Things I’m Thinking About In Healthcare Part 2

- Trust — Human doctors means human judgment.

Inefficiencies Of Human Docs

- Take as many parts of their value-chain as possible (aka. going full-stack)

“At hospitals that don’t link it with their medical records, more time must be spent typing in patient information. At Jupiter Medical Center in Florida, that task falls to nurse Jean Thompson, who spends about 90 minutes a week feeding data into the machine. Once she has completed that work, she clicks the “Ask Watson” button to get the supercompu... See more

- Updating — Doctors are busy people, they understandably might not have time to keep up to date with all the new research, devices, etc.

- Generate their own data rather than rely on someone else

- Have technology as the central pillar of their strategy and culture

- Fatigue — Sometimes your doctor just wants to go home!

This is why my bet is that the biggest winners in healthcare going forward will be ones that: