Global digital health venture capital (VC) funding has already reached $9 billion in 2018, up 46 percent year-over-year (YoY) with a record $8B across 556 deals, according to market research firm Mercom Capital. The latest report reveals global digital health VC funding reached $3.1B across 173 deals, versus Q2 2018’s $2.4B in 196 deals.To date, digital health companies have raised ~$34B in 4,006 VC funding deals since 2010. Total corporate funding - including VC, debt, and public market
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Vinod Khosla’s Controversial Thoughts on Health Innovation Video
Video of Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla's controversial interview with Thomas Goetz from last month's Health Innovation Summit where he likens modern healthcare to witchcraft and says technology will replace 80% of doctors
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3 Healthcare IT Trends for 2013 and Beyond
3 Healthcare IT trends that shares Thomas Edison's vision for healthcare in 2013 and beyond
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7 Fundable StartUp Ideas that will Accelerate Healthcare Innovation
Digital health startUp accelerator, Rock Health shares 7 fundable startup ideas that would transform healthcare
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Report: Business Models in Digital Health: B2B & B2C
Besides clearly defining your problem and solution for your digital health startup, entrepreneurs must be able to clearly define and articulate how they are going to make money. Rock Health, digital health accelerator for startups recently released their Rock Report, Business Models in Digital Health that sources data from entrepreneurs and investors working in the space, as well as relevant industry research. The report showcases the distinct trade offs and opportunities for
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Video: Health IT’s Role in Security, Big Data and Mobility
In this informal discussion at HIMSS Europe in Copenhagen, Intel's Malcolm Linington, Yves Mahieu from EMC, and Frank Nydam, CTO Healthcare, VMware, discuss cloud computing, security, big data, mobility in healthcare IT, and how the three companies work together to support healthcare CIOs and organizations.
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mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the Age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding
Event: mHealth Kickstarter: Funding Healthcare Innovation in the age of Start-Ups, Incubators and Crowdfunding
Location: Fordham Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
Date:Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)
In conjunction with iBreakfast, the Drapin Group, and Steven Greene, we will convene to discuss the new funding world that will affect us all. Thank you to Fordham University/ Lincoln Center for hosting our first ever half day event.
Each will explain where
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Startups:Digital Health Accelerator Program Accepting Applications
Last week, the New York eHealth Collaborative announced the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NTDHA) that is run by the NYeC in partnership with the NYCIF and the New York State Department of Health. The program will fund 12 early- and growth-stage digital health companies that are developing cutting edge technology products for healthcare providers.
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HIT Innovation Founder Stories:Jakob Jønck, Co-Founder, Endomondo Pt.2
First edition of HIT Innovation Founder Stories, we speak with Jakob Nordenhof Jønck, Co-Founder of Endomondo, where Jakob shares his story of how three former McKinsey & Co. management consultants (all former semi or professional athletes) took their passion for active, healthy lifestyles and created Endomondo, a social fitness application that turns mobile phones into full-fledged personal trainers. Endomondo is a great example of how technology can be utilized as a tool to provide
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HIT Innovation Founder Stories:Jakob Jønck, Co-Founder, Endomondo
There is an emerging community of digital health entrepreneurs utilizing technology innovation to help transform healthcare. In an effort to provide coverage of this growing community and inspire future digital health entrepreneurs, HIT Consultant has launched “HIT Innovation Founder Stories” where we will speak with a digital health founder to share their journey from inception to launch, obstacles/challenges, and lessons learned.
In our first HIT Innovation Founder Stories, we speak with
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