HealthTech Advancements

Healthcare is at an exciting crossroads. While we’ve made incredible progress in treatment and technology, some of the biggest opportunities lie in rethinking how care is delivered and experienced. The moment feels especially ripe for change, with new tools and innovations—like generative AI, wearable technology, and advanced data analytics—pushing us to think differently about what’s possible. 1. Expertise Without Boundaries For years, leading organizations have attracted world-class talent. Today, emerging technologies are breaking down the barriers of geography. Virtual collaboration platforms, AI-driven insights, and advancements in telehealth are opening doors for patients to connect with the best care and expertise, no matter their location. 2. Smarter Coordination for Complex Care Coordinating care for complex conditions remains a persistent challenge. Innovations in real-time data sharing, predictive models, and care orchestration tools are helping to align providers, streamline processes, and deliver better outcomes for patients who need multidisciplinary support. 3. Turning Research Into Results The time it takes to translate research discoveries into clinical practice has always been a bottleneck. Generative AI, along with advancements in machine learning and new regulatory frameworks, is making it possible to accelerate this process, ensuring breakthroughs reach patients faster without compromising safety or quality. 4. Personalizing Care for Every Patient Personalized medicine is moving from concept to reality, thanks to tools like genomics, AI-powered diagnostics, and wearable health trackers. These innovations are giving healthcare systems the ability to tailor treatments to each patient’s unique needs and life circumstances in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago. 5. Moving Beyond Episodic Care The shift from reactive, visit-based care to ongoing health partnerships is becoming more tangible. With tools like remote monitoring devices, digital health platforms, and continuous engagement models, healthcare providers can now support patients’ wellness over time, creating deeper, more meaningful connections. Disruptive technologies, shifting patient expectations, and evolving care models are driving this transformation. The future of healthcare will belong to those who seize these opportunities to create systems that are more connected, personalized, and proactive—paving the way for care that truly meets people where they are.

🌏Asia: The HealthTech Revolution You Can't Ignore 🚀 While Silicon Valley and Europe often dominate HealthTech conversations, Asia has quietly become the beating heart of global healthcare innovation. The numbers speak for themselves: by 2025, the region's HealthTech market is expected to surpass $129 billion, growing at an unprecedented 15.8% CAGR. The Growth Engine: Asia’s Unique Catalysts 1️⃣ Massive Unmet Needs: Despite its rapid economic development, 50% of Asia's population lacks access to basic healthcare services (WHO, 2024). This gap creates unparalleled demand for scalable and affordable HealthTech solutions. 2️⃣ Digital Leapfrogging: Asia has embraced digital-first healthcare models, fueled by over 4.6 billion mobile users, AI-powered super-apps, and governments prioritizing digital health. For instance, India's Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is building the world's largest healthcare database, setting a global benchmark. 3️⃣ Youth Meets Aging: With two-thirds of the world's elderly population projected to live in Asia by 2030 (UN Population Division, 2024), the region faces a dual challenge: chronic disease management for aging societies and scalable solutions for its youthful workforce. HealthTech’s Rising Stars in Asia 🌟 Ping An Good Doctor (China): Leveraging AI to serve 300 million users with telehealth, diagnostics, and pharmacy delivery. 🌟 Halodoc (Indonesia): Southeast Asia’s telemedicine leader, reducing healthcare wait times by 50% for over 20 million annual users. 🌟 Practo (India): A pioneer in integrated healthcare services, now connecting 250,000+ doctors with patients across the globe. 🌟 Docquity (Singapore): Building Asia’s largest digital network of healthcare professionals, with 300,000 doctors using the platform for education and collaboration. The Investment Goldmine Investors are waking up to the untapped potential of Asia's HealthTech ecosystem. In 2023 alone, the region attracted $7 billion in HealthTech funding, with India and China accounting for 60% of total capital deployed (PwC, 2024). Key drivers include: 🌐 Venture Capital Growth: Southeast Asia’s HealthTech funding grew 2.3x YoY, reaching $1.3 billion in 2023 (Bain & Co., 2024). 🌐 Cross-Border Opportunities: Platforms like Grab and WeChat seamlessly integrate healthcare services into everyday life, making digital health accessible to over 2 billion users across Asia-Pacific. Asia’s HealthTech ecosystem is not just growing—it’s redefining the rules of the game. By 2030, the ASEAN Health Cluster 4 Action Plan aims to harmonize health policies across member states, creating a $100 billion unified healthcare economy (Asian Development Bank, 2024). Asia’s HealthTech sector is proof that innovation thrives in constraints. With a $7 billion funding influx in 2023 and rapid scaling of telehealth solutions, it challenges conventional healthcare paradigms. What do you think? Are investors and innovators ready to meet the demand?

