by Mollie McDowell | Jun 15, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 15, 2015 Or is medicine impeding the use of technology? Last week, the AMA delayed setting telemedicine guidelines, even though virtual visits continue to gain steam. And while 78% of office-based physicians use an EHR, 70% don’t believe it was worth it. Bob...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 8, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 8, 2015 Digital health kicked off the month of June with its third IPO of 2015: Evolent Health, which earned a pretty $195M in its first day of trading. And in Googleverse news: the tech giant is expanding its Baseline pilot to define human health, Sergey...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 1, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 1, 2015 What takes up 50% more of a doctor’s time than caring for patients, was supposed to save $77B for healthcare, just got a funding boost from CMS, and had sweeping changes proposed from AMIA last week? The EHR. A valuable tool or a total disaster?...
by Mollie McDowell | May 26, 2015 | Rock Weekly
May 26, 2015 Let’s talk about robots. They’re hyper-accurate, cost-saving, depression-diagnosing—even cute. Regardless of the debate about robots vs. humans, one open question in healthcare remains: if algorithms and robots are more accurate than a human doctor,...
by Mollie McDowell | May 18, 2015 | Rock Weekly
May 18, 2015 Another week, another $100M digital health IPO filing—this time, Mindbody. On that topic, we polled forty-three investors on which companies they think will IPO in 2015 and this is what they said. Cast your own vote here. Headlines 21st Century Cures Bill...
by Mollie McDowell | May 4, 2015 | Rock Weekly
May 4, 2015 What do IBM, Apple, and UnitedHealthcare have in common? They’re all avid fans of the shifting center of healthcare—helping seniors better access healthcare technology and announcing coverage of telemedicine visits. Good thing consumers are a-ok with...
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