A status check on Telehealth: Key hurdles and success factors, current implementation and near-term expectations
Telehealth is touted as the gamechanger for the Healthcare industry and help speed up its digital initiatives. Some initial success is seen but it is still far away from being called a blockbuster. We look at some of the possible reasons holding this segment back, current implementation status, disparities among global regions, some key operational Learn more...
5 starting points on including Big Data to help your healthcare business stay in the game
With discussions around the overwhelming role that data is playing and set to play in the future in the success of a business, a well-planned data driven BI strategy should be core to every business. We list five areas which can be the starting points for a business manager in healthcare industry, to orient their Learn more...
Launch of the R2G Digital Health Market Watch – The market & competitor monitor for the digital health industry.
R2G is pleased to announce the launch of a new market monitoring tool, the Digital Health Market Watch. The Market Watch is created to support key stakeholders who are interested in receiving the most relevant market and competitor insights in six major digital health segments (e.g diabetes management). The Digital Health Market Watch is currently Learn more...
Learning from Livongo’s IPO success: 8 components which can make a digital therapeutic solution successful
Livongo, a digital therapeutic solution company with a focus on helping People with Diabetes, made an impressive public-listing debut on NASDAQ last week. The company raised $355M at a valuation of about $2.5B, the 5th highest in history for a Med-Tech company. Livongo’s IPO proves that digital healthcare solutions can achieve success and highlights key Learn more...
How a top woman-led digital health startup is empowering 12M users to live in tune with their biology – Interview with Ida Tin, CEO & Co-Founder of Clue
Health services targeting women are increasingly in the focus of the healthcare industry. Studies affirm a multi-billion dollar market. Digital health solutions promise to play an important role in unlocking the women’s health market potential. We talked with Ida Tin, CEO & Co-Founder of Clue, a globally leading fertility app, about their market development strategies Learn more...
How a leading chronic disease management and prevention platform is disrupting the diabetes space – Interview with Cameron Jacox, Vice President of Growth at Lark Health
There are hundreds of millions of patients globally suffering from chronic diseases with millions having prediabetes and just a small percent of those being aware of their health condition. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just within the USA, six in ten Americans live with at least one chronic disease and 90% Learn more...
Are digital preventive services in healthcare ready to take off? R2G just launched a global digital health survey to find out.
R2G just launched a new survey targeting the topic of digital prevention services in health and most specifically in diabetes prevention. To have a better understanding of these current trends, the survey explores the potential market readiness both from the payer’s perspective as well as from digital health providers. Also, the survey aims to understand Learn more...
Disruption in Healthcare – What will be the new normal?
Allow me to raise this question: what will happen to a pharma company’s diabetes, respiratory or cardiology drugs if in 10 years time, we are able to fully use 3D organ printing?Well, it would most likely disrupt its traditional business models of selling drugs for those diseases, wouldn’t it? It seems that there is hardly Learn more...
Food tracking: How do apps know what is on the plate. Four strategies to overcome tech limitations
Tracking food habits is a growing market, with hundreds of available food apps, the competition is high, and technology is trying to keep up with the demand. Given the complexity of this task, new strategies have risen, and consumers have been offered innovative approaches to track their food habits.Which are the current technologies being used Learn more...