Ron Gutman

Everything Ron Gutman said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Assertion Contradicted

Gutman: 74% of nighttime ER visits are unnecessary

“74% of people that go to ERs at night don't need to be there.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 11:46 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Prediction Not checkable as stated

Gutman predicts doctors will increasingly become data scientists

“I think that in the foreseeable future, we will see doctors becoming more and more data scientists.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 12:38 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gutman: 100% of HealthTap content is doctor-created and peer-reviewed

“Always, a hundred percent of HealthTap, all answers, tips, news, app reviews are created by doctors and reviewed by other doctors.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 8:56 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Gutman: Over 50% of patients do not take prescribed treatments or medications

“Ah, more than 50% of people that get a certain treatment or a certain medication, whatever it is, actually don't take it.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 1:24 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD What-if

HealthTap could have been profitable in 2014 by serving ads

“HealthUp, HealthUp could have been profitable more than a year ago by serving ads on the pages, which was everyone, when we were on University Avenue in Palo Alto, and everyone around us is doing ads, right, so it's like the easiest thing in the world, turn it…”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 17:54 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Insight

Contextual data helps physicians identify depression hiding behind physical pain complaints

“Sometimes patients come and complain about pain, but what they really are talking about is depression. And if you had some context about where they're coming from, you would not look for the source of pain, you would look for why they're depressed.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 22:56 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

HealthTap network includes over 66,000 licensed U.S. physicians

“We have a network with more than 66,000 physicians, ah, U.S. Licensed physicians in good standing”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 3:48 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

HealthTap has served over 2.6 billion doctor answers

“We serve more than 2.6 billion doctor answers to date.”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 3:59 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

MAD Disclosure

Gutman: HealthTap patients are always anonymous

“So first of all, patients on HealthTap are always anonymous,”

Ron Gutman Feb 18, 2015 ▶ 7:13 Ron Gutman, HealthTap // On-Demand Medical Care // Data Driven NYC (FirstMark Capital)

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ron's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Founder & CEO, HealthTap	1	9	0% 0/2	full record on the MAD Podcast →