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Nick Desai

HEAL

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Nick Desai is the CEO of Heal , a ‘ doctors on demand ’ digital health startup in California , which connects patients to licensed primary care doctors in person . Heal provides personal primary care , rebooting the ‘ family doctor ’ relationship for a digitised world , while maintaining a balance between efficiency and efficacy . Desai told Forbes that an ability to look at medications , environmental factors , lifestyle and diet , the company has “ reduced unnecessary prescriptions , tests and referrals by 51 % – resulting in cost savings of $ 27mn in just 40,000 house calls ”. www . heal . com
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