A self-proclaimed optimist who calls himself “a change-agent with a funny foreign name,” Amir Dan Rubin has spent his career shaping and reshaping healthcare delivery systems. Today Amir is the CEO of One Medical, a company focused on making primary care personal, accessible, and affordable. He joined One Medical after a brief stint at Optum and a much longer, and some would say transformative, stint as CEO of Stanford Health Care, among other comparable roles.
Amir grew up in Los Angeles, the child of Israeli parents. It was always his dream, even from childhood, to be a businessman because “it seemed very American.” Admitting he had no idea what being in business even meant, he accidentally found his way into the healthcare business through a random college elective and he has remained there ever since.
We are delighted to have had a chance to host Amir Dan Rubin on the show.
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Totally enjoyed the podcast interaction with Amir. You are some professional hosts but tough at the same time, refreshing!
The model presented by OneMedical is very intriguing as well as valuable from an efficiency and operations viewpoints. However it has been around (minus the tech) for decades. All the healthcare business models ever created were tried in Southern California to their maturation and post-mature senescence. A new one will definitely emerge and finally lower the costs.
Sherif, thanks for the note! Glad you are enjoying the podcast. Lisa
I have my first appointment with One Medical next week in the SF Bay Area … Keeping fingers crossed that I’ve found the right group. From what I was told on the phone One Medical employs a team of researchers (in addition to the physicians) which is exactly what I’ve been preaching for for years. One of the biggest problems, as a well-researched patient and also someone who works with medical professionals (in my capacity both as an IP attorney as well as my own start up in the field of smart wearable health-tech), is lack of research by the physicians. They are often (whether due to insufficient time, interest, or training in scientific process) are not equipped to diagnose more complex conditions. As a result years will go by and the condition is neither diagnosed nor treated and what could have been a simple problem evolves into a massive complications where many different things go extensively out of order.
Scientific thought process is something that has to be maintained and many practicing physicians (like many other professions) over time, lose that skill.
If I my understanding is correct and One Medical does employ a team of researches to work with the physicians, that will be an enormous advantage.
I will let you know how my visit goes.
Best.
Soody Tronson
Hi Soody, will be great to hear what you think. Lisa