Digital innovations using connectivity and technologies like blockchain as well as artificial intelligence (AI) offer promises to transform healthcare. Some claim that these technologies are trending towards the peak of the Gartner’s hype curve, if not already there. In fact, about $2.7B worth of venture investment has gone into AI in healthcare over last 6 years according to Rock Health – just over 10% of all venture dollars invested in digital health during that period. On

Let’s acknowledge one more time that US healthcare needs transformation! While it is one of the most talked about topic, consumers probably have felt the least improvement. It is evident from the fact that Healthcare services expenditure has been growing at 4.3% annually in the US, which is about 2.5 times the annual inflation rate. The picture looks even worse when US performance is compared to the other developed 35 OECD countries. Hospital spend per discharge after the cos