POST WRITTEN BY: Lee Shapiro

Managing Partner at 7wireVentures, CFO at Livongo Health

The sun is setting on another exhilarating yet tumultuous decade for the American health care industry. There was, of course, the signing into law, implementation and evolution of the Affordable Care Act. We also saw the beginning stages of artificial intelligence and machine learning, major advocacy for the removal of data silos, the wearable craze and, more recently, a major challenge in addressing the opioid and behavioral health crises.

As an investor, the past 10 years have been invigorating. Digital health is here to stay. Technology has opened so many doors and created an enormous opportunity for innovation across the health care industry. This positive momentum has encouraged new investors, some supporting health care for the very first time, to enter the market, while existing investors like myself remain quite active.

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