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Articles from the Healthcare Category
How to bring the price of health care into the open
Yahoo! Finance | February 25, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific
There’s a big push to tell patients what they’ll pay … before they decide on treatment. It’s a simple idea, but a radical one. Let people know in advance how much health care will cost them … and whether they …
Hospitals Look to MedTech for New Services and Solutions
L.E.K. | February 24, 2014
Category: General, Healthcare
US hospital systems are going through a challenging period and, just as species must adapt to environmental changes, hospitals are evolving to survive.
TEXO Ventures Plans $75M-$100M Expansion as Portfolio Progresses
VentureWire | February 3, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific, TEXO GP Publications, Venture Capital
TEXO Ventures, which has invested $16.5 million while building nine medical startups for the new era in U.S. health care, plans to expand by raising $75 million or more, VentureWire has learned.
Reliability of computer-assisted lumbar intervertebral measurements using a novel vertebral motion analysis system
The Spine Journal | February 1, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific
The paper concluded that “The VMA system markedly reduced variability of lumbar intervertebral measurements compared with a digitized manual analysis. Further, computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging techniques demonstrate precision within the range of computer-assisted X-ray analysis techniques.”
Staying Connected … Providers and patients increasingly relying on home-based monitoring
Modern Healthcare | January 18, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific
Experts say an explosive growth in the volume of patient-generated health data is inevitable, with patient demand being a key driver. According to Pew Foundation researchers, 21% of Americans already are tracking their health on some kind of an electronic …
Patients’ Cost Skyrocket; Specialists’ Income Soar
NY Times | January 18, 2014
Category: Healthcare
Doctors’ charges – and the incentives they reflect – are a major factor in the nation’s $2.7 trillion medical bill. Payments to doctors in the United States, who make far more than their counterparts in other developed countries, account for …
Health Care IT Funding Nearly Doubles in 2013
eWeek | January 17, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
The health care IT sector also raised $648 million in debt and public market financing, bringing total corporate funding raised by the sector in 2013 to almost $3 billion.
VC Investing to Health Healthcare
Tech Crunch | January 15, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
The U.S. healthcare system is sick, but increasingly early stage investors are spending money on new technology companies they believe can help provide a cure.
5 Insights from Digital Health CEOs at JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
MEDCITY News | January 14, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific
In a discussion between health IT company CEOs at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference, some of the most interesting points raised were the ones the healthcare industry is struggling with the most.
EmployerDirect Launches New Website
Bloomberg Businessweek | January 8, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies
EmployerDirect, a leader in value-based healthcare that helps large, self-insured employers provide transparency around the quality and cost of their employees’ planned medical procedures, is pleased to announce the launch of its new Web site at www.edhc.com.