Guest: Anish Sebastian, CEO & Co-Founder, Babyscripts
Host: Ryan Estes
Episode Summary
Maternal mortality is rising in the U.S. while access to care lags. Anish Sebastian explains how Babyscripts uses AI, remote patient monitoring, and data-driven care plans to connect OB providers with patients between visits, cut unnecessary appointments, and surface high-risk events earlier. We dig into clinical validation, cultural and regulatory friction, value-based care incentives, and what an AI-assisted “team of experts” model means for the future of pregnancy care.
Who This Is For
- Founders and product leaders in digital health
- Clinicians exploring virtual care
- Investors focused on outcomes and cost
- Operators building AI into regulated workflows
Key Takeaways
- Maternal health crisis in the U.S.: access and incentives drive outcomes
- Pregnancy RPM: blood pressure, weight, glucose, symptoms, SDOH, mood screens
- Two adoption waves: telemedicine/remote care → AI for documentation and prediction
- B2B2C: sell to providers, prescribe to patients; workflow-first design
- Validation before scale: studies, workflow fit, and minimizing liability signal fatigue
- Value-based care rewards prevention and continuous monitoring
- AI’s first impact: admin automation (notes, coding, billing), then predictive risk
- Engagement model: task-oriented app—optimize for doing, not scrolling
- Future: AI agents triage continuous data, escalate to humans, close the loop
- North star: earlier risk detection, fewer adverse events, more patient agency
Frameworks
Adoption Waves
- Telemedicine + Remote Monitoring (COVID acceleration)
- AI/LLMs for documentation → predictive risk → agentic care
Care Delivery Loop
- Collect → Detect → Notify → Intervene
Engagement Design
- Weekly education, specific tasks, quick biometrics
- Short sessions, provider-connected feedback
Incentive Alignment
- Fee-for-service vs. value-based care
Future Model
- Team of experts on demand + AI triage agents
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