In a recent health-tech class for doctors, we did an experiment. We made them into app designers. In about 30 minutes.
I'll tell you how.
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Welcome to the age of collective soul-searching
Don't you sense a shift in people's expectations from their careers (and life)? Consider these observations that seem to be happening with greater frequency.
Product development without drama (but first the mistakes)
It was exciting to see Dr. G at work. Patient after patient. Using our baby to go about his day. Yes, we had made life easy through our product. Innovated where it mattered.
AI replacing doctors. What do doctors think about that?
Last week, I was teaching health IT to clinicians in Mthatha, South Africa. Interventional cardiologists. Pulmonologists. Psychiatrists. Family physicians. Surgeons. Orthopedic doctors. More.
Loss of intuition in healthcare
There's a question that'll help patients find their own answers. It'll also help doctors understand them more spatially (meaning, getting a more complete picture).
Building something? Careful down that rabbit hole
Digging a well in many places never yields water. You’ll only end up with a hole here and a hole there. Never going deep enough.
Amazon's secretive foray into healthcare. But will it disrupt the industry?
Amazon's secretive team is called 1492. The year Columbus entered America. Team 1492 supposedly is working on legacy electronic medical records and telemedicine.
Selling in healthcare. Without selling your soul
Sales in healthcare is a blessing and a curse because of the same reason: resistance to change. The industry changes slowly. To you and from you.
Disturbingly, US ranks last in healthcare performance (yes, again)
Just look at this graph. There's a wide gap between U.S. and other high income countries. In healthcare spending. It's been widening since 1980.
YOU already have a healthcare idea. Here's how to connect the dots
How do I know this? That you have a healthcare idea.
Because healthcare affects you. Like it affects me.
To survive (and thrive) in healthcare, you need a pipeline of ideas
There's this myth that entrepreneurs take great risks. It may be true while starting out. But in reality, most longterm entrepreneurs methodically de-risk. Do everything to reduce risk for their companies. Not increase it.
Growing your startup. Even if VCs don't love you
Big meeting rooms with shiny tables make me uncomfortable. Like that room inside the offices of a big-name VC firm.
Even as I waited uncomfortably there, I lusted after the logos of many a known startup. They were displayed on plaques outside the room.
Global convergence in the future of healthcare. Are you ready?
This wasn't the usual South African clinic.
We were inside a high security prison for illegal immigrants. On the outskirts of Johannesburg.
Here's something that many healthcare entrepreneurs ignore
Despite innovation in medical science, healthcare is usually behind other industries. By 3-5 years or more.
How to solve the patient volume conundrum
Access to doctors is a challenge everywhere.
But when you talk to doctors you realize that they tend to worry about patient volume. They want access to patients.