In July 2016 The American Medical Association conducted a comprehensive study of physician’s motivations and requirements for the adoption of digital clinical tools. The AMA has now repeated the study to determine the degree to which adoption has occurred in the past 3 years and identify attitudinal shifts among physicians towards their use and adoption. Key Findings There has been an increase…
MobileODT has recently released a new whitepaper on telehealth and its potential to address America’s growing OB-GYN shortage. The serious shortage of OB-GYNs in America is getting worse. Half of US counties have no practicing OB-GYN. 10 million women are left with inadequate or no OB-GYN care. Despite the rapid growth of the US female population, obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) residency programs have decreased, and the…
Research2Guidance has recently released a new report covering femtech and women’s health: “The Global Digital Women’s Health Solutions Market 2017-2024”. Overview: The digital women’s health market is booming due to the increasing interest in women’s health issues, from both the general public and medical professionals. Over 2,200 digital solution providers are targeting a huge global addressable market of 1 billion women with capable smart…
HTD recently released a new whitepaper on gamification in healthcare. This whitepaper discusses various approaches to motivating patients through gamification: – Goal Setting – Competition – Collecting symbols of progress – Chance or luck – Rewards – Prompts and reminders – Community
HTD recently shared some research created in support of HITLAB‘s women’s health innovation challenge: “Femtech by the numbers – The rise of innovation in women’s health technology”. All eyes are on femtech. Women’s health technology has taken the startup world by storm in recent years, introducing cutting edge health technologies and garnering over $241 million in venture capital funding so far in 2019. What was…
Galen Growth has just released a new report on the HealthTech Investment Landscape in Asia. Insights include: Asia Pac HealthTech ecosystem momentum continues despite geopolitical and domestic headwinds to close at US$5B invested, across 340 deals, well ahead of our forecast last October; Early stage and Series A deal activity shrinks yet further, whereas total Series B deal value share continues to grow, raising questions…
This year, Rock Health surveyed individuals working at healthcare startups and VCs to understand how they perceive initiatives at their organizations to promote the advancement of women, and offer concrete solutions for leaders to actively advance gender equity. Despite significant disparities in healthcare leadership today, industry leaders and employees share a belief that gender parity can be achieved within our lifetime. This…
Deloitte has recently released its 2019 Global Health Care Consumer Survey. Overall the survey found that people are exhibiting traditional “consumer behaviors” when it comes to health care: They are willing to shop for deals, disagree with their doctor, and use technology to track and maintain their health. Overview The idea that increased consumerism will help change the health care system is…
