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THE VANCOUVER EDITION 2026

Vancouver’s
healthtech industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping healthtech in Vancouver. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Healthtech illustration
Companies tracked 335Healthtech ecosystem in Vancouver Disclosed funding $1.26B51 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 27With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 670 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Vancouver’s healthtech leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Healthtech company highlights in Vancouver, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
WELL Health Technologies Corpwell.company$839.49M10 roles1,710Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Lungpacerlungpacer.com$138.89M———
PHEMI Health Systemsphemi.com$25M—14—
Canary Medicalcanarymedical.com$20.18M—53—
Reliq Healthreliqhealth.com$19.04M—14—
Ondine Biomedicalondinebio.com$17.53M—38—
Femtofemtocorp.com$17M———
Treatmenttreatment.com$16.49M—19—
Sonic Incytessonicincytes.com—7 roles21—
CareCrucarecru.com—5 roles48—
Wellstarwellstar.health—5 roles——
Intiveointiveo.com—4 roles75—
Stokostoko.com—4 roles23—
CareFindcarefind.ca—3 roles——
protonintelprotonintel.com—3 roles12—
Aryaaryaehr.com——14—
Bionxtbionxt.com——25—
Canadian Prescription Drug Storecanadianprescriptiondrugstore.com————
Collabwarecollabware.com——33—
Corticocortico.health——17—
Fatigue Sciencefatiguescience.com——40—
Hush Communicationshushmail.com——254—
LifestyleRxlifestylerx.io——11—
Med BioGenemedbiogene.com——7—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only
THE KEY SIGNALS

Healthtech industry KPIs in Vancouver

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

3 September 2026
Hiring participation8.1%

27 of 335 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation18.2%

61 of 335 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share79.3%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$1.47M

Midpoint of 120 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 79.3% of disclosed capital, while 81.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Vancouver healthtech has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Vancouver healthtech
$0$100.26M$200.51M$300.77M$401.03M2016: $1.33M20162017: $43.65M20172018: $24.88M20182019: $281.92M20192020: $45.77M20202021: $351.78M20212022: $30.37M20222023: $11.52M20232024: $325.14M20242025: $57.69M2025
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Annual healthtech funding and company formation in Vancouver
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$1.33M233
2017$43.65M238
2018$24.88M188
2019$281.92M145
2020$45.77M388
2021$351.78M2610
2022$30.37M157
2023$11.52M1110
2024$325.14M77
2025$57.69M215
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • WELL Health Technologies Corp66.4%
  • Lungpacer11.0%
  • PHEMI Health Systems2.0%
  • Other companies20.7%

Funding by stage

144 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel55 38.2%
Series A–B18 12.5%
Series C+ / PE0 0.0%
Grants, debt & other71 49.3%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
4 rounds

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Seed04/2026
ViewsML $3.58M

Backed by Wittington Ventures and Continuum Health Ventures and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Vancouver companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

34 of these companies (10.1%) publish at least one Android app — 70 apps in all, carrying 4.6M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Rootd - Anxiety & Panic ReliefRootd2.7M4.4Health & Fitness
Poop Tracker - Toilet LogAppstronaut Studios723.6K4.5Health & Fitness
Just Scale Kitchen ScaleReFleX Wireless179.7K2.6Productivity
UBC RadiologyUBC Radiology143.8K5Medical
Anxiety Tracker - Mood JournalAppstronaut Studios112.8K4.2Health & Fitness
Smart Chef Smart Food ScaleReFleX Wireless108.2K2.1Health & Fitness
EasyTax - Sales Tax CalculatorAppstronaut Studios94.7K4.6Finance
FirstlineFirstline87K4.5Medical
Alcohol SensorReFleX Wireless68.1K—Health & Fitness
Acid Reflux Diet HelperAppstronaut Studios49.8K4.1Health & Fitness

