Forbes January 9, 2026
Healthcare is undergoing a structural shift—not because AI is replacing doctors, but because it’s finally addressing the infrastructure that has constrained care for decades.
For years, health tech innovation prioritized patient-facing experiences over the unglamorous systems required to actually deliver care. Yet behind every appointment sits an overstretched operation—phones ringing nonstop, staff buried in paperwork, clinicians spending hours on administrative work that has nothing to do with medicine.
The most meaningful innovation isn’t happening in clinical judgment. It’s happening everywhere around it.
Venture capital is increasingly aligned with that view.
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