Decoding Health Signals: Silicon Valley's Consumer-First Approach to a New Era of Health

by Jennifer Schneider

Today, chronic conditions are responsible for 90% of the country’s healthcare costs, but the 180 million Americans living with these conditions are overwhelmed by the confusion and complexity embedded throughout the system.

In an era when we have been given a wide range of tools, apps, and services that make every aspect of our lives more convenient, consumers are anticipating a similar spirit of innovation to make their healthcare simpler, easier, and more affordable. Livongo Health is meeting this expectation – using cellular devices, aggregated data, and live coaching – to bring a smarter, more responsive, real-time healthcare solution to market.

In this book, Dr. Jennifer Schneider offers a guide to the depth of the problem facing the industry today, the business opportunity it offers, and how Livongo is using Silicon Valley’s consumer-first model to meet this moment in a comprehensive and caring way – empowering people to live better lives, improving clinical outcomes, and lowering costs.

146 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[DoGG · Rating 3 out of 5]

Livongo approaches the 3 core healthcare challenges -- 3 core healthcare challenges: Confusion, complexity, and cost -- by applying the consumer savvy and tech expertise of Silicon Valley with the deep understanding of healthcare to put consumers at the center of a deeply personalized service.

They aim to provide consumers a seamless and easy experience built on technology they are already embracing in their ordinary lives, and collecting data to improve and personalize the service over time.