POTUS eyes role as digital health VC
While everyone turned their attention to governments last week, digital health had some news you might have missed. Google may have finally created a symptom search tool that doesn’t terrify you, a few more states got hip to telemedicine, and entrepreneurs may soon have a shiny new HIPAA guidance website courtesy of CMS.
With all the excitement in the space, it’s no wonder POTUS is eyeing a role as a health tech VC.
Headlines
President Obama Might Be The Next Health Tech Venture Capitalist
Tweet | Fast Company
How Telemedicine Is Transforming Healthcare
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal
Apple Hires CEO Of Open Data Company Sage Bionetworks
Tweet | Forbes
Why We Should Expect Algorithms To Be Biased
Tweet | Technology Review
EHR Safety Goes To Court
Tweet | Modern Healthcare
The US Is Spending Trillions Less Than Expected On Healthcare
Tweet | Vox
In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits
Tweet | Kaiser Health News
Rock Health in the News
Kit Check Raises $15M In VC Funding
Tweet | DC Inno
The Challenge Of Taking Health Apps Beyond The Well-Heeled (Omada Health)
Tweet | NPR
Six New Medical Technologies Worth Watching (Chrono Therapeutics)
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Reflexion Health | $18M | West Health Investment Fund | FierceMedicalDevices |
| Kit Check | $15M | Kaiser Permanente Ventures, New Leaf Ventures, Sands Capital Ventures, Easton Capital, LionBird, Rex Health Ventures | Washington Post |
| FareWell | $8.5M | Angels | MobiHealthNews |
| PediaQ | $4.5M | Angels | MedCity News |
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