Facebook ad ban may squelch medical research recruitment politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
iWatch: Apple poaches more health-tech experts alphr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from alphr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Christina Farr Jan. 26, 2021Reprints
Adobe
Silicon Valley types like to talk about disrupting things. But health care doesn’t want to be disrupted.
I get it. Who wants to see their medical care taken over by a bunch of techies willing to cut corners in their insatiable quest for growth? If Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes had continued to operate her business without oversight, who knows how many people would have been hurt?
Lately, I’ve been feeling that it’s time for us to move on from the narrative that a bunch of brash newcomers are moving into the health tech space and willfully harming people because they don’t respect the rules. To be sure, there are bad actors in health tech, just as there are in any sector. Instead, it’s time to consider a more nuanced alternative to this story.