AARP Foundation and Rock Health, a provider of full-service funding to promising entrepreneurs are launching the 2017 Aging in Place $50K Challenge. Digital health startups interested in the 2017 Aging in Place Challenge have the chance to earn a $50,000 cash prize and work with AARP Foundation to improve the lives of vulnerable seniors by addressing issues that help to reduce unnecessary healthcare services, costs, and hospital readmission rates—especially as described in the CMS 30-day
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15 Reasons Why 2017 Will Be A Banner Year for Digital Health Funding
Digital health funding reached a record-breaking total of $3.5B across a total of 188 digital health deals in the first half of 2017, according to a new report from Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The findings reveal that despite the recent election and upcoming repeal of the ACA, the spike in digital health investments are not an anomaly, but an indication of increased interest in the digital health sector.The Digital Health Funding Midyear Update report
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Tops Over $1B in Q1 2017
Digital health funding reached over $1B across a total of 71 digital health deals in Q1 2017(49% above Q1 2015 and 23% below Q1 2016), according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. In a blog post, Rock Health reveals that despite any regulatory uncertainty around the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s been business as usual for digital health funding. Providers and health plans are delaying expenditures based on this uncertainty, yet founders
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What Does the Current State of Digital Health Adoption Tell Us About Its Future in Healthcare?
What do today’s indicators of digital health adoption tell us about its future in healthcare? Rock Health’s Ashlee Adams weighs in.Digital consumption is at an all-time high. The trends that have more people looking down at their screens may indicate things are looking up for those in healthcare—why? Well, for one thing, increased digital use could help cut costs and create greater efficiencies and access to health services for organizations and patients alike. That’s been the speculative hope
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Tops $4.3B in 2016, Down 8% from 2015
Digital health funding reached $4.2B in 2016, down 8% from 2015, representing a compound annual growth (CAGR) from 2011-2016 of 30%, according to the 2016 Year End Funding Report report from digital health venture firm Rock Health. 2016 The annual report reveals 2016 was a strong year for digital health, but it also served as a reality check for founders and investors due to the election and uncertainty around the future of the ACA.In comparison to StartUp Health's digital health funding
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12 Reasons Why Digital Health Has Reached the Tipping Point in 2016
Digital health finally reached a tipping point in 2016 as consumers adopted digital health tools at a record rate over the last 12 months, according to the latest report from digital health venture firm Rock Health. The second annual report, Digital Health Consumer Adoption written by Ashlee Adams, Mark Shankar and founder, Halle Tecco surveyed over 4,000 consumers nationally on the latest trends in consumer adoption of healthcare technology. These insights reveal consumer attitudes toward
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Recent Digital Health Hires and Departures
Halle Tecco Steps Down from Rock Health Rock Health’s Founder and Managing Director Halle Tecco announced that she is stepping down from the full-service digital health fund via Twitter on Wednesday. 1/ After nearly six years of helping build @Rock_Health, I’ve made the difficult decision to move on.— Halle Tecco (@halletecco) May 4, 2016Apple Taps Google X founder to Lead Healthcare ProjectsApple has tapped Yoky Matsuoka, a cofounder of Google's experimental Google X division and former VP of
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Massachusetts To Launch Digital Health Hub To Support Innovation
Today, Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and other Massachusetts business leaders are teaming up to launch an initiative to create a digital health hub. With support from the City of Boston, Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI), and MACP, the new digital health innovation hub will provide startups with coworking space, programming and industry network support. Programming through the hub will be managed and operated by
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3 Digital Health Market Revelations to Watch in 2016
No bubble bursting here, as digital health continues to smash market records. Rock Health’s Halle Tecco explains why the digital health market will continue to flourish in 2016.
In 2014, billions were poured into the digital health market, and the predictions for digital health’s growth in 2015 did not disappoint. In fact, when it comes to the charisma and cash flow of digital health, its cup runneth over. But can digital health maintain that kind of prospective prestige and promise as it
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Boston Children’s, Rock Health Partner To Develop Digital Health Tools for Pediatric Care
Boston Children's Hospital and full-service digital health venture fund Rock Health today announced a strategic partnership to develop digital health tools and devices to improve pediatric care. The announcement was made during Boston Children's Hospital's Global Pediatric Innovation Summit + Awards.
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As part of the partnership, Rock Health will fund and support promising digital startup companies and Boston Children's will act as clinical advisor to help startups shape
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