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Devoted Health: Relationships & Purpose

October 16, 2018by bkocher2013 1 Comment

By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts Probably the most rewarding part of venture investing is tackling difficult problems with great people (and then succeeding…).  Devoted Health is a textbook case. […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

Virta Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes for Many

March 8, 2017by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

In medical school, we committed thousands of pages of medical textbooks to memory about diseases and how to treat them. Like generations of doctors, I memorized that Type 2 Diabetes […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

How to Make Our Crazy, Expensive, Amazing, and Uneven Health Care System Better Faster

July 19, 2016by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in NEJM Catalyst. I am often asked by health care entrepreneurs, policymakers, health system leaders, and clinicians to “explain” how health care in America works — […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

5 must-do’s for succeeding in health tech

December 23, 2015by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article first appeared in VentureBeat. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. We are five years into the greatest transformation of the U.S. healthcare system in the half century since […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

10 Big Healthcare Predictions for 2016

December 3, 2015by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in Fortune. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. In 2015 we learned that several unicorns need more time on the ranch before they get their magical […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT

The Future of Healthcare with Bob Kocher, Partner @ Venrock

September 23, 2015by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This interview was first published on The Twenty Minute VC. [audio http://ec.libsyn.com/p/b/3/0/b30ddcaaea0298a5/74_20_VC_074__The_Future_of_Healthcare_with_Bob_Kocher_Partner__Venrock.mp3]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Lyra Health: Tackling Behavioral Healthcare

June 4, 2015by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts Chances are, you or someone you love has faced a behavioral health issue that required help from a professional. Many of you, though too […]

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Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

The Future Of Medicine — Where Investors Are Putting Their Money

May 1, 2015by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article was first published in Forbes. It is co-authored by Nikhil Sahni, Bob Kocher and David Cutler. The way physicians practice medicine is changing, and investors are betting that […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Why So Many New Tech Companies Are Getting into Health Care

December 8, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article was first published in the Harvard Business Review. Note: In addition to Bob Kocher, this post is authored by Bryan Roberts, also an investor at venture capital firm, […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

We Are Not All the Same, So Why Should Our Incentives Be The Same?

September 23, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

We are not all the same. Yet health plans and employers seem to think so. They keep designing benefits programs and health plans in a one-size-fits-all approach. What each of […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

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