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Using a mobile app to check glucose levels, sending selfies to receive diagnoses, and receiving text reminders to take pills. Is this what the future of healthcare will look like? Karalee Close believes it should, considering that medical mistakes are the fourth leading cause of death in the US. She argues that a closer marriage of technology, big data, and healthcare can improve today’s system - especially when it comes to mitigating human error. Karalee is BCG’s global leader of Digital, Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Healthcare and a core member of the Healthcare and Technology Advantage Practices. She has particular experience in health informatics and Digital Health across Payors and Providers, MedTech, and BioPharma. Prior to joining BCG, Karalee worked in hospital management. She was Director of Corporate Planning at the University Health Network and Director of Customer Service at The Toronto Hospital. Karalee holds an MBA from University of Toronto and a BSc in Health Information Science from the University of Victoria. About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select brands to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. Learn more at http://www.ted.com/ted-institute Follow TED Institute on Twitter @TEDPartners Follow more business thinking worth sharing from TED at roi.ted.com