Colin Hung’s Post

I strongly believe that society has a responsibility to help people live longer, healthier lives. But as I write in my latest Forbes Technology Council article, extending this so-called “healthspan” requires democratized access to preventative care for all healthcare consumers and access to critical care navigation support. It’s an unlock that requires the adoption of new AI tooling combined with fast and trusted data. With our recent acquisition of CareJourney, Arcadia can ensure that information about patient encounters is routed to the appropriate human or AI interfaces that can provide patients with the necessary support in real-time. It’s one way we’re enabling people to live longer, healthier lives. https://lnkd.in/eFXfTscD

Nice piece from a16z Bio + Health Jay Rughani and Julie Yoo on Commercializing #AIinHealthcare and the #EnterpriseBuyer Perspective - https://lnkd.in/g-VzPVHb I want to underscore the #ClinicalChampion piece, which many who are new to healthcare just completely miss. You will live and die by a #ClinicalChampion. From the article, the #ClinicalChampion is "who most acutely feels the pain of the problem remaining unsolved, is held responsible internally for solving the problem, and has the budget (or able to move someone's budget) to solve it."

For years, colleagues in health tech asked if I’d ever see patients again. My answer was always the same: probably not. As I looked at new roles this year, almost everyone - headhunters and friends - saw me in a product leadership role or an outward facing CMO role. None were in operations or care delivery, areas I cared about but ones where I thought I’d become less relevant. So…always a zealot for breadth as much as depth, that’s what I went after. I took a job this summer with Carbon Health running and growing their clinics in Washington. And seeing patients. Was I nervous to see my first patient in years? You bet. After two days, though, it felt like I’d never left. Except that I approached patients with the perspective of a guy who’d spent a decade innovating — and learning from many of you — in health tech. Carbon has a huge appetite for great product and I was immediately struck by 3 things it had nailed: 1. AI Charting: Carbon started this before it became the household word it now is and rolled it out earlier this summer. As a product guy, I had limited expectations - but it’s astonishingly good. A complex conversation with a patient immediately turns into crisp but detailed clinician note. I show it to patients and we’re both stunned. 2. Engagement: Apps are ubiquitous in tech but engagement is usually dismal. At Carbon, I’d say 80% of my patients already have the Carbon app. Most of the remaining 20% will get it by the end of their visit with me. I send all discharge instructions and results this way and patients can easily text me on the app. Nobody abuses that functionality and I solve several problems a day for patients with it. 3. Insanely fast visits: the combination of AI charting and pushing lab results and discharge instructions to the patient’s phone means they don’t have to sit around waiting. A typical patient is amazed at how fast a visit is. We both are. This kind of effective tech use sets up clinicians for a great patient experience. On a typical day, the NPS for one of our clinics is 100. That’s right: 100. Despite this, there’s plenty to fix or improve. I’ll save that for another post. I do, finally, want to thank the many of you who were generous with your time as sounding boards and connectors as I looked for what was next. You know who you are. Thank you!!! #innovation #healthtech #patientexperience

HLTH 2023 wrapped up, bringing together 10,000 healthcare leaders, from startups to tech giants. Two major themes emerged: 1️⃣ AI Dominance: Artificial Intelligence took center stage, with Google, Microsoft, and Amazon showcasing its pivotal role in healthcare. 2️⃣ Virtual Care Surge: Post-pandemic, virtual care is reshaping healthcare. Health insurers are partnering with startups to improve mental health access. HLTH sets the tone for healthcare trends, and despite challenges, optimism abounds, especially in Medicare Advantage.

#CyndxDailyNewsletter Highlight 💡 In a monumental deal, health tech company Fabric obtains 60M in Series A funding. The company is the "fabric" that seamlessly ties clinical and administrative work together by simplifying the process of identifying and accordingly matching the needs of new patients. This deal comes on the heels of a strategic decision made by Fabric to acquire GYANT, a conversational AI patient engagement suite. The firm is well on its way to revolutionizing healthcare technology. Learn more about the deal here 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02lXG2V0 How are other firms utilizing M&A to broaden their reach? Subscribe to Cyndx's daily newsletter to find out: https://hubs.li/Q02lXJM50 #Cyndx #HealthcareTechnology #CRM #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessGrowth #Markets #MergersandAquisitions #Aquisitions #Dealmaking

