fter spending nearly three years building wearables at Amazon, cardiologist Maulik Majmudar is jumping back into the startup world as the chief medical officer of artificial intelligence and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis. Majmudar, formerly the principal medical officer for Amazon Halo, led the retail giant’s push into general wellness. At the Boston-based startup, Majmudar will be using technology to tackle some of the most complex patients with multiple chronic conditions.
Since its founding in 2015, Biofourmis has been using artificial intelligence to help predict, treat and manage disease. The company uses sensors and algorithms to enable health systems to remotely monitor patients with issues like heart failure or Covid-19. It’s also working with pharmaceutical companies to improve clinical outcomes for certain medications by monitoring the data of patients who use them.
. “That was a great learning curve for us to really see how much impact it makes on the patient engagement and the eventual outcomes.” his evolution means turning Biofourmis into a provider of medical services and taking on risk in value-based contracts where payment is tied to patient outcomes. Majmudar says the company’s software foundation is key not only to clinical success but also being able to “drive operational efficiency at scale.
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