Ahead of the curve
It’s predictions szn, the time to look back on the year’s biggest trends and look ahead to new market developments. We’re excited to share our 2024 Rock Health Innovation Maturity Curve, which categorizes buzzworthy topics as nascent, emerging, developing, calibrating, or mature according to research activity, venture funding, and enterprise partnerships. This year’s Innovation Maturity Curve looks at the progress of hot topics like healthcare AI, digital obesity care, and food as medicine, and maps new trends on the rise like next-generation wearables, patient phenotyping and digital twins, and climate health innovation. Take a closer look at these six trends, their trajectories, and where momentum may meet opportunity.
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Headlines
Targeted Killing Of UnitedHealth Executive Sends A Chill Through C-Suites
News brings grief, as well as questions of motivation and CEO safety The Washington Post
Eli Lilly’s Zepbound Beats Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy In First Head-to-Head Study
Competition heats up among GLP-1 brand names, while consumers experiment with dosing The Wall Street Journal
CMS Proposes New Guardrails On Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations
Regulation seeks to curb AI-enabled denials (rule also proposes GLP-1 treatment coverage) Healthcare Dive
Amazon Taps Hinge Health As MSK Care Partner
Health conditions program adds its fourth partner, and first digital MSK platform Fierce Healthcare
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Drives Another Record Year For Health Data Breaches
Healthcare breaches happen for many reasons but enforcement today isn’t able to stop it STAT
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Recent Funding
- Cleerly bags $106M for its AI tool suite for cardiovascular imaging and diagnosis
- Intelligent reimbursements and benefits manager Soda Health reels in $50M
- Sage nabs $35M for its operating system for senior living facilities
- Clinical data analytics and software solutions provider Merative collects $25M
- Roon raises $15M to answer patient questions using video-answers from medical professionals
- Fello, a live-video based peer support app for mental health, picks up $10.4M
- Offcall launches with $2M to help physicians manage their finances and career planning