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pallavsharda

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About pallavsharda

Wandering at the intersection of health and tech since 2001. I meta-analyze anything related to health, tech and design. Fan of medical-grade startups. More at pallavsharda.com

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    Comment #33293012

    FDA (and all health agencies) get a lot of flack for being regressive and slow. So I thought I'll share a bit of positive news this friday that at least something is moving in the …

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    Comment #32785829

    Yeah. It’s an approach that bugs me too. “Sciencism” so to speak - making a name and phenomenon out of everything. It’s not all that bad…directionally speaking. But it tends to leg…

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    Comment #12272062

    This article illustrates superbly what Bill Gates said "We tend to overestimate the impact of changes that will happen in 2 years, and underestimate those that will happen in next …

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    Comment #10235733

    Nah, oscar is pretty much one of it's kind. Others related to insurance are helping people FIND the right insurance. Like CollectiveHealth.com (>$1B valuation). Most are not B2C.

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    Comment #10228609

    Incredible. I'm so glad that a tech giant is making steady penetration into another stuck-in-middle-ages industry. Glad google decided to do this, instead of another social product…

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    Comment #10223658

    You have a legal and civil right to get it! Seriously. This is the one thing everyone should know and DO to change healthcare. The more patients ask for their records, the more the…

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    Comment #10211766

    You are right about consumers being the key. My first 3 startup attempts were enterprise health... thought I knew insides of the system enough to be able to sell them on new tech/s…

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    Comment #10210168

    In one word, the reason is incentives. I felt compelled to write details down on quora..