Klick Health: The world’s First AI Healthcare Radio Station helps surgeons perform better

Listening to hard rock – notably that of Aussie band, AC/DC – helps surgeons maintain focus and improves their accuracy and efficiency in the OR.

So agency Klick Health and client NextMed Health have launched Lifesaving Radio, using ChatGPT, new voice cloning models, Spotify APIs and human creativity. It’s a one-of-a-kind listening experience specifically catered to surgical performance, streamed through Spotify. The Klick Health team used Spotify Analytics to analyse millions of song metrics (including BPM, key, camelot, loudness, energy, valence, stability, and speechiness) to identify music clinically suited for peak surgical performance.

The world’s first AI-powered health radio station features over 30 hours of rock songs identified using Spotify Analytics to scan millions of song metrics for only those clinically suited for peak surgical performance and an AI DJ (aptly named AI Angus) who guides the experience, delivering personalised commentary based on user-generated prompts.

Surgical teams can receive custom-curated OR playlists and personalised shout-outs and commentary from DJ AI Angus simply by entering their names, hospital/facility, and procedure at LifesavingRadio.com and then signing into their Spotify Premium account.

The radio station streams the new AC/DC-inspired album, Highway to Heal, featuring songs like You Sewed Me All Night Long, Back is Cracked, and It’s a Short Stop at the Doc (If You Wanna Chop a Mole). The parody album is also available for free on LifesavingRadio.com without the AI integration.

“We’re excited to bring the high energy of this evidenced-based music to ORs around the world through Spotify,” stated NextMed Health founder & chair Daniel Kraft, MD. “Surgical teams are relied upon and known for their orchestration, timing, and harmonization in the OR. Now, with the help of Lifesaving Radio and artificial intelligence, their playlists can be personalised to help them achieve individual and team flow state, ultimately improving outcomes for patients.”

The Highway to Heal album is performed by some of the world’s best AC/DC tribute musicians, including Chile’s Ivan Gac and Albany NY’s Michael Vincent on vocals, and Sarasota, Florida’s Fil Olivieri on guitar. A lifelong AC/DC fan and founder of SoloDallas, Olivieri makes guitar technology that gives artists like AC/DC, Guns ‘N Roses, and Metallica their unmistakable sounds.

“Contributing to Lifesaving Radio and Highway to Heal has truly been a project of a lifetime,” Olivieri stated. “What I love about AC/DC’s music is the rhythmic, physical, and intellectual energy and I’m excited that surgeons can now breathe in that energy to ultimately help heal others.”

The high-fidelity album and AI radio station were previewed in March to hundreds of clinicians, scientists, patients, and public health experts at NextMed Health. The annual in-person, full-sensory gathering explores pressing challenges and promising gains in health and medicine with innovators who are designing better, more equitable health experiences and outcomes.