Here are five things to know:
1. In 2016, there were 622 deals in the market, totaling $5.1 billion in venture capital funding.
2. Comparatively, 574 deals raised $4.6 billion in venture capital funding in the healthcare IT market in 2015.
3. Healthcare IT corporate funding hit $5.6 billion last year, a 30 percent decrease from 2015.
4. The healthcare IT sector has received $18.5 billion in venture capital funding since 2010.
5. In 2016, 1,115 investors invested in healthcare IT, up from 923 investors in 2015.
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