Forbes October 4, 2024
Jim Pursley is President of Hinge Health, a leading digital clinic for joint and muscle care.
Over the past decade, we’ve seen the digital health industry balloon. Technology has enabled a proliferation of digital health solutions across a variety of conditions—mental health, diabetes, musculoskeletal, you name it. But the majority of those solutions have been software-based.
In a world that loves its devices, why don’t we see more consumer hardware innovation in the digital healthcare space?
Two Ends Of The Spectrum
On one end, it seems like there’s a plethora of wearables these days. Consumer companies have built some highly engaging and easy-to-use technology devices. Not a day goes by that I don’t bump into someone who has a Fitbit,...