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Articles from January, 2013
Three VCs See New Opportunities as Changes Roil Venture Industry
Xconomy | January 24, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
There are a lot of dismal stats in a wrap-up of 2012 venture capital activity from the National Venture Capital Association that is making the rounds. As we’ve reported, total VC investments declined nationwide last year by 10 percent from …
Telehealth to Reach 1.8M Globally by 2017
January 22, 2013
Category: Sector Specific
An estimated 1.8 million patients will be treated through telehealth worldwide by 2017, according to a new report from market research firm InMedica.
The Moneyball Strategy is the Future for Venture Capital Firms
Venturebeat | January 10, 2013
Category: Venture Capital
Traditional venture capital invests with a “gut” feeling approach, and as VentureBeat’s Christina Farr recently put it, “Relying on gut feeling simply isn’t good enough anymore”.
Digital Health Market Soars as Consumers Take Control of their Bodies
Venturebeat | January 8, 2013
Category: Sector Specific
Count Tyrone Rugen from The Princess Bride wisely said, “If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.” While he is an unsavory, six-fingered coward, his point that good health underlies everything is an important one.
Digital Health Funding Up 45% in 2012
Fierce Health IT | January 8, 2013
Category: Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Last year was a banner year for digital health, and in 2013, it can only get better as the trends in healthcare are increasingly digital-based. In 2012, tech companies poured $1.4 billion into digital health companies, a 45 percent increase …
Worldwide Telehealth Market to Grow 55% in 2013
Fierce Mobile Healthcare | January 1, 2013
Category: Sector Specific
Fueled by healthcare reform aimed at reducing in-patient costs and post-acute care strategies designed to reduce readmissions, the worldwide telehealth (remote patient monitoring) market will grow by 55 percent in 2013 in terms of device and service revenues, according to …
Top 10 Healthcare Trends in 2013
The Camden Group | January 1, 2013
Category: Healthcare
The move to fee-for-value continues, and 2013 will prove to be a transformational year as healthcare organizations transition into a new era in healthcare. There will be budget constraints, new care models, shortages of clinicians, and the expansion of Medicaid …