📢 The 2025 final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule dropped yesterday and there are two really significant changes impacting health tech. (1) CMS finalized coverage for digital therapeutics for mental health. This is the first time there is codified coverage for software-only digital therapies (that have gone through a 510(K) or De Novo pathway). The CPT Editorial Panel also expanded the definition of RTM codes starting in 2025. Together, these changes open the door to coverage and payment for digital therapeutics (though uptake will still be an uphill battle without much stronger clinical evidence). (2) CMS finalized coverage of advanced primary care management codes. These codes can be used instead of CCM, TCM, PCM, eConsult and eVisit codes, and shifts focus for providers and tech-enabled services companies from tracking time to developing capabilities that underpin advanced primary care. Providers will be able to bill for these services once per Medicare beneficiary per month so long as the practice has in place the capabilities to provide advanced primary care. Also some good news related to some operational telehealth flexibilities but we still need congress to act before the end of the year to extend the most important flexibilities (originating site and geographic restrictions). Manatt Health will have a more full summary in the coming days.

In his latest piece, CMC’s Mark Adams discusses advances in #healthtech, focusing on how robotic-assisted and remote telesurgery, powered by advanced technologies like 5G and fibre-optic networks, are transforming global healthcare by enabling surgeons to operate across vast distances with remarkable precision and minimal latency. He explains how these innovations deliver significant benefits, including reduced blood loss, smaller incisions, shorter hospital stays, and faster recovery times. For their part, remote surgeries, once an experimental procedure, are now a transcontinental mainstay, offering life-saving procedures to patients in remote or underserved areas. Similarly, AI and machine learning are increasingly integrated into robotic systems, enhancing diagnostics, surgical planning, and intraoperative decision-making. These systems also create new opportunities for medical training, allowing expert surgeons to mentor trainees worldwide in real-time. I am optimistic about what the future holds and excited to see what development next disrupts healthcare provision.

I just returned from LSI 2025, and the future of medical technology is nothing short of incredible. Over 1,500 innovators gathered to showcase groundbreaking solutions like these that are quite literally changing lives: Orpyx®'s connected insoles monitor neuropathy Sensars enabling amputees to "feel" pressure through nerve signals Precision Cardiovascular Ltd.'s implantable heart monitors CranioSense non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring Ricoh Biomedical's 3D medical printing and surgical planning tools meduloc's innovative bone fracture fixation techniques Versono Medical Ltd's ultrasonic platform for treating arterial blockages Lazzaro Medical's tracheal scaffold system giving patients new hope Proluma Medical reimagining the Foley Catheter for improved patient comfort The investment landscape is shifting, with major acquisitions and successful IPOs like Ceribell │ AI-Powered Point-of-Care EEG and Beta Bionics signaling a bright future for MedTech. As Scott Pantel said, "This is truly the most exciting time in MedTech." Healthcare isn't just advancing; it's being reimagined one breakthrough at a time—catch the whole buzz from my report below and let me know what you're excited about! #MedTech #Healthcare #InnovationAdvances #ImprovingLives FloodGate Medical

We’re seeing a quiet evolution in how healthtech is being imagined in India — Some clear directional shifts are emerging 👇 🧱 1. Full-stack is in Founders are moving beyond marketplace models. They're building full-stack, vertically integrated care — combining discovery, diagnostics, consultation, treatment, and even financing. 🏥 2. Specialty care is getting unbundled Orthopedics, fertility, oncology, mental health, dermatology, and sleep care are being rebuilt ground-up — often with digital-first entry points. 💊 3. Infra & SaaS layers are emerging quietly From insurance infra to clinic management, India is seeing a rise in “health infra-as-a-service”. 🧪 4. Testing & diagnostics are going decentral Founders are rethinking diagnostics from the ground up — cheaper, faster, home-based, AI-powered. Huge focus on early screening for chronic and terminal conditions. 📦 5. Outcomes > App downloads The best founders are obsessing over one thing: can I prove better outcomes? They’re designing workflows that work across tech + ops + people. They’re treating CAC as a function of LTV via care quality. 🏥 6. The “Offline vs Online” “Where do I need presence to build trust, and where can tech scale outcomes?” Emerging playbooks: Digital-first, offline-enabled: → Sugar.fit, Orthos, Pristyn — tech-led but own physical delivery touchpoints Offline-first, tech-layered: → Karkinos, Cloudnine — infra-led models with digital care coordination Trust is earned offline, especially in critical care Retention is scaled online, through personalization, reminders, continuity, and community 🧠 7. From content → community → care Especially in niche, high-trust verticals (fertility, PCOS, mental health), the best founders are: → Starting with expert-led content → Nurturing support groups (Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord) → Converting to care products only after trust is built This is care via community — and it’s sticky. If you're building/thinking on any of the above, i'd love to chat :) With Nandini & Divita

