---
title: 'Improving patient care using AI based virtual medical assistants'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/improving-patient-care-using-ai-based-virtual-medical-assistants'
show: 'The You+AI Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/the-youai-podcast'
published: '2020-06-15'
audio: 'https://www.buzzsprout.com/1068073/4176401-improving-patient-care-using-ai-based-virtual-medical-assistants.mp3'
---

# Improving patient care using AI based virtual medical assistants

Our guest: Dr. Himanshu GuptaDr. Himanshu Gupta is an Orthopedic surgeon having special interest in kneereplacement and arthroscopic surgery. He is an interventional spine & pain physicianwho has a rich experience in this space.In this …

## Summary

Our guest: **Dr. Himanshu Gupta**

Dr. Himanshu Gupta is an Orthopedic surgeon having special interest in knee
replacement and arthroscopic surgery. He is an interventional spine & pain physician
who has a rich experience in this space.

In this episode, Dr. Gupta who runs centers in India and other countries in Asia and Africa argues the benefit of _using virtual medical assistants to understand his patients better_. He passionately articulates the case for _electronic health records that must be patient-centric, patient owned, portable and standardized_ by citing various cases where it may save lives. Dr. Gupta has been using Telemedicine in his centers in Asia and Africa for quite some time now and he clearly _lists out multiple use cases for Telemedicine._