Aired:
June 27, 2024
Category:
Podcast

How AI ls Reshaping the Future of Healthcare

In This Episode

In this episode, Dr. Subodha Kumar and Dr. Amar Drawid, discuss the multifaceted role of AI in healthcare. Dr. Kumar emphasizes that AI enhances operational efficiency, supports clinical decision-making, and improves customer service, without replacing healthcare professionals but acting as a supportive co-pilot.

Episode highlights
  • AI's role in personalizing medicine, predicting significant advancements in data management and automation within the next decade
  • AI’s potential for mass customization and precision medicine, stressing the importance of retraining healthcare workers and maintaining explainability and data privacy
  • The need for stringent AI regulations in healthcare, urging collaboration between policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to establish ethical guidelines.
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Our Host

Dr. Amar Drawid, an industry veteran who has worked in data science leadership with top biopharmaceutical companies. He explores the evolving use of AI and data science with innovators working to reshape all aspects of the biopharmaceutical industry from the way new therapeutics are discovered to how they are marketed.

Our Speaker

Dr. Subodha Kumar is a professor of statistics, operations, and data science. His focus is on the various ways AI is being used in healthcare, including improving operational efficiency, enhancing clinical decision-making, and providing better customer service. He is emphatic that AI is not meant to replace healthcare professionals but rather act as co-pilots, assisting them in making informed decisions. Dr. Kumar's work also highlights the potential for personalized medicine through AI, wherein treatment plans can be tailored to individual patients.