The Beat

Live at ViVE: The Power of AI in Healthcare with ABridge’s Shiv Rao

Episode Summary

“AI is perfectly suited to allow the clinician to focus on the most important customer, which is their patient,”- Dr. Shiv Rao AI technology can improve clinical workflows in healthcare while helping unburden providers and improve patient care, but what are the risks? Dr. Shiv Rao has a background in medicine and engineering and experience in healthcare consulting and entrepreneurship. He is the co-founder and CEO of Abridge. This healthcare technology startup uses generative AI to generate real-time clinical guidance for healthcare providers to improve clinical workflows and patient care by unburdening healthcare professionals through automating documentation and providing real-time insights to clinicians. On this episode of The Beat, recorded at ViVE 2023, Dr. Rao joins host Dr. Gautam Gulati to discuss the potential of Abridge technology in clinical practice to offer clinicians more space to focus on their patients and connect fragmented care. Dr. Rao shares the goal of the technology and its different uses. He also walks us through the potential unintended consequences of AI while stressing the importance of having a human in the loop and building trust in the technology. Listen in as Dr. Rao highlights the importance of this historical moment and how AI can be applied to solve the current healthcare challenges and make a significant impact.

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Connect with Dr. Gautam Gulati & Dr. Jessica Shepherd

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