A wonderful article from Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (at Health Populi) on how making strides in healthcare is all about data liquidity. So many folks who are interested in healthcare reform have “talked” about this very thing, but it’s only now that it is actually becoming a realistic goal.
As we head off for Health 2.0 in SF next week, I begin to have visions of history repeating itself. Too many of us remember those business plans of the dot-com era that were brilliant yet the market for them had not reached critical mass. They became the casualties of the dot-com bust. Now, a decade later, many of those business plans are being dusted off and successfully rolled out.
I remember the dot-com days when we talked about live radio broadcasts and streaming video. Today we have YouTube and Mevio. It happened, just not when we envisioned it. At Health 2.0, I will look around for some old friends, and they will not be there any longer. Why? Bad economy. Bad business model. Bad management. Bad timing. Or simply bad luck.
Casualties.
It’s ugly, this war to achieve healthcare data liquidity. And, like any war, it’s so senseless.