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Originally Posted by CarlV
Good luck to these guys, I hope they really throw a wrench into the works with this.  |
I agree with you, to the extent that if there's an industry right now that is absolutely an easy target for disruption, its the health care system. It is a delivery system that is set up for the benefit of itself with little regard for its customers, and spends a ton of money (that we ultimately all pay for) to protect that delivery system.
Can you imagine the health care industry being in favor of the following care delivery scenario?
The patient calls their doctor on the phone to discuss what feels like a case of the flu. The patient connects via Bluetooth a biometric device to their smart phone that can collect and send key health data to their doc. There are even methods that allow
blood test results to be sent to docs via smartphones.
The great thing about the scenario above is that it doesn't require the sick patient to sit in a waiting room inside a multi-million dollar medical office edifice where the patient is as likely to spread disease as get cured of it. It doesn't require near the staff of capital expense to deliver care.
And, with Amazon set to potentially offer pharmaceuticals, imagine the doc in the scenario above sending a prescription order to Amazon and the patient gets their prescription delivered to their door via drone.
All of the above is possible right now with current technology. It just needs advocacy and capital investment to push it out broadly into the marketplace.