Becker's Healthcare December 2, 2021
Digital health startups continue to expand across the industry, with many shifting focus to providing care on their own rather than selling services to healthcare organizations, according to Jonathan Slotkin, MD, and Chrissy Farr.
Dr. Slotkin, vice chair of neurosurgery at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and CMO at Contigo Health, and Ms. Farr, a health tech investor at Omers Ventures, penned a Nov. 30 op-ed exploring the future of digital health startups for Ms. Farr’s Second Opinion newsletter.
Six insights from Dr. Slotkin and Ms. Farr on digital health startups’ push to become providers:
1. The progression of digital health startups becoming providers versus selling to hospitals, health systems and other practices is “a progression that makes a lot...