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In 2018, a New York man died of cancer in conditions which were far from unique. The man wasn’t able to decipher when his cancer symptoms first appeared, because allegedly, his EHR did not accurately display his medical history on progress notes. The patient had a suspicion that the integrity of his medical records was not being maintained, which ultimately led to his death. Claiming breach of ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘gross negligence,’ the estate of the deceased patient filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the EHR company.

What makes Super Bowls, banking transactions, and online search results altogether more special?

Let’s imagine for a second.

What do the best care teams in healthcare have in common? 

Healthcare has seen a number of life-saving breakthroughs: vaccines, anesthesia, bypass surgery, the balloon catheter, and even decoding the human genome sequence. These have all changed the face of healthcare, transforming how we do things around here. But there’s one breakthrough which we have known is coming for a long time now. 

What causes two patients of the same age and with the same disease but from different regions to respond differently to a certain treatment? Even if these two patients appeared similar on paper, their lifestyles are very likely to differ- socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, family structure, and education.