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hey robbie, don't know what year you are in, but basically yeah. a physician in a hospital basically looks at data on a patient to assess the state and then mak

hey robbie, don't know what year you are in, but basically yeah. a physician in a hospital basically looks at data on a patient to assess the state and then make decisions on management to affect the state. the problem is that these tests are hard to find off-the-shelf and often costs an obscene amount of money as well. i would look into the efforts of companies like scanadu, alivecor, cellscope. once we can get data to the consumers, then us developers can immediately start creating knowledge based systems that utilize the data to give the patient a clearer picture of their internal state.

tkl 14y ago
Hi lucidrains, I'd be curious too what kind of thoughts you have about the health startup field. If you'd like to email me, I would love to chat.
robbiep 14y ago
Im just entering my final year. Like you I think there's plenty of room for disruption, not just on the medical devices side but also in terms of efficiencies. So the three companies you reference are basically disrupting devices that cost thousands of dollars (ECG and otoscopes/dermatoscopes) - great for bringing down the costs of clinics or solo practitioners. A lot of these devices I think are probably being angled at the home user as well (particularly ECG) but the clinical relevance of giving a patient their own rhythm is pretty minimal... I mean if they have a dicky heart they likely have a pacemaker or ICD which will record suspect rhythms themselves. I'd be fascinated to talk more to you and see where you are taking this because I think you are really saying is that if we give patients their results or order their own (bloods, EUC, any ELIZA etc studies) then we will be empowering them to make better health decisions. I have my own opinions on this based on what i've seen and if you're interested in discussing further my email is in my profile - although seems like you have a lot that would like to talk to you!

tkl 14y ago

Hi lucidrains, I'd be curious too what kind of thoughts you have about the health startup field. If you'd like to email me, I would love to chat.

robbiep 14y ago

Im just entering my final year. Like you I think there's plenty of room for disruption, not just on the medical devices side but also in terms of efficiencies. So the three companies you reference are basically disrupting devices that cost thousands of dollars (ECG and otoscopes/dermatoscopes) - great for bringing down the costs of clinics or solo practitioners. A lot of these devices I think are probably being angled at the home user as well (particularly ECG) but the clinical relevance of giving a patient their own rhythm is pretty minimal... I mean if they have a dicky heart they likely have a pacemaker or ICD which will record suspect rhythms themselves. I'd be fascinated to talk more to you and see where you are taking this because I think you are really saying is that if we give patients their results or order their own (bloods, EUC, any ELIZA etc studies) then we will be empowering them to make better health decisions. I have my own opinions on this based on what i've seen and if you're interested in discussing further my email is in my profile - although seems like you have a lot that would like to talk to you!