Dr. Gidi Stein, co-founder and CEO of MedAware, is a practicing physician, researcher and serial entrepreneur. Early in his career, Gidi served as CTO and Chief Architect of several algorithm-rich startup companies in Israel. After a successful technology career, Gidi shifted directions, and in 2002, graduated from Tel Aviv University Medical School, later specializing in internal medicine, treating patients and teaching students and residents in one of Israel’s largest hospitals. Gidi received a PhD in Computational Biology from Tel Aviv University, harnessing mathematical and biological models to help fight breast cancer. Combining his technology background with his passion for medicine, in 2012, Gidi co-founded MedAware, utilizing machine learning algorithms to eliminate prescription errors and promote patient safety.
As a rule, the more medications an individual patient takes, the greater the risk of suffering a negative side effect. The more intricate the medical scenario, the higher the risk of experiencing an Adverse Drug Event (ADE), a drug-related injury. Thus, there is a delicate balance between the clinical benefit of the medications, and the […]