Rock Weekly: EHRs have failed. This is why.
May 27, 2014
Last week, Vinod Khosla reiterated his idea that doctors can’t compete with machines (doctors beg to differ). Until we start calculating medical computer’s performance, Yelping doctors is on the rise. One in four patients now reads physician reviews before making an appointment, despite the fact that some of the best doctors have the worst ratings. But once patients get to the exam room, doctors give their own low ratings—this time to EHRs.
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Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Quantapore | $35M | Undisclosed | San Francisco Business Times |
| iRhythm Technologies | $17M | Novo A/S, Norwest Venture Partners | MedCity News |
| Kyruus | $11.3M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| Indigo BioSystems | $8.5M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| Assurex Health | $7M | Sequoia Capital, Claremont Creek Ventures, Mayo Clinic, others | FinSMEs |
| Independa | $2.8M | City Hill Ventures | MobiHealthNews |
| Agilum Healthcare Intelligence | $2.4M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| Geneva Healthcare | $1.8M | Undisclosed | TECHdotMN |
| Jointly Health | $1.3M | Frost Venture Partners, Reed Elsevier Ventures | MobiHealthNews |
| Clariture | $1M | The Martin Companies | Nashville Post |
| Filament Labs | $1M | Mercury Fund, Corinthian Health Services, Arcadia Home Care | MobiHealthNews |