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2014 Health IT Venture Funds Fly High

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | January 19, 2015

Six companies attracted millions from top venture investors...

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Apple HealthKit Recovers Its Health With iOS 8.0.2 Release

Christian de Looper | Tech Times | September 29, 2014

After a series of problems with the software, Apple has finally released HealthKit in the new iOS update, iOS 8.0.2.  HealthKit was supposed to be released in iOS 8, however for unspecified reasons the release was delayed at the last minute...

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Digital Health Funding Is Up, But Growth Slows, Says Rock Health

Ki Mae Heussner | GigaOM | June 21, 2013

Funding for digital health startups is on the rise, but growth is slowing overall, startup accelerator Rock Health said in a mid-year report on the industry. Read More »

Digital Health Funding Rose 45 Percent In 2012

Ki Mae Heussner | GigaOM | January 7, 2013

According to health tech accelerator Rock Health, investors poured $1.4 billion into digital health companies last year, which is up 45 percent from 2011. The major areas of interest include healthcare purchasing tools for consumers, personal health tracking, Electronic Medical records and hospital administration. Read More »

Digital Health Sees Record Cash Flow

Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | July 9, 2014

Record amounts of cash continue to pour into the digital health arena, with the mid year numbers seeing record highs for year-over-year growth, according to a new Rock Health report. The explosive growth in digital health funding, however, has some analysts uneasy over a potential bubble in the market...

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Digital Health Startups Have Taken $2.2B In Funding So Far In 2014, Already Besting 2013 Total (Report)

Mark Sullivan | VentureBeat | June 30, 2014

The digital health space has continued to heat up, and it’s looking like 2014 will be a big year for investment in the space.  A new Rock Health report says that halfway through 2014 more than $2.2B has been invested in digital health startups...

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Health-Tech Incubators See Influx Of Startups

Arlene Weintraub | Entrepreneur | March 14, 2013

When Seth Freedman co-founded IntelligentM in December 2011, he was confident of the appeal of his company's product -- an electronic bracelet that keeps track of hand washing among health workers so hospitals can improve hygiene and better control the spread of infections. But [Freedman] lacked the connections to break into the competitive hospital market. Read More »

IT Entrepreneurs Rush Into Healthcare, But Will Human Touch Be Missing?

Darius Tahir | Modern Healthcare | September 6, 2014

A new health IT firm called Omada Health, which recently secured $23 million in startup financing, is working with people at risk of developing diabetes to help them head off the full-blown condition...

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Kaiser Permanente Launches Open API

Staff Writer | Rock Health | June 3, 2013

Today, on stage at Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Kaiser Permanente, a Rock Health partner, announced the launch of its first application programming interface program, InterchangeSM. Read More »

mHealth, Health IT Investment Break Records In Q1 Of 2014

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | April 8, 2014

Investment in mobile health and other health IT technologies has been off the charts during the first quarter of 2014, says a new report by Rock Health, continuing the meteoric rise of mobile health technologies funded by more traditional venture capitalists and newfangled crowd-funding campaigns.  Technology companies have already scooped up more than $700 million since January of 2014, representing an 87% year-over-year growth versus the same quarter last year.

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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Breaks $2.3B In First Half of 2014

Jasmine Pennic | HIT Consultant | June 30, 2014

Digital health funding totals $2.3B in the first half of 2014 according to recent 2014 Midyear Digital Health Funding Report by Rock Health.

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Uber For Health Won't Play Nice...It Will Sideswipe the Industry

People talk "Uber for health care."  After all, Uber has been wildly successful, valued over $60b, which makes it bigger than Ford and GM.  AirBnB, the Uber of hotels, is worth some $20b.  Heck, even the disposable razor industry has its own Uber, with Dollar Shave Club just getting acquired for $1b.  Any industry that isn't looking in its rear view mirror for potential Uber-type competitors may find itself disrupted into irrelevancy. And, goodness knows, health care could use some disruption. There are no shortage of candidates for health care Ubers...

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VCs Investing To Heal U.S. Healthcare

Jonathan Shieber | TechCrunch | January 15, 2014

The U.S. healthcare system is sick, but increasingly early stage investors are spending money on new technology companies they believe can help provide a cure. Read More »