What happens when an algorithm cuts off care
We had brains on our mind last week. Our favorite brain health platform Neurotrack had some news, and we learned about this mobile brain-scanning helmet and mapping the AI brain. These smart minds also wrote a thoughtful “big tech disrupting healthcare” story, explaining why Apple’s partnership with 13 health system bigwigs is compelling for healthcare innovation.
Headlines
A Healthcare Algorithm Started Cutting Care. No One Knew Why.
The Verge
Tech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology
Fortune
Who Owns Telemedicine Delivery? Payers Or Providers?
MobiHealthNews
HIMSS Recap: Feds Emphasize Patient Data Access, Prosecutors Talk Fraud Risks
FierceHealthcare
Apple Watch Could Alert To Disease Lurking In The Body—But Not Yet
The Washington Post
To Save and Improve Lives Using Data, Details Matter
Joe Biden in Fortune
An Argument For AI Changing Healthcare Jobs For The Better
Harvard Business Review
Just Breathe (Spire)
NBC Bay Area
Recent Funding
- Portfolio company Neurotrack landed $13.7M in funding for its memory health platform
- Population health company BioIQ closed $26.6M as it prepares to make acquisitions
- Elligo raised $16M to bring clinical trials to more physicians
- Employee health, primary care platform Eden Health announced a $4M round
- Telemedicine startup SteadyMD closed $2.5M
- + Israel invested $275M to digitize citizens' personal data for global preventive medicine use