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The Agetech Revolution: Telehealth Boom Opens New Doors To $8Tn Economy For Patients 50+

 
• By Marion Webb

The world’s aging, increasingly tech-savvy population has created demand for device and digital health solutions that enable people to live longer, healthier, more independent lives. In this first article of a three-part series on Agetech, we highlight innovative telehealth companies that are making impacts by going beyond primary clinical needs to address mental health, quality of life, and underserved patients.

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Millions of aging Americans’ desire to stay independent longer and age at home has created, by some estimates, a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for start-ups and tech giants to provide digital and healthtech solutions.

“AgeTech” is a growing market of technology solutions to meet the needs of the 50-plus population and includes products, services and experiences across industries, all vying for a

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