Becker's Healthcare December 2, 2019
Healthcare startups and big tech companies aim to tackle a variety of challenges in the healthcare industry, but the “move fast and break things” culture of Silicon Valley doesn’t translate as well to healthcare.
A recent CNBC article outlined the challenges some digital health companies have in the healthcare space, noting recent examples of tension between tech companies and the physicians or medical professionals brought onboard. Here are four examples:
1. At Nurx, members of the team with a medical background said they were ignored. The company, known as the “Uber for birth control,” according to an article in the New York Times, aimed to deliver birth control prescribed by Nurx physicians and nurse practitioners virtually. The company has received...
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