There are some corners of the digital health market that investors feel are a bit too crowded. In recent conference panel discussions and interviews, venture capitalists said it’s getting hard to differentiate startups among the sea of companies that have entered the telehealth and mental health spaces in the past few years, for instance.
While the digital health sector might feel a little cramped in some areas, there are wide open spaces in others — and investors are ready to funnel money into companies looking to innovate these lesser-discussed aspects of care delivery and healthcare technology. These include Medicaid, patient-to-patient support and generative AI (AI that can produce content like text, imagery and audio), Med City News reports. Read more.