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Episode Overview:
Healthcare innovation often struggles to overcome data privacy and accessibility barriers, limiting breakthroughs that could transform patient care.
Our next guest, Daniel Blumenthal, VP of Strategy at MDClone, is tackling this head-on by reimagining how healthcare data is used through synthetic data technology.
With over nine years at MDClone, Daniel has helped pioneer safe, efficient, privacy-preserving data sharing that empowers health systems, researchers, and innovators alike.
His passion was shaped while serving in the Israeli Government’s Economic Mission and finding himself at the intersection of global startup ecosystems and healthcare transformation.
Despite skepticism about synthetic data’s utility, Daniel and his team have proven its impact—helping Intermountain Healthcare save over $7 million annually through improved chronic kidney disease care.
By enabling AI models to learn from large-scale, privacy-protected patient datasets, MDClone is accelerating innovation across healthcare—without compromising privacy.
Now, with their Adam’s Copilot tool, they’re revolutionizing data analysis and exploration, helping health professionals ask better questions and drive smarter decisions.
Join us to learn how synthetic data is unleashing a new wave of innovation, and how Daniel’s team is equipping healthcare with the tools to finally unlock its data’s full potential. Let’s go!
Episode Highlights:
- Daniel’s background in diplomacy and innovation led to joining MDClone’s founding team
- Synthetic data unlocks safe access to patient data without compromising privacy
- MDClone partners with major systems like Intermountain to drive $7M+ in annual savings
- Synthetic data proven useful in real-world research, modeling, and predictive analytics
- AI + synthetic data = future of personalized care and clinical automation
- Adam’s Copilot enables clinicians to query data faster with generative AI
- About synthetic data that helps overcome real-world data scarcity in rare or complex conditions
- MDClone’s mission: empower innovators by asking, “What would you do with full access to patient data?”
- The synthetic data movement
About our Guest:
Daniel joined MDClone in its early days, launching the company’s operations in North America and establishing its first partnerships with healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada. With MDClone’s growth, Daniel now leads efforts to expand key partnerships and develop new software, services, and collaborations around the globe. Based in Chicago, Daniel has extensive experience building startup ecosystems and supporting entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Israel, having served as Deputy Consul for Economic Affairs at the Government of Israel Economic Mission in Chicago.
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