DrDoctor’s Tom Whicher on why AI machines will never replace doctors: How to be a CEO podcast

If you’ve ever had a text reminding you about a hospital appointment, there’s a good chance it’ll have come via DrDoctor.

The platform was built in 2012 and allows patients to book or cancel visits.

When co-founder Tom Whicher was developing the idea, the concept of sharing data and using AI in healthcare was controversial. Now, it’s commonplace and the company started this year by winning £10 million of funding. So, how did they do that?

We also talk about:

• The use of AI in healthcare and why doctors will never be replaced by machines.

• Why winning large funding rounds means the work has only just begun

• How they kept the company going through its rough earliest years

• His reaction when he got his first real appointment reminder text via his own company

• The car he sold to get DrDoctor started, and the one he’s just bought (which might surprise you)

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