Co-Founder and CEO @ PsychNow: Hybrid-AI solutions for screening, intake, ongoing care and provider collaboration that let patients tell their story and help mental health providers deliver empathic, timely care.
Pretty spot on: ๐ง ๐ง If youโre a clinician already actively trying to keep lips pursed above the financial surface, even if you knew there was a bouy just a couple meters away that could make the struggle easier, you have to risk drowning to just see if you can reach it. And thatโs pretty sad. But thatโs exactly what is happening in most parts of medicine.
Co-founder/CEO, SeamlessMD | enabling health systems to digitize patient care journeys with automated reminders, education and symptom monitoring - leading to lower LOS, readmissions, and costs | Physician entrepreneur
5 reasons why adoption of Health Tech is slower than many would like: 1๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ Itโs annoying but not catastrophic if a new spreadsheet tech doesnโt work. But it can be catastrophic if health tech doesnโt work as intended and puts a patientโs health at risk. Which means health systems must have a lower tolerance risk. Which means tech in healthcare must be more carefully evaluated and thoughtfully deployed. Which means more time. 2๏ธโฃ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ When people complain about Health Tech adoption being too slow, they are most often talking about tech that would lead to better patient outcomes. In a mostly fee-for-service world, tech that increases patient volumes, improves billing, etc. is going to face less resistance to adoption. In contrast, tech that improves patient outcomes is going to have more of an uphill battle - especially if improving patient outcomes may actually lead to less revenue for a health system. 3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ - ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ Clinicians are barely keeping their head above water with their current workflows and tools they have to use. Asking them to use one more piece of tech? Asking them to educate patients about one more innovation? Good luckโฆ itโs tough to fit it all. 4๏ธโฃ ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ - ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ In healthcare, sometimes it can take weeks or months to schedule the next meeting, particularly if you need a group of clinicians to weigh-in. It can be hard enough to get time with one clinician whose days are jam packed with clinical work and patient care. Imagine having to find that one time on the calendar where a whole clinical team is availableโฆ and then it gets re-scheduled because a patient care issue comes up. Happens all the time. Wouldnโt happen in other industries where stakeholders have more flexible schedules. 5๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ Most Health Tech impacts multiple stakeholders - patients, clinicians, administrators, IT / privacy, etc. Depending on the people dynamics, there may be several folks who can veto the initiative. Which means you need to have a strong value prop for almost every single type of stakeholder. ***** What would you add? #digitalhealth #healthcareinnovation
