Health tech Amid social distancing and other measures to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, digital therapeutics have come into sharper focus. (Image: Shutterstock)

Digital therapeutics are enjoying renewed attention amid the coronavirus crisis, and new industry analyses assert that health benefits managers and advisers might consider these prescription software alternatives as the cost of health care rises.

"Digital therapeutics are poised to change health care by allowing for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of medical conditions in a low-cost, scalable way," the Boston-based tech advisory firm Lux Research said in a new analysis. "All health care stakeholders will be impacted by the adoption of this technology."

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Mike Scarcella is a senior editor in Washington on ALM Media's regulatory desk. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MikeScarcella. Mike works on a slate of newsletters: Supreme Court Brief | Higher Law | Compliance Hot Spots | Labor of Law.