Adam Odessky, Sensely, on Patient Engagement Innovation
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In this episode, we meet Adam Odessky, CEO and Co-founder of Sensely. Sensely is an empathy driven conversational platform that introduces an always on connection between insurance companies and healthcare systems and their members or patients. By incorporating the Sensely toolset, enterprises are able to influence behavior, increase engagement, lower costs, and enhance the member experience. Sensely is currently deployed in 10 countries, serving over 3 million users to-date.
Sensely has partnerships around the world with organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, the NHS, AXA, Allianz, Nippon Life and more to provide customizable solutions for patient navigation and care management. Sensely is a Series B company, having raised $27M to-date, backed by Aflac Corporate Ventures, NMC, Nippon Life Insurance Company, Susquehanna International Group, and more.
In this episode, Adam and I chat about:
- Innovation in chatbots, avatars, and AI technology and the applications for healthcare
- How Sensely approaches product development and geographic expansion of its platform
- The impact of Sensely’s platform for health systems and payers in engaging with their patients and members, from symptom checking to helping book vaccines in the UK, to managing chronic diseases around the world
- Advice to founders / entrepreneurs who want to make an impact in healthcare
