Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show is a window into the latest innovations in applying generative AI, novel therapeutics and vaccines, and the changing dynamics in the medical and healthcare environment. One focus is on how providers, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are empowering patients. In addition, conversations are often about how providers, care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are being empowered by technology to improve patient outcomes and reduce friction across the healthcare landscape.
Popular Topics
- Virtual and digital health
- Use of AI, ML, and LLM in healthcare and drug discovery, development, trials
- Value-based healthcare
- Precision and stratified medicine
- Integration of digital technology into existing workflow and procedures
- Next-generation immuno, cell, and gene therapies
- Vaccines
- Biomarkers, sequencing, and imaging
- Rare diseases
- MedTech and medical devices
- Clinical trials
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Treating chronic conditions like obesity and pain
- Clinician and staff burnout
The audience includes life science leaders, researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, digital health entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, healthcare solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.
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AI Agent Automates Clinical Trial Recruitment Fast Tracking Drug Development with Trân Lê Grove AI TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFOct 14, 2025
Trân Lê, Co-Founder and CEO of Grove AI, was founded to automate the manual and inefficient workflows in clinical trial recruitment, patient engagement, and support. The company's AI agent, Grace, is trained on specific trial protocols and approved scripts to respond to patient questions about pre-screening,...
Oct 14, 2025
Trân Lê, Co-Founder and CEO of Grove AI, was founded to automate the manual and inefficient workflows in clinical trial recruitment, patient engagement, and support. The company's AI agent, Grace, is trained on specific trial protocols and approved scripts to respond to patient questions about pre-screening,...
AI Platform Expands Clinical Trial Recruitment and Diversity with Kourosh Davarpanah Inato TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFOct 9, 2025
Kourosh Davarpanah, Co-Founder and CEO of Inato, is using an AI-enabled platform to transform participation in clinical trials. The existing clinical trial system is not seen as representative of the general population, and FDA directives have addressed this lack of diversity. The Inato platform features a marketplace...
Oct 9, 2025
Kourosh Davarpanah, Co-Founder and CEO of Inato, is using an AI-enabled platform to transform participation in clinical trials. The existing clinical trial system is not seen as representative of the general population, and FDA directives have addressed this lack of diversity. The Inato platform features a marketplace...
How International Clinical Trials Accelerate Medical Innovation with Julio Martinez-Clark Bioaccess TRANSCRIPT
Download PDFJun 17, 2025
Julio Martinez-Clark, Co-Founder and CEO of Bioaccess, a Latin American MedTech CRO that works with US-based medtech and biopharma startups to conduct their first-in-human trials outside the US to accelerate development and recruitment. Data from overseas clinical trials conducted to international standards...