Vivian Lee - Digital Health Platforms and The Long Fix for America's Healthcare Crisis

Dr. Vivian Lee, MD, Ph.D., MBA is currently President of Health Platforms at Verily, an Alphabet Company. Dr. Vivian Lee is also the author of the latest book “The Long Fix,” a book about solving America’s healthcare crisis.

Dr. Lee has accomplished much in her diverse career. She received a doctorate in medical engineering from Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, her MD from Harvard Medical School, was valedictorian at NYU Stern School of Business, authored over 200 peer-reviewed research publications, as well as a cardiovascular MRI textbook, former CEO of the University of Utah Health and dean of their medical school and, is now the President of health platforms at Verily Life sciences, an Alphabet company.

In this interview, we talk about her journey to Verily today and her thoughts on how healthcare has been changed for the better by new technologies like Digital Health Platforms, an example being Onduo for blood glucose management in diabetics.

We also talk about how medicine has changed from the days she started medical school to the future landscape that current medical students face today, one that is much more integrated with payers, tech, politics, and employers. We hope that this interview inspires you as it did to us to try and tackle all of healthcare’s problems with renewed vigor. Thank you and enjoy!

P.S. Please check out Dr. Vivian Lee’s latest book “The Long Fix” and review it on Amazon/GoodReads!!

2:50 Dr. Vivian Lee’s journey

8:20 Transition to Radiology

12:40 Transition to Univ. of Utah

15:50 “What does your job at Verily entail?”

17:10 Onduo - an example of Health Platforms in action

23:50 Verily and COVID testing

27:40 “The Long Fix” and the Co-Production of Health

37:00 MedSchool now vs. MedSchool then

44:00 Verily and how it affects the future of medicine

46:00 David’s misattributed Luddite fears

50:00 What advice would you give your younger self?

Interviewer: David Wu @davidjhwu - Twitter

Producer: Aaron Schumacher @a_schu95 - Twitter

Art: Saurin Kantesaria @@saorange314 - Instagram