Axel Polack's guest appearances

Axel Polack

Faces of Digital Health

Benedict Evans

Dean Ornish

Chris Bowen

Chris Johnson

Amy Brown

Richard Lee

Esther Wojcicki

Samson Williams

Tim Peck

Esther Dyson

Richard Jacobs

Bill Rogers

Robert Miller

Casey Ross

Walter Werzowa

OwlTail

Klaus Stöckemann

Dorjan Marušič

Stanislav Sirakov

Alex Farcet

According to some estimates, it takes 17 years from a medical innovation to become a part of the standard practice in medicine. Adoption of technologies in healthcare is slow. Investments in digital health are rising - 8 billion USD was invested last year. But what does that even mean? What works, what not? What have we learned in the past years about business models in digital health? This was the topic of a Panel at INFUSE Digital Health Networking Event, organized in Ljubljana in May 2017. Top KOLs talked about why patients are different consumers than payers in other industries, what challenges are specific for digital health startups, and which mistakes are the same here as with the other startups.Speakers: Dr. Jesus del Valle, Head of Bayer’s Grants4Apps AcceleratorDr. Axel Polack, General Partner at the Joint Polish Investment fundDr. Klaus Stöckemann, the Managing Partner at Peppermint Venture PartnersDorjan Marušič, Practicing Cardiologist, Former Health Minister of SloveniaStanislav Sirakov, Partner at LAUNCHubAlex Farcet, Co-founder of Startupbootcamp Info/comments welcome at: @zajctjasa or tjasa.zajc@gmail.com

According to some estimates, it takes 17 years from a medical innovation to become a part of the standard practice in medicine. Adoption of technologies in healthcare is slow. Investments in digital health are rising - 8 billion USD was invested last year. But what does that even mean? What works, what not? What have we learned in the past years about business models in digital health? This was the topic of a Panel at INFUSE Digital Health Networking Event, organized in Ljubljana in May 2017. Top KOLs talked about why patients are different consumers than payers in other industries, what challenges are specific for digital health startups, and which mistakes are the same here as with the other startups. Speakers:  Dr. Jesus del Valle, Head of Bayer’s Grants4Apps Accelerator Dr. Axel Polack, General Partner at the Joint Polish Investment fund Dr. Klaus Stöckemann, the Managing Partner at Peppermint Venture Partners Dorjan Marušič, Practicing Cardiologist, Former Health Minister of Slovenia Stanislav Sirakov, Partner at LAUNCHub Alex Farcet, Co-founder of Startupbootcamp   Info/comments welcome at: @zajctjasa or tjasa.zajc@gmail.com

012 Rethinking Business Models in Healthcare. Patients as Consumers? (Jesus del Valle, Axel Polack, Klaus Stöckemann, Dorjan Marušič, Stanislav Sirakov, Alex Farcet)