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Digital health startups you need to watch in 2023

May 18, 2023 By Jim Hammerand

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The Cognixion One Axon [Image courtesy of Cognixion]

Digital health startups are breaking ground with new medtech innovations in wearable devices, software, robotics and patient personalization.

A wide range of digital technologies promise to increase the safety and effectiveness of patient care while lowering costs for healthcare providers still struggling with financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world’s largest medical device developers and manufacturers are racing to add and improve digital technology in their portfolios. They can fast-track those initiatives by purchasing digital health startups, strategic acquisitions with the additional benefit of bringing potential future competitors onto their team.

With so many impressive and intriguing digital health startups in medtech, it’s hard to know which to keep tabs on. So we’ve identified (in no particular order) some of the most exciting digital health startups to watch this year, and we’ll update this page with more as warranted.

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About The Author

Jim Hammerand

Jim Hammerand is the managing editor of Arrowfly's Medical Design & Outsourcing, where he leads coverage of medtech innovation, design, engineering and manufacturing. He also reports breaking news at Arrowfly's MassDevice and contributes to our DeviceTalks podcasts and live events. Hammerand has more than two decades of journalism experience spanning newspapers, magazines, websites, live events, radio and TV news. For nearly a decade, Hammerand reported and edited business news for American City Business Journals as a reporter and digital editor at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and then as managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle. He holds degrees in journalism and management from the University of Minnesota and has won journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, American Society of Business Publication Editors, and Trade, Association, Business Publications International. Connect with him on LinkedIn or by email at [email protected].

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