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Gutman: 74% of nighttime ER visits are unnecessary
“74% of people that go to ERs at night don't need to be there.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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…”
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.”
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”