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When I meet founders of healthtech startups, I often - luckily - meet savvy entrepreneurs hellbent on flipping the table to solve a significant problem within healthcare and potentially revolutionize the world, perhaps sometimes even provide a lasting legacy. This is by no means bad; after all, it’s this spirit, ambition and tenacity that has… Continue reading Embrace the system to succeed
Conversational AI is all the rage these days. It's everywhere. Including in healthcare. To en extend. The hype is certainly trying to break through to the sector with talk of robotic doctors, chatbot therapists, and AI making life-altering decisions. In its present state, the view seems to be it is like combining Dr. Strange with… Continue reading Don’t hand AI the scalpel just yet
There is a contentious issue plaguing healthcare — the struggle between consultations with ill informed physicians that lack meaningful substance and the stifling red tape preventing digital health apps from fulfilling their potential in patient empowerment treatment. In a sector that needs a ton of more good, it is basically like studying the worst of… Continue reading Meaningless consultations and red tape
The only thing that beats the feeling of trying to make a positive impact is when you sense that you have succeeded. Someone, or ideally a whole group of people, is better off due to something you helped orchestrate or do. Nowhere is the opportunity for impact greater than in healthcare. While most people agree… Continue reading Doubling down on digital health
It might be a bit late for 2023 prophecies, since the year has already started. Nevertheless I wanted to share a few thoughts about what interesting things, I think - and to a large extend hope - we will see starting to materialize in the year ahead as part of growing trends, and what the… Continue reading 4 perspectives for 2023
Preventing something from happening is without any doubt one of the biggest opportunities in healthcare - and perhaps especially digital healthcare. Trying to keep people from developing a medical condition that requires cost medical care is a really good idea for everybody concerned. And given the nature of prevention - and thus lack of physical… Continue reading Silent opportunities
One of the most interesting industries from a startup point-of-view is the health care industry. Before the pandemic hit it was widely recognized that there are a lot of costly, structural issues afoot in the healthcare industry that technology can provide better and more cost efficient solutions for, but nonetheless newcomer struggled to really get… Continue reading The battle for health care
Have you ever tried going to a hospital for a consultation on something only to end up feeling it was a bit of a waste of time? I certainly have. While I have the utmost respect for doctors, I find the format of a 20 minute chat that in essence can ruin an entire day… Continue reading The living room clinic