Rock Weekly: Where the ladies at?


 
 
 
 
 

July 30, 2012

Women make up 73% of medical and health services managers, but only 14% of healthcare VC partners and 4% of healthcare CEOs.   We want to change this, so we’re kicking off XX in Health Week with with a short video created in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation. Our mission? To encourage dialogue and action around gender diversity in healthcare leadership.

Guest bloggers will be posting every day on the Rock Blog, and many more will be sharing across the web.  Have something to say? Tweet with the hashtag #xxinhealth or get involved at xxinhealth.com.

Headlines

London 2012 Olympics: Athletes Trade Data for Technology
The Telegraph

Digitizing Doctors and Hospitals? Think Like Target
Forbes

iRobot Puts Telemedicine on Auto Pilot
Technology Review

Mobile Health: What Should Be Regulated and What Not?
HealthcareIT News

One Way To Fix Health Care’s Obesity Problem
Forbes

Doctor’s Company Reimagines Health Care Delivery
CBS News

What Air Traffic Can Teach Us About Kidney Transplants
NPR

Funding & Acquisitions

Medical Services Startup Analyte Health Raises $22M
Chicago Tribune

Zipongo Closes 1M+ Seed Round
TechCrunch

Medipattern Acquires MYTRAK Mobile Health Solutions
MarketWatch

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