We can talk about Digital Health Startups all day. It’s a darling area for many Angel investors and VCs. At one point, there was a common view, according to a Forbes article, that 98% of Digital Health Startups were zombies. Not sure if that view is still persistent, to be honest.
But, what about one of the most important segments of Digital Health – ‘Population Health Management?’ It’s a phrase often overused these days. Actually, Precision Medicine and Value-Based Care phrases might have overtaken ‘Population Health Management!’
Anyhow, there have been several companies that tried to have a go at this Digital Health market segment. If you look at KLAS rankings and Chilmark Research ratings for Population Health around 2014 and look at them in 2023, the vendor landscape is conspicuously different.
Population Health Management companies have themselves become fluid while making Healthcare data fluid! All I can say is, if you are a Healthcare IT company doing Pop Health Management, watch out for many potholes in your journey!!!
Here is ‘back then’ and ‘now.’ Why is this space so fluid? What’s happening to Population Health Management companies?
There are several reasons that call for another article!