Neat-o! I don’t say this too much. Ok, maybe it’s because it’s a dated phrase from my childhood. But also, because sometimes with so much happening in our daily lives, we forget to appreciate the wonders that are created in science. Last week, I had such an experience. I attended the Rosenman Symposium at UCSF and [...]
Kaiser Permanente Ventures puts on a series of healthcare-related presentations. Last week’s focus was a check up on the applications of digital health technology to mental health treatment. This coincided with a national focus on mental health after 2 prominent figures committed suicide. But importantly, the presentation focused away from those specific incidents. Instead, it [...]
I recently gave a talk for the UC Davis Venture Catalyst program using the titles and lyrics of Beatles songs to point out some guiding points for an IP strategy. This blog is an abbreviated summary of my talk. Revolution "You say you want a revolution . . .You say you got a real solution. [...]
Thursday morning and the conference launches off with an illustrious panel of judges. Two are from the Federal Circuit, Hon. Sharon Prost and Hon. Richard Taranto, and the other two represent the United States Court for the Northern District of California, Hon. Beth Freeman and Hon. Susan Illston. And there is the news of the [...]
I went to hear Dr. Atul Butte speak at the SF Health 2.0 chapter meeting last week. He gave a great talk on the accumulation of big data in healthcare and what could be accomplished with the wealth of information. One of his main pitches – there aren’t enough people/companies working on healthcare problems. He argued that [...]
I spent my Thursday attending the Medtech Innovator pitch event in South San Francisco. An interesting organization. It provides mentorship for startups in the med tech space, encompassing more traditional devices as well as digital health companies. Pitch events held across the country provide a forum for selecting startups to join the fold. Unlike some [...]
It’s Friday when I start writing this and I confess I am working from home. Ok, really, I am hiding out a bit after a week of total networking. As an IP attorney, my view of the JP Morgan healthcare conference is from the periphery of events that grow up around the conference. You might [...]
Moving new technologies into the healthcare arena is all over the news as of late. But when it comes to the older strata of the population, there are some additional considerations that come into play. The concerns are not the ones I think most people conjure up, such as older folks’ reluctance to use new [...]
As said by Kermit the Frog of Muppets fame, being green isn’t easy. And being “green” in the sense of being a newbie in the start-up space isn’t so easy either. So it goes as the third cohort enters Project Zygote, a pre-accelerator for digital health start-ups set up by the local San Francisco chapter [...]
As I sat through the AAMA 2017 Healthcare Connect Conference on October 12, an old family memory surfaced. In the early 1990’s, my grandpa bought each member of our family a video phone. Our small family was dispersed between the mid-western and the southeastern states. My grandpa was excited about being able to “see” us [...]