#114 Alexa for Doctors — Dr Shiv Rao (CEO Abridge)

Big Picture Medicine

Dr Shivdev Rao is a Cardiologist and CEO/Co-founder of Abridge, who have raised over $22M.

Think of Abridge like an Alexa or Siri (or other voice assistant) that sits there whilst the physician and patient talk.

Instead of the physician writing notes during the consult, or staying late and charting — Abridge listens to the conversation and writes up the notes for them.

Similarly, instead of the patient frantically taking notes, or being bombarded with information — most of which they will forget — Abridge can send them an appropriately-pitched record of what was said, with key takeaways.

We talk about how Shiv built and grew this company, I ask him about the existential threat of LLMs like ChatGPT, how being in the intensive care unit is similar to building a startup, and how operating from a place of abundance is a key to success.

0:00 Intro

1:35 Shiv's story

8:50 Cross pollination as a tech CEO

12:02 Abridge, idea to execution

17:19 Possibilities with big data

19:53 Threat of LLMs like ChatGPT

23:52 How will Abridge fail?

25:22 How to stay focused

27:10 Leadership lessons

31:14 Habits that have helped Shiv

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