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Accelerate Health - Season 2; Episode 1

Bora Chang, MD, founder and CEO of KēlaHealth, was interviewed by Kerry Amato, Executive Director of Health Innovation at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), for the HIMSS Accelerate Health Podcast. The Accelerate Health Digital Series brings together a wide range of experts to decipher what's coming next in this quickly evolving healthcare landscape.

In this podcast, Bora and Kerry discuss KēlaHealth, a healthcare data analytics company that delivers patient-specific predictive insight and risk stratification software to improve surgical quality and prevent complications. Bora explains the machine learning based platform, which is designed to improve patient safety and lead to significant cost savings for healthcare providers. They discuss current industry trends and examples from recent successful integration of the KēlaHealth platform into clinical workflows to help avoid complications and risk of readmission. Bora provides insights on the future of surgical care in the post-COVID world and how KēlaHealth will continue to improve healthcare quality. As a female founder in a male-driven industry, Bora shares her unique perspective on the strengths and impact of women leaders. Bora and Kerry also discuss the challenges of running a successful startup in the midst of a historical pandemic and how the company’s remote work culture has contributed to its advancements despite the global disruption caused by COVID-19.

Highlights

Originating from a World Renowned Surgical Center
“We started KēlaHealth from our work within Duke University. It started as an interdisciplinary research project within the Department of Surgery. We brought together surgeons, clinician, researchers, machine learning experts from across the university, as well as software engineers to help prototype the initial concepts. And we were really driven by the desire to be much more proactive about caring for our patients.”

Data-informed Treatment Decisions
“As much data as we have today in the electronic health records, it's really about mining the right pieces of information... that determine the risk level of that patient." 

On Women Leaders
“What I've observed from learning from these role models is the resiliency they start to build from a really early age, coupled with the diversity of skill sets that women foster throughout their careers and their personal lives. It allows women leaders to be effective leaders in normal times, but particularly so in times of crisis.”

Surgery in a COVID & Post-COVID World
“A lot of hospitals have been reaching out to us to ask, what does a post-COVID surgical unit or ward look like? How do we prepare? ... They’re really needing to stratify patients and understand their risk in a riskier environment.”

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