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Disease Self Management474.3MRootd - Anxiety & Panic Relief 2.7M
Fitness & Wellness Tech364.1MPoop Tracker - Toilet Log 723.6K
Sleep Medicine20431.9KJust Scale Kitchen Scale 179.7K
Healthcare It27375.3KUBC Radiology 143.8K
Wearable Technology971KReadiOne by Fatigue Science 40.8K
Artificial Intelligence353.3KMoleScope 41.8K
Employee Health It1152.2KCheckingIn: for Self Awareness 7.7K
Military Tech544.1KReadiSupervise Mobile 1.6K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 12023Q1: 02023Q12023Q3: 22023Q3: 02023Q32023Q4: 42023Q4: 02023Q42024Q1: 42024Q1: 22024Q12024Q2: 22024Q2: 22024Q22024Q3: 72024Q3: 02024Q32025Q1: 22025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 22025Q2: 42025Q22025Q3: 12025Q3: 52025Q32025Q4: 42025Q4: 72025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1: 162026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 65 of 70 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Vancouver healthtech market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech193
Consumer digital139
Enterprise software99
Life sciences60
Saas59
Healthtech saas53
Loneliness economy23
Digital diagnostics platforms21
Hospital at home21
Iot in healthcare20
Mental healthtech19
B2c e-commerce19

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

193companies
7.8%have hiring activity

15 companies hiring · $1.23B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription222
E-commerce - product71
Physical commerce53
Fee-for-service26
E-commerce - service18
Commission on transaction17
Advertising9
Freemium3
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundsviewsml.com ↗

ViewsML raised $4.9M seed round for virtual biomarker staining.

Mergers & acquisitionspangenomic.com ↗

PanGenomic Health Inc. (“PanGenomic Health” or the “Company”) (CSE: NARA, FSE:LL3) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) dated April 13, 2026 with Ayla BioScience Inc. (“Ayla BioScience”), whereby the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Ayla BioScience (the “Proposed Transaction”).

Funding roundsaryaehr.com ↗

Arya Health has now raised a total of $25.4M in total equity funding and is backed by ACME Capital, Ridge Ventures, and Twelve Below.

IPO activitybionxt.com ↗

BioNxt Solutions Inc., a bioscience company headquartered in Vancouver, has officially begun trading on the OTCQB market under the symbol "BNXTF" as of September 5, 2025.

Funding roundsmolecularyou.com ↗

Consumer health firm Molecular You said Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in a Series A financing round.

Mergers & acquisitionswell.company ↗

Pursuant to the Call Option Agreement, on exercise of the Call Right, the price per security paid for the Optioned Shares was $0.125 per HEALWELL Share and $0.0001 per MVS.

Mergers & acquisitionsverisante.com ↗

Verisante Technology, Inc. (TSXV:VER) ("Verisante") announces that on March 28, 2025, it mutually agreed with SunRegen Healthcare AG ("SunRegen") to terminate the Letter of Intent ("LOI") dated August 12, 2024, to acquire SunRegen Healthcare AG ("SunRegen"), by way of a Reverse Takeover ("RTO").

Funding roundsprotonintelligence.com ↗

We Venture Capital (We VC) has invested in the British Oxford Cancer Analytics (OXcan) and the Canadian Proton Intelligence, two medical technology start-up, which has just jointly raised some 17 million euros.

Funding roundsmedbiogene.com ↗

Med BioGene is selling 4M units at C$0.50 each; each unit consists of one common share...

Funding roundssonicincytes.com ↗

Sonic Incytes Medical Corp. collected $7.3 million in a series A fundraising round to bring its liver-focused point-of-care ultrasound solution to commercialization.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 136 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
29
Earnings
26
Mergers & acquisitions
22
Company announcements
17
Leadership moves
13
Asset acquisitions
13
Regulatory
6
Contracts
6
IPO activity
2
Lawsuit
1
5 activity cards

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IPO pipeline

2 companies with recorded IPO activity

Bionxt ↗

IPO activity · OTCQB1 reports

Med BioGene ↗

IPO · U.S.1 reports

Leadership moves

3 tracked people moves

Bionxt ↗
Terry Lynch

Appointment Capital Markets Advisor

Bionxt ↗
Rob Grace

Appointment Investor Relations Professional

Bionxt ↗
Blaine Ruzcki

Appointment Investor Relations Professional

Litigation

1 tracked suits

Company
Competition Bureau v well health technologies corp, healwell ai

Regulatory investigation of acquisitionsRegulatory · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

