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Reading the VC Tea Leaves – Predictions for 2018

Digital Health

They asked me to offer some healthcare investment predictions for 2018. I started off the year with an interview with Oliver Wyman Health, one of the top global healthcare consulting firms. I figure this is a good way to start off the year so have reprinted a mildly expanded version of the article, which first […].

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. Note in the first bar chart that in 2018, 89% of those 45-54 and 74% of people 55 and over have “ready access” to a smartphone. which 1 in 2 U.S.

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Americans End 2018 Worried About Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

Health insurance in-security is mainstream as of November 2018, when Gallup polled U.S. Gallup notes their October 2018 poll learned that voters were most concerned about healthcare, immigration and the economy as key midterm voting issues. adults about views on healthcare costs. Gallup conducted this survey among 1,037 U.S.

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Ping An Good Doctor expands reach to 265 million registered users in 2018

Mobi Health News

The three key indicators of the company – registered users, monthly active users (MAU) and monthly paying users (MPU) continued to grow at a rapid rate in 2018. China’s one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform, Ping An Good Doctor, yesterday announced its first annual results since listing: the company recorded a revenue of RMB 3.34

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How to Make Healthcare More Intelligent and Trustworthy: Accenture’s Digital Health Tech Vision 2018

Health Populi

Trust has become a key currency in provider/patient/supplier relationships: 94% of health executives say treating customers as partners is important to gain trust, according to the Digital Health Tech Vision 2018 from Accenture. Finally, the Internet of Thinking rounds out Accenture’s five themes in the 2018 Health Tech Vision.

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Global medical app downloads exceeded 400M in 2018

Mobi Health News

Consumer spending in health and fitness apps also tripled during this time, according to numbers from App Annie.

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54 digital health mergers and acquisitions in 2018

Mobi Health News

From Amazon's acquisition of PillPack to Best Buy's purchase of GreatCall, over $7.5 billion were spent on digital health acquisitions this year.