Rock Weekly: 5 signs Apple is making a health product
February 3, 2014
Funding in January smashed records and the second digital health IPO of the year is already knocking at the door as Castlight Health secretly files to go public at a $2B valuation. We’re now convinced that Apple is setting its sights on digital health — here arefive signs Apple is making a health product.
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Headlines
Castlight Health Files Secretly For IPO, Seeking $2B Valuation
Fortune
Apple Execs Meet With FDA To Discuss Mobile Medical Applications
The New York Times
Google Makes A Land Grab For The Internet Of Things
TechCrunch
How Twitter Knows When You’re Depressed
Time
America’s Future Doctors Are Saving Wikipedia
Quartz
Obesity Is Found To Gain Its Hold In Earliest Years
The New York Times
Why Patients Need To Be Treated Like Consumers
Rock Health Blog
Providers Are Scared Of Innovation
FierceHealthIT
Big Data Gets Physical
The Guardian
32% Of Mobile Device Owners Use Fitness Apps
MobiHealthNews
Rock Health In The News
Health And Appiness
The Economist
Wellframe Chosen As Merck I Heritage Finalist Pick
MedCityNews
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Health Catalyst | $41M | Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures | TechCrunch |
| Xhale | $16M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| GNS Healthcare | $10M | Cambia Health Solutions, Heritage Provider Network, Mitsui & Co. | The Boston Globe |
| PatientSafe Solutions | $3M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| ZappRX | $1M | Atlas Venture, SR One, others | MedCityNews |