The mounting financial stress facing health systems is curbing M&A transactions among software and technology companies that focus on providers and payers, reports Institutional Investor.
Venture capital investments in healthcare information technology dropped to $451 million in the fourth quarter, a decrease of more than 75 percent from the quarterly average in 2021, according to the latest PitchBook report. In 2022, the value of venture capital deals in the healthcare IT sector reached $5.4 billion, down 35 percent from the year before. In private equity, deal count in 2022 also dropped 30 percent from 2021, according to the report. Read more.
