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Op-Ed: The COVID-19 vaccines are coming. Here’s how they should be rolled out

October 26, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on latimes.com. It is co-authored with Dana Goldman. Sometime in the next few months we are likely to enter the era of COVID-19 vaccines. With billions […]

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How To Ensure COVID-19 Doesn’t Delay Value-Based Care

August 11, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. The prognosis of COVID-19 on the US health care system may include yet another devastating outcome: delaying its […]

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Reopening America’s Schools and Colleges During COVID-19

July 16, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on FREOPP.org. It is co-authored with Lanhee Chen, Preston Cooper, Dan Lips, and Avik Roy. To reduce economic and health disparities, we must reopen schools, colleges, […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

What If We Gave Hospitals Real Incentives To Prepare For The Next Pandemic?

April 27, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. The US response to COVID-19 makes it clear that hospitals in the United States are not adequately prepared […]

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A New Strategy for Bringing People Back to Work During COVID-19

April 14, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on FREOPP.org. It is co-authored with Lanhee Chen, Mark Dornauer, Gregg Girvan, Dan Lips, Avik Roy, and Bob Wachter. It’s imperative that we responsibly restore the […]

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Virta’s two-year results are a win for payers, providers and patients living with type 2 diabetes

June 6, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

As an investor, I use three heuristics to evaluate healthcare startups. Will the product or service… Improve dramatically a patient’s experience of care? Materially reduce the per patient cost of […]

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

RUNNING THROUGH WALLS PODCAST EPISODES

  • Laying the Foundation for Sustainable Success
  • Pandemic Preparedness: The Intersection of Academia and Public Health
  • When Demand Spikes
  • The COVID & Medical Products Challenge
  • Nature vs. Nurture
  • Your Inputs Create Your Outputs
  • “The Passion Paradox,” Live from Lyra Health
  • Born Politician
  • The Ultimate Proving Ground for Lifelong Learners
  • Caring for the On-Demand Economy
  • Covered California’s Startup Ethos
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