There are large amounts of capital flowing into areas such as digital healthcare and other services or products that claim to have the next big disruptive approach or innovation to solve important problems in healthcare. Based on the dollars flowing and the large return expectations that accompany this type of investment herd behavior, one would think we were close to big breakthroughs.
The author of this particular article, Lucienne Ide, CEO of Rimidi, discusses this subject honestly and effectively:
https://vilcap.com/2017/05/30/diagnosis-healthcare-innovation-much-short-term-thinking/