How AI, satellites and edge computing can bring care closer
Harvey Castro, MD · TEDxSouthlake · Presented November 9, 2025, at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Recording published November 19, 2025.
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In this TEDxSouthlake talk, Harvey Castro examines distance as a barrier to healthcare. He connects satellites, edge computing and AI in a vision of care that can bring information and expertise closer to people. The talk invites leaders to consider how connectivity and clinical responsibility need to work together.
Questions for your organization
- What problem would this technology help your team address?
- What evidence and local evaluation would be needed before adoption?
- Who owns decisions, oversight and follow-up?
These discussion questions connect the talk to organizational planning. They are not a transcript or a claim of validated clinical performance.
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Use the talk to plan a leadership discussion
For an event on rural access, digital health or the future of care delivery, use this recording as a starting point for a specific conversation. Ask participants to name a barrier in their own setting before discussing technology. Distance, unreliable connectivity and limited access to specialist advice call for different responses.
A useful planning exercise is to map one proposed service from the patient to the person responsible for the next decision. Identify where information is collected, who reviews it, what happens when a connection fails and how a patient reaches a clinician. This is an organizer exercise inspired by the topic, rather than a description of a deployed system or a clinical recommendation.
When requesting a related session, include the audience, event location, preferred language and the decision you want the discussion to support. Harvey can discuss the appropriate scope with your planning team. Review his healthcare AI speaking topics and speaker biography and planning materials before submitting an inquiry.