
It will be a quarter unlike any other in recent memory for the health tech industry: Rather than descending en masse upon San Francisco and Las Vegas for buzzy conferences — the sector’s traditional way of jump-starting business in the New Year — industry observers are readying to ring in 2021 by logging into their computers and smartphones.
The digital health sector’s biggest first quarter events, which include the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), typically see a flurry of deal-making that sets the stage for the industry for the rest of the year.