6companies
28period observations
56.0%median reported growth

Median across 13 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
PanGenomic→Ayla BioScience Inc.Announced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
WELL Health Technologies Corp→healwell aiCompleted2025-04-01$3.9M
WELL Health Technologies Corp→Jack Nathan Medical (Canadian clinical assets)Completed2025-04-01Not stated in snapshot
healwell ai→WELL Health Technologies Corp ↗Announced2025-03-31Not stated in snapshot
Verisante→sunregenTerminated2025-03-28Not stated in snapshot
WELL Health Technologies Corp→Lonsdale ClinicCompleted2025-01-14Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

310 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 422-posting snapshot covers 23 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Medical Office Assistant102
Physician46
Medical Billing Specialist17
Registered Practical Nurse12
Clinical Assistant10
Account Executive6
0 internship postings

8 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

70 postings specify a level.

unspecified
352
manager
42
senior
10
intern
8
lead
6
entry
4

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 422 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Infrastructure As Code
2
React
2
Saas
2
Cloud Computing
2
Rest Apis
2
Microservices
2
Javascript
2
Full Stack
1
Mobile Applications
1
Web Based
1
ADVERTISED PAY$34.2K/ year

Median across 61 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

178 founders and chief executives across 138 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

24 profiles with education records.

The University of British Columbia
11
University of Toronto
3
University of Waterloo
3
Harvard University
2
University of Pennsylvania
1
Stanford University
1
Ivey School of Business
1
Tsinghua University
1

Prior employers

4 profiles with prior-work records.

Cisco
1
Paypal
1
Boston Consulting Group
1
Google
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

28,884 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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28,884articles in the measured year
8,533articles in 2026Q1
77.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Healthtech coverage tagged Vancouver · articles per complete quarter

03,2806,5599,83913,1182021Q2: 6,0902021Q22021Q3: 6,4292021Q4: 4,6172022Q1: 5,8752022Q2: 5,3832022Q22022Q3: 4,6862022Q4: 6,5912023Q1: 5,2822023Q2: 5,7512023Q22023Q3: 6,2162023Q4: 6,4782024Q1: 7,0252024Q2: 8,4522024Q22024Q3: 6,8742024Q4: 8,3452025Q1: 11,4072025Q2: 6,9822025Q22025Q3: 6,9662025Q4: 7,1432026Q1: 8,5332026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q26,090
2021Q36,429
2021Q44,617
2022Q15,875
2022Q25,383
2022Q34,686
2022Q46,591
2023Q15,282
2023Q25,751
2023Q36,216
2023Q46,478
2024Q17,025
2024Q28,452
2024Q36,874
2024Q48,345
2025Q111,407
2025Q26,982
2025Q36,966
2025Q47,143
2026Q18,533

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
14,211 positive · 202 neutral · 4,153 negative
2022
17,490 positive · 713 neutral · 4,301 negative
2023
18,142 positive · 268 neutral · 5,289 negative
2024
23,748 positive · 461 neutral · 6,438 negative
2025
25,030 positive · 594 neutral · 6,844 negative

Leading coverage topics

Healthtech coverage tagged Vancouver · ranked by full-period article count.

Administrative And Political Subdivisions4,196,592 articles in the full recorded period
899,080 recent · 769,874 prior
Geographic Naming Conventions And Etymology81,548 articles in the full recorded period
44,908 recent · 8,623 prior
International Sports Competitions39,196 articles in the full recorded period
9,892 recent · 9,707 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements34,351 articles in the full recorded period
10,477 recent · 20,106 prior
International Political Relations29,014 articles in the full recorded period
9,182 recent · 7,827 prior
Olympic Games Coverage22,959 articles in the full recorded period
5,715 recent · 5,862 prior
Sports Broadcast Rights Updates17,082 articles in the full recorded period
2,108 recent · 3,284 prior
Security And Defense Policies16,748 articles in the full recorded period
4,739 recent · 4,237 prior
Sports Governance And Policy Changes16,281 articles in the full recorded period
3,060 recent · 3,124 prior
Hockey Fan Culture And Traditions16,214 articles in the full recorded period
1,146 recent · 3,155 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Canada comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
multilateral diplomacy1,06672248%
angel investors1,034401158%
ice sports874229282%
international cups81757542%
investment deal78044376%
wto rulings75639392%
national security strategy62338661%
share price61743143%
cannabis policy reform discussions58735466%
international cooperation57138648%
tariff negotiations6,29315,282-59%
free trade deals3,1296,377-51%
trade dispute mechanisms2,9284,662-37%
bilateral trade1,9173,505-45%
preferential tariff1,2863,313-61%

