Perspectives and Insights
3 Leadership Roles Doctors Can Play In Healthtech Companies
Healthtech is defined as the application of technology to solve problems in healthcare—think wearables, apps, cellphones, connected devices, software, databases, etc. It can also include medical devices, personalized medicine, and even at-home testing solutions. ...
MDisrupt—building the gig economy for health industry experts
MDisrupt—building the gig economy for health industry experts. An interview with Ruby Gadelrab, CEO, MDisrupt
Going global: Taking your health product to international markets
US medical device and molecular diagnostics (MDx) developers are often laser-focused on establishing and growing their businesses stateside, with little to no attention paid to some important international healthcare markets. For example, the medical device market was...
What Employers Should Know About Covid-19 Testing When Bringing Employees Back To Work
As employers consider bringing their employees back to work, there is a critical need for guidance on COVID-19 testing. Companies are asking who should we test, when and how often should we test, what do we do with the results and, what kind of testing should we use?
MDisrupt One Year On—A Year of Transformation
The only constant in life is change. And nowhere is that more true than in your first year as a start-up. We created MDisrupt to help others avoid becoming the next Theranos, or uBiome – and to help divert healthtech companies away from criticisms of attempting to dupe consumers, skipping a few steps on the road to evidence generation, or taking the wrong regulatory path.
Ascending the Covid-19 Incline—Reform, Reaction and The Long Way Back
Confronting the unimaginable: Covid-19, a surmountable challenge Each day as I get up and go to work, I have to prepare myself mentally in a way that I have never experienced in my 12 years as a UK Doctor. My colleagues and I witness daily, the gravity and devastation...
How Healthcare and Healthtech Should Unite to Combat the COVID-19 Crisis
We’re facing unprecedented times as we gear up to confront the reality of COVID-19, both on the economy and within the healthcare system. As cases continue to rise, sorting through misinformation on the virus has become more vital than ever. Fortunately, the...
Combatting Misinformation related to COVID-19: a Primer for Healthtech Companies and Consumers
As a Pulmonary & Critical Care Physician who has a passion for finding digital technology solutions to our health care problems, as well as 5 years of experience helping healthtech companies in the SF Bay Area, I have evaluated many and led the adoption of several...
Put the Health Back in Healthtech: A Product Manager’s Perspective
Good healthtech products are really hard to build. Every year healthtech attracts great technologists who have had personal experiences with the broken healthcare system. And yet, along with myriad silent disappearances, there are publicly reported flops in healthtech from scrappy start-ups and tech giants alike. What are some of the common pitfalls? And what can your company do to safeguard against them?
Understanding Medical Necessity: Guidance for Healthtech Companies to Address Medical Insurance Coverage Limitations
The central conundrum that new healthtech companies face: “Why should I pay for this if it isn’t covered by the insurance company?” In other words, If an employer’s medical insurance company doesn’t cover a diagnostic or therapeutic service, why should the employer consider buying it separately?
Bridging the Cultural Divide Between Healthcare and Healthtech
Jill Hagenkord talks about her transition from Healthcare to Healthtech and shares the lessons she learned in this podcast.
8 Common Mistakes Healthtech Companies Make When Building Health Products
Over the past five years, since before we founded MDisrupt, we have worked with, advised, reviewed or consulted for over 100 healthtech companies. We were surprised to find that the mistakes these companies are making are shockingly consistent. Even more striking is that many of these mistakes are completely avoidable. Here are a selection of the most common things we have seen.