Why entrepreneurs should tackle women’s health
November 9, 2015
Women spend 29% more per capita than males on healthcare—and make 80% of healthcare decisions. So not surprisingly, digital health technologies focused on women are seeing skyrocketing growth—with half of all deals from the last five years occurring in 2015 alone. Read our breakdown of all the reasons entrepreneurs should tackle women’s health.
Get the scoop on using data in healthcare with builders and security pros Aptible, Lumity, and more at our Data-Informed Digital Health Meetup on 11/17 in SF.
Finally—congrats to portfolio company 1DocWay on their acquisition! Here's to even more access to mental health services.
Headlines
Entrepreneurs Have Many Reasons To Tackle Women's Health
Tweet | Rock Health blog
A Tale Of Two Deliveries, Or An Out-Of-Network Problem
Tweet | Health Affairs
FDA Seeks Lessons Learned From Remote Clinical Drug Trials
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
Google Teams Up With American Heart Association To Tackle Most Deadly Disease
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal
Informatics: Make Sense Of Health Data
Tweet | Nature
The Cloud Hospital, Where Big Data Takes On Mysterious Medical Conditions
Tweet | Fast Company
Half Of Pioneer ACOs Leave—Some Gear Up For Next Gen ACO Program
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
How Seniors Are Taking Advantage Of Wearable Tech
Tweet | KQED
Health Insurance And The States: A Closer Look
Tweet | The New York Times
Video Game Designers Tout Games As Prescription Therapies
Tweet | STAT
Rock Health In The News
1DocWay CEO Takes Stock Of Acquisition, Future
Tweet | MedCity News
Stride Health: Gig Economy Band-Aid Or The New Social Contract?
Tweet | Fast Company
Mobile Health Apps Improve Adherence, Reduce Hospitalization
Tweet | MHealthIntelligence
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Lumo BodyTech | $10M | WuXi Healthcare Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures, Innovalue Capital, MAS Holdings | TechCrunch |
| MyHealthTeams | $5M | Sand Hill Angels, HealthTech Capital, The Westly Group, Adams Street Partners, CVS Health | PR Web |
| Solera Health | $3M | BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries | HIT Consultant |
| doDOC | $200K | Caxia Capital | Vator News |
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