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The history of health tech is closely intertwined with the advancements in medicine over time. Significant inflection points include the development of transistors enabling the creation of pacemakers, the polio vaccine that led to the eradication of the disease, and the investment in Genentech by Kleiner-Birken. Other factors that have propelled health tech forward include the advent of the World Wide Web, smartphones giving consumers more access to healthcare information, electronic health records allowing better collection and usage of patient data, and the recent impact of COVID-19, which has prompted regulatory changes and accelerated telemedicine and healthcare delivery reforms.