How AI Changes Healthcare Forever w/ Dr. Shiv Rao (Abridge)

Dr. Shiv Rao is the CEO and cofounder of Abridge. He was previously a senior executive at UPMC Enterprises and serves as a cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Abridge is an Artificial Intelligence app that listens to the doctor-patient conversations, provides a transcription, and categorizes specific details such as medications, symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and the care plan.

Dr. Rao and his team have cataloged more than five million medical next steps for users. Abridge is focused on the rich data in the conversation beyond the required information and providing it to medical professionals and patients.

In this episode, Aaron and Dr Shiv talk about artificial intelligence, how little we remember from our medical visits, and the rise of doctor burnout.

Dr. Shiv Rao’s Challenge: Make it a habit of going to sleep grateful.

Timestamps:

00:00 - 00:40 Who Is Dr. Shiv?
00:44 - 01:50 What is Abridge?
02:18 - 04:08 Difficulties in Medical Definition with Patients
04:30 - 05:35 Doctor's Burnout
06:26 - 10:21 Machine Learning in Healthcare
11:15 - 13:50 Who will benefit from Abridge's Medical Technology
15:19 - 17:53 Building Ambient Technology
18:10 - 20:16 What does Abridge's Medical Tech Do?
21:15 - 22:35 Improving the Medical Technology for Everyone
29: 27 - 30:51 The Importance Of Information in Medical Technology Advancement
32:05 - 34:51 How Abridge Was Built
38:24 - 39:40 Doctor Shiv's Final Call to Action