Tech company uses AI-connected program to save hospitals millions

Bridging the gap between humans and machine learning requires a combination of finesse and force — and even though the finished product saves time and money, it requires lots of patience.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. May 8, 2024
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Kali Durgampudi is Apprio CEO. Apprio eliminated 75 million annual computer tasks at a Tampa Bay health system. What took 33 minutes for a human now takes 1.5 minutes for new computer programs.
Kali Durgampudi is Apprio CEO. Apprio eliminated 75 million annual computer tasks at a Tampa Bay health system. What took 33 minutes for a human now takes 1.5 minutes for new computer programs.
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To fight a computer task, one must think like a computer task.

Kali Durgampudi thinks computers, ever since he earned his master's degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. His company, Apprio, was recently tasked with killing time-wasting computer jobs at one of the nation's largest hospital chains, with 10 Tampa Bay locations. 

 

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