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Devoting Your Life to Reinventing a Broken System

2024/3/25
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Vijay Pande: 美国医疗系统效率低下且成本高昂，迫切需要技术创新来改善医疗保健，提高医疗质量和可及性，降低成本。 Ed Park: 传统的医疗保健模式存在缺陷，仅仅提供更好的服务并不意味着能够获得相应的报酬。成功的模式需要通过提供更好的医疗服务来获得报酬，即使有时更好的医疗服务成本更高，但从整体上看，会降低成本。现有的医疗系统擅长处理紧急情况，但在预防方面投入不足。为了彻底改革医疗系统，需要从零开始构建一个完整的技术支持的医疗服务体系，整合健康保险、患者导航、虚拟护理和先进的软件平台。 Todd Park: 美国医疗系统既重要又混乱，这为科技公司提供了巨大的机遇，能够产生巨大影响并创造价值，甚至挽救生命。人工智能可以提高医疗保健效率，减少浪费，并辅助临床决策。 Ed Park: 他们早期的公司Athena Health虽然在医疗模式上取得成功，但商业模式却失败了，这与美国医疗系统的固有缺陷有关。他们意识到，要提供最佳的医疗服务，需要一个从零开始构建的，完全整合的垂直系统。这个系统包括健康保险、患者导航服务、虚拟护理团队和一个先进的软件平台，所有这些都旨在确保患者在正确的时间获得正确的护理。 Todd Park: 他们兄弟俩的创业故事源于父母的美国梦，以及他们对改善医疗保健的共同愿望。他们认为，要解决美国医疗保健系统的问题，需要一个全新的、技术驱动的系统。这个系统需要整合各种资源，以确保患者获得最佳的护理，同时控制成本。 Vijay Pande: Ed和Todd Park兄弟致力于解决美国医疗保健系统面临的重大问题，例如支付和获取医疗服务的问题。他们正在组建一个由专家组成的团队，利用技术来改善医疗保健，提高医疗质量和可及性，降低成本。

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The Park brothers share their family's immigration story and their journey into the healthcare industry, highlighting the challenges they faced and their initial venture into women's health. Their early experiences shaped their vision for Devoted Health.
  • Parents immigrated from Korea in 1969.
  • Early company, AthenaHealth, focused on women's health.
  • IPO in 2007.
  • Learned about the broken US healthcare system.
  • Developed theories on fixing it.

Shownotes Transcript

At the a16z LP Summit, we brought hundreds of our limited partners and portfolio founders together in Las Vegas.

The event was truly overflowing with stories of how founders are challenging the status quo and harnessing technology to make the world a better place. Amidst these stories, it became clear that in the realms of public safety and healthcare, the stakes couldn't be higher—these sectors not only hold lives in balance but also stand as fertile ground for technological breakthroughs.

In this episode, a16z General Partner Vijay Pande chats with Ed and Todd Park, the visionary siblings behind Devoted Health. Their mission? To overhaul a healthcare system they describe as critically essential yet deeply flawed. The Park brothers delve into the genesis of their ambition to construct a healthcare system from scratch, underscoring the sector's urgent need for technological innovation and the game-changing role of AI.

Kicking off with an American dream story, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in how technology can reshape healthcare for the better.

 

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Find Vijay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vijaypande)

Find Ed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edparkdevoted)

Find Todd on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-park-3232573)

Learn more about Devoted Health: https://www.devoted.com)

 

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