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Digital health market is hot, but startups still struggle to create sustainable business models

By Laura Lovett 03:54 pm June 4, 2019

Digital health is still in many ways the new kid on the block within the healthcare industry. Within a short amount of time, the new field has turned the heads of investors and providers alike. But now the industry is beginning to grapple with questions around how to implement a sustainable economic business model. “In the next five to six years or so the market is estimated to be $120 billion...

Health sensors improving but not yet elegant

By Neil Versel 06:50 am January 19, 2011

By Neil Versel It’s time for a reality check in mobile and wireless home health, specifically in the area of body sensors. And this bit of buzzkill comes from someone at the forefront of the field, namely Dr. Joseph Kvedar, director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System in Boston. “Most of the time, I write from the perspective of a technology vision that includes...