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by tehansen 2354 days ago
Could you try to sell it to insurance companies? They might find value in providing it for free to clinicians because they might save money with better outcomes / preventing follow up visits.
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Insurance companies could also use the data to argue with healthcare providers about what the best cost vs value is on a course of treatment, but they probably already have data scientists doing this kind of work for them. Insurance adjusters and all that...
Insurance companies don't care about outcomes - most are structured in a cost plus model where they make the "plus" - so if anything, something that costs more is better for them.
this is quickly changing. For insurers that offer Medicare Advantage plans, they get paid on a per-member per-month model, so outcomes are very germane to their profit margin.