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  1. Blog   |   Health & Nutrition

  2. Jul 31, 2026
Medicine Needs Its Tesla Moment

Not long ago, the auto industry competed on incremental improvements—slightly better mileage, marginally improved safety, incremental design tweaks. Then Tesla arrived and changed the rules. It didn’t simply build a better car. It eliminated dealerships, rewrote manufacturing and reimagined what a car could be. Medicine is still waiting for its Tesla moment.