the.com/healthcare innovation
the art of making saving lives take slightly less paperwork.
means new tools, drugs, or systems that improve health outcomes, lower cost, or expand access, ideally all three at once.
from the phrase surged post-2000s as digital health, biotech, and value-based care collided with an industry still faxing records; venture capital renamed hospital problems opportunities.
funding scaleglobal digital health funding topped 57 billion in 2021
failure ratemost health startups die on reimbursement, not tech
slow adoptionaverage clinical practice change takes 17 years
for instance
mrna vaccines — pfizer and moderna, 2020, decades of research deployed in months
crispr therapy — casgevy approved 2023, first gene-edited cure for sickle cell
cgm patches — dexcom and abbott turned diabetes monitoring into a phone app
telehealth surge — us visits jumped 50 times over during 2020 lockdowns