Rock Weekly: RIP Nike FuelBand?
The rumor of Nike killing its FuelBand product started on Secret and quickly spilled into a reported story, soliciting a finely-worded response from the athletic wear giant. Our take: FuelBand is dead, either way. If Nike goes looking for a new business to enter, 9 out of 10 doctors warn others against entering the field, so they should probably look elsewhere. All this sour news is no way to start the week—hear from optimistic Rock Health founders, Christine and Adam on their vision for the future in our latest Startup Elements videos.
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Headlines
Obamacare Succeeded For One Simple Reason: It’s Horrible To Be Uninsured
Vox
The Flu Tricked Google. Can Wikipedia Do Better?
Bloomberg
The ACA To Cost $100 Billion Less Than Previous Forecasts
The New York Times
Google Embeds Camera In Smart Contact Lens
Wired
Mammograms Save Fewer Lives Than You Think
Vox
Hospitals Get Into Doctor Rating Business
Kaiser Health News
Will Burwell Corral Healthcare Costs?
Bloomberg
Get Ready To Pay For Things With Your Veins
Quartz
Your Drugs Are Talking About You
Newsweek
Rock Health In The News
The Quantified Other: Nest And Fitbit Chase A Lucrative Side Business
Forbes
Healthcare’s New Entrants: Who Will Be Healthcare’s Amazon?
PwC
At Least Four Startups Are Now Focused On Google Glass Apps For Doctors
MobiHealthNews
“Hardware Is Very Hard”: Why Wearables Aren’t Working (Yet?)
Re/code
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| One Medical Group | $40M | RedMile Group, other current institutional investors | TechCrunch |
| Orange Health Solutions | $22.5M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| Maestro Healthcare Technology | $17M | Oak Investment Partners, SV Life Sciences | SEC |
| Lifesum | $6.7M | Bauer Media Group, SparkLabs Global Ventures | TechCrunch |
| Better | $5M | Social+Capital Partnership, Mayo Clinic | TechCrunch |
| eCaring | $3.5M | Ascent Biomedical Ventures, Stephen Jackson | MedCity News |
| Healthsense | $2M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| AdverseEvents | $2M | Evaluate, Trevor Fenwick, Michael Tansey | Xconomy |
| Fitnet | $1.4M | Valleys’ Ventures, LP, CIT Gap Funds | peHUB |
| SportSetter | $276K | Reaktor Polte Tech Fund | TechCrunch |
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