Event and signal lenses

Canada comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

550,936 classified articles

tariff negotiations, free trade deals, trade dispute mechanisms

37.0% critical · 35.1% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

150,583 classified articles

angel investors, investment deal, trade deficits fx

29.0% critical · 42.5% positive
Rising

Growth

221,297 classified articles

league expansion news, earnings report, quarterly financials

27.0% critical · 46.7% positive

Healthtech coverage tagged Vancouver. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Healthtech research is working on

53,214 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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53,214papers
53,214worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
15,812
Problem-identifying
15,414
Descriptive
9,998
Breakthrough
6,783
Cautionary
3,403
Comparative
1,341
Critical
463

Contribution mix

Empirical
22,567
Methods-led
13,145
Reviews
10,811
Position pieces
6,308
Theoretical
383

Tone counts: 46,301 positive · 2,052 neutral · 4,861 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
15,877 papers · 29.8% of this field
  • Health care5,383 papers
  • Digital health5,157 papers
  • Health informatics3,104 papers
  • Public health2,260 papers
  • Health administration1,986 papers
  • Nursing research1,665 papers
  • Psychological intervention1,634 papers
  • Mental health1,156 papers

Landmark: Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting

Cautions
3,403 papers · 6.4% of this field
  • Health care1,001 papers
  • Digital health984 papers
  • Psychological intervention545 papers
  • Health informatics522 papers
  • Mental health342 papers
  • Public health312 papers
  • Health administration310 papers
  • Nursing research229 papers

Landmark: Deep Learning for Health Informatics

Opportunities
22,595 papers · 42.5% of this field
  • Health care5,726 papers
  • Digital health5,168 papers
  • Health informatics2,677 papers
  • Psychological intervention2,251 papers
  • Wearable computer1,817 papers
  • Mental health1,669 papers
  • Public health1,409 papers
  • Intervention1,351 papers

Landmark: Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science

Leading institutions

University of Toronto
24,168
VA Center for Clinical Management Research
23,746
McMaster University
23,248
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
21,768
University College London
21,651
Harvard University
21,597

Leading researchers

Laura J. Damschroder
27,157
Heather Colquhoun
15,523
David C. Aron
14,752
Susan Kirsh
14,676
Rosalind E. Keith
14,545
J Alexander
14,434
Kelly K. O’Brien
14,344
Danielle Levac
14,344

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science14,434 citations
  • A Novel Cloud-Based Framework for the Elderly Healthcare Services Using Digital Twin724 citations
  • BSN-Care: A Secure IoT-Based Modern Healthcare System Using Body Sensor Network690 citations
  • The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and social care datasets659 citations
  • Mapping ICD-10 and ICD-10-CM Codes to Phecodes: Workflow Development and Initial Evaluation547 citations

Common problems researchers identify

42,040 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Health System Resilience ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Health System Resilience Challenges

1,142 papers

19.0% of this theme group

Researchers examine barriers to building resilient health care systems and identify factors that undermine system stability.

Health informatics (400) · Health administration (281) · Nursing research (250) · Public health (273)

Resilient Health Care: a systematic review of conceptualisations, study methods and factors that develop resilience

Health systems resilience in practice: a scoping review to identify strategies for building resilience

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202223.2
202321.1
202427.6
202544.8
Complexities in Drug DevelopmentCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Complexities in Drug Development

1,137 papers

18.9% of this theme group

Papers highlight difficulties in multi‑target discovery, repurposing, and regulatory pathways for new therapeutics.

