Venture capitalists invested $1.4 billion in digital health companies in 2012, according to a report from Rock Health, FierceHealthIT reports (Gold, FierceHealthIT, 1/8).
The figure represents a 45% increase from the $986 million invested in 2011. In addition, the total number of venture capital deals in the digital health sector increased by 56% between 2011 and 2012.
According the report, the investment growth suggests that investors increasingly are favoring the digital health sector over traditional health care fields, such as biotechnology and medical devices.
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