Abstract

Provider health systems as venture capital investors in digital health are uniquely positioned in the industry. Little is known about the volume or characteristics of their investments and how these compare to other investors. From 2011 to 2019, we found that health systems made 184 investments in 105 companies. Compared with other investors, they were more likely to invest in companies focused on workflow, on-demand health services, and data infrastructure/interoperability.

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Title
Health systems as venture capital investors in digital health: 2011–2019
Author
Safavi, Kyan C 1 ; Cohen, Adam B 2 ; Ting, David Y 3 ; Chaguturu Sreekanth 4 ; Rowe, Jack S 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X) 
2  The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, USA (GRID:grid.474430.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 0630 1170); The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA (GRID:grid.411935.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2192 2723) 
3  Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.411935.b); Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X) 
4  Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c); Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X); CVS Health, Woonsocket, USA (GRID:grid.427922.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 5998 0293) 
5  Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.427922.8); Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
23986352
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00311-5
ProQuest document ID
2528863506
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.