AI Healthtech SIG | BC + AI Ecoystem

Healthcare AI isn't about the tech. It's about trust, relationships, and navigating regulatory mazes while people's lives hang in the balance. We're here to map the gap between what's possible and what's deployable.

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AI Healthtech

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We’re wrestling with the human side of medical AI… trust, data rights and how to bridge the startup-to-clinic chasm.

Founded: May 28, 2025 - Organic spin-off from Vancouver AI community, catalyzed by Sean Cranbury & Dean Shev’s need for "practical conversation about what's happening in healthcare and how you're applying AI."

What happens when AI outperforms doctors but patients still trust doctors more?
Who's building the unsexy infrastructure that makes deployment possible?
How do we measure trust beyond surveys and sentiment?
Why do most healthcare AI pilots die in committee?

Initial Participants

Kris Krüg - BCAI Industry Association founder, group admin. Orchestrates BC's AI ecosystem mapping (vancouver.bc-ai.net). Currently exploring expansion beyond healthcare into biotech/life sciences. Brings systems-level perspective and community-weaving expertise. The connector who makes sure innovations don't stay isolated.

Sean Cranbury - Group catalyst. Runs member-based healthcare non-profits. Uses AI for advocacy tools, legislation analysis, Indigenous learning integration. Developed the "Three Pillars" framework that's become group DNA.

Loki Jorgenson - Healthcare commercialization strategist. Identifies the "air gap between healthtech and healthcare in BC" as core systemic problem. Connected to Circle Innovation's AI healthtech portfolio.

Dave Brutus Brown - Healthcare industry veteran. Recently pivoted QiiQ from hospital to chronic disease management. Warns about the "complex machinery that keeps dysfunction in place."

Dean Shev - Startup founder (vht.app, beta stage). Represents the builder contingent.

How to Plug-In