Technical.ly March 2, 2023
The cloud-based SaaS platform helps figure out why patients aren’t accessing the treatments they need, participating in clinical trials or otherwise engaging with the healthcare system. It’s already raised $5 million.
Like the old “If a tree falls in the forest” adage, in this age of tremendous healthcare advancement, there’s a question providers need to ask: If a treatment isn’t reaching patients, how good is it, really?
That’s a question Surgo Health founder (and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation alum) Sema Sgaier wanted to answer. After two decades of working in healthcare, she observed a disconnect between patients and healthcare treatments. Whether attributable to cost, outreach failure, a general distrust of the medical system or something else, patients were not...