#187 Bridging the Healthcare Gap with Kasia Hein-Peters: AI and Innovation
Join me as I sit down with Kasia Hein-Peters, a seasoned professional in the healthcare industry, to discuss innovation in healthcare and health tech. Our conversation centers around the hurdles corporate companies face when innovating, and how Kasia and her team created a new business model to increase vaccine access in less developed countries. Kasia also gives her insight on how technology and behavioral sciences can be utilized to improve medical adherence to physician recommendations and the significance of partnering with regulatory agencies to ensure product quality.
Listen in as we move onto the future of AI in healthcare. Kasia and I explore the potential of AI to provide empathetic and comprehensive responses, supplementing doctor-patient communication and potentially overcoming cultural barriers to healthcare. We also delve into how AI could offer specialized healthcare in remote areas, which could drastically improve patient outcomes.
In the final segment, we look at advancements in precision medicine and startups. We explore the potential of AI to revolutionize precision medicine through diagnostic tools that can swiftly and accurately identify rare diseases. We discuss how AI can cluster patients into subgroups based on symptoms and biomarkers for more targeted treatments. Keshav shares his experience in leaving the corporate world to work in startups and how this has influenced his approach to commercialization, market development, and enterprise strategy. We wrap up with a discussion on the importance of market discovery, developing an innovative product profile, and the crucial role of having industry knowledge in a startup team.
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