Democratizing Healthcare with AI & ML

#AskTheCEO Podcast

Tyler Cohen Wood is the CEO of myConnectedHealth and a 20-year veteran of the cyber security industry, a well-known international cybersecurity influencer, successful keynote speaker, and 3-time published author. She worked for the United States Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, as well as many other 3-lettered government agencies and the White House. Contact Tyler: Web:https://myconnectedhealth.net Twitter: @TylerCohenWood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylercohen78/ Contact Avrohom: Web: https://asktheceo.biz Facebook: AvrohomGottheil Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: [00:48] Tell me about your background, your journey from working at the DIA to become CEO of a health tech company? [01:58] So, what gave you the idea for myConnectedHealth? I mean, that’s so radically different from security? [02:04] 1 in 13 Americans suffer from a rare or diagnosed condition. [02:04] Tyler shares the story of her personal journey of seeking a diagnosis for a rare, debilitating condition. She talks about the frustration of endless doctor visits, going from one specialist to another, to another, only to be told at the end not to even bother looking for a diagnosis, and just to learn to live with it. Tyler took charge of her situation and developed a chart that helped her discover a deficiency in a certain mineral in her body. [11:49] There is no disease that does not have a cure. We just may not know what the cure is yet. And it’s through collaboration that we find the cures. [12:40] “1 out of 13 people” means that you either have an undiagnosed illness, or you know someone that does. [13:28] Our daily headlines are dominated by Covid-19; however, as you know, there is much more to health care than COVID. There are millions of people around the world that suffer from undiagnosed ailments on a daily basis, with no treatments in sight. What are the challenges health care providers face when it comes to diagnosing and treating people’s ailments? [13:30] A big challenge healthcare providers have in diagnosing complex illnesses is that they operate in specialty silos. One specialist might not know the extent a certain illness and/or treatment affects another part of the body. [15:14] There is a lot of bias in health care, especially against women, with whom many practitioners tend to be more dismissive. [17:00] There is specialty siloing with insurance codes, as well. [17: 37] We are so fortunate to be living in a day and age where we are blessed with the latest cutting-edge technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. I know many healthcare leaders and innovators are leveraging these technologies to develop solutions that will drastically improve people’s lives, and I also know that your company, myConnectedHealth, is working on a first of its kind solution that leverages these technologies to completely revolutionize healthcare for people around the world. Can you share with us some detail about what your company is working on? [18:05] myConnectedHealth is a global health care platform that uses data obtained from the patient crowd, all over the world. [22:12] This is really exciting and sounds like it will completely change the world as we know it! What will it take to get this solution out to the masses? [25:00] Our mission is to provide health care access to people who didn’t have it before. [25:40] If you have a phone, you have health care. [25:58] How do people connect with you? Tyler: You can connect with me via my website https://myconnectedhealth.net. I’m also very active on Twitter at @TylerCohenWood, and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylercohen78/. [26:35] Do you have any parting words of wisdom that you’d like to share with the audience? Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/x7T9MW80YO0