We think healthcare is broken, so we’re going to fix it with technology
Here’s why and how we plan to do that
Three years ago I was sitting in bed, paralyzed. I foolishly overworked myself at the gym after a long absence and my back gave out. So much for listening to the instructions of the trainer that had no idea I wasn’t in the best shape or that I had previous back problems.
After a lot of steroid shots in my spine, months of recovery and countless, painful, sleepless nights I finally realized that all this could’ve been easily avoided. If only my family physician knew that I was getting worse in between my yearly checkups. If only I knew more about my health and could take action.
To top it off, I am now intolerant to the only pain killer that actually worked for me. At this point there is little I can do without a personalized drug that won’t put me in a coma before it eases my pain.
So I started paying much more attention to my health and visited quite a few doctors. I wanted to make sure I was ok.
You see, I also used to be morbidly obese. And we all know that’s very, very bad. I never gave it too much thought up until the gym episode and I had no idea how it affected me. High blood pressure, elevated pulse, excessive sweating, occasional vertigo, these were all the result of me gaining a lot of weight and not monitoring my health. I also didn’t care much about losing weight because I wasn’t motivated to do so.
The thing with motivation is that if it comes from within it’s mostly bound not to work.
Very few people can truly rely on self-motivation to get things done. Especially if it’s related to something that they have no idea about (like the state of their own health). If there is no personal benchmark, there is no way you can tell whether you’re well or not.
In a world filled with sensors it’s quite astonishing that most people still have no accessible way of understanding and managing health. So I figured this may be a problem worth solving. I embarked on this journey with some of the best and brightest people I’ve ever had the honor of working with.
Istvan is what you could call the good guy genius scientist. He thinks in code, and he tinkers with hardware like no other. The most astounding fact about him is that he’s been building things using technology ever since his age was in the single digits. Talking with him about the opportunity to change lives for the better made him realize that we are indeed fragile and he’d like to do his part in it.
I met Ioana back when I started my first business. I quickly realized she’s incredibly stubborn when it comes to getting things done and I’ve never met anyone with a medical degree so passionate about helping others. She strongly believes we should take care of our health at all times and is certain that highly personalized treatments represent the future of healthcare.
Vlad is one of those very few people I admire and look up to. I’ve known him ever since he moved to my hometown to join an early stage startup called LiveRail. Not too long ago I pitched him the vision behind Neveli and he agreed to become a design advisor. He cares deeply about technology that makes life better, and believes that the healthcare industry desperately needs a fresh approach in order to be more efficient and accessible.
Together we started working on what we believe is the future of healthcare— a platform that helps people make more sense of their health data, helps doctors take better care of their patients, and makes personalized treatments and medicine a reality.
We all have a healthy disregard for the impossible and we won’t stop until we’ve achieved our goal of helping people live a healthier, happier, and much longer life. And we’d love you to join us.
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