medtech frontiers - how data and open source will transform health
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Lecture at MedTech Frontiers, Triple Ring Technologies.TRANSCRIPT
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will big data transform health care?
how do we experience big data now?
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transforming some spaces...
assuming cost reduction not a great bet.
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assume 1,000,000 downloadsassume 10% false positive rate
100,000 doctor visits$1000 per biopsy
19 of 20 times, you didn’t need to go.
1. choose your monopolies wisely.
monopoly and incrementalism.
monopoly and network effects.
once entrenched, hard to move.
http://www.health2news.com/2012/11/08/ucsf-medical-center-ceo-explains-why-epic/
2. the rise of the “open” monopoly.
“any internet you want...”
unintended side effect:
massive increase in sample size of programmers
share-ers
emergence of the “digital commons”
no single entity maintains control over the resource
intended effect:
massive increase in sample size of photographers
share-ers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/6354182139/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/6354182139/
all resting on a standard , open infrastructure
3. our monopoly choices in biomedical
research.
a. “just like now, but moreso”
b. small matrix of companies
c. open network
requires near-simultaneous creation of complex infrastructure.
storage, provenance, version control
informed consent
incentives and community
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4. essential components.
changed roles
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empowered patients
increase the sample size through technology
and then we give it back for free to all the apps.
will open source transform health care?
if we make the sample size large enough...
and we choose our monopolies wisely...
share-ers
thank you