Despite more than £3 billion invested in digital health companies to support their growth, it can still be incredibly difficult for young businesses to build sustainable solutions. Little progress has been made towards streamlining the landscape to make it easier for startups and scale-ups to thrive and the likes of Push Doctor, Hospify and Pando are just a few startups that have hit the...
According to the mental health charity Mind, one in four people will experience a mental health problem each year in England but approximately only one in eight adults with a mental health problem are currently getting any kind of treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this, with an upsurge in cases over the past year, with the impact of prolonged lockdowns being felt keenly. According...
About the author: Joost Bruggeman, a former surgery resident at Amsterdam University Medical Centre, chose to transition into entrepreneurship after experiencing first-hand how inefficiency in medical communications can negatively impact the quality of patient care. He co-founded Siilo to focus on secure, reliable communication and collaboration tools so that medical professionals everywhere can...
About the author: Matthew Fenech is medical safety lead at Ada Health, a global digital health company making personalised health accessible for all. His main interest is developing frameworks that ensure health tech tools are safe, effective, and acceptable to patients and healthcare providers alike.
Through COVID-19 many digital health companies felt duty-bound to do something, and to do it...
