By Zane Josie
Healthcare startup founder and CEO Munjal Shah will be speaking at the 3rd Annual West Coast Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit about the possibilities of using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to improve health outcomes. The summit, being held February 6-7 in La Jolla, California, gathers leaders in digital health to discuss the latest technologies and innovations in the field.
Shah’s talk will center around his company Hippocratic AI’s work on developing large language models for healthcare applications like patient education and care coordination. He aims to showcase AI’s potential to increase access to quality care by helping address shortfalls in the healthcare workforce.
Since co-founding Hippocratic AI in 2022, Shah has focused on building safety-centric generative AI tools for the healthcare sector. His appearance at the summit will be an opportunity to discuss both the promise and ethical considerations surrounding healthcare AI.
Munjal Shah is expected to cover several key issues related to integrating AI in medical services. This includes examining the critical need for reliable, trustworthy AI systems for use in care delivery as well as the outsized impact AI could have on expanding equity and availability of care globally.
He will also explore AI’s role in revolutionizing health through “super-staffing.” This involves leveraging AI to maximize the reach of existing healthcare professionals. The concept aims to bring specialized medical expertise to more patients by using technology to replicate provider knowledge.
Besides AI’s potential, Shah’s talk will look at the ethical and practical challenges of developing safe medical AI. As founder of a company dedicated to “the safest artificial Health General Intelligence,” examining the responsible development and use of the technology is paramount.
The broader summit will focus on major trends in digital health like innovative contracts with large health systems and the influence of regulations on the field’s growth. Other topics covered include reimagining clinical trials using new technologies, payor-provider partnerships to make care more affordable, and personalized incentive programs for improving patient health.
Before Hippocratic AI, Shah founded and sold numerous machine learning and computer vision companies to technology giants like Google and Alibaba. He is now one of Silicon Valley’s leading healthcare tech investors, having funded over 40 startups personally while raising $67 million in outside funding for his newest generative AI venture.
Shah’s extensive background spearheading healthcare AI startups makes him an ideal speaker at the West Coast Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Hippocratic AI’s groundbreaking efforts to responsibly introduce AI into clinical settings. They will also hear Shah’s insights on how generative AI specifically could transform medical care and make quality services more widely accessible over time.
