Healthcare IT News April 12, 2017
Henry Powderly

Venrock 2017 Healthcare Prognosis finds industry is rankled by policy uncertainty, but that won’t stop companies from forming.

President Donald Trump’s administration is causing a lot of angst over healthcare policy but healthcare technology isn’t exactly lying in wait. In fact, most healthcare pros expect the pace of new vendor creation to pick up over the next two years.

The 2017 Healthcare Prognosis survey by capital venture firm Venrock found 60 percent of respondents expect the rate that new companies emerge to increase despite 35 percent saying regulatory changes could present challenges to innovation.

When it comes to electronic health records companies, 78 percent of respondents expect merger and acquisition activity to pick up as well, especially as giants like...

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