I fail to see how overly bureaucratic paper-pushing and stiflingly ridiculous licensing and regulatory frameworks (which are the REAL reasons that medical care is the problem) can be solved by technology.
That is, it is not a technology problem, it is a problem of regulatory capture.
I work in medical and regulatory compliance isn't that big a burden. The simplest way to reduce health care costs in the US would be reducing obesity which tends to cause the most expensive diseases (Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke).
No offense, but I find that a little hard to believe. Every doctor's office I have ever visited in the last 10 years had more admin staff than nurses and doctors.
That is, for each doctor there were perhaps 1.5 admin people doing paperwork. While they are cheaper than doctors, that is a still a large expense (figure $60K per person as a minimum, thus $90K per doctor per year in additional expense).
However I do agree that obesity is a problem in the US.
Yeah, but I'd argue the solution isn't to nice up the regulatory system, but to step outside of it. Clinics like Qliance in Seattle provide direct primary care (cash only, no insurance) largely because it's much nicer for both the doctor and the patient, because you can circumvent the bureaucratic nonsense and admin busywork.
That is, it is not a technology problem, it is a problem of regulatory capture.