Healthcare Innovation: The Next AI Frontier

How AI is moving into healthcare in two very different ways: low-risk operational tasks like documentation and much higher-stakes areas like clinical trials and drug discovery. Carrie explains that her company, Helios Innovation Labs builds synthetic audience tools to help pharma and health-tech teams test patient engagement, workflows, and trial design more efficiently. They also explore the tension between innovation and policy, as regulation is lagging behind AI’s pace and that transparency, safety, and human oversight will be essential. Overall, the conversation pointed to a future where collaboration between healthcare, tech, and policy could speed up better care, faster research, and more effective innovation.