Why I quit medicine today
Here are some numbers we learned last week: HHS is huddling with 21 various execs about healthcare’s dreadful cybersecurity problem, 21 clinical trials are using Fitbits, 1 academic medical center launched an app-based study to detect heart arrhythmia with smart watches, and docs spend 1.1 hours daily processing EHR notifications—which is only 1 reason why this veteran doctor quit medicine last week (to launch a startup).
Headlines
What You Need To Know About Proposed New Telemedicine Rules
Tweet | National Law Review
Smartphone AI Assistants Need Mental Health Training
Tweet | Bloomberg
What's Our Health Data Worth?
Tweet | Consumer Reports
Health-Tracking Startup Fails To Deliver On Its Ambitions
Tweet | Technology Review
Target To Launch Digital Health Section Of Devices In 500 Stores
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
Technology Companies Are Racing To Track Patients' Behavior
Tweet | STAT
This Site Helps Disabled People Create Their Own Custom Tools
Tweet | MedGadget
Rock Health in the News
How Obamacare Is Changing The Startup World
Tweet | Fortune
Why Venture Capital Firms Are Pouring Money Into Health Insurance
Tweet | Modern Healthcare
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Pieces Technologies | $21.6M | Pacific Advantage Capital, Jump Capital | MedCity News |
| RightEye | $2.1M | Undisclosed | SEC |
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