Tejal Kaple, Gabriele Coli, Gurbe Scheenstra, and Saeed Choobani from the OKRA.ai team recently attended The Next Web (TNW) conference. Our AI experts share their key takeaways from the event, highlighting current trends in artificial intelligence, technological advancements in healthcare, and how OKRA.ai’s solutions (an Envision Pharma Group company) are shaping both the present and future of the healthcare industry.
Here are the key highlights from the TNW conference:
Innovative synergy: Bridging industries to transform healthcare
In a rapidly evolving landscape, the convergence of ideas and perspectives from various industries is paramount. The dynamic exchange of concepts highlights a melting pot of innovations across diverse sectors, demonstrating how interdisciplinary collaboration can drive impactful solutions.
The crossroads of gaming and healthcare
An intriguing discussion centered on how the gaming industry might offer solutions to some challenges faced in healthcare. While OKRA.ai focuses on resolving distinct issues within the healthcare domain, the insights from gaming technology present valuable opportunities. This intersection underscores the need for cross-domain collaboration to make healthcare both accessible and understandable, particularly in insurance and claims processing.
Generative AI: The next frontier
Excitement around generative AI is growing, with numerous startups eager to apply it in practical ways. However, traditional AI methodologies still hold significant value. In healthcare, many professionals depend on these proven, reliable solutions. These foundational methods remain effective as the AI landscape evolves. The hype surrounding new technologies should not overshadow foundational tools like knowledge graphs, cryptography, anonymization, and traditional machine learning methods, which continue to offer immense value to clients.
Empowering AI with explainability and security
Confidence in AI is bolstered by the advent of explainability engines, a key feature of OKRA.ai’s explainable AI solutions. As generative AI becomes central to scaling solutions, maintaining privacy and security is crucial for building client trust. OKRA.ai’s Medical Brain infrastructure ensures data privacy and security while leveraging generative AI for state-of-the-art performance.
Democratizing AI-driven drug discovery
Recent advancements in AI research are poised to democratize AI-driven drug discovery, leading to an increase in clinical trial data. OKRA.ai’s Medical Brain is at the forefront, navigating vast amounts of data, including but not limited to clinical trials, and automatically uncovering patterns and insights within the medical domain.
Addressing global healthcare challenges
The global healthcare industry faces significant challenges, particularly with an aging population. Key issues include inequality in access to the right care, escalating healthcare costs, and a shortage of healthcare professionals. Experts are turning to technology and innovation to tackle these challenges. OKRA.ai’s Medical Brain contributes to this mission by using AI to deliver the right treatments to the right patients more swiftly.
In conclusion, the TNW conference underscored the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and the pivotal role of AI in transforming healthcare. By harnessing innovations from various sectors, ensuring explainability and security in AI solutions, and addressing global healthcare challenges, we can move toward a future where healthcare is more accessible, efficient, and effective for everyone.
OKRA.ai, an Envision Pharma Group company, will be at the forefront of bringing AI solutions to healthcare with the mission to get the right treatment to the right patient at the right time.
