MobiHealth News January 29, 2021
Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang

Flare Capital’s Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19’s impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.

The alarming scale of the opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic has resulted in unprecedented human and economic devastation, and there is significant opportunity for digital tools to alter the gold standard of care to one that is ongoing and on-demand.

The epidemic has only worsened since the onset of COVID-19, given heightened economic instability, social isolation, disruption to transportation and decreased access to in-person support services.

We have begun to see increased proliferation and adoption of data-driven, on-demand telemedicine solutions by providers. The pandemic in particular has accelerated the...

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