In Conversation: Will Flanary, MD
Ophthalmologist & Creator, 'Dr. Glaucomflecken' - on the physician-comedian on using his platform to spotlight corporate consolidation in medicine, medical misinformation, and how physicians behave on social media
Few voices in healthcare technology carry as much practical weight right now as Will Flanary, MD, Ophthalmologist & Creator, 'Dr. Glaucomflecken'. In a wide-ranging conversation conducted by STAT News, Will laid out a view of the industry that is both candid and immediately useful to the executives, clinicians, and builders who read HealthTech Cube.
The conversation
The physician-comedian on using his platform to spotlight corporate consolidation in medicine, medical misinformation, and how physicians behave on social media.
“We need to keep medicine local.”
- Will Flanary, MD, in conversation with STAT News
Conversation highlights
The physician-comedian on using his platform to spotlight corporate consolidation in medicine
And how physicians behave on social media
The bigger picture
Virtual care's policy clock frames everything: Medicare telehealth flexibilities run through December 31, 2027, hospital-at-home through 2030, and utilization jumped 10.1% in Q1 2026 alone (our coverage). Health systems making the moves discussed here are building against that runway - and lobbying to make it permanent.
The conversation is a study in how theory meets the operating reality of healthcare. At 'Dr. Glaucomflecken', that thinking translates into daily decisions about where technology genuinely earns its place in care delivery, and where discipline matters more than novelty.
The HTC take
For HealthTech Cube readers, the takeaway is less about any single tool and more about the operating discipline behind it: technology follows strategy, never the reverse.