We are entering an age of at home testing and the team at Reperio just raised $14m to make weight, blood pressure and cholesterol/blood sugar testing available at home. But this is a relatively complex series of tests, intended to get people who haven’t been to a primary care doctor back into the system. How is the experience and can we expect people to do it? And does the result correlate with standard lab testing? They sent me the box for me to find out. I totally screwed it up the first time (apparently only 4% of people do), but they gave me another chance. So come along with me to find out how it works. Would you do this, or just go to Labcorp?! — Matthew Holt
BTW since I did this Reperio released an early customer study that said 23% of those who used the kit found a problem they weren’t aware of. Which is I guess the point!