Welcome back to the Colloquium Podcast! In this episode, I welcome Dave Vreeland! With more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Dave is a well-known expert on healthcare IT and the future of the healthcare industry. Currently, he is a senior managing partner at Caduceus Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on digital health investments.

In this episode, Dave talks about his transition from being an operator to an investor in the healthcare technology industry. He talks about the overall status of the healthcare industry in the country and why there’s so much opportunity in it for the upcoming years. Join us and listen in!

[00:01 – 08:40] Opening Segment

Welcoming Dave to the show
Dave shares his background
Doing odd jobs early in his career
Earning his Master’s degree in Health Administration
Working in Ernst & Young in the early 90s
Starting a consulting company
Retiring in 2016
Starting new businesses

[08:41 – 25:39] Healthcare Technology: From Operator to Investor

Dave on Moving to Nashville and starting his own company
Having a supporting wife
Releasing the pressure if you believe in the idea
Going through a private equity-backed transaction
From operator to investor
Dave on automation in healthcare systems
Scaling his businesses
The strategy of reverse engineering
How he used it to thrive in his businesses
Dave talks about ambulatory surgery centers
Opportunities in the present healthcare system
Changes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Being a venture capitalist
Leaving no one behind

[25:40 – 40:26] Evaluating Opportunities in Healthcare Venture Capital

Diving deeper into the investment thesis
The future of healthcare systems in the US
On health insurance
Interaction technology between patients and physicians
The healthcare spaces his company doesn’t touch
Life sciences
Pharma vs. Biotech
Healthcare is full of middlemen
How Dave evaluates opportunities

[40:27 – 44:31] Closing Segment

How you can connect with Dave and his company
Dave and I talk about Notre Dame Football
Closing words

Tweetable Quotes

“You have to find a way to release that pressure if you really believe in what your idea is, and there's no better country in the world for that to happen than this one.” - Dave Vreeland

“In so many situations, technology exists that's really effective and much more consumer-friendly, but that requires some kind of a catalyst to push that into the mainstream. We've seen that with remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and some of these other technologies. There's a long way to go, and we think this next decade is really going to be the big one.” - Dave Vreeland

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Connect with Dave on Twitter and Linkedin! You can also contact him at dave@caduceus.vc or call him at 615-335-5272!

Check out Caduceus Capital Partners on their website and Twitter!

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