The 60 Second Podcast

Arup Roy-Burman, MD – Chief Strategy & Medical Officer, Elemeno Health

Matt McCoy

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Everyone is talking about AI in healthcare.

But almost no one is ready for it.

On this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Arup Roy-Burman breaks down the real bottleneck holding AI back - not technology, but data.

From fragmented workflows to critical knowledge buried in binders, posters, and PDFs, Arup explains why most healthcare systems are feeding AI the wrong inputs… and what needs to change before AI can truly deliver impact.

A sharp, practical take on where healthcare is headed — and what leaders are still missing.

Matt McCoy (00:00)
Looking ahead, what's one shift in healthcare that feels inevitable over the next five years, but most organizations still aren't preparing for?

Arup Roy-Burman MD (00:04)

AI. We're missing strategic alignment and structured data. Everyone's talking about healthcare AI. Unfortunately, every stakeholder, administrator, doctor, nurse, IT has a different idea of what they want. There is no unified strategy on what to prioritize nor how to deploy it. But for those in the most need, overwhelmed frontline staff and patients receiving increasingly precise and complex care, it's a moot point.

No one cares what you should do if you don't know how to actually do it. The most critical data in healthcare delivery is the how. Ever evolving practices and workflows combined with constantly changing supplies and devices. How do we ensure the masses of frontline staff know how to do it? This is the critical last mile. Believe it or not, that information still lives in binders, posters in bathroom, bulletin boards, or lost in internet share points,

or random docs, PDFs, and PowerPoints. Unstructured data indigestible for AI. Garbage in, garbage out. Before feeding the AI machine, we must first structure our data.