Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Patient
“This is the most solvable problem. We just need to get the medications right, and we can make so many people healthier. We can save lives.”
In this bonus episode, pharmacoeconomist Yoona Kim, co-founder and CEO of Arine, talks about tackling the $530 billion problem of medication mismanagement. She shares her approach to optimizing medication therapy using data science and clinical expertise.
We cover:
💊 The shocking scale of medication-related problems and their impact on patient health and healthcare costs
🛢️ How data silos and time constraints in healthcare contribute to dangerous medication errors
🌐 The use of AI and machine learning in predicting and preventing medication-related issues
⚖️ Balancing cost optimization with clinical appropriateness in medication recommendations
🚧 The challenges of integrating with existing healthcare systems and winning provider trust
About our guest:
Yoona Kim is the Founder & CEO of Arine, an AI-driven SaaS platform company focused on medication intelligence that grew 100% last year, and has produced more than 33 million life-improving recommendations for over 15 million patients. Prior to Arine, she was the Head of Clinical Modeling and Analytics at Proteus Digital Health. She was responsible for health economic and clinical implementation activities for Proteus Digital Health. Her team developed health economic value propositions from strategic conceptualization to business case development to actualization in the real-world.
Yoona holds a Bachelor's Degree from Stanford University, a PharmD with an emphasis in health policy and management from the University of California, San Francisco and a PhD in health economics and outcomes from the University of Texas at Austin.
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