare AI to Work
In this episode, we speak to Bagirathi Narayanan, Chief Architect at Teladoc Health.Bagirathi talks about her journey as an enterprise software architect in the finance-tech world, and what made her come to healthcare. While both are heavily regulated and have similar technology challenges; the complexity of the ecosystem in healthcare is remarkably high. Bagirathi talks about how these industries approached the cloud-first and mobile-first transformation; and what lessons apply to being an A...
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Misinformation and Trust in the Healthcare AI Era
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Geeta Nayyar, healthcare executive and author. Dr. Nayyer joins us to talk about her recent WSJ bestseller, Dead Wrong, and the role of technology in misinformation. Dr. Nayyar picks up the conversation talking about her personal experiences with mis-information in healthcare; and what drives people to question the incentives of a healthcare provider - be it the AIDS epidemic, or the recent COVID pandemic. Poor access to information not only lets patients ...
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Bringing Personalization to Health Plans
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Arta Bakshandeh, Chief Medical Informatics Officer of Alignment Health. Dr. Bakshandeh talks about his journey as a physician, seeing the power of machine learning and AI, and its impact on health plan members. Alignment Health, a consumer brand name of Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC), offers benefit-rich Medicare Advantage plans across 6 states, designed around the idea of driving more personalized healthcare for seniors. We talk about the change in ...
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Health Equity Implications in the New Age of AI
Health equity has been an important discussion in the last several years in the healthcare community. In this episode, we go deeper into the challenges in health equity with Stefany Goradia. We begin by talking about the current state of health inequity in the US healthcare system in both access to care, and clinical outcomes. We talk about how health equity is complementary to social determinants of health. Stefany provides examples of these that we see everyday in the US healthca...
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AI in Inpatient and Home Care: Mike & Jon from Inspiren
What are the opportunities for AI in inpatient and home care? In this episode, we talk to Mike Wang and Jon Gips from Inspiren, whose AUGi platform leverages machine vision and AI to help nurses and providers be more productive with data, and detect and reduce harm.Nurses play such an important role in healthcare. Mike and Jon dive into the challenges in nursing today – specifically the burden and obstacles in current hospital settings. For context, a 2023 McKinsey study reported that 40% of ...