Danielle Nagle

Great post, Danielle! You bring up a great point – innovation usually arises from some type of disruption and a need to adapt. I love that I’m seeing more companies committing to allowing employees to work from home permanently (even after COVID-19) or at least allowing for more flexibility. I really think that this will help companies in so many ways. Happier, more relaxed employees will equal better productivity and more success for the company. I think companies have been working with their IT departments to make working from home possible and trying out new processes to optimize productivity.

Hi Dan – Great article. You are right – it’s difficult with healthcare because of HIPAA and PHI. Google’s big disclosure on Monday about Project Nightingale makes it even more interesting!

Danielle, thank you for sharing this insight! The benefits of blockchain technology in healthcare are monumental, especially when addressing cost. Consumers always look for ways to cut out the “middle man” and reduce costs as much as they can when it comes to healthcare expenses. This technology is therefore an ideal solution for a seamless experience and a secure archive of all their personal patient data.

Excellent thought process on keeping health records secure all the while easily update-able and transferable!

This is such a timely post with the news of Google’s Project Nightingale. I work in healthcare and privacy & sharing data are always hot topics of discussion. Textbooks are now created for med students & residents on how to deal with the administrative burdens of updating patient health records & maintaining privacy. When you consider that this type of studying is taking away from getting real experience for soon to be doctors, its quite jarring. Blockchain could effectively cut down the patients paperwork but almost more importantly the doctors. Think how short the waiting room time would be if doctors weren’t taking 15/20 minutes after each appointment to record notes & upload to an EHR?

Danielle, great post. Aside from the common pain points, time, and money. Perhaps through the power of blockchain researchers to access parts of their data, enabling them to analyze conditions and treatments, giving health care providers new insights and suggestions for patient care, creating more positive outcomes.

I love the transparency of your idea Danielle! I not only see this being benefitcial to the drug epidemic but also to the elderly or even those who are chronically ill. Couldn’t tell you how many times I remember trying to help an older loved one organize all of their pills, but they struggle because they either forget which ones to take when, when they are due to refill, or how often they should take them, also anytime you go to the ER you need basically a printed listn of all of your medications. For healthy folks thats easy, but those who take several medications, it can be quite difficult. If health insurance agencies made apps such as these with permission rights to certain individuals that would make the process a lot smoother. To be honest you have to go through insurance (legally) anyway to get many of the dangerous drugs on the market. If it was streamlined better in a process such as this I could see benefits to all parties.

Danielle – This is a great idea for an app. I like the idea of getting a notifications about unsafe drug combinations. I agree with Erin about helping older loved ones organizing their pills and making sure they remember which ones to take at which time of day. It’s so important to have knowledge on different drug combinations to help solve the problem of unintentional overdoses.

Danielle – your post is really informative and poses a lot of great ideas! I think it makes complete sense for health plans (and payers) to cover this because you’re right, the up front cost of the app will most certainly be less than the costs of trying to address the issues people have when accidentally not using drugs properly. It will also result in a healthier, more responsible society that understands proper drug use. I really hope that this idea takes off and becomes a reality. I also agree that entrepreneurs and tech people should look into ways to put their talent to good use and develop apps or technologies (such as this one) to try to fix real, hard issues that affect people everyday.

I think the field of “virtual doctor” is truly fascinating. When I was studying psychology in my undergraduate program, virtual therapists began to emerge. Roughly around the same time, simple diagnosis delivered via FaceTime with a medical professional became a popular service offered by hospitals and general doctors. It is not surprising that different areas of the medical field utilize cutting edge technology. I think this is a significant development. The average wait for an appointment with a dermatologist is three months. And we all know that certain skin cancers can progress at a much faster rate and speed. Google offering, in my opinion, could save lives…or at least save you considerable time in a waiting line.

This is really cool! I would trust AI to diagnose a non-threatening skin condition. Mostly because of speed rather than scheduling an appointment two weeks out to get into the doctor’s office. However, I would like the AI to tell me if it doesn’t look benign and I need to go see a doctor.

I am all about avoiding the doctor’s office at all costs. I don’t like the wait and there’s always one person who’s sneezing and coughing without covering up! Given that I do a lot of daily things online, the idea of an online dermatologist is a winner to me!
It would be very convenient to be able to be diagnosed remotely–perhaps even from my mobile phone. At least it would be a first step in recognizing if whatever is going on is a big issue or something that can be resolved easily.
In today’s busy world this type of convenience is handy, plus since it’s in collaboration with board certified doctors, the accuracy is there too.

Thanks for posting, I got really excited about this!

Danielle, very interesting read!

This is very interesting perspective – how much will artificial Intelligence effect the medical industry? I think it could have a huge impact! As someone who suffers from Psoriasis, I know first hand how difficult it is to get an appointment with dermatologists. I think for minor skin conditions digital doctors could really speed along the diagnoses timeline and could really benefit sufferers. However, with individuals who suffer from more serious conditions such as myself, I do not think it would be helpful. Psoriasis medication is very expensive and difficult to persuade insurance companies to cover. Not only that, but once a patient is prescribed these medications, they must undergo significant monitoring for side effects that could only be performed by a doctor.

Do I think there will be a time where the medical industry is completely integrated with Ai? Probably. Do I think we are close to this happening? Definitely not.

Wow, thank you for sharing this. I’m going to look into offering more AI or remote services in the healthcare practices I work for.