The only thing you need to know about telemedicine
August 31, 2015
Telemedicine is here to stay. And everyone from Hillary to three out of four employers supports it. CVS Health made big moves to tap the services of three telemedicine companies—including portfolio company Doctor on Demand.
The Rock Health Summit is so close we can almost taste it! Here’s the just-released full agenda. We're hopeful it'll knock your socks off.
Headlines
Digital Health Companies Named Among Next Startup Unicorns
The New York Times
New Ways For Patients To Get A Second Opinion
The Wall Street Journal
Computers Can Predict Schizophrenia Based On How A Person Talks
The Atlantic
Google, Sanofi Join Forces On Diabetes Monitoring, Treatment
The Wall Street Journal
Texting Helps Low-Income Diabetes Patients Manage Insulin Dosing
NPR
How These “Tech Forward” Moms Are Driving Digital Health
KQED
Why Your Doctor Won't Friend You On Facebook
NPR
Retail Clinics—The Skinny For Entrepreneurs
Rock Health Blog
75% Of Obamacare Plans In California Use Narrow Networks, Study Shows
Los Angeles Times
Rock Health In The News
The App That Will Help You Find An Antidepressant That Works (Iodine)
BuzzFeed
The Oscar Of Dental Insurance? That's What Beam Is Shooting For (Beam Dental)
ModernHealthcare
NCI Awards $2.3M Grant For Smoking Cessation Wearable (Chrono Therapeutics)
MobiHealthNews
The Doctor Is Online: Video Medical Exams Gain Popularity (Doctor on Demand)
Los Angeles Times
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| PlanSource | $70M | Great Hill | Orlando Sentinel |
| DynoSense | $9.4M | WI Harper Group, JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co, Plug and Play Tech Center, Jinmao Capital, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati | HIT Consultant |
| MOCACARE | $2M | JDM Mobile Internet Solutions, EMB International, Atom Health Corporation | MobiHealthNews |
| mPulse | $1.7M | OCA Ventures, Jumpstart Ventures, Merrick Ventures | FinSMEs |
| NextHealth | $1M | Point B Capital | FinSMEs |
| WellTrackONE | $835K | BioAdvance, Bootstrap Incubation, Easton Capital | MedCityNews |
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