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I see this take all the time but it’s kind of misleading. Realistically things like uptodate, clinical journals and conferences mint money. Doctors are one of the prime demographics of people who do things for non monetary gains. Yes if you want to be nihilist you’ll find a minority of docs where this isn’t true, but the point is there’sa huge market to doctors willing to improve care without direct monetary gain.

This startup product failed because it wasn’t shown to improve outcomes— it just compiled study results by a non expert. At the very least the founder should have at least attempted doing a study on the tool showing using it resulted in better outcomes. But it didn’t make that link and so people didn’t know what to do with it.



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