Health | March 03, 2017 |
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Quote of the Week
"Peer-to-peer review helps hospitals to discuss their problems in a safe environment, when it isn't a crisis. We should strive for a day when a hospitals voluntarily and routinely take part in these exercises. It's been said that change progresses at the speed of trust; trust among peer organizations can accelerate improvement that saves patients' lives."
- Dr. Peter Pronovost, Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
| Health Startup Digest is curated by: |  | R. Scott Munro - MBA Candidate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Contact R. Scott Munro at scott.munro@startupdigestmail.com | Join General Assembly & Techstars for the global movement toward gender parity on International Women's Day 2017!  During these engaging, interactive lightning talks, get inspired by female leaders who are spearheading local innovation in tech, culture, social media, and politics. They’ll discuss how they’ve pioneered gender equality in their industries, the challenges they faced, and provide key tips and strategies on taking action. After the talk, connect with people of all backgrounds in your community, and pledge to #BeBoldForChange in 2017. Find an event in your city: http://ga.co/2lZWQeT | | Nick Statt - The Verge I joke that I'll be first in line to put an implant in my brain to improve it's processing power, but the reality of this might not be as far away as we think. Bryan Johnson (of Braintree and Booth fame) is working on a company to do just that. We're not in the age of the Borg yet, but he's sinking a lot of his own fortune to try to get us there.
| | Rich Roth - LinkedIn Rich Roth, the Chief Strategic Innovation Officer at Dignity Health, explores whether we are in an "innovation bubble" at hospitals in this piece he posted on LinkedIn. As you can imagine given his role, he doesn't think we are and in fact truthfully thinks hospitals are getting better at integrating new technologies into their processes. I tend to agree, but still think there is a long way to go to improve how hospitals separate out the signal from the noise in today's thriving digital health ecosystem. | | Earle E Bain, MD; Laura Shafner, MSc; David P Walling, PhD; Ahmed A Othman, PhD; Christy Chuang-Stein, PhD; John Hinkle, PhD; Adam Hanina, MBA - JMIR I am always a big proponent of digital therapeutics that look to quantify their efficacy and value through studies, especially when there is no requirement to do so. Here is the latest from AI Cure on the platform's ability to help with drug adherence, specifically for schizophrenic patients. | | Dr. Peter Pronovost - WSJ The WSJ came out with a "Journal Report" last week that had a focus on healthcare. The articles included an overview on physicians providing "direct primary care" (i.e. no insurance and a monthly fee), and what adult hospitals can learn from children's hospitals in terms of design principals. My favorite piece was this one on peer collaboration as a means of improving patient care. Dr. Pronovost talks of non-punitive, structured peer assessments of processes by fellow hospitals as a means of improving those processes. I love this idea, and think it is an amazing way for hospitals to learn from each other with little downside risk.
| | WHO - WHO This is an older report from the WHO that was released right after the financial crisis. The report goes into the barriers of universal coverage, and describes them as: availability of resources, over reliance on direct payments, and the inefficient use of resources. From this angle, the WHO provides some potential solutions to increase resource availability, use those resources more efficiently, and move away from direct payment methods. I don't think this comes close to solving our problems domestically in the US, but I do like the report as a framework to think through coverage especially in light of inevitable reforms here in the US. I also really love the figure on page 13 that describes the three levers of coverage as number of individuals, costs covered, and services provided. It provides another great framework to think about coverage and cost of coverage. | | Rock Health - Rock Health I actually had no idea that Rock Health had a podcast. This episode is a couple weeks old, but is a must listen for any company that leverages health data, specifically patient data. Deb Kilpatrick and David Vivero have differing, but important views on how to handle patient data, the importance of such data, and ways to evaluate data sources for startups. | | | 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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