Rock Weekly: How healthcare reform fuels digital health

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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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