Mike Link: AI That Detects Falls Before They Happen | Ep 1322

In this episode of The Digital Executive Podcast, host Brian Thomas sits down with Mike Link, Chief Operating Officer at KamiVision, to explore how computer vision and AI are quietly transforming the way seniors are protected — not just in care facilities, but at home. Mike opens with a career path that wound through real estate, preventative health work in India, and go-to-market consulting before landing at KamiVision, where a personal connection to aging and loss made the mission feel like more than a business opportunity. He breaks down what makes Kami Care's fall detection different from the rest of the market: a three-layer system that combines edge-based AI detection, cloud filtering, and human verification using blurred, encrypted footage — achieving 99.5% accuracy while protecting the dignity and privacy of the people it monitors. The human-in-the-loop step is not just about catching false positives, it feeds a continuous training loop that makes the AI progressively more accurate over time. The more interesting conversation, though, is what happens before a fall. Mike explains how pre-fall clips, behavioral patterns, time-of-day data, and gait analysis give caregivers and families early warning signals — the kind that make it possible to intervene with a step stool, a schedule change, or physical therapy before a hip fracture ends someone's independence. He closes with a candid look at where senior care technology is heading: toward a world where visual sensors, wearables, vitals, and health records combine into a continuous real-time picture that functions like a remote doctor making daily inferences — and a frank acknowledgment that the biggest obstacle to that future is not the technology, but the privacy and security frameworks that will need to earn people's trust before they let it into their homes. If you liked what you heard today, please leave us a review - Apple or Spotify.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices