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Rock Health | Digital Health Funding News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant

Rock Health Report: Is 2019 The Year of the Digital Health IPO?

by Fred Pennic 07/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Rock Health Report: Is 2019 The Year of the Digital Health IPO?

Digital health funding reached a new record of $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The digital health sector is on track for an $8.4B year in 2019—and may even break 2018’s annual funding total. The report also validates the continued trend of the large $100M+ mega deals, attributing to 30% of venture funding in H1 2019. The 2019 Midyear Digital Health Market Update reflects a maturing digital
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Podimetrics Raises $13.4M for FDA-Cleared Solution to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcers

by Fred Pennic 05/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Podimetrics Raises $13.4M for FDA-Cleared Solution to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs)

Podimetrics, a care management company with the leading solution to help prevent costly and deadly diabetic foot ulcer (DFUs) has raised $13.4M in Series B funding round from investors Rock Health, Norwich Ventures, and Scientific Health Development.Impact of Diabetic Foot Ulcers for PatientsDiabetic foot ulcers are a major complication of diabetes and are one of the most devastating and costliest diabetes complications -they can lead to debilitating amputations that cost on average $100k. In
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Why 2018 May Have Been A High-Water Mark for Digital Health Funding

by Michael A Greely, Co-Founder & General Partner at Flare Capital Partners 04/24/2019 Leave a Comment

Pandemic Further Exposes Systemic Racism… Healthcare Technology Digital Health

Notwithstanding the quite significant stock market turmoil for publicly traded healthcare companies in recent months, the level of private investment activity continued to be quite strong this past quarter. According to Rock Health, 1Q19 registered just under $1.0 billion of investments made in 61 healthcare technology companies, which while below the trailing two year quarterly average of $1.4 billion, still suggests an annual investment pace running toward $4.0 billion. StartUp Health, which
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Where’s the Evidence? Barriers to Analyzing Digital Health’s Impact

by Meridith Peratikos, Director of Enterprise Research, axialHealthcare 04/08/2019 Leave a Comment

Where’s the Evidence? Barriers to Analyzing Digital Health’s Impact

The digital health industry continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. In 2018, venture funding for digital health companies approached a record $8.1B in funding, according to Rock Health. These companies are striving to address important healthcare issues by developing products and service offerings in various categories like genome sequencing, analytics, telemedicine, mobile apps, and population health management tools—all with the promise of increased insights and patient engagement, and
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Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M

by Fred Pennic 04/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Rock Health Q1 2019: Digital Health Funding Breaks $986M

Digital health funding reached $986M across 61 digital health deals in Q1 2019, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The Q1 2019 funding represents about half of the $1.62B that was raised a year ago in Q1 2018 but in line with 2017 and 31% below 2016. Compared to the $1.2B in Q4 2018, quarterly funding has averaged $1.4B over the past two years (Q1 2017-Q1 2019). Rock Health signals the $986M invested in this past quarter are somewhat below
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Rock Health: 3 Insights from Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018 Report

by Jasmine Pennic 02/12/2019 Leave a Comment

Rock Health: 3 Insights from Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018 Report

Adoption of digital health tools reached record heights in 2018, according to a recently released survey report from Rock Health. In fact, eighty-nine percent of respondents used at least one digital health tool—up from 80% in 2015. Live video telemedicine and wearable adoption rates surged following a pause in growth in 2017. Meanwhile, respondents were increasingly guarded about their personal health data—in 2018, respondents were less willing to share data with highly-trusted entities like
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Rock Health H1 2018: Digital Health Funding Breaks $3.4B Across 193 Deals

by Jasmine Pennic 07/03/2018 Leave a Comment

Rock Health Mid-Year 2018: Digital Health Funding Breaks $3.4B Across 193 Deals

Digital health funding reached a new record of $3.4 billion across 193 deals in the first half of 2018, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health.The 2018 Midyear Funding Review reveals a maturing market with an increasing number of digital health companies are hitting key validation milestones, creating a stable funding environment based on proven outcomes;investors are taking notice and rewarding companies with larger deals. The average deal size
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Rock Health Expands to Life Sciences with ZS Partnership

by Fred Pennic 06/19/2018 Leave a Comment

Rock Health V6

ZS, a global provider of life sciences consulting and technology solutions has inked a partnership with digital health-focused venture fund Rock Health to bring the latest innovations to its life sciences expertise. Rock Health's partners span the healthcare spectrum, from leading health systems to payers, manufacturers and industry advocates, all focused on removing barriers and supporting industry growth. This partnership enables ZS to bring its thought leadership and deep technical expertise
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Brings in Record $1.62B in Q1 2018

by Fred Pennic 04/03/2018 Leave a Comment

Digital health funding has reached a record breaking $1.62 billion in Q1 2018 across 77 digital health deals, according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health.The Q1 2018 Rock Health report reveals investors are starting to become more confident investing in large, late stage round with the top 10 deals, representing over 55% of total funding—but only 13% of deals—in the quarter. In addition, the average deal size increase from $16.4M in 2017 to $21M in 2018.The
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Why Did the Global Digital Health Market Strengthen During Q4 2017?

by Jasmine Pennic 01/30/2018 Leave a Comment

Why Did the Global Digital Health Market Strengthen During Q4 2017?

Healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC, today released the latest edition of its quarterly study, digihealth impact trac. The report focuses on key Q4 2017 market themes and previews five digital health trends that will matter in 2018. The research reveals that telemedicine is having a far-reaching impact as adoption surges globally. Most importantly, telemedicine solutions are delivering economic benefits and re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it
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