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🔮 2025 Digital Health Predictions and Reflections on 2024’s Hits & Misses

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 admin 0 Comments 23andMe, Acquisitions, AI agents, AI fraud, AI scribe, AI tourists, API, Augmedix, Babylon Health, bankruptcy, Bitcoin, Blockchain, BTC, Commure, Delisting, Digital Health, Digital health failures, EHR, EMR, EU, fraud, FTC, GLP-1, Innovation, IPO, Livongo, Lobbying, M&A, Medicare fraud, Nuvo Cares, Olive AI, Optum Ventures, Outcome Health, PBM, PE, Pieces Technologies, Private equity, R1 RCM, SCWorx Corp, Suki, The Data Act, Truepill, UnitedHealth, VC, VC bro culture, VC bros, Venture capital, Walmart, Walmart Health

2024 was the year of “AI tourists” in healthcare. Will 2025 finally bring innovation in digital health? Continue reading this

The AI Bubble? It’s Really a Startup Bubble, and It’s Popping Big Time

October 23, 2024 admin 0 Comments AI Bubble, AI copycats, AI tourists, Babylon Health, Digital health failures, Dr. Jeffrey Funk, FOMO, Gartner Hype Cycle, Healthcare AI, Hype, IPO, Palantir, Pump and dump, startup, Startup Bubble, Startup failures, Startup Lessons, Tech bros, Tech parasites, Tempus AI, Unicorns, VC bros, Venture capital, Zapata AI

The new book released today, Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles by Dr. Jeffrey Funk, offers a balanced and realistic view of

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A Message to Digital Health Founders: There is No Money in Disease Prevention. Come Back in 10 Years.

February 27, 2024 admin 0 Comments Antitrust, Bright Health, Clover Health, Dermatology, Digital Health, Disease Prevention, Drug Discovery, EHR, Epic, Fee-For-Service (FFS), FTC, Genomics, GoHealth, Inflation Reduction Act, Insuretech, Mammography, Medical Advice, medical diagnosis, Monetization, Oscar Health, Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM), Radiology, Robotics, startup, Startup Founders, Startup Lessons, Startup Life, The Affordable Care Act (ACA), Treatment, Venture capital

Monetization is a real challenge in digital health. Making money in healthcare tech is tough. Whether it’s governments or insurance

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“We Bought a Hospital We Couldn’t Afford”: General Catalyst Becomes General Hospital

January 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments Acquisitions, Antitrust, Digital Health, FTC, General Catalyst, Hospital, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Livongo, M&A, Private equity, Summa Health, Teladoc, Venture capital

If someone, other than Houdini, has $1 billion and decides to buy something for $2 billion, the math simply doesn’t

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Digital Health 2024: 7 Predictions & 50 Names You Don’t Want to Miss

January 2, 2024February 28, 2024 admin 0 Comments Acquisitions, AI, AI in Primary Care, Blockchain, Competition, Digital Health, EHR, Epic, failure, Generative AI, Healthcare AI, Innovation, LLM, Predictions, Private equity, Scribing, Telehealth, Venture capital

2023 was the year of digital health ‘parasites.’ Digital health has become the parasite of the tech industry. Digital health