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Chronic Kidney Disease ·

A New Approach to Kidney Health

Tal Kra-Oz·

Chronic kidney disease cost Medicare $120 billion in 2017. One in three Americans are at risk of contracting the disease. Despite those staggering numbers, we…

Company News ·

Healthy.io Makes the AI 100 List of the World’s Most Promising Startups

Tal Kra-Oz·

CB Insights has named Healthy.io one of the world’s most promising AI startups. This year’s prestigious AI 100 list—selected from a pool of nearly 5,000…

Digital Health ·

Chronic Wounds: The Silent Burden

Tal Kra-Oz·

Modern healthcare has dramatically reduced mortality rates from infectious diseases. As a result, the average life expectancy has increased by twenty years. But as more…

Digital Health ·

Will Clicks Kill Bricks? The Future of Pharmacies in the Age of Amazon

Tal Kra-Oz·

Will tech companies destroy local pharmacies as they enter the competitive retail health care space? Will $500 billion worth of prescriptions go from brick and…

Digital Health ·

Tackling Healthcare Problems, One Startup at a Time

Tal Kra-Oz·

2019 was a strong year for digital health IPOs: Livongo Health, Phreesia, Health Catalyst, and Change Healthcare all went public. This amounts to a strong…