In her new book, Massively Better Healthcare, CBS Professor Halle Tecco outlines a practical roadmap for earning trust, using #AI responsibly, and creating lasting change as a #healthcare innovator. https://bit.ly/4ql114Y
And so it begins...
I hope to see many familiar faces as I traverse the country (+ London) to talk to healthcare innovators about the important work they are doing.
Check out the full schedule and RSVP to join me ๐ www.massivelybetterhealthcare.com/book-tour
Thank you, David!
It is absolutely nerve-racking to put this out into the world, but my hope is that it finds its way into the hands of those ready to make change. My book, published by @columbiaup.bsky.social, is available for pre-order now.
www.massivelybetterhealthcare.com
Hereโs how much digital health CEOs make in 2025 ๐
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I'm saying the quiet part out loud: Angel investing no longer makes sense for me.
Here's why I stepped back from angel investing after 15 years backing 54 startups, and what I'm doing instead ๐
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We're seeing more and more "pharm to table" innovation. Novo just announced a D2C pharmacy for cash-paying patients on Wegovy, and they've slashed the price from $1,500 to $499/month.
We give pharma a hard time for high prices. But unlike most of healthcare, drug prices actually go down over time.
Steve Kraus and I had a lot to cover for this month's Digital Health Download over on The Heart of Healthcare Podcast, including the viral beef between a surgeon and UnitedHealthcare.
Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Full-body MRIs are a controversial and expensive screening tool that some believe could revolutionize early cancer detection, while others worry they create unnecessary anxiety and waste medical resources.
We dive into this topic on The Heart of Healthcare:
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Our co-founder @thgoetz.bsky.social joined @halle.blue and @mtesquivel.bsky.social on the Heart of Healthcare podcast to discuss the Building H Index and the bigger question of how businesses can make it easier for people to live healthy:
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Love the subtle resistance from the @statnews.com team.
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Mark was ahead of his time ๐
This week we hosted D.A. Wallach on The Heart of Healthcare Podcast! From questioning the "doctor" honorific to calling large health systems "the root of evil," D.A. continues to challenge healthcare's sacred cows and offers a provocative vision for the future.
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"Healthcare attracts a lot of good people, but it also attracts a lot of morally unscrupulous people who consistently demonstrate their willingness to do horribly unethical stuff to make a lot of money." - @dawallach.bsky.social
No one should need to go viral to fund medical care. No family should face bankruptcy bc they got sick. No parent should have to beg online to save their child.
We are the richest country in the world. We spend more on healthcare than anywhere else. Charity is noble but solutions would be better.
Celebs like Kristen Bell are sharing medical GoFundMe campaigns to help families get the care they need.
While it's kind of them to do this, charity is not a healthcare policy. It's a bandage on a gaping wound when what we need is tฬถoฬถ ฬถbฬถlฬถoฬถwฬถ ฬถiฬถtฬถ ฬถaฬถlฬถlฬถ ฬถuฬถpฬถ systemic change.
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Could 2025 mark the return of animal spirits to healthcare investing?!
This week on the Heart of Healthcare Podcast, we welcome VC legend Annie Lamont on the show to discuss our 2025 digital health predictions.
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Medical debt creates an unnecessary cascade of preventable adverse health outcomes, including premature death.
Medical debt is killing Americans.
Nearly 3 in 10 working-age Americans are paying off medical or dental debt.
This debt is a risk factor for poor health outcomes in and of itself. It forces people to delay care, skip medications, and reduce spending on basic needs. It also causes anxiety and worry.
We cover:
๐ฐ Digital health funding at ~$10B, w/ fewer mega-deals but healthier fundamentals
๐ค How 40% of investment dollars went to AI
๐ Why M&A hit decades-low levels
๐ข 9 VC funds raising 50% of all venture capital
๐ฅ The resilience of 2020-2022's unicorn cohort in navigating the downturn
& more!
Today, we're looking back at 2024 in the Heart of Healthcare Podcast 2024 Digital Health Year End Review ๐ฃ
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โIn a country as rich as the United States, blessed with talented medical professionals, world-class hospitals and research institutes, and an almost unparalleled capacity for technological innovation, the lack of universal health coverage should be a national scandal.โ
โ Jimmy Carter
Only in America ๐บ๐ธ๐ข
Read the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social report here: americanhealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
When I was born, babies in the U.S. and the U.K. could expect to live to the same age. Today, Americans have a shorter life expectancy than Brits.
The reason for this new gap boils down to four very American things:
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน Cardiovascular disease
๐ Overdoses
๐ Car crashes
๐ซ Gun violence
Hey corporate media,
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEOโs shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
Talking about a much-needed healthcare reset over on the pod today with SCAN CEO Dr. Sachin Jain.
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