Can AI Save Lives? Only If We Let It

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Late one evening, Gunjan Bhardwaj got a phone call from his friend and mentor -- a call that would change his career. Not long after, Bhardwaj spent days in the hospital, as his friend underwent painful chemotherapy. As a former consultant at Ernst and Young and Boston Consulting Group, Bhardwaj understood the flow of information in the Internet age. He knew artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were capable of digesting large data sets and arriving at powerful connections and insights. What Bhardwaj didn't understand was, why health-care information to help his friend wasn't available.