US startups use tech, ‘gamification’ for public health problems


The public health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic has often been a boon to so-called digital health companies, even as it has exacerbated the problems that companies seek to solve. — Dreamstime/TNS

Matthew Loper’s mission to use technology and science to revolutionise health care began when he observed vastly different outcomes for relatives with the same disease.

The CEO and co-founder of Wellth, an app that incentivises users to make healthy choices, like regularly taking medicine, had an aunt and an uncle diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

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