CNBC December 1, 2019
Christina Farr

KEY POINTS
  • Digital health companies are struggling in part because the clinical teams and the product teams are at odds.
  • Omada Health’s chief medical officer is working on solutions to bridge the gap.
  • Start-ups in the industry raised $8 billion last year, and exits are just starting to produce returns.

When Carolyn Jasik recruits doctors to work at Omada Health, where she’s the chief medical officer, she has product developers vet the top candidates to make sure they’re the right fit.

Jasik, a trained physician, has seen numerous well-funded companies in digital health struggle, in part because the technologists and medical experts too often sit on opposites sides of the house, make...

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