LAS VEGAS — The window for digital health initial public offerings has opened after a long period of stagnation, but the outlook isn’t entirely smooth for firms looking to make the leap to the public markets, experts said at the HLTH conference this week.

Few digital health companies have entered the public markets in recent years, in sharp contrast to a surge of health technology IPOs in 2021. However, many firms that went public during the pandemic-era funding boom struggled in the spotlight — and some collapsed altogether.

There’s plenty of uncertainty in healthcare right now, making it more challenging for companies to decide to make a move, Robbert Vorhoff, managing director and global head of healthcare at private equity firm General Atlantic, said during a panel discussion

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