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It’s Time to Build in Healthcare

2024/8/28
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Daisy Wolf
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Vijay Pandey
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员:开篇介绍了美国医疗保健系统面临的严峻挑战,包括药物依从性差、代谢疾病高发、医疗支出高昂以及健康结果不佳等问题。 Vijay Pandey:指出仅仅解决医学问题是不够的,还需要将医疗保健行业转变为以消费者为中心的行业,并认为科技公司能够在解决医疗保健领域的数据、物流和运营问题方面发挥重要作用。他还强调了改变消费者行为的重要性,并认为科技公司有能力做到这一点。 Daisy Wolf:详细阐述了“消费健康公司”的定义,认为其核心在于提供卓越的消费者体验。她指出,现今的医疗保健系统往往令人望而生畏、监管严格且复杂,而科技公司可以利用其在技术和消费者参与方面的优势来改善这一现状。她还探讨了科技公司如何利用人工智能等技术来提高医疗保健服务的效率和质量,并改善消费者体验。 Vijay Pandey:分享了他对未来医疗保健的展望,认为可穿戴设备、人工智能医生和家庭医疗服务将在未来发挥重要作用。他还讨论了科技公司如何通过垂直整合(同时成为保险公司和医疗服务提供者)或水平整合(成为医疗保健领域的市场平台或金融基础设施提供商)来成为该领域的巨头。他认为,医疗保健是一个物流问题,需要将正确的护理在正确的时间提供到正确的地方。 Daisy Wolf:进一步阐述了医疗保健服务可以分为紧急护理、常规护理和预防性护理三个方面,并指出技术在预防性护理方面发挥着重要作用。她还讨论了消费者驱动的医疗保健产品和服务,以及保险公司在未来可能扮演的角色。她认为,改善消费者体验是改进医疗保健的关键,并探讨了如何将科技行业的消费者参与策略应用于医疗保健领域。 Vijay Pandey:讨论了人工智能技术在医疗保健领域中的应用,认为人工智能可以降低医疗保健成本,提高医疗服务的质量,并使医疗保健服务民主化。他还指出,人工智能技术需要医疗保健领域来发挥其潜力,并认为医疗保健领域可能直接从人工服务过渡到人工智能技术。 Daisy Wolf:进一步阐述了人工智能技术如何改变人们的行为,从而改善健康状况。她还讨论了社会因素对健康的影响,并指出人工智能技术可以帮助人们尽早发现健康问题。她认为,数据、消费者行为和监管变化等因素的结合,将推动人工智能技术在医疗保健领域的应用。

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The episode sets the stage by highlighting the inefficiencies in the current healthcare system and the potential for tech to revolutionize it.
  • Half of prescribed medications are never taken.
  • 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy.
  • Despite spending 20% of GDP on healthcare, outcomes lag behind other developed nations.

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Half of prescribed medications are never taken, and 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Despite spending 20% of our GDP on healthcare—twice that of any other developed nation—our outcomes still lag behind.

In this episode, we explore why technologists must step into the healthcare ring. Solving medicine isn’t enough; we need to make healthcare a consumer-focused industry. a16z’s Vijay Pandey and Daisy Wolf discuss the rise of tech founders in healthcare, the potential of AI to transform patient care, and how this shift could lead to the next trillion-dollar company.

Can tech truly disrupt this complex, regulated industry?

 

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Read the article ‘It’s Time to Build in Healthcare’: https://a16z.com/hey-tech-its-time-to-build-in-healthcare/)

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