One Hour. Every Organ. The Future of Healthcare.
5/21/202637 min
In the 2013 dystopian sci-fi movie, Elysium, a futuristic, MRI-like machine can diagnose and cure nearly any ailment in minutes. That future is closer than you think.
Andrew Lacy is the CEO of Prenuvo, a company that is using advanced technology for proactive, preventative care. And the tool Prenuvo uses is straight out of that futuristic movie - a full-body MRI scan that uses AI to evaluate 26 internal regions and organs in the body. In an hour, it can detect early stage cancers, aneurysm, and more. But can Prenuvo's system offer an alternate model of healthcare that is accessible to all? Right now it seems only the rich and famous — Kim Kardashian posted about her Prenuvo scan on Instagram — are taking advantage. But for Andrew Lacy, that's exactly the question at the heart of his company — can they create a world where easy, fast and high-tech preventative care isn't just reserved for a select few?
In this conversation, host Laurie Segall and Andrew Lacy explore his very personal reasons for getting into the healthcare industry, the key health disparities Andrew sees and how he can fix them, and what he's learned -- and changed about his life -- after doing his own full-body scans. Laurie also asks about the tension between high-tech health and the medical community and the psychological toll of knowing everything about one's health.
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