Julia Hu founded Lark Health to make healthcare more personal and compassionate through AI.
Having managed her own chronic disease her whole life with her loving family and her pediatrician, Julia felt the incredible benefits of 24/7 compassionate care. Together with health experts and coaches from Stanford, Harvard and artificial intelligence technologists, they developed Lark – a 24/7 personal AI health coach that texts with people to help them manage and prevent chronic disease – anytime, anywhere.
Lark’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), which has Full Recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with its Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have over 1.9 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports. Lark works with some of the largest payers and self-insured employers to help their members live healthier lives.
If we’ve learned anything during this pandemic, it’s that the health care system needs to evolve so that people can receive care, including behavioral and mental health care, that fits their everyday lives.
For a digital health revolution to occur, we have to stop being afraid of AI, we have to ensure that treatment is integrated not fragmented and care should be available 24/7 to chronic patients.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.