Better, faster, cheaper— but for whom?
Today’s tech, by nature, is designed to optimize a user’s experience, streamline processes, and do it as inexpensively as possible. Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, you name it. That’s the point of technology. Tech...
View ArticleSherpaa + Crossover Health
Sherpaa launched on February 7, 2012. And on February 7, 2019 Crossover Health acquired Sherpaa. I’ve joined Crossover to lead the development of our platform. And our doctors will continue to deliver...
View ArticleTelehealth is a feature, not a company
Urgent care and telehealth exist because PCPs made themselves inaccessible. Both urgent care and telehealth are symptoms of dysfunction. Healthcare, at its core, is just communication. Now that humans...
View ArticleHealth conditions should be project managed.
Say you take a new job and on the first day they present their company’s rules to you: No email can be usedNo Slack No team collaboration tools like Google docs No project management tools like Asana...
View ArticleWhat is the role of telehealth at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic?
To officially diagnose COVID-19, a physical test must be performed. Here’s what telehealth should be able to do: 1: Establish pre-test probability of disease from patient self-reported symptoms. 2:...
View ArticleOn being a gunner (and taking a break)
When I was in med school, there was a term we used to describe the folks at the top of the class— a “gunner.” I wasn’t one as I had very little interest in studying 100 hours a week just to be in the...
View ArticleFocusing on heavy users of healthcare is the wrong way to control costs.
We always hear that 5% of people consume 50% of a population’s health spending. I call this group “The Five Percenters.” This is the reason why there are initiatives worth hundreds of billions of...
View ArticleBig life update: I’ve joined Nabla as their CMO
The last few months have been insanely fun. As part of The Future Well, I’ve been working with three clients helping them build their care models. Working with them (and others in the future) will...
View ArticleBig life update: I’ve joined Sana as their Chief Medical Officer
Back in October, I started The Future Well to help companies build modern care models. Since then, I’ve been serving as Chief Medical Officer with Nabla, to help build technology to support modern...
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