Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders George Tomeski, CEO, Helfie.ai – Paging Dr. iPhone: Using AI to help you take control of your health (Re-broadcast)
AI coverage tends to skew pretty negative, with things like energy consumption and job losses dominating the headlines. Today, we're re-running an episode that spotlights the hopeful side of AI, and how one company is using it to help the millions of people around the world who lack access to adequate medical care.
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Summary:
In today's medical system, getting a proper diagnosis and course of treatment can take ages, with potentially disastrous consequences for your health. Today, we're spotlighting a company that's trying to change that paradigm, using the power of AI.
George Tomeski is the CEO of Helfie.ai, a company whose platform will allow you to assess a whole host of health conditions using only your smartphone. And they hope to bring that ability to billions of people around the world who have historically lacked access to proper medical care.
In this episode, we get into the fascinating origins of Helfie.ai, the company's groundbreaking tech, and George's thoughts on AI's evolving role in the healthcare sector.
Highlights:
- George's professional journey (2:18)
- Origin of Helfie.ai (3:32)
- The people healthcare is leaving behind (5:45)
- How Helfie.ai works (7:28)
- Working with healthcare orgs (9:53)
- Next steps after disease identification (10:58)
- Choosing which diseases to tackle (13:15)
- Building the algorithm (14:19)
- Partnerships (17:35)
- Helfia.ai funding (18:33)
- The leadership team (19:41)
- Thoughts on the future of AI in healthcare (20:49)
- What's on the horizon for Helfie.ai (24:10)
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