Drug discovery (321) · Drug (197) · Drug development (103) · Disease (155)

A perspective on multi‐target drug discovery and design for complex diseases

Drug repurposing in oncology: Compounds, pathways, phenotypes and computational approaches for colorectal cancer

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2022157.3
2023161.8
2024169.7
2025211.5
Digital Health Implementation GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Digital Health Implementation Gaps

953 papers

15.9% of this theme group

Studies reveal obstacles to adopting eHealth tools, especially for underserved populations and universal coverage goals.

Digital health (627) · Health care (357) · Digital transformation (69) · eHealth (97)

Technology and Universal Health Coverage: Examining the role of digital health

Engagement With and Acceptability of Digital Media Platforms for Use in Improving Health Behaviors Among Vulnerable Families: Systematic Rev

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2022538.7
2023553.0
2024540.4
2025843.9
Telehealth Adoption BarriersCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Telehealth Adoption Barriers

881 papers

14.7% of this theme group

Research points to practical and regulatory challenges limiting telemedicine and telerehabilitation uptake.

Telemedicine (604) · Telehealth (394) · Health care (334) · Telerehabilitation (53)

Opportunities and challenges for telehealth within, and beyond, a pandemic

Strategies for Evaluating Telehealth

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2022542.2
2023554.7
2024541.1
2025844.0
Precision Oncology LimitationsCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Precision Oncology Limitations

703 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Works discuss diagnostic, biomarker, and resistance issues that constrain personalized cancer treatment.

Precision medicine (480) · Personalized medicine (238) · Disease (116) · Precision oncology (28)

Personalized Cancer Medicine: Molecular Diagnostics, Predictive biomarkers, and Drug Resistance

Personalizing Oncology: Perspectives and Prospects

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20221255.2
20231115.6
20241012.0
20251296.9
Medical Device Risk and RegulationCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Medical Device Risk and Regulation

655 papers

10.9% of this theme group

Analyses focus on safety concerns, risk assessment, and evolving regulatory frameworks for devices and wearables.

Medical device (221) · Wearable computer (50) · Medical equipment (27) · Risk analysis (34)

Energy sources and their development for application in medical devices

Medical Devices and Health — Creating a New Regulatory Framework for Moderate-Risk Devices

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YearShare index
202240.4
202342.2
202443.7
202572.1
Pandemic‑Driven Telemedicine StrainCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Pandemic‑Driven Telemedicine Strain

529 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Investigations assess how COVID‑19 amplified telehealth usage and exposed service delivery weaknesses.

Pandemic (394) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (274) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (69) · Telemedicine (258)

Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 on Telemedicine Utilization: Retrospective Observational Study

Telemedicine Evaluations in Neuro-Ophthalmology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient and Physician Surveys

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YearShare index
2022655.3
2023440.6
2024327.7
2025212.1

Cautions

9,548 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Telemedicine Outcome UncertaintyCautions · 01

Telemedicine Outcome Uncertainty

1,188 papers

19.8% of this theme group

Authors caution that evidence on telehealth’s impact on patient outcomes and satisfaction remains mixed.

Telemedicine (762) · Telehealth (476) · Telerehabilitation (118) · Health care (319)

The Role of Telemedicine in Improving Healthcare Outcome: A Review

Assessing the Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction of Telemedicine in Managing Chronic Health Conditions

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YearShare index
202251.7
202348.4
202444.2
202563.5
Health Informatics Deployment RisksCautions · 02

Health Informatics Deployment Risks

1,185 papers

19.8% of this theme group

Papers warn of technical, logistical, and quality‑assessment challenges when scaling e‑health solutions.

Health informatics (239) · Health administration (157) · Nursing research (113) · Medical device (92)

Challenges of using e-health technologies to support clinical care in rural Africa: a longitudinal mixed methods study exploring primary hea

Development and analysis of quality assessment tools for different types of patient information – websites, decision aids, question prompt l

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YearShare index
202223.2
202321.1
202427.6
202544.8
Pharmacogenomics Validation ConcernsCautions · 03

Pharmacogenomics Validation Concerns

921 papers

15.3% of this theme group

Research highlights the need for robust biomarkers and predictive models before clinical adoption.

