Accenture finds that half of digital health start-ups will fail in 2 years: 5 key points

One out of two new digital health start-ups will most likely fail within two years of launch, according to a new Accenture study.

Here are five key points:

1. The study looked at 900 healthcare IT start-ups focusing on social, mobile, analytics, cloud and sensors solutions, and found that 51 percent were at risk of failing within 20 months of launching.

2. These "zombie" or dying start-ups received about $4 billion in start-up funding between 2008 and 2013.

3. Accenture predicts that $2.5 billion will be invested in health technology start-ups across engagement, treatment, diagnosis and infrastructure sectors over the next two years.

4. The study concluded that large healthcare companies should use the best people and technologies from these defunct start-ups to bolster their businesses.

5. Large companies could acquire top talent, increase innovation and improve existing solutions by combing through these zombie start-ups.

"Rather than discard the investment that has been made in getting sputtering start-ups off the ground, it often makes sense for healthcare stakeholders to acquire them, salvage their best people and technologies and awaken them from a zombie-like existence," said Kaveh Safavi, managing director of Accenture's global healthcare business.

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