Rock Weekly: How healthcare reform fuels digital health
February 16, 2015
A huge chunk of the 125% growth in digital health funding has flowed to companies embracing new healthcare reform-fueled business models. From telemedicine to consumer engagement and HITECH to HealthKit, become an expert with our series about how healthcare legislation is shaping the digital health landscape.
Headlines
The Black Market For Stolen Healthcare Data
NPR
Google: We’re Considering Altering Our Search Algorithm For Health Information
MedCity News
Widespread Extensions Ahead Of Open Enrollment Deadline
USA Today
Beware Of These 10 Deadly Tech Hazards In Hospitals
Forbes
Obama: Cyberspace Is The New ‘Wild West’
NPR
Me, Meet Virtual Me: A New Kind Of Mental Health Medicine
Medium
Google’s Telemedicine Experiment Helpouts Is Shutting Down
VentureBeat
Patients Rarely Ask For Treatment They Don’t Need
Vox
Federal Health IT Payments Top $28B After December Surge
Modern Healthcare
Can Doctors Diagnose Autism With Video Footage?
Wired
Rock Health In The News
Omada Health Named One Of The Most Innovative Companies In The World
Fast Company
Catching Alzheimer’s Before Memory Slips
Scientific American
Thiel Foundation Backs Stress Tracking Company Neumitra
MobiHealthNews
How The Internet Of Things Can Enhance Human Relationships
Forbes
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| HeartFlow | $35.8M | Undisclosed | MedCity News |
| Imagine Health | $21M | Trident Capital, HLM Venture Partners | HIT Consultant |
| Aventura | $14M | Safeguard Scientifics, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Excel Venture Management, HLM Venture Partners, Memorial Care Innovation Fund | MedCity News |
| DigiSight | $7.8M | Biosys Capital, Waycross Ventures, GE Ventures, Lagunita LLC | MobiHealthNews |
| Avizia | $4M | NextGen Angels, Blue Venture Investors, Middleland Capital | DCInno |
| ePatientFinder | $2.6M | Parsons & Whittemore | MobiHealthNews |
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