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Remote Patient Monitoring Sees Surging Investment
One of the unexpected outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic has been rapid and widespread uptake of remote patient monitoring. Just ahead of the pandemic, investment in patient monitoring was booming—priming the system for quick uptake and innovation. As with vaccines, much groundwork had been done to prepare for dramatic innovation and widespread, rapid patient use, seemingly “overnight.”
In this episode of Back Bay Life Science Advisors’ industry podcast, Drs. Jonathan Gertler and Corinne Nawn discuss the clinical considerations of remote patient monitoring, including advances in sensing platforms, wearables, and the current investment landscape driving the innovations that allow patients and physicians to interact meaningfully and safely from different locations.
Topics in this podcast include:
Investment in digital healthcare companies
The spectrum of financings, acquisitions, IPOs, and SPACs in this space
New ways of patient monitoring through wearable tech
Understanding the details of sensing and capturing
Coordinating care based on analytics
Company partnerships and/or acquisitions
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