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Talk about physician effectiveness and "outcomes" seems to be everywhere these days. From new payment models within the ACA focusing on said "outcomes" to the new clinical effectiveness institute, it seems that quality measurement is here to stay. Nevertheless, the act...

Lately over the past month, I have been lucky enough to sit in with some of the bravest and boldest ventures I’ve seen in HealthTech (not to mention the venture teams looking at them). These meetings have (most likely not just by chance) been coupled with several high...

As a bit of self promotion, but I wanted to share a project I have been working on. Hopefully, we will be in a clinical trial later this year! Engagement with the patients has been incredibly powerful, and I cannot thank them enough for their courage and support. 

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Just recently, a personal health platform company I advise, Healthspek (http://healthspek.com/), spoke with Adam Dole, a White House Innovation Fellow. In Adam's past life, his exact title was "Business Planning Manager in Global Business Solutions at Mayo Clinic" (htt...

This post will be short, since I am somewhat tired tonight. But you could probably tell that digitally from the decrease in number of times I have checked twitter tonight, or searched on Google. 

We are continuously leaving digital footprints behind on search engines,...

Just this past month, Clayton Christensen, famous author on The Innovators Dilemma, spoke at a one day event hosted by Mckesson. During the program, he spoke broadly about his theory of"disruption" highlighting both sustaining innovations and disruptive innovations, an...

I was understandably skeptical when I saw a friend (www.isaacstoner.com) recently post a new speedreading technology purported to "change the way you read". I can read, in fact I like to think I am pretty good at it. I spend hours practicing every day, and, at first bl...

Dear Silicon Valley Investment Community,

I am a physician, albeit a young one, at Stanford University Hospital and Clinics. During a recent conversation with a friend in the venture space at a prestigious firm, it came to my attention that due to opportunistic foresig...

Great article from Ansaf kareem. Worth re-posting. The reset of his work can be found here. 

THE HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITY

When I was in college just a couple years ago, few of my friends were interested in healthcare as a space for technology disruption. It wasn't so muc...

I am a pathology resident at a well-known, highly regarded program. I have neither the experience nor expertise to consider myself an expert diagnostician, though I feel this does not preclude me from commenting on what I believe to be a systemic problem in my field. I...