Bob Kocher

Palo Alto

Host at Running Through Wall‪s‬

Venrock, USC Schaeffer Center, and Stanford working to make healthcare better faster!

Articles

Dr. Oz turbocharges Medicare Advantage and everyone monitors their glucose: 10 health care predictions for 2025 from top investors

Dec 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | Bob Kocher |Bryan Roberts

Now‘We All Have FOMO’—Wall Street’s Biggest Market Maker Just Flipped Bitcoin Price BullishBitcoin has suddenly plummeted after breaching $100,000 for the first time this week—with traders closely watching Elon Musk's latest moves.
AI’s Promise and Reality for Care Delivery

Nov 26, 2024 | catalyst.nejm.org | Jackie Gerhart |Eric Poon |Bob Kocher |Stephen Morrissey

How to overcome the fear of using AI technology in health care and the benefits it can have in practice. For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] NotesJackie Gerhart, Eric Poon, and Bob Kocher have nothing to disclose. Stephen Morrissey is the Executive Managing Editor for the New England Journal of Medicine. Thomas H.
Translating the Science - Venrock

Nov 13, 2024 | venrock.com | Bryan Roberts |Bob Kocher
Using AI to Your Benefit in Health Care

Nov 11, 2024 | catalyst.nejm.org | Bob Kocher

Bob Kocher, partner/investor of Venrock, adjunct professor at Stanford, and physician, discusses the benefits AI can have for the physician and health care from the perspective as a physician and an investor. Dr. Kocher discusses how he uses AI as an efficient administrative tool. He also discusses how AI can be used to interpret and analyze data faster and easier to identify the best options for improving patient outcomes. The future of is bright for AI.
Lyra Delivers the Highest ROI in Mental Health with 3:1 Return

Jul 31, 2024 | lyrahealth.com | Bob Kocher

The only way to deliver real, sustained value in health care is to deliver on high-quality outcomes cost-effectively. From day one, Lyra set out to create and deliver the best mental health care possible. We have been setting new standards in clinical outcomes for years, and we can now prove that this translates directly into exceptional cost-effectiveness for Lyra’s customers and patients. Better outcomes are more cost-effective.
If You’re Going to Bet on Anyone, Bet on Yourself

Jul 17, 2024 | venrock.com | Bob Kocher
Lyra delivers the best value and quality in mental health care

May 15, 2024 | lyrahealth.com | Bob Kocher

As we commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month at Lyra Health, we’re also celebrating groundbreaking new research that proves what we’ve known from the start: Lyra’s world-leading outcomes deliver the best value in mental health care. With this research, we set out to do something special—partnering with a third-party global professional services firm to conduct a first-of-its-kind, independent cost savings analysis.
Special Episode: 2024 Healthcare Prognosis

May 9, 2024 | venrock.com | Bryan Roberts |Bob Kocher
Selectively Ignore to Positively Disrupt

Apr 17, 2024 | venrock.com | Bob Kocher
Improving The Quality Of Quality Metrics

Mar 19, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Aditya Narayan |Bob Kocher |Nirav Shah

The evolution of health care quality metrics over the preceding decades illustrates an enduring commitment toward enhancing patient outcomes, refining the structure of health care delivery, and mitigating health care costs. However, these efforts are not without complications, with the current landscape of quality metrics resulting in an overabundance of instruments, measurement modalities, and competing priorities.