May 2, 2016
Dr. Soheil
Saadat, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GenieMD, is
responsible for charting the company’s global course. He founded
GenieMD in 2012 with more than 25 years of technology and executive
management experience. In 2005 he founded Prodiance Corporation a
global leader in enterprise Risk Management Solutions. Prodiance
was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in 2011. Prior to Prodiance
he founded Scientific Software, Inc., (SSI). Under his direction,
SSI became a world leader in the chromatography and scientific data
management markets, with its products deployed in the top
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. SSI was acquired by
Agilent Technologies (NASDAQ:A) in 2005. Prior to Scientific
Software he held the position of Director of Software at Tencor
Instruments (NASDAQ:KLAC).
He is passionate about using technology to solve real life problems. He enjoys mentoring young entrepreneurs and has been an active investor and serves on the Board of a number of software startups in Silicon Valley. His philanthropic focus is providing opportunities for the youth to achieve their fullest potential through educational assistance. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
00:00 Soheil discusses overworked Primary Care Physcians.
03:36 “One in three patients find it difficult to see their
PCP.”
04:30 “How do you make the PCP more efficient?”
06:40 Friendly gets patients to report their own conditions before
the PCP wastes time assessing these conditions in the clinic
visit.
09:00 The automated questions that Friendly uses to make PCP visits
more efficient.
12:15 What Friendly is, does, and entails.
14:20 Patient engagement.
15:50 “We are just trying to facilitate this high-touch connection
between the doctor and the patient.”
17:20 The staffing that a high-touch solution requires.
18:15 Reimbursement for telemedicine.
20:15 Friendly’s “Watson,” a program that will answer patients’
questions about health concerns.
23:00 How Watson can help reduce the number of errors in primary
care.
26:50 “Computers can be intelligent, but never wise.”
27:00 You can find out more at Friendlycares.com or
GenieMD.com.