Drug discovery (202) · Drug (160) · Pharmacogenomics (109) · Pharmacogenetics (64)

Biomarkers: Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Development in the Current Regulatory Landscape

Can We Predict Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Highly Lipophilic Compounds by Integration of Machine Learning or In Vitro Data into Physiologic

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YearShare index
2022154.6
2023158.9
2024165.9
2025206.7
Digital Mental‑Health Efficacy LimitsCautions · 04

Digital Mental‑Health Efficacy Limits

884 papers

14.7% of this theme group

Studies question the effectiveness and user experience of digital interventions for mental health and aging.

Digital health (480) · Psychological intervention (265) · Mental health (159) · Health care (262)

Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Prevention in Primary Care: Scoping Review

Digital Health Interventions for Promoting Healthy Aging: A Systematic Review of Adoption Patterns, Efficacy, and User Experience

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YearShare index
2022790.2
2023807.5
2024810.9
20251159.7
COVID‑19 Telehealth Adoption IssuesCautions · 05

COVID‑19 Telehealth Adoption Issues

670 papers

11.2% of this theme group

Analyses reveal clinician resistance and workflow disruptions during pandemic‑driven telemedicine expansion.

Pandemic (431) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (360) · Telemedicine (348) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (77)

Community Mental Health Clinicians’ Perspectives on Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study

Exploring Ophthalmologists’ Adoption of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study

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2022544.1
2023376.7
2024243.3
2025191.2
Precision Medicine Adoption HurdlesCautions · 06

Precision Medicine Adoption Hurdles

621 papers

10.3% of this theme group

Works discuss limited awareness, infrastructure gaps, and ethical concerns slowing personalized oncology uptake.

Precision medicine (249) · Personalized medicine (164) · Cancer (103) · Oncology (57)

Awareness, Understanding, and Adoption of Precision Medicine to Deliver Personalized Treatment for Patients With Cancer: A Multinational Sur

Role of Proteins in Oncology: Advances in Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Targeted Therapy—A Narrative Review

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YearShare index
2022767.8
20231043.6
2024798.0
2025771.4
AI Integration Ethical QuestionsCautions · 07

AI Integration Ethical Questions

531 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Authors raise concerns about bias, transparency, and accountability when applying AI to precision health.

Applications of artificial intelligence (102) · Transformative learning (77) · Health care (188) · Precision medicine (102)

Artificial intelligence in healthcare: revolutionizing precision medicine, predictive analytics, and ethical considerations in autonomous di

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Transforming Diagnosis, Treatment, and Healthcare Delivery

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YearShare index
2022534.7
2023549.6
2024538.1
2025839.2

Opportunities

87,120 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Digital Transformation of CareOpportunities · 01

Digital Transformation of Care

1,079 papers

18.0% of this theme group

Research proposes models and usability improvements to embed digital health tools into routine clinical practice.

Digital health (282) · Health care (348) · Health informatics (142) · Psychological intervention (156)

Development of an Evidence-Based Conceptual Model of the Health Care Sector Under Digital Transformation: Integrative Review

HCI-modelling for improving the clinical usability of digital health technologies

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YearShare index
2022541.3
2023554.6
2024543.2
2025853.3
In‑Silico Drug Design AdvancesOpportunities · 02

In‑Silico Drug Design Advances

992 papers

16.5% of this theme group

Papers showcase computational screening and docking methods accelerating discovery of novel therapeutic candidates.

Drug discovery (281) · In silico (99) · Drug (155) · Docking (85)

Exploring Cimetidine\nas a Potential Therapeutic Attenuator\nagainst Amyloid Formation in Parkinson’s Disease: Spectroscopic\nand Microscopi

Design, Synthesis,\nand Biological Evaluation of 5‑Formyl-pyrrolo[3,2‑<i>b</i>]pyridine-3-carboxamides as New Selective, Potent,

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YearShare index
2022167.5
2023172.4
2024180.4
2025218.9
Computational Chemistry for TherapeuticsOpportunities · 03

Computational Chemistry for Therapeutics

830 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Studies demonstrate how molecular docking and chemical‑space exploration enhance target‑focused drug design.