“While AI-powered healthcare solutions are indeed trending, and it’s difficult to argue with AI’s potential to transform healthcare, its long-term success is dependent on its adoption by hundreds of thousands of very busy doctors.” In Healthcare IT Today, Navina’s CEO, Ronen Lavi, sheds light on the often-overlooked challenge of ensuring that overburdened physicians actually use the latest innovative solutions. For more on the risk of alienating doctors with ‘black box’ AI—and how to mitigate that risk with responsible, evidence-backed solutions—check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/eZgBi55s

Thank you Jessica Hagen and MobiHealthNews for featuring our co-founder and CEO, Munjal Shah, in this story on the biggest healthcare takeaways from 2023: "Generative AI captured the world’s imagination this year, and healthcare was no exception. Most of 2023 was focused on developing generative AI solutions that aided back-office tasks, like revenue cycle management. While these can help save payers and providers costs, they are not patient-facing and hence can’t easily change health outcomes and inequities." At Hippocratic AI, we’re thinking bigger about the applications of generative AI—beyond just back-office tasks—that can significantly improve healthcare equity, access, and outcomes. We have an opportunity to harness the power of this kind of technology, to augment the work of healthcare professionals. With an infinitely scalable set of virtual nursing, care coordination, clinical administration, and customer service assistants, we can unlock an unprecedented level of care and service at low cost, without sacrificing quality or safety. You can read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gd89Axu2 

Living in SF, every week I meet people ready to revolutionize healthcare! Today I want to focus on what I believe is the VERY FIRST thing all innovators should wrap their head around if you have the next big thing idea for Providers or Patients (or both!) It's 🔥🔥🔥 No not Fire, FHIR! 📈 (pronounced the same, stands for -- Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) When someone decides they want to impact humanity and healthcare, I'm not sure if anyone realizes the web of entanglements they will have to wade through. Every lab order has a different code, every medication => different code, every patient, every doctor, every procedure have unique record numbers, IDs, and payment protocols. It is..... a lot. Which is why this week I'll be doing a 5 day deep dive into FHIR. The skeleton key for you to unlock the future of medicine. 🔑🏥 What is FHIR you may ask? FHIR is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically. It's the bridge 🌁 that connects the islands 🏝️ of data in our fragmented healthcare system. Here's why it matters: • It standardizes health data exchange • Enables seamless integration across different systems • Provides a common language for health apps, AI solutions, EHRs, Hospitals, Nurses, Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists and Operators. For innovators, AI builders, and entrepreneurs mastering FHIR is like learning the native tongue of healthcare data. It's not just about compliance—it's about unlocking the potential to create truly transformative solutions. Over the next 5 days, here is what we will do: 1. Cover the basics of FHIR and it's role in modern healthcare. 2. Discuss the most exciting tools and platforms to leverage FHIR. 3. For Engineers, we'll build a Full Stack Application from inception to deployment so we can learn the ins and outs. Super excited about this! Planning on doing interesting deep dives into quirky less talked about things that are pivotal to various industries. P.S. Don't forget to follow along for daily updates. Trust me, by the end of this week, you'll see healthcare data in a whole new light! 💡🏥 #HealthTech #FHIR #AIinHealthcare #Interoperability #Data #Doctors #Patients #Medtech #AI #FullStack #OpenSource #RxNorm #HL7 #YC #HealthcareOperations #SaaS

Over the past year, we’ve been working in close collaboration with 250+ stakeholders from across all walks of US Healthcare. Today, we are excited to introduce the world to the next step in the evolution of caregiving: MarianaAI. At a time when even crucial healthcare waitlists stretch into months, physicians spend 70% of their time on things not integral to caregiving, and over 50% of providers in the US running into major losses, our mission is to make every clinical encounter fulfilling and rewarding for patients and providers alike. MarianaAI’s CARE platform combines the world’s most precise and accurate AI models with an unmatched depth of patient data and medical knowledge to streamline the entire encounter in real-time. What previously took hours now takes just a few clicks. CARE creates actionable Patient Portraits, handles note-taking, surfaces real-time clinical decision support, manages patient communications, and more — all with military-grade security. We’re reifying the AI-augmented future of caregiving, today. Join us through our limited Early Adopter Program which is now live (link in the first comment). https://lnkd.in/gCWmfQSY #healthtech #ai #marianaai #efficiency #automation #care #insights #healthcare

AI self-serve CarePod will see you now! CarePods that use artificial intelligence to screen and diagnose health conditions. #aihealthcare #healthtech #primarycare #disruptivetechnologies