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Walaliade: AI models outperform human physicians in top 2017 medical journals
“Two years ago, there weren't that many examples of prominent journals publishing AI and healthcare pieces where it was, you know, shown to work in healthcare context, and now it feels like every month there's a new nature paper or something coming out where, y…”
Walaliyadde: Assurex generated $60M in revenue despite only 20% test reimbursement
“There's a company called Assurex in mental health. They were making sixty million dollars in revenue last year, but they were only getting 20% of their tests reimbursed.”
Walaliade: Hospitals are increasingly taking financial risk for patient care
“Hospitals are increasingly taking financial risk on their patients. They are financially on the hook for excessive care.”
Walaliyadde: One dominant company drove a decade of sequencing cost drops
“The dominant player in the sequencing machine space has almost entirely by itself been driving down the cost of sequencing over the last decade or so.”
Walaliyadde: Illumina expanded into the applications layer via Verinata, Grail, and Helix
“Lumina has started realizing that as well and is itself building applications. They bought a company called Verinata, which is a NIPT company... You know, they have a cancer company called Grail... There's a company called Helix. So they have started participa…”