Health Tech Hub Vol. 13 — Your Weekly Reads in Medicine and Health Tech

1. The rise of health care costs: a pricing problem or a volume problem? — Technology seems to be increasing the consumption of health care despite lowering the cost of treatments. There is much speculation about the rise of healthcare costs despite improvements in technology, however, this may be due to rising volume, not necessarily pricing.

Fewer Radiologists, or More Scans? January 28, 2018 Snippets

2. Opting out of tech — What does it say when the tech titans themselves are opting out of technology for their children? Are hours and hours of passive consumption eliminating time for quiet contemplation?

Should We All Take Note When Silicon Valley Parents Opt Out of Schools with Tech?

3. Bird Genomics and the evolution of speech — A conversation with Erich Jarvis about speech and the unique ability to manipulate sounds in species.

Erich Jarvis — In Birds’ Songs, Brains and Genes, He Finds Clues to Speech | Quanta Magazine