🌐 HealthTech is more than Digital Health Apps When most people hear HealthTech, they immediately think of digital health apps, wearables, or AI platforms. These are important, but they’re only one part of the full spectrum. HealthTech actually spans across: 🩺 MedTech: medical devices, diagnostics, implants, and software as a medical device (SaMD) 💊 BioTech & Pharma: drug development, biologics, advanced therapies 💻 Digital Health: software, data, connected care solutions (sometimes medical devices, sometimes not) 🌱 Consumer Health: wellness, prevention, and lifestyle tools that sit outside the hospital These domains often overlap. Digital health becomes MedTech (SaMD) once claims cross into diagnosis or treatment. Consumer health can evolve into regulated devices. BioTech increasingly relies on device-based delivery - but often translates directly into pharmaceutical products (drugs/therapeutics) We are also seeing more "BioTools" emerge. Often first considered medical devices, but when used in complex treatments, e.g. gene therapy or similar, they become a part of a different product category 🧬 👉 HealthTech is not just digital. It’s an interconnected ecosystem, and understanding where a company sits on this spectrum is crucial for founders, investors, and regulators alike. #HealthTech #MedTech #DigitalHealth #BioTech #ConsumerHealth #MedicalDevices

One of the most promising areas of advancement is in the field of longevity. 1. AI in Longevity Research AI technologies can be used to analyze vast amounts of health data, identify biomarkers as they relate to aging, and understand the complex mechanisms behind longevity. By integrating AI with genomics and biotechnology, researchers may be able to predict health trajectories and personalize medical treatments, reducing morbidity. 2. Personalized Medicine One of the most impactful applications of AI in longevity is in the development of personalized medicine. AI algorithms can process individual genetic information, lifestyle data from wearables and other continuous tools, as well environmental factors to tailor preventive and therapeutic solutions specifically designed for each person's unique biological makeup. 3. Global Collaboration AI is not only a tool but a bridge connecting researchers, clinicians, and innovators worldwide. Through global data sharing and collaboration facilitated by AI, the longevity field is experiencing unprecedented growth and innovation. It allows stakeholders to connect and share ideas and insights. As we look to the future, the potential of AI to transform our understanding and approach to aging is boundless. Let's continue to support and invest in these technologies that promise not only to extend life but to enhance the quality of our years. Yes, we have to ask tough questions about their development and use. That will allow us to shape the technologies to our needs. #Longevity #ArtificialIntelligence #HealthTech #Innovation #PersonalizedMedicine #aging

Interested in the companies bringing tech-driven solutions to healthcare? I explored the space and found some impressive leaders. These companies are moving the needle on care quality, patient access, and operational efficiency. Let's dive in: ❇️ Synergy Billing (M. Jayson Meyer): Helps Federally Qualified Health Centers maximize revenue and streamline operations with specialized billing expertise. ❇️ Transtreme (Stephanie Michel): Offers affordable imaging and health assessment solutions to improve patient care and cost efficiency. ❇️ United Imaging Healthcare (Liang Liu) - North America: Develops advanced medical imaging and IT solutions, aiming to expand healthcare access and drive industry innovation globally. ❇️ Vigilance Health (James Coburn): Improves patient outcomes and engagement through population health management and care coaching solutions. ❇️ Vital Interaction (Alan Stickler): Automates appointment reminders and workflows to improve efficiency, reduce no-shows, and enhance patient engagement for healthcare practices. ❇️ Vynca (Darren Schulte): Provides palliative care, offering clinical, social, mental, and spiritual support to enhance the quality of life for individuals with serious illnesses. ❇️ Watershed Health (Florin Micle): Enhances patient outcomes by centralizing data, enabling real-time sharing, and improving collaboration across healthcare providers. ❇️ Wellfit Technologies (John Chipps): Streamlines patient financing and payment processes, boosting treatment acceptance and reducing costs for providers. ❇️ Wheel (Michelle Davey ): Offers consumer-centric virtual care, enabling personalized healthcare services with high clinician satisfaction and 24/7 availability. ❇️ WoundCentrics (Stuart Oertli) Provides evidence-based wound care services, improving care quality, and managing costs through a system-based approach. I am keen to hear your thoughts on advanced digital health solution companies!  Which ones stand out to you? Let me know in the comments below. #HealthcareTech #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #Healthcare #HealthcareCompany 

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽, poised to become the second most attractive investment field this decade, just behind food and agri-tech. This growth positions it to surpass other sectors like BFSI and fintech, signaling a promising future for healthcare investments. A significant catalyst for this evolution is the rise of innovative health tech startups. They're revolutionizing the industry with advancements in telemedicine, electronic health records, IoT, and AI. Telemedicine expands access to healthcare by connecting patients in remote areas with specialists, while electronic health records enhance data management and patient outcomes. 𝗜𝗼𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Additionally, robotics and genetics are advancing surgical precision and genetic therapies, pushing the boundaries of medical procedures. Digital therapeutics is another groundbreaking innovation, providing new treatment avenues through software-based interventions. This fusion of technology and healthcare is unlocking new potential, making the sector ripe for investment and growth. As India stands on the brink of this healthcare transformation, it's an exciting time for investors, healthcare professionals, and patients. These innovations are not only transforming healthcare delivery but also making it more accessible and efficient. What aspect of this healthcare revolution excites you the most? Is it AI in diagnostics, the reach of telemedicine, or the personalized approach of digital therapeutics? Share your thoughts and join the conversation about the future of health tech!