Rock Weekly: Funding bonanza, Health Data Month, & More
September 24, 2012
This week has been totally cray. In the middle of the digital health funding bonanza, we’re swimming in awesome apps, and have tons of exciting events approaching.
And October is Health Data Month! We’re kicking it off with Living Well Through Data on October 2nd in NYC, where health data geeks will unite to discuss how we can pull a signal out of all the data noise out there. Join George Church, John Wilbanks, Eric Schadt and our friends at Mt. Sinai for a deep dive into data.
In the meantime, get cozy with the latest in digital health news:
Headlines
The ‘Facebook Effect’ on Organ Donation
NPR
How Transparency Can Empower Patients and Fix Health Care
The Atlantic
FitBit Doubles Down on Mobile Health with Zip and One Trackers
GigaOm
When Data Disrupts Healthcare
O’Reilly Radar
Twitter App Takes on Public Health
Healthcare IT News
The Future of Healthcare: Apps That Make You Care About Health
GigaOm
In Discarding of Kidneys, System Reveals Its Flaws
New York Times
Help For Diabetics Beyond The Doctor’s Office
Forbes
Funding & Acquisitions
iWalk Raises $17M in Series D
Boston Globe
Healthsense Raises $7M
Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal
Skylight Healthcare Systems Snags $5M
MedCity News
Navigating Cancer Raises $2.25M
SEC
View the Digital Health Venture Funding Database