Healthcare is changing with platforms like Lark. In this episode of The Beat, recorded live at ViVE 2022, Julia Hu, Lark Health’s co-founder and CEO, talks about how providing digital care can democratize access to preventative care before their conditions become scale-up in acuity. Julia Hu explains how conversational artificial intelligence used in virtual care platforms can help people who struggle with or are at a high risk of a chronic condition through their own electronic devices. Lark has developed clinical equivalents to all the disease states it covers through years of research and development invested in conversational artificial intelligence and machine learning. This way, they have engaged with 2 million patients and helped them through its platform, where they can text message and get automated virtual preventative primary care. Tune in to this episode to listen about how Lark can be the first line of defense for underserved populations and people with chronic conditions!
About Julia Hu:
Julia Hu is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Lark. Founded on the personal experience of having grown up with an undiagnosed chronic condition, Julia is passionate about bringing compassionate care to those struggling with or at risk of chronic disease. Hu was named one of the “Top 10 Women in Tech” by Forbes and was a winner of Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30”. Prior to founding Lark in 2011, Julia ran a global startup incubator, the Clean Tech Open, built a sustainable construction startup and was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Stanford’s StartX incubator. She is on the board of the Council for Diabetes Prevention and a Singularity University faculty member. Hu received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees at Stanford University and half of an MBA from MIT Sloan before founding Lark. Julia loves to stay fit with hip hop.
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