Rock Weekly: Death to the EHR?
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? Weigh in here.
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Headlines
Jawbone Accuses Fitbit Of Stealing Information By Hiring Workers Away
The New York Times
Small Data From Patients At Home Brings Big Cost Savings
The Economist
Susannah Fox Named CTO Of HHS
HHS blog
Can Hospitals Provide Better Care For Less Money?
The New York Times
Telemed Docs More Likely To Prescribe Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics
Modern Healthcare
The Tech Giants’ Plan To Mine Our Bodies For Data—And Profit
IEEE Spectrum
What Patients Gain By Reading Their Doctor’s Notes
Kaiser Health News
CMS Imposes New Rule To Limit Insurerer Profits
The Hill
Novartis Digs Into Health Tech With Bet On ‘Robotic Pill’
Reuters
Humana Rises After Report Health Insurer May Sell Itself
Bloomberg
Rock Health In The News
Mango Health Uses Google Fit To Add Activity, Blood Pressure, Weight Tracking
MobiHealthNews
Your Health Insurer Wants To Know Exactly When You Get Pregnant
Bloomberg
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Virgin Pulse | $92M | Insight Venture Partners, Virgin Group | Fortune |
| ClearDATA | $25M | Excel Venture Management, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Heritage Group | Phoenix Business Journal |
| lifeIMAGE | $17.5M | Cambia Health Solutions, Cardinal Partners, Galen Partners, Long River Ventures, Mass Ventures, Partners HealthCare | FinSMEs |
| Ovuline | $3.2M | Martin Ventures, Zaffre Investments | MobiHealthNews |
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