Analysis

June 10, 2019

Shiny moonshot technology will not save healthcare — yet

Forget AI: what healthcare — and education — needs are startups which help fix the basics.


Amy Lewin

3 min read

A few weeks ago, Buzzfeed published a story about Rocket Fund, a crowdfunding site designed to help schools in the UK fund innovative technology. The idea was that teachers and parents would all chip in to provide kids with virtual reality headsets, 3D printers, and robots, in essence utilising moonshot technology to improve learning and teaching.

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Image of French healthcare startup Doctolib's appointment scheduling tool for doctors.
Doctolib's diary management system.
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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