Hacking the System: 3 lessons I learned working at the White House

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Keynote given at Hacking Pediatrics collaboration with MIT. Healthcare is a sector full of dinosaurs, however new funding, massive policy shifts, innovation communities and new entrants have created the best conditions for change that we have ever had. However change will still be enormously difficult and having having a "hacker" mentality can help you find a path forward.

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Aman  Bhandari  Twi-er:  @GHideas  

Hacking  the  Matrix:    Lessons  I  learned  in  the  U.S.  Government

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Change  in  healthcare  is  enormously  difficult.  It  is  like  climbing  Mt  Everest  (someCmes  twice).  You  will  run  into  lots  of  red  tape  and  bureaucracy.  However  there  is  a  path  forward  and  the  condiCons  (policy  shiIs,  funding,  innovaCon  infrastructure)  for  change  have  never  been  beKer…  

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The  Big  Disconnect:  Internal  Buy  In  &  New  Entrants  

"On  the  one  hand,  you  have  people…who  know  nothing  about  regulaBon…on  the  other,  a  bunch  of  health-­‐care  guys  who  think  Zynga  is  some  kind  of  fruit.  There  is  truly  a  chasm  between  world  views."  Sonny  Vu  

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“There  has  never  been  a  beKer  Cme  to  be  an  entrepreneur  in  healthcare.”  

“Our  job  as  leaders  is  to  find  those  innovators  and  release  their  mojo  –  lean  startup  style  –  to  serve  the  American  people  beKer.”  

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1.  Challenging  Long  Held  Beliefs…that  have  had  systemaCc  impact

“We  just  pay  the  bills,  we  are  public  enBty  that  processes  healthcare  claims…that’s  all.”  (1965-­‐2010)    

“Be-er  health,  be-er  care,  at  lower  costs”  (2010-­‐?)  Lesson  learned:  Ask  why  and  don't  accept  the  status  quo...get  ready  for  an  era  of  much  greater  transparency.    

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STORY  2  

Joy's  Law:  "No  ma-er  who  you  are,  most  of  the  smartest  people  work  for  someone  else”  (Sun  Microsystems  co-­‐founder  Bill  Joy)    

Lesson  learned:  Invest  in  EIRs  (hackers).  "No  ma7er  who  you  are,  most  of  the  smartest  people  work  for  someone  else”  (Sun  Microsystems  co-­‐founder  Bill  Joy,  Joy's  Law)    

2.  Bringing  in  the  Hackers:  EIRs  &  PresidenCal  InnovaCon  Fellows

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3.  Government  as  Plaeorm:  Power  to  the  People

50+ Challenges/Code-a-Thons 2,000+ Participants

$1M+    Prizes

Lesson  learned:  There  is  incredible  hunger  for  community.  CommuniAes  of  “hackers”,  entrepreneurs,  innovators  have  sprouted  up  across  the  US…  and  now  incumbent  stakeholders  are  supporAng  hackathons  and  prize  compeAAons    

Healthcare  is  so  paleolithic  that  the  government  supported  the  first  hackathons  and  accelerators  in  the  sector    

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Hack  the  Matrix:  A  World  Where  Anything  is  Possible  

Challenge  convenConal  wisdom  If  you  have  the  best  people  you  will  win  Find  your  tribe  

Unplug  form  the  matrix,  innovate  and  then  plug  back  in  to  make  the  world  a  beKer  place  

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InternaBonal  EMR  Market  Overview  (1)  

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Tech,  Funding  and  Entrepreneurial  Infrastructure:  Seeding  DisrupCon

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       "The  best  minds  of  my  generaBon  are  thinking  about  how  to  make  people  click  ads…that  sucks."  Jeff  Hammerbacher,  BW  

         "I  turned  to  healthcare  partly  because  I  saw  an  immense  hunger  

among  the  developers  that  I  work  with  to  start  working  on  stuff  that  ma-ers."  Tim  O’Reilly  

-­‐  Beth  Comstock  (CBS,  NBC)  -­‐  Doug  Hirsch  (Yahoo,  Facebook)  -­‐  Dave  Chase  (Microsog)  -­‐  Ari  Tulla  (Nokia)  -­‐  Naveen  Selvadurai  (Foursquare)  -­‐  Nat  Turner  (Google)  

Talent Flooding into the Health Sector

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Ask why and challenge long held beliefs

If you have the best people you will win

Networked tribes and communities is how you start to build a movement for change

Lessons Learned

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“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”

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