Rock Weekly: At healthcare.gov, the plot thickens
October 14th, 2013
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Headlines
How Cronyism, Bad Management and Too Many Cooks Sank Healthcare.Gov
Slate
1% of Patients Account for 21% of US Health Spending
Kaiser Health News
Details Emerge on Google’s Anti-Aging Startup, Calico
Fortune
31 Memorable Digital Health Quotes from 2013
MobiHealthNews
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
New York Times
Video Games Warm Up Surgeons Before High-Tech Surgery
MedCity News
Why Less Choice is More in Health Insurance Exchanges
Harvard Business Review
The Opportunity in Consumer Health Technology
Inc
Funding
Name | Amt | Investors | Source |
HealthEdge | $17.5M (debt) | Fifth Street Technology Partners | VentureWire |
Basis Science | $11.75M | Intel Capital, iNovia Capital and others | GigaOM |
Diagnosia | €1M | FFG, Christoph Prinz, Michael Altrichter and others | TechCrunch |
Luminate Health | $1M | KEC Ventures | TechCrunch |