Fierce Health Payers September 13, 2019
BOSTON—With an all-time high $14.6 billion in funding going toward digital health startups globally last year, investors are betting big on the promise of tech to address major healthcare challenges and disrupt the industry.
Are these digital solutions delivering?
They could be doing more, according to John Halamka, M.D., chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
There are early successes, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning that are aiding radiologists, pathologists, and oncologists by analyzing reams of data and providing more effective clinical decision support. And physicians—armed with data from wearables and medical devices—can diagnose and treat patients quickly using telehealth visits, Halamka said while speaking at the Digital...
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