2018 kicked off with a bang
Digital health funding kicked off 2018 with an incredibly strong start, thanks in part to a clearer regulatory picture emerging since last year. For the first time, (digital) disease diagnosis was the most-funded value proposition, we saw a flurry of activity around diabetes monitoring, and genomics may be hitting an inflection point with new CMS reimbursement.
But dollars and cents alone don't equate to digital health's ultimate success. As part of our commitment to impact, we also profiled major validation news of the quarter, including Evidation, AliveCor, and Virta Health.
Learn about digital health trends in our Q1 funding update.
Headlines
Funding Climbs As Digital Health Startups Double Down On Validation
Rock Health Research
Meet The Modern Healthcare CIO
Healthcare IT News
California Hospitals Must Shape Up Or Get Kicked Out Of ACA Networks
KQED
A Look At Oscar's Finances And Their Latest $165M Cash Injection
Axios
How AI Will Shape Drug Discovery
MedCity News
Mayo Clinic Is Combating Information Overload In Critical Care Units
(We followed a Mayo patient to see this in action)
Harvard Business Review
Walmart Might Buy Humana: What It Means
Politico
Congress Called To Fight Opioids With Patient Information Sharing
Healthcare IT News
Up To 40 Percent Of Consumer Genetic Results May Be False
Nature
Recent Funding
- Accolade closed $50M to grow its personalized health and benefits solution
- Personalized benefits company Picwell closed $4M
- Microsensor textile company Siren raised $3.4M for its smart sock for diabetes patients
- ClosedLoop.ai raised $3M for its patient risk-stratification, intervention-mapping software
In Other News
+ Apple Health Records launched out of beta
+ Wired released a special “life” issue about technologies’ effects on wellness across life stages, including infertility, aging, and death
+ Our favorite April Fool's spoof came from this Lexus ad with a 23andMe twist