Deconstructing the Teladoc IPO and S-1

Deconstructing the Teladoc IPO and S-1

Over 10 years ago, Michael Gorton announced TelaDoc Medical Services, a new way for patients to receive medical care. Call the 1-800 number, and within an hour a doctor would call you back. All for only $35 per visit (plus a one-time fee of $18 and a monthly...
Deconstructing the Fitbit IPO and S-1

Deconstructing the Fitbit IPO and S-1

Fitbit is the latest iconic digital health company planning to IPO, with a drastically different operating history than another iconic company from last year’s group. Quote from Health Innovation Summit (2013). Beginning early last year, whispers of Fitbit’s...

Welcome Honor

Being Mortal was my favorite health care book of 2014. It forced not only a national conversation about aging and how society will care for the elderly, but also a personal one that dredged up one of my deepest concerns—how my parents and my older sibling will live as...