Funding Related:
Cloud computing in healthcare could see more venture capital from KPCB (Another fund that seems to be increasing digital health investment)
Chronic pain device from Neuros Medical gets new investor
StartUp Health to launch inaugural class next month, gets AT&T backing <– more incubator than funding, but ATT backing is always good.
MetroHealth raised a record $10.8M in donations last year
Cuffless blood pressure device startup nets $5.9M
M&A Related:
CardioNet buys ECG Scanning & Mobihealthnews Version
Lumeris, three Blue plans to acquire NaviNet
Partnerships:
Microsoft, GE Announce a ‘Caradigm’ Shift in Healthcare
Qualcomm Life, iSonea to offer mobile asthma monitor
Telemedicine kiosk company signs technology integration deal with Sprint
VMware teams with Peake Healthcare for medical imaging cloud (Will be interesting to see how other companies will compete with this partnership)
Business:
Health IT Factors Into Leapfrog’s Hospitals Rankings
At FutureMed, IBM Doctors Advocate New Approaches to Medicine
Bosch sues three competitors over Health Buddy patents (make sure you patent your stuff!)
Rent-A-Center saves $700K in first year of telehealth contract
Ex Sun Microsystems CEO goes into healthcare: Xconomy VentureBeat FastCompany <– Huge deal, this guy is brilliant and is connected to the core powerhouses in Silicon Valley. I would beg him to take all my money. (and it isnt much)
Mobilizing a Revolution: How Cellphones are Transforming Public Health
How To Pivot Faster Than Your Competition
Dr. David Albert’s roller coaster ride in developing the iPhone ECG app
GSMA: mHealth Market Worth $23B by 2017
Good Reads:
HIMSS: McKesson, RelayHealth to unveil Better Health 2020 initiative
Improving health searches, because your health matters
T.R. Reid talks about the good news in U.S. healthcare
First interactive medical iPad iBook arrives in Apple’s bookstore, free to download
3 medical devices for iOS we’d like to see–plus lessons on mHealth app design
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