Artificial Intelligence in clinical research

This article discusses the challenge faced by innovators who create something new only to find their founding principles overrun by latecomers — those who gain attention for a concept that was not understood when originally introduced. An example of this "innovator’s dilemma" is the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is a rapidly growing field with…

Ignacio H. Medrano, founder and Chief Medical Officer, reflects on a medical culture that too often defaults to intervention rather than allowing a more natural course of action. He shares a personal anecdote of a relative who, despite being relatively healthy for his age, was given potentially harmful immunotherapy for asymptomatic metastases from a previous…

Ignacio H. Medrano, the founder and Chief Medical Officer, expresses in his piece, written on the platform Savana, his perspective on how AI (Artificial Intelligence) might 'kill' Google. He firmly believes that Google's time is coming to an end despite its current dominance. He argues that the enabling technology for this evolution will be AI. AI,…

The founder and Chief Medical Officer, Ignacio H. Medrano, shares a personal anecdote used as an analogy for a common question he gets asked in his field of healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI): "What AI course should I take?" The story begins with a friend of Medrano's, Nuria Gago. Gago, a successful author, consulted Medrano when…

Ignacio H. Medrano, the founder and Chief Medical Officer at Savana, discusses the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector amidst resistance from some quarters. Drawing parallels with the initial skepticism about platforms like Netflix by traditional cinema and TV executives, Medrano analyses a similar refusal to embrace change within his own industry.…