brycedotvc:

Chris Hogg is one of my favorite minds on the tectonic shifts happening in healthcare today. In his follow up post to this TEDx talk, Chris does a great job articulating the underlying themes of this shift:

1. The biggest problem in healthcare today is not medical; it is behavioral.  Most of us have become incredibly detached from our bodies and health and being detached leads to poor health.
2. Increasing engagement should be the key goal of any modern day health company.
3. Patients have a tremendous amount of value and information to add to the healthcare equation that has been missing up to this point.
4. All of us will start tracking more and more data about our bodies and health, whether we know it or not (think iPhone background monitoring).
5. These data we collect will transform the relationship we have with our bodies.  Data will also change how we interact with the healthcare system and fundamentally change the relationship we have with our physicians.
6. Data lead to personalization and relevance.  Sites based on a foundation of personal health data will be able to provide superior services and experiences to users.

A well timed confluence of technology and societal trends are leading us into a new age of health and care. Data driven, shortened feedback loops, personalized and, hopefully, more human.

I will keep beating this drum for a long, long time as there is much work that will require OATV type funding in order to work outside the system to make this promise a reality.