MobiHealth News March 20, 2020
Digital health investors discuss the opportunity, responsibility and liability of investing in health tech during market volatility and a possible recession.
The novel coronavirus represents a global pandemic the likes of which haven’t been seen for roughly a century, and has put enormous pressures on the healthcare system and the economy alike.
To date the World Health Organization reports 209,839 confirmed cases and 8,778 deaths due to the virus. Healthcare providers and government agencies have scrambled to find ways to treat and stop the spread of the disease.
Digital health has quickly come onto the world stage – with telemedicine acting as a substitute for in-person visits, and chatbots filling in for nurse triage lines. However, like the...