The Hero of Healthcare Tech

The Apple iPhone launched in 2007, officially ushering in the age of mobile communications technology. The healthcare and life science industries recognized the potential of "mobile health" to revolutionize diagnostics and preventative medicine, and today's guest Brian T. Edwards was at the forefront of that emergence. His analysis and reviews of mhealth apps were state-of-the-art, and I caught up with him after all these years to discuss the promises of health IT, how they stand at the dawn of the AI era, and where the industry could and should be headed...

The Guest

Brian T. Edwards is a highly accomplished product leader with a robust background in AI, digital health, and prediction markets. Currently serving as a Senior Product Manager at IMO Health, he drives the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Large Language Model (LLM) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) products. As the Founder of Deepvail, Brian led the design, development, and execution of AI quality assurance products for healthcare, establishing industry benchmarks and frameworks for evaluating AI uncertainty.

Brian's professional journey encompasses a wide range of experiences. He has served as AI Product Strategist & Research Analyst at Chilmark Research, where he provided guidance to corporate product teams on AI/NLP adoption. Additionally, as Executive Director at the Joseph H. Kanter Foundation, he spearheaded the design and development of a Learning Health System. Brian also co-founded Health Heritage, an automated family health history application that was acquired by NantHealth. His earlier career includes contributions to research informatics and AI solutions at NorthShore University HealthSystem and management of digital health infrastructure projects at East Baton Rouge City-Parish.

Brian holds a B.A. in Political Science from DePaul University. He is recognized for his expertise in product management, AI/ML applications, NLP, prediction markets, and data analytics. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being ranked among the top forecasters on Metaculus, winning the Harvard Kennedy School Forecasting Challenge, and being recognized as the #1 Market Creator on Manifold Markets. He is passionate about solving complex problems at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and market intelligence.

IMO Health combines comprehensive medical terminology, AI, and deep subject matter expertise, to structure and operationalize point-of-care data to generate sharper insights, more intelligent decisions, and better healthcare outcomes.