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12 Trends in Digital Health Physician Entrepreneurship
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBAPresident and CEO, Society of Physician
Entrepreneurs
1. EducationAs biomedical entrepreneurship education
programs evolve, more are offering specific interdisciplinary courses and degrees in data science and digital health entrepreneurship.
2. Early engagement Physician digital health entrepreneurs and
trainees are getting more and more involved in the early stages of new product design and development as founders, advisors or consultants.
3. No residency to join startup Some medical students are electing to not do a residency after medical school to pursue startup opportunities
4.Validation and verification Digital health entrepreneurs are starting to
understand the importance of demonstrating clinical validity of products and services by testing them in human subjects
5.Big bets on digital health Investors are increasing their bets on digital
health entrepreneurs
6. EcosytemsThe barriers to digital health
entrepreneurship are falling due to increasing collaboration of members of emerging national digital health ecosystems.
7.Tech transfer changingAcademic medical centers are changing to
move from predominantly drug discovery and development interest to include digital health ideas and inventions. Several have rebranded their technology transfer offices into innovation centers with a focus on inside-outside collaboration.
8. IP and regulatory landmines The IP and regulatory landscape of digital
health is coming more and more into focus and importance
9. COINs driving changeBottom up, patient centered digital health
collaborations are becoming a major component of product development and deployment
10. Digital natives Generational digital native knowledge, skills
and attitudes are driving the adoption and penetration of digital health.
11.DIY medicineRemote sensing, pattern recognition and
machine learning will change telediagnostics to a consumer electronics platform, further disintermediating doctors
12. New business models The driverless electric car and sharing
economy model has come to medicine.
SummaryMany remaining digital health gapsSick care innovation and technology
initiatives are multilayered and inter-systematic
Need to create and measure technological, commercial and clinical value
Thanks and questionsArlen. [email protected] of Physician Entrepreneurswww.sopenet.org