David Houlding is the Worldwide Healthcare Industry Leader on the Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences Team led by Paul Maher.
David has more than 24 years of experience in healthcare spanning provider, payer, pharmaceutical, and life sciences segments worldwide, and has deep experience and expertise in privacy, security, compliance, blockchain, and AI (Artificial Intelligence) / ML (Machine Learning), and cloud computing. David has led the successful creation and deployment of a wide range of solutions to help reduce the cost of healthcare and improve patient outcomes. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2018 David served for over 10 years at Intel Health & Life Sciences where he was the Director of Healthcare Privacy & Security, responsible for enabling healthcare organizations worldwide to achieve compliance with regulations and data protection laws, and implement effective privacy and security programs.
In his current role at Microsoft, David works with key partners and industry influencers to enable healthcare organizations make use of cloud computing and related technologies to reduce healthcare costs, and enable new transformative healthcare use cases to improve patient outcomes, leveraging strategic technologies such as such as AI / ML, blockchain, IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), and others. David has a proven track record for innovation with 5 patents granted by the USPTO.
David currently holds the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and CIPP (Certified Information Privacy Professional) credentials, and has a Master of Applied Science in Data Compression and Digital Signal Processing from Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Contact David:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/DavidHoulding/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidhoulding
Links Mentioned in the Interview:
AI Blueprints: aka.ms/aiblueprint
Azure Blockchain Workbench: aka.ms/bcworkbench
Healthcare on 5G:
https://bit.ly/2KzdpKy
5 Practical Use Cases Anchoring Blockchain in Healthcare:
https://bit.ly/2v9ffgq
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INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
[00:52] What are some of the amazing things people are doing with Microsoft Azure in the Healthcare Industry?
[01:32] How is AI playing a role in Healthcare?
[01:32] How can we leverage AI to enable doctors to spend more time with patients?
[01:12] AI will augment and assist, rather than compete with professionals.
[06:07] Fight healthcare fraud with AI & Machine Learning.
[06:20] How is Azure Cloud Backend playing a role with IoT and IoMT?
[06:20] What is the importance of an IoT Gateway in Healthcare (IoMT)?
[09:14] How does an IoT Edge Gateway compare with fog computing?
[09:58] The role of Azure Sphere in securing IoT/IoMT devices.
[09:58] Ramifications of hacking in healthcare.
[13:37] What type of Blockchain applications are you seeing in Healthcare?
[15:42] A good use case for Blockchain in healthcare is Drug Supply Chain integrity.
[16:44] A good use case for Blockchain in healthcare is medical device track and trace (ex. if there is a recall), as patient safety is involved.
[17:52] Blockchain is like a Car Fax for medical devices.
[18:07] Using Blockchain for Healthcare directory information synchronization helps expedite insurance payments to policyholders.
[19:20] Blockchain can be leveraged to verify medical provider credentials.
[24:20] Microsoft AI Blueprint
[28:06] Azure Blockchain Workbench
[28:47] What do you think will be the next disruptor in Healthcare?
[28:47] How will 5G Technology pave the way for IoMT?
[32:04] How can we build trust in the Cloud for Healthcare applications?
[39:52] What are the advantages and disadvantages of tech giants like Microsoft being in the healthcare space?
[47:20] What do you see as the most significant challenges to the Internet Of Medical Things?
[50:48] How can AI disrupt healthcare?
