- Rock Health and the Stanford Center for Digital Health release their findings from the 2019 Consumer Adoption Survey. - In 2019, overall consumer adoption of digital health leveled off in 2019 near the 2018 high water mark. - Findings reveal consumer-clinician dialogue and transparency around data collection and sharing will be central to the growth of digital technology in healthcare.Digital health consumer adoption has leveled off in what appears to a slight moderation of digital health
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Q3 2019 Digital Health Funding Levels Off At $1.3B, Rock Health Reports
- New Rock Health report finds digital health funding reaches $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date. - Large digital health funding round are driving the overall funding trend in digital health with the average deal size at $20.9M, in line with 2018’s $21.7M average deal size. - Rock Health projects the number of digital health deals in 2019 will be 5-10% lower than in 2018.Digital health funding reached a total of $1.3B in Q3 2019 for a total of $5.5B year to date, leveling off
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Rock Health Report: Is 2019 The Year of the Digital Health IPO?
Digital health funding reached a new record of $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The digital health sector is on track for an $8.4B year in 2019—and may even break 2018’s annual funding total. The report also validates the continued trend of the large $100M+ mega deals, attributing to 30% of venture funding in H1 2019. The 2019 Midyear Digital Health Market Update reflects a maturing digital
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Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M
Digital health funding reached $986M across 61 digital health deals in Q1 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The Q1 2019 funding represents about half of the $1.62B that was raised a year ago in Q1 2018 but in line with 2017 and 31% below 2016.
Compared to the $1.2B in Q4 2018, quarterly funding has averaged $1.4B over the past two years (Q1 2017-Q1 2019). Rock Health signals the $986M invested in this past quarter are somewhat below
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Rock Health: 3 Insights from Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018 Report
Adoption of digital health tools reached record heights in 2018, according to a recently released survey report from Rock Health. In fact, eighty-nine percent of respondents used at least one digital health tool—up from 80% in 2015. Live video telemedicine and wearable adoption rates surged following a pause in growth in 2017. Meanwhile, respondents were increasingly guarded about their personal health data—in 2018, respondents were less willing to share data with highly-trusted entities like
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Brings in Record $1.62B in Q1 2018
Digital health funding has reached a record breaking $1.62 billion in Q1 2018 across 77 digital health deals, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health.The Q1 2018 Rock Health report reveals investors are starting to become more confident investing in large, late stage round with the top 10 deals, representing over 55% of total funding—but only 13% of deals—in the quarter. In addition, the average deal size increase from $16.4M in 2017 to $21M in 2018.The
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Is The Digital Health Industry Failing or Flourishing? New Report Provides Answers
Recently, there's been an argument about whether digital health (as an industry) is dead, or alive. In some cases, investors have failed to realize rapid returns and companies are struggling to gain traction. Others argue that it's too early to declare digital health's death, mainly because of the long sales and technology adoption cycles characteristic of the health market.This debate is framed within the context of funding levels and investor returns because of how the strength of the digital
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Rock Health Report: Digital Health Funding Tops $4.7B YTD in Q3 2017
Digital health funding has reached $1.2B in Q3 2017, bringing the YTD total to $4.7B—surpassing the prior historic annual high of $4.6B in 2015, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The report, Q3 2017 Digital Health Funding Update reveals that there have been 268 digital health funding deals across 261 companies. Comparatively, 240 digital health venture deals had closed by the end of Q3 in 2016.Other key findings/insights from the latest Rock
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15 Reasons Why 2017 Will Be A Banner Year for Digital Health Funding
Digital health funding reached a record-breaking total of $3.5B across a total of 188 digital health deals in the first half of 2017, according to a new report from Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The findings reveal that despite the recent election and upcoming repeal of the ACA, the spike in digital health investments are not an anomaly, but an indication of increased interest in the digital health sector.The Digital Health Funding Midyear Update report
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Tops Over $1B in Q1 2017
Digital health funding reached over $1B across a total of 71 digital health deals in Q1 2017(49% above Q1 2015 and 23% below Q1 2016), according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. In a blog post, Rock Health reveals that despite any regulatory uncertainty around the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s been business as usual for digital health funding. Providers and health plans are delaying expenditures based on this uncertainty, yet founders
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