Great panel with two incredibly smart humans on how VCs should be thinking about investing in AI. It was an off record convo so can’t share too much, but the Crux of it is that these two are very thoughtful! It was a breath of fresh air. Morgan Cheatham Graham Brooks

What determines the right role of venture capital in AI health given budgetary realities of healthcare? Great discussion lead by Christina Farr at Second Opinion w Graham Brooks .406 Ventures Morgan Cheatham Bessemer The Warren Alpert Medical School #SAIL2024

Hot take: I totally buy using AI in health care for clinical workflow and making the back office more efficient.

Anything else the jury is still out.

Just heard the comment at a health/AI summit that valuing an algorithm today is like being disappointed that a 9-month-old baby can't play sports because all it's doing is 'screaming and soiling itself.'

We are still in the early innings.

David Rosenthal MD Noah Lang Christina Farr Atul Gawande Asaf Bitton Thanks for sharing! New research also has exciting findings for the effect of Costa Rica's PHC system on reducing mortality. 9 years after launching a health area, its empaneled population saw a 13% mortality reduction.

Madeline Pesec discusses the study:
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Got into a chat tonight about Costa Rica’s health care system and focus on primary care. Seems kinda great. What’s the catch?

A group of us women's health investors and founders in NYC spoke with Crain's New York this past month and got real about the challenges and opportunities, as well as the need. Love this quote from Leslie Schrock that companies need to go after big enough problems and be - the…

AI is:

I was lucky to be referred the same coach by Chrissy. Could not agree more that she is individually exceptional, and that this kind of work is an enormous unlock especially for women.

The naïveté of people who have never managed a P+L more complex than the family budget consistently astounds me.

For the first time about six months ago, I started working with an executive coach. I am sure there are a lot of not great ones out there, but this coach has utterly changed my way of thinking. Probably also shortcut a few years of therapy. Essential work.

New York is home to some of the most groundbreaking women’s and family health businesses, which begets more change for the better. Grateful to have support from Leslie Schrock Christina Farr Kate Ryder and for the feature in Crain's New York!

“We need painkillers not vitamins in womens health.” Thanks to my favs ⁦Christina Farr⁩ ⁦Leslie Schrock⁩ ⁦Holly Maloney⁩ ⁦Kate Ryder⁩ ⁦Ellen DaSilva⁩ ⁦Lori Evans Bernstein⁩ for championing our cause in Crain's New York⁩! More 👇🏻 archive.md/2024.05.07-124…

Boomers, please give us child tax credits. You basically won. At least give us something.

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C'mon a $25 'processing fee' to send medical records electronically! As Jonathan Slotkin, MD points out, that kinda made sense in a world with printing and sending physical things, but clinics should not do that today.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It is a pet peeve of mine when VCs put quotes in funding-related press releases about how 'thrilled' they are to be investing.

That company deserves better. It is sad to me that you have nothing more substantive to say.

Second Opinion subs: I’ll be spending a few days this week getting all the intel
On what’s going on in AI / health at Isaac Kohane’s conference. Follow for updates!

Cue Health cuts 49% of staff in latest cost saving strategy modernhealthcare.com/digital-health…

What a wild year. I’m beyond honored to be named a Pulitzer finalist with the one and only Casey Ross. More than anything, we hope this shines light on the Medicare Advantage enrollees, and their families, who have been harmed by the use of this AI. pulitzer.org/finalists/case…

Since that last post on Second Opinion, I'm now getting even more companies sent to me via investors, employees and others in the know that are doing well and some of them i've literally never heard of. Feeling even more optimistic now!