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Better COVID news and many more IPOs: 10 health care predictions for 2022 from two top investors

December 9, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in fortune.com. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. We are back to prediction making once again, and here is the first: 2022 will be a year to […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

Overcoming the Market Dominance of Hospitals

February 19, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah and Amol S. Navathe. Amidst remarkable uncertainty for its future, one of the most concerning and constant trends […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

COVID-19 is Normalizing Telehealth, and That’s a Good Thing

April 16, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on fastcompany.com. When the state of California enlisted my help working on our state’s coronavirus response, my goal was to address the enormous initial gap in testing. We’re […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

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

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Venrock, Stanford, and Castlight to accelerate change in the health system! Two girls, Cindy and an EPIC pass!

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