In mid-2022, things didn’t look great for the digital health startup Joint Academy. The digital therapeutics startup for arthritis patients had just lost its largest paying customer — a healthcare region in Sweden — over a quarrel about how many sessions each patient should be allowed.
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April 29, 2024
This digital health startup was on the verge of bankruptcy 18 months ago. Now it’s expanding to the US
Joint Academy lost its largest customer in mid-2022 causing a crisis — now it has done a 180 degrees turnaround
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