Health | March 31, 2017 |
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Quote of the Week
"Did the phone replace the human voice? No, the phone is an augmentation device. The cognitive revolution will allow computers to amplify the capacity of the human mind in the same manner. Just as machines made human muscles a thousand times stronger, machines will make the human brain a thousand times more powerful."
- Sebastian Thrun
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| | The Economist This is mainly an overview of digital trends in health care from the Economist. Because of this, a lot of the information will be obvious to folks, although there are some interesting frameworks (like the "three types of players" framework that investor Andy Richards mentions). | | Matthew Karls - HIT Consultant An interesting take on what's broken in digital health investing. According to Matthew Karls, the generalist/tech investors messed things up when they couldn't provide the same level of support as more specialist investors. His focus is on providing a more collaborative approach to venture investing in the space that has been lacking in the recent boom. The venture fund he's starting as a collaboration between Cambia and Mosaic will be an interesting one to follow. | | Martin Dewhurst - Mckinsey Insights This is an interview between McKinsey partner, Martin Dewhurst, and VC David Epstein. The conversation ranges from current innovations, to how pharmaceutical firms should be responding to the rapid rate of change in the industry, as well as some general insights into the progress of the pharma industry. In particular, I was interested in Epstein's comments on how the commercial model in pharma will change. He feels much of it will need to remain the same (educating physicians, etc). In my mind, much of this will be fundamentally different as physicians become more digital and we have new ways of educating targeted groups of care takers. | | Commonwealth Fund Results from the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance. | | Siddhartha Mukherjee - The New Yorker You can put this in your "long reads" folder. It's a pretty in depth read, but does a good job showing the human side of diagnosis and how we are shifting towards machines to take on some of these human tasks. People have been talking about this for decades, we may now be close to the reality through neural networks and machine learning. The piece also goes into Sebastian Thrun's work in this area. | | Techstars The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Powered by Techstars is very excited to announce that applications are open for their third class. You can read more about it here. The program will begin on September 12, 2017, and applications close on June 9, 2017. If you are building the next amazing healthcare tech company, they'd love to see your application! | Apply today for our Business Development Executive in APAC at Techstars Are you someone who’s not afraid to be defiant, who stands up to the status quo and is an intense adventurer? Do you thrive in chaos, take risks and find comfort in the uncomfortable? The Business Development Director will be responsible for growing Techstars' corporate partner accelerator partners and recruiting Techstars' network partners to support our programs in the region. Join our Team Today! https://goo.gl/OU5oca | | | You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. | |
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