The digital health space refers to the integration of technology and health care services to improve the overall quality of health care delivery. It encompasses a wide range of innovative and emerging technologies such as wearables, telehealth, artificial intelligence, mobile health, and electronic health records (EHRs). The digital health space offers numerous benefits such as improved patient outcomes, increased access to health care, reduced costs, and improved communication and collaboration between patients and health care providers. For example, patients can now monitor their vital signs such as blood pressure and glucose levels from home using wearable devices and share the data with their doctors in real-time. Telehealth technology allows patients to consult with their health care providers remotely without having to travel to the hospital, making health care more accessible, particularly in remote or rural areas. Artificial intelligence can be used to analyze vast amounts of patient data to identify patterns, predict outcomes, and provide personalized treatment recommendations. Overall, the digital health space is rapidly evolving, and the integration of technology in health

Monday, September 15, 2014

Is he the Steve Jobs for Health Care or a super-rich hypomanic snake oil salesman?

His reputation precedes him, he has had some failures but also manages to turn lemons into lemonade, one foot in the Venture Capital arena, the other in a 'gestalt' of health innovation and organizational abilities.  Forbes Magazine featured him as the icon of "The Manhattan Project". They titled the article,

Medicine's Manhattan Project: Can The World's Richest Doctor Fix Health Care?













His biography, and resume demonstrate an outstanding presence, and personal charm, daring to go 'where no man has gone before'.  His accomplishments are diverse, especially manipulating his financial treasure to march forward on his mission of disrupting medicine with innovative ideas, merging new tools together.  Many have and are trying to accomplish this same goal. Perhaps he has become more visible due to his extroversion and lack of fear from the establishment, since he is independent of grant funds private or public. He is a quiet speaker and refrains from bold and embellished ideas.
Will he be another icon of Disruptive Men in Medicine ?





Before                                                                                                        After

Read, and judge for yourself.


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