Podcast
October 30, 2026

Patient.com Founder Dan Johnson on The MedTech Podcast: The Trillion Dollar Admin Problem

Patient.com founder Dan Johnson joined The MedTech Podcast to talk about the trillion dollar admin problem in US healthcare and why software should serve patients directly.

Patient.com founder Dan Johnson was featured on episode 108 of The MedTech Podcast, “The Trillion Dollar Admin Problem.” In the 24-minute conversation, Dan shares the story behind Patient.com and why patients belong at the center of US healthcare.

What the episode covers

  • How decades in healthcare revenue cycle software showed Dan where healthcare data breaks down
  • The letter from a cancer patient that changed who he believed software should serve
  • How Patient.com is built around consent and trust
  • Using AI to translate healthcare jargon into plain language
  • The roughly trillion dollars a year in US healthcare spending lost to administrative waste
  • Why timing beats ideas

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