Rock Weekly: It’s all about the genes and the brain machines
December 31, 2012
2012 is drawing to a close, and what a year it’s been for digital health. Like you, we have a hankering for lists. So let’s get meta and enjoy a list of the best digital health lists, in no particular order:
- Med Tech’s Top 10 Stories from 2012 via VentureBeat
- 5 Ways Your Healthcare Will Change in 2013 via WaPo
- 10 Ways Patients Were Treated Better in 2012 via WSJ
- Top 10 Healthcare Quotes for 2012 via Forbes
- Top Genetic Findings of 2012 via 23andme
- and for good measure: The 100 Best Lists of All Time via the New Yorker
Here’s to 2013, and more digital health fireworks!
Headlines
It’s All About the Genes and the Brain Machines
Technology Review
An Appetite for Weight Management Tools
New York Times
Mobile Health in 2013, from the Gym to the Doctor’s Office
GigaOm
The Top 3 Industry Challenges to Starting a Health IT Company
Medgadget
AT&T Labs Builds an Asthma-Trigger Detection Device
Technology Review
N.Y.U. and Other Medical Schools Offer Shorter Course in Training, for Less Tuition
New York Times
U.S. Surgeons Still Leaving Things in Patients
The Atlantic
Rock Health in the News
YC Grad & Esther Dyson-Backed Eligible Wants To Be The Stripe For Healthcare Transactions
TechCrunch
Wrist Sensor Tells You How Stressed Out You Are
Technology Review
Rock Health CEO Halle Tecco Named One of Forbes 30 Under 30 Innovators in Science and Healthcare
Forbes
Funding & Acquisitions
PatientSafe Solutions Raises $13M for iPod Touch Clinical Apps
MobiHealthNews
GoBalto Lands $12M for its Web-based Clinical Study Platform
The Next Web
Mc10 Nabs $10M to Build Invisible Electronics
VentureBeat
Start-Up Behind Lumoback Posture-Monitoring Gadget Raises $5M
AllThingsD
Noom Raises $2.6M, Helps Users Zoom Down a Pant Size
VentureBeat