Drug discovery (536) · Computational biology (222) · Drug (224) · Chemical space (66)

Assessing molecular docking tools: understanding drug discovery and design

Molecular Docking in Computer-Aided Drug Discovery: A Powerful Tool for Targeted Therapeutics

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YearShare index
2022281.3
2023298.1
2024330.7
2025367.6
Telehealth for Specialized CareOpportunities · 04

Telehealth for Specialized Care

824 papers

13.7% of this theme group

Research highlights telemedicine’s potential to deliver physical therapy, palliative support, and senior care remotely.

Telemedicine (475) · Telehealth (353) · Telerehabilitation (87) · Physical therapy (75)

Urgent and non-emergent telehealth care for seniors: Findings from a multi-site impact study

Telehealth for the study of palliative care communication: opportunities, methodological challenges, and recommendations

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202251.7
202348.4
202444.2
202563.5
Genomics‑Driven Personalized TreatmentOpportunities · 05

Genomics‑Driven Personalized Treatment

762 papers

12.7% of this theme group

Works explore pharmacogenomic pathways and AI tools that enable tailored therapies for complex diseases.

Precision medicine (283) · Personalized medicine (216) · Disease (142) · Pharmacogenomics (61)

Pathways to personalized medicine—Embracing heterogeneity for progress in clinical therapeutics research in Alzheimer's disease

Deep Learning for Precision Medicine: Advancing Personalized Treatment Plans in Oncology

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YearShare index
20221255.2
20231115.6
20241012.0
20251296.9
Wearable IoT Monitoring SolutionsOpportunities · 06

Wearable IoT Monitoring Solutions

762 papers

12.7% of this theme group

Papers present connected sensor platforms for continuous patient monitoring and remote health management.

Wearable computer (117) · Medical device (84) · Remote patient monitoring (76) · Internet of Things (49)

Wearable technology. Health-care solutions for a growing global population.

IoT Based Effective Wearable Healthcare Monitoring System For Remote Areas

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202240.5
202342.2
202444.3
202574.3
Biomarker‑Based Cancer PersonalizationOpportunities · 07

Biomarker‑Based Cancer Personalization

751 papers

12.5% of this theme group

Research focuses on circulating tumor cell analysis and molecular markers to refine individualized cancer treatment.

Cancer (241) · Precision medicine (207) · Breast cancer (90) · Lung cancer (44)

Bioinformatics-Based Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells: A Methodological Overview of Personalized Cancer Treatment

[Molecular biomarkers in breast cancer : advances in precision medicine].

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2022776.6
20231055.1
2024810.2
2025787.3

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising29.7%37.0%
Problem-identifying29.0%9.4%
Descriptive18.8%17.9%
Breakthrough12.7%26.2%
Cautionary6.4%4.5%
Comparative2.5%4.1%
Critical0.9%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceThe future of digital health with federated learning4,5732.66%2,251 (49.2%)2.66%
Safety & misuseImpact of Rumors and Misinformation on COVID-19 in Social Media2920.17%167 (57.2%)0.17%
Bias & fairnessChallenges and recommendations for wearable devices in digital health: Data quality, interoperability, health equity, fa990.06%45 (45.5%)0.06%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainE-waste for health: recycling smartphones for health monitoring240.01%7 (29.2%)0.01%
Concentration of compute powerDemonopolizing Medical Knowledge160.01%7 (43.8%)0.01%
Labour & data workNew Work—New Interventions: Digital Occupational Health Interventions and the Co-Creation of a Human-Centered Future of 110.01%6 (54.5%)0.01%
Energy & datacenter footprintSUSTAINABLE GREEN COMPUTING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS: ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE HEALTHCARE IT100.01%4 (40.0%)0.01%
Carbon & emissions of computeSustainable AI-Enabled UAV Healthcare Logistics: Environmental, Social, and Governance Implications from a PRISMA-ScR Re30.0%1 (33.3%)0.0%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

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