Health Management Technology January 2, 2018
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants have transformed the way billions of us communicate, shop, socialize, and work. Now, as consumers, medical centers and insurers increasingly embrace health-tracking apps, tech companies want a bigger share of the more than $3 trillion spent annually on healthcare in the United States, too. The Apple Heart Study reflects that intensified effort.
The companies are accelerating their efforts to remake healthcare by developing or collaborating on new tools for consumers, patients, doctors, insurers, and medical researchers. And they are increasingly investing in health start-ups.
In the first 11 months of 2017, 10 of the largest tech companies in the United States were involved in healthcare equity deals worth $2.7 billion, up from just...
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