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Forward CEO and former Google exec Adrian Aoun says the healthcare industry needs to better prioritize preventative care

Meira Gebel   

Forward CEO and former Google exec Adrian Aoun says the healthcare industry needs to better prioritize preventative care
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  • Adrian Aoun, the founder and CEO of healthcare startup Forward, recently spoke at Business Insider's IGNITION 2018 conference in New York.

  • Aoun talked about the importance of not only providing reactive care, but prioritizing preventative care.

  • Forward plans to "build the first billion-person healthcare system" on top of its platform by turning healthcare into "a product."

Adrian Aoun, the founder and CEO of healthcare startup Forward, spoke about the importance of preventative care at the annual IGNITION conference, hosted by Business Insider, in New York on Dec. 3.

Aoun, a former Google executive, started Forward just two years ago, and has since opened futuristic-looking doctors offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. Memberships work like that of a gym: you pay a monthly fee, starting at $150, and doctors work alongside patients to monitor health risks with advanced AI technology.

If you'd like to watch his presentation, it starts at 2:23:14 here.

Here are some of the key takeaways:


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