SXSW 2019
Closing the Healthcare Gap with Telehealth and AI
Description:
There are many regions in the U.S. where access to basic healthcare is either extremely limited or non-existent — “healthcare deserts.” The National Rural Health Association reports that 77% of rural counties are considered Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas; 9% have no physicians at all.
The answer is telehealth. New telehealth applications, often driven by AI, act as a virtual doctor and health coach, providing vital health information to everyone, everywhere, 24/7. Rather than travel hours to the nearest hospital or rely on questionable health information found via Google, people are using telehealth to get immediate, accurate health guidance.
Through these innovations, we will finally bridge the massive gap for people who don’t otherwise have access to healthcare.
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Takeaways
- The expansion of telehealth innovations will help alleviate the problem of healthcare deserts across the globe.
- AI will not replace doctors; it will augment their day-to-day work, allowing them to maintain a closer relationship with their patients.
- What the future of healthcare will look like; we’ll examine AI and other digital health innovations, and how they’ll impact the world.
Speakers
- Claire Novorol, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Ada
- Daniel Kraft, Chair for Medicine, Founder and Chair, Singularity University, Exponential Medicine
- Alison Darcy, CEO/Founder, Woebot Labs, Inc.
- William Tunstall-Pedoe, Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur, Founder and CPO of Evi, Advisor to Fluent.AI and Ada Health, Fluent.ai, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Creative Destruction Panel, Ada
Organizer
Michael Finn, Account Executive, VSC PR
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