Opportunities and Challenges in the German Digital Health Market
The DiGA Fast Track has brought the German market to the attention of foreign media, digital service providers, and healthcare investors alike. Germany’s large health system has long been attractive for investment, yet rigid bureaucracy prevented significant growth. DiGA presents, finally, an opportunity for digital innovation. Yet, this approval can only be one small part Learn more...
R2G launches a new global survey: 2021 Global COVID-19 Survey – What has changed in the digital health industry after one year of pandemic?
R2G launches a new global covid-19 2021 survey to assess the impact covid-19 has had on the digital health industry. R2G conducted a global survey at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 to understand the views and opinions the digital health experts had on the impact of covid-19 on the digital health industry. This Learn more...
Keeping Up with Tech: How can digital health start-ups compete with the rise of consumer wellness solutions?
As Apple, Google, and other tech giants expand their services, access to high quality, personal health data becomes more accessible for the average consumer. But what happens to the digital health start-ups operating in this space? We’ll take a look at examples in two popular subsegments- women’s health and cardiovascular health- to see how successful Learn more...
How Glooko improves health outcomes by connecting people with diabetes and obesity and their healthcare professionals, enabling telehealth, clinical research, and better collaboration! Interview with Zach Henderson, Chief Commercial Officer at Glooko.
The pandemic positioned Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring solutions as a key element of healthcare services to drive quality population health outcomes and reduce care costs. With rules and regulations rapidly changed to enable the coverage of these solutions, over 217m diagnosed diabetics with access to smart devices and 1.5b overweight people globally could potentially Learn more...
The rise of digital MSK solutions: Why investors are spending millions on digital pain management
The sedentary lifestyle of the modern world has worsened as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to restrict basic movement. Substantial reduction of physical activity in everyday life exposes people to a higher risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, and increases the likelihood of chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. This public health concern, however, yields Learn more...
What drives success in Digital Therapeutics?
Most digital health solutions fail, or at least, never manage to scale up. Very few succeed. What lessons can we learn from those who do it right? We have put together three (non-exhaustive) golden rules for a successful digital health offering. In the age of COVID-19, digital health, telehealth, and remote patient care has become Learn more...
Can digital mental health solutions live up to the growing expectations?
There is a growing excitement and enthusiasm among the mHealth solutions to enter into digital mental health market and broaden their addressable target market. This hype has become more visible since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, most of the digital mental health solutions lack differentiating services to live up to the expectations. Therefore, solution Learn more...
Marrying Innovation and Collaboration: Leveraging resources, technology, and industry know-how
The last few months have seen a substantial uptick in digital health partnerships, agreements, and acquisitions. The trend catalyzed by COVID-19 has experienced continued attention due to the rising demand for remote patient monitoring, increasing support from governments regarding digital health policies and reimbursement, higher adoption rate of smartphone users, improvements in mobile health technologies, Learn more...
How Abi Global Health, a medical micro-consultation service, is on the way to radically transform the first mile of healthcare. Interview with Kim-Fredrik Schneider, CEO of Abi Global Health.
Pandemic raised the level of telemedicine adoption and usage around the world. Governments waived restrictions and released reimbursement codes for telemedicine tech licenses and service offerings. Telemedicine services are experiencing a considerable market momentum and service providers are highly sought-after partners. Kim-Fredrik Schneider, CEO of Abi Global Health, a pioneering medical micro-consultation service, shares with Learn more...