Rock Weekly: Is digital health dangerous?
December 29, 2014
While everyone gathered around the yule log last week, the headlines countered with some spooky stories about healthcare technology—on everything from hospital hacks to scammy apps and worrisome wearables. Then news broke about bionic pancreases and the thirty-one digital health apps that gained FDA clearance this year to brighten everyone up in time for New Year’s.
It was in fact a huge year for digital health. Learn more in our free 2014 Digital Health Funding: Year In Review webinar on Wednesday, January 7th.
Headlines
What The Insurance Industry Can Do To Fix Healthcare
Harvard Business Review
Medicine Is About To Get Personal
Time
Meeting The Challenges In Mobile Health Innovation
TechCrunch
Wearable Devices For Women: Still Pretty And Still Dumb
The New York Times
Startups Help Consumers Navigate Insurance Exchanges
Modern Healthcare
Healthcare Predictions For 2015
TechCrunch
Elder-Care Challenges Prompt Tech Execs To Create Startups, Apps
Reuters
Seeking Helpful Genetic Mutations For A New Approach To Disease
The New York Times
How Laws Stifle And Stoke Germany’s Digital Health Innovation
The Wall Street Journal
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Assurex Health | $30M | American Financial Group, Cross Creek Advisors, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Sequoia Capital, Mayo Clinic, others | MedCity News |
| Ginger.io | $20M | Kaiser Permanente Ventures | TechCrunch |
| Cerevast | $10M | Undisclosed | MedCity News |
| Bam Labs | $3.5M | Undisclosed | MobiHealthNews |
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