Dr. Kal Patel is the CEO of BrightInsight, a company providing the leading global regulated digital health platform. He has over 20 years of experience in pharma, medtech and digital health. Prior to joining BrightInsight, he was Chief Commercial Officer for Doctor on Demand, now the nation’s largest video-medicine provider. Kal also founded and built Amgen’s Digital Health business unit where he had end-to-end responsibility for developing and commercializing a portfolio of digital products in connected devices.
In our conversation, Kal emphasizes the convergence of his two passions being digital and healthcare. He provides insight on what inspired him to move from a formal medical education to key digital leadership roles, and how BrightInsight culminates these dual passions. In addition, he also discusses the power of behavior change and how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the healthcare field.
This podcast is critical listening for those interested in the intersection of digital and health, and how this will accelerate given COVID-19. Kal’s experience working on both fronts is a great illustration of the Digital Industry journey.
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