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Listen "HLTH Special: Missy Krasner Spills the Tea on Startups, Strategy, and AI in Healthcare"
Episode Synopsis
This week, Grace Vinton is coming to you from sunny Las Vegas at the HLTH conference, where healthcare's brightest minds gather to explore the future of digital health. Her guest is Missy Krasner, angel investor, advisor, and board member to Penguin AI and several other companies shaping the next wave of healthcare innovation.
In this episode, Missy shares her insights on where healthcare AI is heading, what is hype, and what has real potential to transform care. She dives into the current focus on large language models and the challenges we face in making them truly effective in healthcare settings. Missy also talks about the growing excitement around agentic AI systems and how they could improve efficiency for payers and providers as the so called AI agent wars begin to unfold.
Grace and Missy also explore one of the most talked about frontiers in the industry: the rise of AI driven tools in behavioral health. From conversational support to the risks of over reliance on chatbots, Missy offers a grounded perspective on what is promising and what requires caution when applying AI in sensitive areas of care.
The conversation then turns to the innovation trends Missy is energized by, including new models for obesity and GLP-1 care, longevity medicine, the evolution of primary care, and emerging tools designed to support value based care. Throughout the episode, Grace uncovers the values, motivations, and lived experiences that guide Missy's work in digital health and the advice she offers to women building careers in this space.
So pour yourself a cup of tea, settle in, and join Grace and Missy for a thoughtful conversation about the promise and complexity of AI in healthcare and the innovators working to shape a healthier and more connected future.
In this episode, Missy shares her insights on where healthcare AI is heading, what is hype, and what has real potential to transform care. She dives into the current focus on large language models and the challenges we face in making them truly effective in healthcare settings. Missy also talks about the growing excitement around agentic AI systems and how they could improve efficiency for payers and providers as the so called AI agent wars begin to unfold.
Grace and Missy also explore one of the most talked about frontiers in the industry: the rise of AI driven tools in behavioral health. From conversational support to the risks of over reliance on chatbots, Missy offers a grounded perspective on what is promising and what requires caution when applying AI in sensitive areas of care.
The conversation then turns to the innovation trends Missy is energized by, including new models for obesity and GLP-1 care, longevity medicine, the evolution of primary care, and emerging tools designed to support value based care. Throughout the episode, Grace uncovers the values, motivations, and lived experiences that guide Missy's work in digital health and the advice she offers to women building careers in this space.
So pour yourself a cup of tea, settle in, and join Grace and Missy for a thoughtful conversation about the promise and complexity of AI in healthcare and the innovators working to shape a healthier and more connected future.
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