"We spend about $528 billion a year fixing the mistakes we make with medicines." - Chris Grilli
Fixing healthcare's $528 billion dollar mistake starts with ending the "trial-and-error" prescribing that plagues our system. My guest this week, pharmacist and genomics expert Chris Grilli of RxMapper, joined the show to explain how personalized, DNA-guided medicine is the key to solving this massive problem.
Chris breaks down the RxMapper model, explaining how they analyze 36 million data points from a patient's genome to provide medication recommendations with nearly 90% accuracy. We discuss the crucial difference between genetics and genomics, and how this approach saves thousands of dollars per patient while dramatically improving outcomes.
The mission to fix this problem is also a personal one. Chris shared the story of how his grandmother's preventable death from an adverse drug event became the inspiration for building RxMapper to ensure other families don't suffer the same fate.
Tune in this week for the playbook on fixing one healthcare's most expensive mistakes.
Chapters:
(00:00:00) Fixing Healthcare's $528 Billion Dollar Mistake
(00:02:12) The $528 Billion Cost of Medication Errors
(00:04:43) Genetics vs. Genomics: What's the Difference?
(00:10:29) Are Doctors Prescribing "Poison?"
(00:14:18) The Personal Story Behind RxMapper
(00:27:17) Saving Over $8,600 Per Patient
(00:41:24) How Your DNA Impacts Ozempic's Effectiveness
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