There’s a firehose of stories about AI in healthcare in the intervening time. MedCity Information has explored this matter in depth and curated a compelling set of panel discussions and hearth chats with healthcare executives, buyers and startups for INVEST Digital Well being. The convention is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 at Pegasus Park in Dallas in partnership with Well being Wildcatters. Right here’s a have a look at the periods and who will communicate on the convention.
- One panel will talk about the rise of AI labor for the subsequent frontier of productiveness and constructing guardrails for accountable AI
- In a fireplace chat on the position of rural suppliers within the AI revolution, David Snow, government director of Pegasus Park will speak concerning the innovation hub, how Snow and his workforce de-risk investments, speed up progress, and enhance return potential by surrounding early-stage firms with expertise, infrastructure, and connectivity.
- A panel will assess the efficacy and ROI for AI instruments. What does it take to show an AI instrument’s value? It is going to additionally discover the rising demand for third-party validation and peer-reviewed proof.
- AI hallucinations is one other vital matter on the convention. A panel dialogue will spotlight the affect of those hallucinations, jeopardize affected person security, clinician belief and regulatory compliance, and what’s being accomplished to forestall them.
- Capping off the convention is the Pitch Excellent contest through which startups vetted from a pool of candidates on how they’re serving the day-to-day wants of healthcare suppliers.
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Neil PatelHead of Ventures, Redesign Well being. The agency is targeted on launching firms in eight key areas the place innovation can drive the best affect: healthcare labor scarcity, value-based and longitudinal care, interoperability, getting ready for an ageing inhabitants, eliminating limitations to well being fairness, increasing websites of care, rising the insured inhabitants, and driving healthcare personalization and consumerization.
Rohit NuwalAssociate, TELUS World Ventures, the enterprise arm of TELUS Communications, which has invested in additional than 150 firms, deploying over $175 million in 2023 alone. Their investments give attention to AgTech and decarbonization, well being, good cities/Web of Issues, and AI.
Maddie HilalVice President at Oak HC/FT, the place she focuses on progress fairness and early-stage enterprise alternatives in healthcare.
Vickram PradhanVice President of Sopris Enterprise Capital, which focuses on early stage firms.
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Keith youngstersManaging Associate with LRVHealth, a healthcare-focused enterprise capital agency. By a community of strategic restricted companions that features main well being programs and payers, LRVHealth applies business information and operational expertise to early-stage firms centered on innovation.
Jess Botros is the Vice President of IT Technique and Operations at Ardent Well being, a number one healthcare supplier working hospitals and care websites throughout the U.S.
Dr. Steve MIFFCEO of Parkland Heart for Medical Innovation (PCCI), a number one, non-profit, synthetic intelligence and cognitive computing group affiliated with Parkland Well being.
Abhinav shashankInnovaccer CEO and co-founder. The enterprise makes use of AI to revolutionize healthcare by means of clever, data-driven options.
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Dr. Hubert ZajicekCEO, co-founder, accomplice of Well being Wildcatters, a high ranked healthcare accelerator and fund in Dallas. Well being Wildcatters offers mentorship, capital and steerage to as much as 12 healthcare-related startups throughout an intensive three-month program, yearly. The fund has invested in 118 healthcare startups, which have attracted over $350 million in capital in 12 years.
Dr. Ruben amarassingham is a doctor, scientist, entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Items, a healthcare know-how firm that makes a speciality of medical AI options and options to help and increase medical groups.
Theresa McDonnell, Duke College Well being System Chief Nurse Government, leads a nursing workforce of greater than 9,000 professionals throughout a number of hospitals and clinics. She drives transformative initiatives together with the Duke Nursing Innovation Summit, AI-driven workforce options, and international collaborations to redefine nursing excellence and healthcare supply.
Alya Sulaiman, Datavant Chief Compliance and Privateness Officer drives Datavant’s compliance and privateness technique and offers experience on healthcare’s evolving regulatory framework for knowledge entry, use, and interoperability.
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Dr. Dave NewmanSanford Well being chief medical officer for digital care, on the largest rural well being system within the nation.
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Ngoc-Anh Nguyen, MD is the Medical Director of Digital Pressing Care and Telemedicine at Houston Methodist and Vice-Chair of Analysis within the system’s Heart for Innovation. A board-certified emergency drugs doctor, she brings her medical excellence within the emergency division into driving digital transformation in healthcare. Dr. Nguyen leads medical technique for AI-driven documentation, digital care options, and patient-facing applied sciences, with a give attention to rigorous analysis of affected person outcomes and system efficiency.
Eric Levinea principal with Avalere Well being, leads tasks for well being plan, supplier, and vendor purchasers in technique and operations to help them in anticipating altering enterprise wants and creating action-oriented plans that enhance well being plan efficiency and member outcomes. Previous to becoming a member of Avalere, Eric labored at Pfizer, the place he analyzed state legislative and regulatory proposals to guage coverage choices, alternatives, and limitations to key points, together with high quality initiatives, prior authorization, and out-of-pocket spending.
Michael Kalishman is the Chief Enterprise Officer for Sentara Well being, a Virginia-based, built-in, not-for-profit well being care supply system.
Nick Culbertson is the Managing Director of Techstars AI Well being Baltimore, powered by Johns Hopkins College and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
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Gigi Yuen serves as Cohere’s Chief Information and AI Officer, main the info group, which incorporates knowledge administration, knowledge science, machine studying/AI, and enterprise intelligence.
Soumi sahaPremier Inc. Senior Vice President of Authorities Affairs, is liable for creating and executing company technique to advance laws and regulatory actions that help enterprise progress and tackle vulnerabilities in our healthcare system. She can also be skilled as a pharmacist and lawyer.
Jennifer Goldsack is the founder and CEO of the Digital Medication Society (DiMe), a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to advancing digital drugs to optimize human well being.
Randi seigelis a accomplice at regulation agency Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and a acknowledged adviser to well being care firms navigating regulatory, compliance, and innovation challenges.
Pitch Excellent contest: AI within the clinic
Judges:
Jon George is an early-stage investor at Flare Capital, a Boston-based VC agency that focuses on healthcare know-how and providers investing in startups starting from Pre-seed to Collection B. Jon focuses totally on the agency’s AI and specialty care investing, together with areas resembling AI, oncology, and neurology.
Erica Murdock is the Managing Director at Unseen Capital, the place she attracts on over 20 years of expertise to drive innovation in digital well being and tech-enabled providers, with a give attention to advancing well being fairness, enhancing entry, and driving outcomes.
Nirban singh is an Investor at Healthworx Ventures, the strategic enterprise arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the place he focuses on investments in firms reworking healthcare supply and entry with AI, interoperability, and patient-centered care fashions.
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