2025
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Healthcare organizations face a critical challenge: how to deliver personalized, timely patient and provider engagement while meeting strict regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR. Traditional CRM systems were fragmented, data was siloed, and compliance risks were growing, limiting the ability of enterprises to scale globally.
Anup Gupta pioneered the first global healthcare CRM innovation to fuse AI, compliance frameworks, and patient-centric engagement at scale. By integrating Salesforce Einstein GPT, Data Cloud, and AgentForce, he created an intelligent and ethical model for digital health transformation. His work with Cencora (a Fortune Top 10 healthcare company) and global leaders such as Sanofi, Takeda, Eli Lilly, and Highmark Health set a new benchmark for the industry. The results were transformative:
• 30% increase in patient and provider engagement
• 35% faster delivery cycles, accelerating new program rollouts
• 25% improvement in compliance and data accuracy
• +18-point Net Promoter Score (NPS) increase
For Cencora’s patient support operations, this meant faster case resolution and timely treatment interventions, directly improving health outcomes for thousands of patients.
Beyond execution, Anup’s leadership ensured sustainability. He has mentored 25+ professionals into Salesforce-certified leaders, multiplying impact across the ecosystem. His innovation is also documented in a submission to the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), validating its academic and industry significance.
What makes this achievement memorable is not just the metrics, but its global relevance. The same AI-CRM model is now being adapted for financial services and insurance, proving it is scalable across industries.
Anup Gupta’s work demonstrates that AI in healthcare can be both intelligent and ethical. By uniting innovation, compliance, and human impact, he has redefined how enterprises engage with patients and providers responsibly, intelligently, and at a global scale.
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Henan Hanyu Special Construction Material Co., Ltd.
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Innovation in Technology - Manufacturing Technology
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China
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SACHIN VIGHE
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Innovation in Technology - DevOps Technology
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United States
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Tianjin Beishi New Building Materials Co., Ltd.
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Innovation in Technology - Building Technology
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China
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Innovation in Technology - Best Autonomous Technology Innovation
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United States