healthtech
Digital wellness industry
Healthtech refers to technology applied to healthcare—digital tools, devices, software, and services designed to improve medical care, patient outcomes, or health system efficiency.
The term covers everything from fitness apps and telemedicine platforms to electronic health records and AI-assisted diagnostics: She left her hospital job to work at a healthtech startup.
Also spelled health tech.
Remote medical care delivery
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
- patient portalsOnline medical information access
- EHRDigital patient documentation
- EMRDigital health documentation system
remote diagnosis · e-prescriptions · chatbots · video visits · online pharmacy · telepsychiatry · RPM
Newly launched businesses
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- FDA approvalOfficial drug safety certification
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- HIPAA complianceMedical records protection law
unicorns · incubators · accelerators · disruption · innovation · scalability · B2B · B2C
Algorithms that improve from data
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
- personalized medicineTreatment based on individual traits
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
PHI · precision medicine · biomarkers · algorithm · natural language processing
Body-mounted tech devices
- fitness trackersWearable exercise monitors
- smartwatchesComputerized wrist devices
- pulse oximetersBlood oxygen level sensors
- smart scalesWeight device measuring body metrics
insulin pumps · hearing aids · pacemakers · biosensors · CGM · Apple Watch · Fitbit
Software teaching mental stillness
- MyFitnessPalMeal and workout tracker
- fertility trackingObserving reproductive indicators systematically
- FloFeminine nickname from Florence
- period trackersMenstrual cycle logging tools
stress management · mindfulness · weight management · preventive care · wellness coaching · self-care
telemedicine
Remote medical care delivery
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
- patient portalsOnline medical information access
- EHRDigital patient documentation
EMR · remote diagnosis · e-prescriptions · chatbots · video visits · online pharmacy · telepsychiatry · RPM
startups
Newly launched businesses
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- FDA approvalOfficial drug safety certification
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
HIPAA compliance · unicorns · incubators · accelerators · disruption · innovation · scalability · B2B · B2C · payers
machine learning
Algorithms that improve from data
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
- personalized medicineTreatment based on individual traits
HIPAA · PHI · precision medicine · biomarkers · algorithm · natural language processing
wearables
Body-mounted tech devices
- fitness trackersWearable exercise monitors
- smartwatchesComputerized wrist devices
- pulse oximetersBlood oxygen level sensors
smart scales · insulin pumps · hearing aids · pacemakers · biosensors · CGM · Apple Watch · Fitbit
meditation apps
Software teaching mental stillness
- MyFitnessPalMeal and workout tracker
- fertility trackingObserving reproductive indicators systematically
- FloFeminine nickname from Florence
period trackers · stress management · mindfulness · weight management · preventive care · wellness coaching · self-care
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, supply chain, farming
- emerging techAI, augmented reality, robotics, virtual reality, nanotech
- Frontier Techquantum computing, AI, nanotechnology, biotechnology, robotics
- Indian TechInfosys, space program, UPI, e-governance, e-filing
healthtechtraditional medicine
Inherited therapeutic practices
pharmaceuticals · drug therapy · folk medicine · pharmacotherapy · herbal medicine
health, tech, healthy, healthier, healthiest, healthily, unhealthy, healthiness, heal