@joshim5 Thanks very much for the kind words! The US already has a shortage of primary care physicians and the AAMC forecasts the shortage to grow to 12,500 - 31,100 by 2025. And that’s just in the US. At the same time, patients are facing longer and longer wait times to see their primary care physicians (over two weeks in many places). We believe the best solution is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of each physician. At Remedy, we achieve this without sacrificing quality of care by simplifying our physicians’ workflows and empowering them with cutting-edge technology.
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So excited for this AI assistant! As an internist, so much of my time is spent on repetitive, low-value work. It would be great if that portion of medicine could be automated. I just tried the app as a patient and was very surprised by the thoroughness and accuracy of the triage module. I would be very interested in trying out the platform from the doctor side. What has been the feedback from the doctors on your platform?
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@jess_yoon I'm one of the physicians on Remedy and it has truly been a delightful experience. The platform's AI bot, Remy, helps me collect an accurate and complete picture of the patient's symptomatology, which allows me to quickly zero in on the pertinent facts and come to a well thought out assessment of his or her condition. In a way, this simulates the experience as a head physician in a clinic supported by a team of medical assistants.
The "text-first" interface gives patients time to clearly communicate their concerns and allows me to better formulate my thoughts. I like that I can share links, videos, pictures, and other resources with the patient. That's not as easy to do over the phone or even in person. Moreover, it's a convenient way for me to leave instructions for the patient for later review. The platform also allows me to come back to a conversation a few days later after the patient tried my recommendations to make sure they are on the right track.
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Can Remedy eventually provide a platform for storage of electronic medical records (EMRs)? Could these be combined with lifelogged quantified self data so that we can ideally deliver preventative healthcare (a la Larry Smarr/Arivale style - https://www.technologyreview.com... - well before patients need the care?) Auto-summarization of EMRs may then be used to identify the best possible doctor for any given patient (IF the patient gets to the point of needing a doctor, which might not be necessary)
Could this change how people are prescribed medications, and reduce the massive amount of misprescribed medications?
Will this allow the most qualified doctors/physicians gain additional prestige/fame/impact/visibility that could help incentivize others to develop healthcare that's not only great, but highly generalizeable to others? (the care they provide being auto-uploaded in an instant centralized database [like that used by self-driving cars] that can then auto-update how every other physician provides care?) How will patients rate doctors? We already know so little about who the most famous doctors in the world are - I feel many of them should deserve more public visibility for their work.
Can Remedy even act against aging by collecting aging biomarkers (e.g. VO2max, grip strength, metabolomic/transcriptomic data, heart rate variability https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/0... ), and then auto-advice the patient on how they can reduce their aging rate well before they show actual physical signs of aging? (and deliver the healthcare frictionlessly to the patient even when they're not aware of it?) Ultimately, in the far future, the line between prevention and treatment will be blurred.
Could Remedy revolutionize medical research with all the data it could collect from patients? :) (especially those who volunteer to let their medical data go open access). Does it hope to integrate ginger.io functionality sometime?
Is Remedy literally the living manifestation of Vinod Khosla's future-map of healthcare http://www.khoslaventures.com/wp... ?
@inquilinekea The answer to all of those questions is technically yes, but to be honest, the metrics we may want to measure, the conditions we worry most about, etc. may drastically change even within a span of 5 years.
I laud your forward thinking approach, and for us, the priority is architecting a system that will espouse all of the basic first principles that will enable the validation and distribution of clinical guidelines, diagnostics, and therapies. Rethinking the architecture of a health system will take time, but we believe that virtual care, built on top of a strong software backbone, will be the first step towards that end goal. In due time, we'll be able to validate our hypotheses about health system architecture and expand the scope of clinical practice @ Remedy so we can put those principles to practice at scale.
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ambitious, and and off to a great start! i know a doctor who has huge difficulties managing IT (billing, calling in prescriptions, etc.) - so any improvement there is definitely a step in the right direction. could you partner with existing healthcare providers to do customer acquisition? $30 seems very low for a consultation, though (especially if insurance isn't paying the rest) - is that just the introductory price, or can you actually offer care at that price point?
@skunkwerk We can actually provide care at that price point quite profitably :) It's surprising how much of the doctor's consult (and the pre/post work) is tedium that can be automated away effectively. We even include the follow up in this fee (unlike most providers who will double charge you)!
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I've always been a big believer in democratization of access and Remedy is exactly that. Anyone in the world can get access to the top physicians and care no matter where they are. It's been great to watch the team rapidly iterate and create a great experience for their users. I'm almost excited to get sick so I can give them some real user feedback!
@mitdelian Looking forward to it Delian. Thanks again for all your support!
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I'm the CEO of CollectedMed, which creates software that allows the medical community to easily create, maintain, and share high-quality knowledge bases of medical knowledge. As a doctor, I appreciate that it's not always easy to stay up to date on the latest practice protocols. Remedy's AI assistant has the potential to help physicians stay on top of cutting edge research and make better clinical decisions.
@joeshonkwiler I'm glad you agree! We're incredibly excited for what the future holds for Remy. If you have some thoughts as to what you'd like to see first and what your biggest challenges are, as a practicing MD, please let us know!
Really excited to give Remedy a try. So many times I've scheduled appointments with my doctor days in advance to get something checked out, only to have it be something trivial and be out of the door in 15 minutes. Remedy seems so much more convenient. The app is extremely well designed and a pleasure to use!
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