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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.
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 …
Thinking of Starting a Health IT Company?
PandoDaily | December 19, 2012
Category: Sector Specific
With total annual spending on healthcare projected to hit 20 percent of US GDP by 2021, there’s a lot of potential for health IT startups. In addition, the industry is ripe for technological innovation. It’s no wonder that health IT …
Health Information Exchange Lab Launches at The University of Texas at Austin
UT News | December 6, 2012
Category: General, Sector Specific
The University of Texas at Austin formally launches its Health Information Exchange (HIE) laboratory this week. This laboratory simulates the national, state and local networks that are being developed to electronically exchange medical data.
Despite Some Doom & Gloom, The Future For Healthtech (And Health Investing) Is Bright
October 8, 2012
Category: Sector Specific
As digital health data grows, wearable health-tracking devices mature, tools used in remote diagnosis and treatment improve and with healthcare providers soon to be prescribing mobile health apps, there’s a lot to be excited about at the intersection of health …
Why I Disagree With Vinod Khosla About Digital Health — And Hope He Succeeds Brilliantly
September 1, 2012
Category: Sector Specific
At the recent Rock Health Health Innovation Summit (where I participated on an angel investing panel with Dave McClure and Esther Dyson), tech VC legend Vinod Khosla expanded in his keynote discussion themes he’s introduced in previous articles and interviews.
Entrepreneurs, tech can help in chronic disease management
Austin Business Journal | April 26, 2012
Category: Sector Specific, TEXO GP Publications
I believe our best hope to meet the many challenges that future generations can expect to face—particularly healthcare—lies with the audacity of entrepreneurs.
Telehealth can reduce deaths by 45%, study shows
Computerworld | December 7, 2011
Category: Sector Specific
Using remote monitoring technology to keep tabs on patients’ blood sugar and cardiopulmonary disease can reduce the risk of patient mortality by up to 45%, according to a U.K. Department of Health study.