Making Sense of the Health Technology Ecosystem
At this time, we are tracking 812 Health Technology companies across 23 categories, with a combined funding amount of $14.2B.
This sector covers companies that combine IT with healthcare to enhance well-being. This includes digital technologies and services such as mobile connectivity, biometric sensors, cloud computing, social networking, robotics, etc. that are affecting all fronts of healthcare such as hospital management, doctor-patient relationships, peer-to-peer support groups, and personal fitness.
Below you’ll find our Health Tech sector map as well as the categorical breakdown of the sector.
Health Technology Sector Map
Clinical Administration and Backend: Services that foster management of administrative tasks such as scheduling, patient transfers, billing, compliance, etc.
Digital Medical Devices & Diagnostics: New generation of IT-enabled medical devices and diagnostic tools for use by doctors and other clinical staff.
Population Health Management: Services to manage healthcare issues for groups of people such as corporate employees.
Genomics and Personalized Medicine: Services that utilize human genome data for analytics, disease prevention, and the like.
Electronic Health/Medical Records: Services that create or manage EHR/EMR (Electronic Health/Medical Records) to improve efficiency/effectiveness of medical practice.
Doctor Network and Resources: Social services that allow doctors to connect with each other to get in dialogue and/or access their expertise.
Medical Big Data: Big data and analytics for medical applications.
IoT Health Care: Internet of Things (IoT) focused on consumer and/or at-home health care solutions.
Doctor and Healthcare Service Search: Services that allow patients to search for doctors, healthcare plans, and other healthcare services.
Remote Monitoring and Family Care Management: Services that allow families and medical professionals to monitor and manage those in care (ie. senior citizens).
teleHealth: Services that allow remote treatment and/or consultation between doctors and patients.
Online Health Destination Sites: Websites providing health-related information and resources.
Health Insurance and Payments: Health insurance exchanges, benefits and patient payment management platforms focused on providing more efficient workflow and greater transparency.
Patient Engagement and Education: Services and platforms such as In-Hospital multimedia systems and patient relationship management services.
Mobile Fitness/Health Apps: Mobile apps that keep track of fitness activities, provide health resources, training programs, etc.
IoT Fitness: Internet of Things (IoT) focused on personal fitness and wellness solutions.
Online Health Communities: Social services among patient groups and medical professionals.
Healthcare Marketing and Campaign Management: Services for hospitals, insurance agencies, and other healthcare services to identify and target potential customers.
Healthcare Mobile Communications/Messaging: Mobile communications services dedicated for hospital use by doctors, nurses, etc.
Gamification of Health: Application of game elements to promote behavior-changing health and wellness.
Healthcare Robotics: Robotics application for healthcare such as prosthetics, remote treatment, etc.
Healthcare Startup Incubators and Accelerators: Investor programs that fund and support Digital Health startups.