The Pitch: Patient Safety’s Next Generation

In a country already saddled with an outdated and inadequate healthcare system, what does the future hold? According to Reetam Ganguli, the creator of tech startup Elythea, machine learning and artificial intelligence are the next steps in enhancing patient safety and decreasing maternal mortality, in this poignant documentary from the director of “To Err Is Human: A Patient Safety Documentary” (CIFF42).The statistics in American healthcare regarding the protection of patients while receiving medical care may shock you. But currently there are technological advances being designed to protect patients and detect risks before it is too late. THE PITCH: PATIENT SAFETY’S NEXT GENERATION tracks the new wave of technology and innovation to minimize risk. The film also looks at the medical industrial complex that is proving resistant to change from non-medical innovators. With an eye towards developments happening outside of the medical field that can be applied to patient care, alternative approaches such as virtual reality in lieu of anesthesia and command center software are at the core of this eye-opening documentary. –C.F.WORLD PREMIEREGUEST(S) IN ATTENDANCE