Bakul Patel, a recognized digital health thought-leader and digital health strategist who most recently served as Chief Digital Health Officer Global Strategy and Innovation at FDA, has taken on a new challenge as Sr Director, Global Digital Health Strategy & Regulatory at Google.
Bakul has experience in influencing, creating, shaping, and implementing national and international public health strategies, policies and establishing digital health organizational infrastructure for US Food and Drug Administration.
This recent news article sheds some light on his future plans:
“Patel told STAT in an interview that his new role will allow him to influence the uptake of health AI tools not only in the U.S., but also in developing countries that lack the resources available to most Americans.”
“From consumer-facing products like sleep tracking tech with its Nest Hub smart home devices and Fitbit wearables to clinical initiatives like its Care Studio EHR search tool and its health AI work, Google has intensified its focus on health tech and expanded its reach into the healthcare market…” Read the full article here.
Source: Google Health hires FDA’s former digital health chief to lead global strategy – By Heather Landi, May 16, 2022. Fierce Healthcare.
