What you should know about healthcare’s new head honcho

August 17, 2015

We thought we’d scoop some noodles out of Alphabet’s soup and spell out what they mean for digital health. A is for, well, Alphabet (the new head honcho of the Googleverse)—the conglomerate wasted no time re-committing to revolutionize healthcare. B is for Benefitter, and C is for congrats, because this Rock Health portfolio company just got acquired!

E is for EHR, as meaningful use among providers fell 12% in 2014. K is for Kim Kardashian, whose social media promos got her in trouble with the FDA. Z is for zooming on over and giving these awesome SXSW digital health panels your vote!

Headlines

Google/Alphabet Already Consulted With Top Geneticist On Mosquito Project
Re/code

Startups Vie To Build An Uber For Healthcare
The Wall Street Journal

Digital Health Startups Soar In US, Are Crushed In UK By The NHS
Bloomberg

Don’t Trust Your Smartphone To Calculate Your Insulin
BuzzFeed

Is Google's Switch To Alphabet Good For Healthcare? Definitely Maybe
Forbes

Are Millennials Ready To Ditch Their Regular Doctor?
KQED

This Harvard Scientist Is Coding An Entire Movie Onto DNA
GlobalPost

Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?
NPR

FDA Approves Computer Diagnosis For Dementia In The Doctor’s Office
The Washington Post

Rock Health In The News

Stride Health Expands Nationwide, Freelancers Rejoice
TechCrunch

Online Doctor Visits Are Set To Surge
Time

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Funding

Company Amt Investors Source
Maestro Healthcare Technology $35M Oak HC/FT, Oak Investment Partners SEC
PokitDok $34M Undisclosed The Wall Street Journal
Senseonics $10M Undisclosed MobiHealthNews
RapidSOS $5M Highland Capital Partners Beta Boston
Dispatch Health $3.6M EMP Holdings MedCity News
drchrono $2M Runa Capital, Maxfield Capital MobiHealthNews

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