Biography
Biography: Nick Desai
Abstract
America’s $4 trillion healthcare system is a paradox of extreme spending, worse outcomes; exciting digital healthcare technology, low adoption rates, and more scientific advances than ever before while environmental and social factors are leading health predictors. Our country’s health costs will continue to rise with increased chronic disease expected to cost over $42 trillion over the next decade.
More money, devices, and studies won’t solve this crisis. Care that fosters relationships between doctors and patients to drive primary, preventive care is the only solution to lowering costs and improving outcomes. Over 70% of ER visits are avoidable and more than 40 million chronic disease cases can be eliminated with timely access to care. Patients need to be motivated to participate and see outcomes. Doctors want to deal with less bureaucracy and lower adoption friction. Payers want to see improved costs.
Nick Desai will lay out how technology-enabled doctor house calls are lowering costs and improving outcomes. Over the past three years, Heal delivered over 60,000 house calls, realizing $41 million in healthcare savings. Doctors enjoy the ability to do what they do best, spending 400% more time with patients and enjoying automation of 65% of operations of a typical doctor’s office.
Heal house calls will soon be complemented with a first-of-its-kind remote monitoring system, the Heal WellBe, securely collecting data from over 120 disparate sources and puts it into the hands of doctors delivering more personalized and precise medicine than ever before, especially for the chronically ill. When doctors are alerted of an issue, they can respond to the patient through a doctor house call, telemedicine, or in-app messaging. The responsiveness, data integration, and development of a strong doctor-patient relationship moves us toward a healthcare system where patients spend more time being well and less time getting well.