In a blog post questioning the lack of a digital health start-up analogous to Uber, healthcare innovation venture capitalist Rock Health tell us not to hold our breath: there will be a "longer and more complex" route to disruptive health start-ups, due to the "unique unit economics" and the need to cater to "consumer quality concerns". Patients are less likely to pay out of pocket for healthcare services in the same way as a taxi service, and have much higher demands when it comes to privacy. The rise of blockchain technology has been heralded by some as revolutionising how we interact with healthcare. however, the problem is that healthcare interactions are simply less frequent: we visit physicians far less often than we take taxis, meaning more patients have to sign up to make any potentially disruptive service viable.
In a blog post questioning the lack of a digital health start-up analogous to Uber, healthcare innovation venture capitalist Rock Health tell us not to hold our breath: there will be a "longer and more complex" route to disruptive health start-ups, due to the "unique unit economics" and the need to cater to "consumer quality concerns". Patients are less likely to pay out of pocket for healthcare services in the same way as a taxi service, and have much higher demands when it comes to privacy. At it's core however, the problem is that healthcare interactions are simply less frequent: we visit physicians far less often than we take taxis, meaning more patients have to sign up to make any potentially disruptive service viable.