The patient’s home is becoming a popular means of care delivery, no matter the acuity level. While some may think health at home is “novel,” it’s most certainly not. Forty percent of all U.S. doctor visits were performed in the patient’s home up until the 1980s. After the 1980s, however, house calls made up less than 1%…

While 2022’s total digital health funding disappointed many, it was anything but unexpected. Throughout 2022, I frequently reported on digital health startups’ struggles, from fundraising to layoffs. While some digital health verticals had it tougher than others, it’s safe to say everyone suffered together. In this article, I’ll recap Rock Health’s annual digital health funding report, highlight funding trends…

The FDA’s Fast Track approval program, designed to speed drug development for life-threatening conditions, has faced increased scrutiny over the years. I’ve mainly used Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to shed light on the accelerated approval problems. However, the problems run deeper than Aduhelm. In this article, I’ll highlight the FDA’s Fast Track approval program, dive into…

This Healthcare Huddle newsletter is number 150. Only six newsletters were skipped in Huddle’s three years of life (side note, HH celebrated its third birthday last week!), and zero newsletters were skipped in 2022. With each newsletter I sent in 2022, I made small changes to improve the quality of the content. At the beginning of 2022, my newsletter…

There are only five “trends” I’ll be watching closely this year. Lucky for you, you don’t have to follow these trends closely. I’ll be doing all the reporting and analysis for you. Just sit back and relax with your morning coffee. #1 Digital Health Funding: Clinical and Nonclinical Workflow The proportion of funding into clinical…

The Santa of healthcare revealed his final naughty and nice list for healthcare. I won’t reveal who the Santa of healthcare really is, but let’s just say he created this holiday list based on all the Healthcare Huddle content in 2022. Naughty List Nice List I write healthcare deep dives from the provider and business…