Why I quit medicine today

Here are some numbers we learned last week: HHS is huddling with 21 various execs about healthcare’s dreadful cybersecurity problem, 21 clinical trials are using Fitbits, 1 academic medical center launched an app-based study to detect heart arrhythmia with smart watches, and docs spend 1.1 hours daily processing EHR notifications—which is only 1 reason why this veteran doctor quit medicine last week (to launch a startup).

Funding

 

Company Amt Investors Source
Pieces Technologies $21.6M Pacific Advantage Capital, Jump Capital MedCity News
RightEye $2.1M Undisclosed SEC

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