Funding related:
Glooko Raises $3.5M To Connect Glucose Meters To iPhones For Tracking Diabetes
Bain Capital Ventures closes new $600 million fund (related because they invest in healthtech)
Venture investment in Midwest healthcare startups rose 10% last year
drchrono moves to next level with $2.8M investment
Health IT firm Infina Connect closing in on $1.2M fundraise
M&A related:
McKesson buys into Canada pharma network for $1.2B
Partnerships:
iRobot grows alliance with inTouchHealth (Including a 6 million dollar investment)
Business:
US$ 1.3 billion: The market for mHealth applications in 2012
Expert says HIT mergers must be transparent
Medicare Advantage premiums down 7 percent on average, enrollment up 10 percent
mHealth Alliance Opens Membership to Organizations with Vested Interest in Mobile Health
For iPad to succeed in medicine, significant software innovation needed
Docs use iPads, but don’t see them as game-changers
Why It’s Good News HealthIT is So Bad
IBM’s Watson, Cedars-Sinai and WellPoint Take On Cancer
Juniper Research: Usage of Remote Health Monitoring to Reach 3M by 2016
What Makes An Awesome Board Member?
Minnesota: A healthy appreciation for HIT
Healthcare employment growth predicted to skyrocket through 2020
Good reads:
We are all health illiterates: navigating the health system in a sea of paper and financial haze
Analytics and the future of healthcare
The iPad v. LCD monitor for diagnostic imaging (Morning Read)
mEducation: A new way of learning
Startup converts massive medical text to interactive iPad form
Healthcare Technology: A Competitive Advantage in Improving the Patient Experience
QuantiaMD launches tool to combat physician burnout
Physicians lack brand loyalty, cost pharma billions (Note: implications is that this can possibly translate into mhealth/digital health areas, albeit unlikely.)
Unique Health Startup UnitedPreference Plans to Use Tailored Spend to Incentivize Healthy Choices
Healthcare IT Needs More Crazy CIOs
Telemedicine boosting dermatology care
Website Smackdown: Mayo Clinic vs. Cleveland Clinic (more website design, helpful for those that want to make a better website)
5 books early stage biotech and pharma entrepreneurs should read
4 reasons patients aren’t managing their care
Effects of a short text message reminder system on emergency department length of stay
Study: Virtual coach improves activity levels for overweight, obese
Quantified Selfers, Imagine a Day When You Won’t Quantify Anything
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