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The data confirms what most of us already feel: physicians spend roughly half of their time on EHR and administrative tasks rather than direct patient

So, we face two bottlenecks: Fragmented patient data that's hard to find, reconcile, and trust. Documentation burden that spills into after-hours work

There is a potentially important source of variance for all of this: we’re running out of internet data. That could mean that, very soon, the naive ap

You can go somewhat further by repeating data, but academic work on this suggests that repetition only gets you so far, finding that after 16 epochs (

In addition to insider bullishness, I think there’s a strong intuitive case for why it should be possible to find ways to train models with much bette

A look back at AlphaGo—the first AI system that beat the world champions at the game of Go, decades before it was thought possible—is useful here as w

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware

Where public intellectuals once shaped cultural discourse by challenging ideas, most influential figures today shape culture by modeling a lifestyle.

Anxiety is an emotional response to risk. When we experience anxiety about an event, we perceive the risk to be real and possible, likely to occur in

Physicist and chemist Marie Curie on the connection between fear and knowledge: "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the world at large, causing ice to shrink by an area the size of Austria each year. Since the 1980s the v

the hope lies with the Arctic’s “green” minerals, which global warming is making more accessible. They include cobalt, graphite, lithium and nickel, i

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the

“Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.” — Neil Strauss

Only about 30% of API manufacturing facilities that supply ingredients for drugs for the US market are themselves based in the US. The rest are spread

In an FDA analysis of 163 drugs in shortage from 2013 to 2017, generic sterile injectables made up roughly half of the sample

paradox with generic injectables in particular: an intensive manufacturing process with very low profit margins.

The generic drug supply chain sprawls across the globe and is pretty opaque. Manufacturers are required to report to the FDA when there’s a disruption

Finding your way in life is like unlocking the combination of a safe. You have to go forwards and backwards. Life is not a direct march from A to B. T

“Most people are interested. Few are truly committed. Interested people act when it's convenient; committed people act no matter what. Interested peo

There’s a famous WWI poem about how one generation sacrifices for another, hopes that they can carry the work onwards. “To you from failing hands we t

Poet Emily Dickinson on the value of small actions: "If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the achi

Greenhouse agriculture is a proven solution to sustainable, local, and climate-resilient food production, Source.ag claimed. Today almost half (46%) o

FarmboxRx founder Ashley Tyrner, 39, sees healthy food as a form of health care. In 2014, she launched Farmbox Direct, which shipped boxes of fresh fo

There are at least 4 types of wealth: Financial wealth (money) Social wealth (status) Time wealth (freedom) Physical wealth (health) Be wary of jobs

A framework for evaluating opportunities in digital health Here are some of the diligence questions I have collected over the years, that I share wit

One way, in theory, to protect your ownership is with pro-rata rights. A pro-rata side letter is a legal agreement or document that is often used by v

Healthcare-specific investors This section includes both healthcare-specific funds, as well as individual investors who exclusively focus on healthca

Bessemer looked at the performance of over 100 digital health companies. They found that for median digital health companies, it takes roughly 10-11 y

Collaborative problem-solving is receiving increased attention for its ability to help people solve complex problems. Even when the collaborators are

“The smartest way to set a reasonable deadline is to make sure it’s not too stressful for those involved, to tailor it individually to all players, an

people who take the time to engage in healthy, active habits such as exercise, socializing, and hobbies can engage their executive functions more effe

That which has been done well has been done quickly enough.