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Fast forward to today, and a dizzying number of new and compelling care options for patients in new formats have hit the market. Novel payment models, rising healthcare costs, shifting financial responsibilities, a consumer preference for virtual-first experiences, and emerging market segments with new buyer dynamics have opened up new distribution... See more

Challenge #1: Lack of comprehensive and centralized health data, inhibiting potential for personalized care. Most EHR systems can’t exchange information between providers. And patients are less likely than ever to establish a consistent relationship with a primary care physician. With patients increasingly switching between providers and health ins... See more

Telehealth, in particular, can lower costs and broaden access to care. In the last decade, companies like Livongo (chronic disease management) and PillPack (an online pharmacy) emerged to help seniors better access healthcare.

As with any innovation pointed at the deadly disorders of American healthcare, the failures these companies say they are addressing are well-documented, if not the definitive cause of the overall disease.

Patient-Directed Care

Circling around all of this continues to be a more fundamental shift of how people are paying attention to biology and their own health.

While patient-directed care broadly is an increasingly consensus trend (borne out of the rise of the quantified self of yesterday and a large number of growing podcasters/authors today) the nua... See more

We foresee a transition from clinician-controlled care to unified collaboration between clinicians and consumers.