There is a great debate in the health tech community on a controversial keynote by Vinod Khosla at the Health Innovation Summit (HIS), in which he stated that 80% will be replaced by machines of what doctors could do given.
If you have a doc like me, who have no idea who the hell is Vinod Khosla (he is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems), why he has to be a keynote speaker at a medical meeting and what the hell HIS is, well yes, that's the point of this post. You see, there are a lot of people out there like Khosla - investors, entrepreneurs, tech-types - who are trying to redefine health care are by their own personal vision. Where we see a health system in crisis, they see an opportunity - just another problem with a technological solution. Computer-driven algorithms are the answer to mis-diagnosis and medical errors, IPhone apps can replace doctor visits, video connectivity can increase access.
Where we see disease and misery, they see a market.
And what business people call as to disrupt the market. Think about what happened in the downtown small town USA after the first shopping center opened. Or what cinema when Netflix offers online since DVD rental. Or where did all the independent bookstores, as the first open borders, and what happens when the boundaries Kindle hit the market.
Out with the old, in with the new.
If Khosla is right that we docs are in our offices and hospitals, the old downtown department stores, bookstores, and the brick and mortar businesses in an online revolution. We are interchangeable. At least most of us.
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