Digital Health has entered a new era: Second-generation digital health technologies are arriving on the market, Mike Trenell, CEO of UK-based health tech startup Daiser, told Medtech Insight.
‘The World Doesn’t Need Another Digital Health App’ Says Health Tech Innovator Mike Trenell
Second Generation Of Digital Health On The Horizon
The digital health market includes thousands of app-based solutions targeting single health conditions, but the cost, complexity and number of options “gives too many opportunities to health care systems to say no,” said Mike Trenell, Daiser CEO. The second generation of digital health might have the answers, he said.
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