Why digital health companies turn into patient management companies

(written by Bill Hunter, MD, President & CEO, Canary Medical for OrthoStreams)
After a little over a decade of participating in the field of digital health, I have reached the conclusion that successful companies follow a predictable pathway based upon the growing number of patients they have under management:

Digital health companies begin as patient monitoring companies, become diagnostic companies, and evolve into patient management companies.

The Hype Cycle curve for digital care delivery is progressing along the pathway described below in Gartner (S. Hakkennes, L. Craft, M. Jon...