The Digital Health Validation-Seed Catch-22
Digital health means using information and communications technologies to improve and manage health. Digipreneurs are creating wearables and biosensors, patient portals, virtual care, and telemedicine platforms to engage and care for patients and investors are throwing cash at the industry.
However, there are several significant design, development, testing, clinical validation, adoption, and deployment gaps. One is the validation-seed Catch 22. For, you see, to clinically validate that your digital health idea works, you need to find a place or population to test it and that often takes money you don't have or can't bootstrap. But, to get seed funding, you need to show that your product clinically works. So, what to do? Here are some suggestions:
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