Fitness Apps Will Drive the Next Healthcare Breakthrough
I'm convinced the next major break in healthcare is 5 years away, and will not come from institutions, but from fitness apps.
Tracking key vitals, but pitching themselves as wellness or fitness help remove themselves from HIPAA.
Soon that health data will be plentiful enough to start applying predictive systems—then we'll see a Palantir of healthcare.
Applications monitor vitals, diets and raise flags only when something is off. Then you go see a doctor.
I'd imagine the next step beyond that is an on-demand doctor, facilitated through this application. An Uber for doctors.
The result? General practitioners become a commodity.