The company’s second Consortium gathering is scheduled for June 2025
K Health, the leading AI Primary Care platform, today announced two visionary healthcare leaders, Thomas M. Priselac and Jim Blazar, are joining its Clinical AI Consortium. This esteemed Advisory Group of health system executives are dedicated to addressing today’s most pressing challenges while accelerating future innovation. In June, the Consortium will host its second landmark gathering, uniting healthcare experts to explore the impact of AI with a focus on human-AI collaboration in clinical settings.
Priselac, president and CEO emeritus of Cedars-Sinai, and Blazar bring exceptional expertise in health system transformation to K Health. Priselac, a distinguished leader in healthcare, has dedicated 46 years to shaping Cedars-Sinai and influencing the national healthcare landscape.
Under Priselac’s leadership at Cedars-Sinai, the organization evolved into one of the nation’s leading academic health systems while reinforcing its strong community ties. A key aspect of this transformation has been the strategic investment in advanced technologies that enhance trust and extend world-class care beyond traditional healthcare settings—integrating both in-person and virtual modalities to meet patients' needs. Cedars-Sinai Connect embodies this vision for an innovative model of virtual primary care that utilizes K Health’s technologies. Since its inception, it has become a vital component of Cedars-Sinai’s growth and virtual primary care strategy, operating 24/7 and serving more than 36,000 patients since October 2023. More than a mere virtual extension of primary care, it is pioneering next-generation care models—powered by AI-enabled tools and supported by a dedicated team of virtual physicians—to establish a new benchmark in accessible, high-quality healthcare.
"The collaboration between Cedars-Sinai and K Health is transforming primary care by expanding access, maintaining quality, and reaching patients across California. Cedars-Sinai Connect has quickly become essential, offering 24/7 technology-enabled care to many patients. Combining AI tools with clinical expertise extends access to care and shapes the future of primary and specialty care," said Priselac.
Jim Blazar previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network. As a healthcare transformation pioneer, he was responsible for strategic network growth, expanding care and access for millions of patients.
Over the past year, K Health has rapidly partnered with the largest leading health systems like Cedars-Sinai, Hackensack Meridian Health, and Hartford Health, to transform longitudinal care at large. Its Clinical AI improves access, lowers costs, and drives better medicine for millions of people.
"After decades of integrating technology into healthcare, one of the most promising innovations I’ve seen is HMH 24/7, created by K Health and Hackensack Meridian Health—an AI-powered app making care accessible when and where patients need it. At HMH, we worked diligently with K Health to create a unified experience for patients; whether you access virtual or brick-and-mortar care, you have 24/7 access to longitudinal care and one medical history in the EMR. Patients have the ultimate choice of how and when to get care while strengthening their relationship with their PCP. AI has unlimited potential in medicine, but few use it as thoughtfully as K Health. I'm excited to advance this meaningful mission,” said Blazar.
“Everyone understands healthcare delivery is complex and the promise of AI to address everything from more access to better medicine is top of mind, and yet AI has yet to impact care delivery significantly. Deploying clinical AI is a far more significant transformation compared to administration tasks such as ambient note-taking and requires planning with multidimensional processes and systems. We are humbled to have Tom and Jim join us, they uniquely understand the challenges health systems face, and have been instrumental in bringing to fruition the benefits of safe and rigorously tested Clinical AI,” said Ran Shaul, Co-Founder of K Health.
As part of its ongoing commitment to industry collaboration, in the early spring, K Health will host a gathering of the largest health systems representing diverse geographies in New York City to discuss the most pressing AI innovation topics on the minds of every healthcare administrator and practitioner. This marks K Health’s second bi-annual Consortium, where topics will include the emerging Virtualist care delivery model, AI-enabled care, and clinical applications of generative AI. For more information, visit khealth.com/partnerships.
About K Health:
K Health is a Clinical AI platform that co-pilots with doctors to provide patients with access to higher quality medicine. Its suite of clinical AI agents enable both online and brick-and-mortar primary care delivery. K Health partners with Cedars-Sinai, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hartford HealthCare, and other leading systems. K Health was founded in 2016, has raised over $400M from leading investors, and is headquartered in New York City. Notable investors include Valor Equity Partners, Claure Group, Mangrove Capital Partners, 14W, Notable Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Primary Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, Max Ventures, and other strategic healthcare partners. For more information, please visit khealth.com.
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