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The problem we have solved is what we would describe as a ‘wicked problem’ for governments to solve:

• It is a government problem because governments pay for the majority of pathology costs ($5 billion a year) as well as other health costs.

• It is primarily an IT problem.

• Unfortunately, governments the world-over struggle to deliver innovative and functional IT solutions, as evidenced by analysis done by McKinsey showing of 5400 government IT projects worth >US$15 million only 0.5% were delivered on time, to budget and delivered the predicted benefits. Think My Health Record which has cost $2 billion to date and has yet to solve this problem.

Being a private entity allows us to be a lean, nimble problem solver and solution deliverer.

However, to actually deliver the service to doctors and patients requires us to license myPathology to government agencies, and by offering the service at cost price provides the best incentive for government agencies and independent health related bodies to back this urgently needed solution. The worst thing that could happen would be if all this potential good went to waste, so we have to make it as attractive as possible for governments to implement.