Can a Startup Transform Health Care in California’s Lake County? [KQED.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/8/154:00 AM

A group of tech entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley has taken on a huge task — trying to transform an entire community’s health status in five places across the country, in just five years.

One of those targets is in rural Lake County, just north of Napa. The challenge is to find out if those innovators, with all of their tech tools, can help reverse some of the worst health trends in the state.

Lake County used to be an idyllic place. San Francisco families gladly drove the three hours north to relax at crystal-clear, Clear Lake. Swimming, boating, water-skiing, golf — and an eclectic lineup of nightly music at the Konocti Harbor Resort.

[For more of this story, written by David Gorn, go to http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyo...fornias-lake-county/]

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