Rock Yearly: The biggest digital health stories of 2013
It was a huge year for digital health. From record-breaking funding, to Google bots and newfound regulatory interest — there’s clear signs that digital health is extending beyond early adopters. To celebrate, we dug deep in our archives to see what you were most interested in throughout 2013. Here’s a look back at the biggest digital health stories of the year:
Digital health reached new heights and new extremes
Scanadu Scout Smashes Crowdfunding Records
TechCrunch
Tracked Since Birth: The Rise of Extreme Baby Monitoring
Fast Company
The 50 Most Innovative Health, Fitness, and Happiness Startups
Greatist
The industry giants dove in
Google vs. Death
Time
iWatch’s Novelty Emerges as Apple Taps Sensor and Fitness Experts
9to5mac
Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Yuri Milner Create $33M Breakthrough Prize for Medical Research
Fast Company
And funding responded
What’s Growing Faster Than Digital Health Investing? Digital Health Exits.
MedCityNews
Regulators ears (and pens) perked up
The FDA Launches First Inquiry into Medical iPhone App
VentureBeat
FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe to Halt DNA Test Service
Bloomberg
Supreme Court Rules Genes Cannot Be Patented
USA Today
And healthcare tried to reinvent itself
How HealthCare.gov Doomed Itself by Ignoring Startups
TechCrunch
Healthcare Spending in America, in Two Graphs
NPR
If This Was a Pill, You’d Do Anything to Get It
Washington Post
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