ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

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Imaging and lab results are begging for an cloud-based makeover

Imaging and lab results are begging for an cloud-based makeover

May 20, 2013 8:39 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ CD-ROMs may be out of date for transferring music and photos, but the health care industry still uses them to transfer radiology and lab information. David Yakimischak ... Read more

Mobile technology could save billions of dollars on healthcare costs

Mobile technology could save billions of dollars on healthcare costs

May 20, 2013 3:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Mobile health technology provides patients with greater opportunities to manage their diseases and communicate with providers. On stage today at HealthBeat 2013, Dr. Ivor Horn of the National Children’s Medical ... Read more


Moving from a volume-based to a value-based healthcare system

Moving from a volume-based to a value-based healthcare system

May 20, 2013 1:31 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO’ We are at the beginning of the beginning of a new age for health care. Digital technology is fundamentally transforming the practice of medicine, but Dr. David Levin, ... Read more

10 startups return from China accelerator with new hardware for drones, wi-fi enabled products

10 startups return from China accelerator with new hardware for drones, wi-fi enabled products

May 13, 2013 8:32 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO- Hardware is in the midst of a Renaissance. Today at HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen ... Read more

Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

May 13, 2013 6:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Women in entrepreneurship is a hot button issue right now. Women represent a significantly smaller number of executives and entrepreneurs then men and far fewer aspire to positions of leadership. ... Read more

Healthfundr launches equity-based crowdfunding for health startups

Healthfundr launches equity-based crowdfunding for health startups

May 9, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Healthfundr is an equity-based crowd funding platform for health startups. The site provides accredited investors with opportunities to invest in a selection of curated companies working on digital health, health ... Read more

DocuTAP raises $11.9M to build software for urgent care clinics

DocuTAP raises $11.9M to build software for urgent care clinics

May 2, 2013 12:59 pm by | 0 Comments

The Emergency Room is often a chaotic place where precision and agility mean the difference between life and death. DocuTAP has raised $11.9 million from Bessemer Venture Partners to make ... Read more


Enigma brings the deep, dark world of public data to light

Enigma brings the deep, dark world of public data to light

May 1, 2013 1:27 pm by | 0 Comments

The realm of public data is like a vast cave. It is technically be open to all, but contains many secrets and obstacles within its walls. Enigma.io launched out of ... Read more

Share Practice releases mobile app to help good doctors become great doctors

Share Practice releases mobile app to help good doctors become great doctors

April 30, 2013 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

What is the difference between a good doctor and a great doctor? According to Dr. Andrew Brandeis, it is experience, and he is launching a mobile application that puts the ... Read more

Want a career in Big Data? You’ll need more than a degree

Want a career in Big Data? You’ll need more than a degree

April 29, 2013 1:06 pm by | 0 Comments

Data scientists are like the elite athletes of the enterprise world, but there are far too few of them to meet demand. Teradata released the third State of Business Intelligence ... Read more

Alcohoot combats drunk driving with enforcement grade smartphone breathalyzer

Alcohoot combats drunk driving with enforcement grade smartphone breathalyzer

April 26, 2013 12:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Drunk driving is bad. It just is. On a mission to fight this problem, Alcohoot has created ’the world’s first enforcement grade smartphone breathalyzer’. Alcohoot is a device that plugs ... Read more

Morgan Stanley poll: Fewer investors plan to invest in startups in the next 3 years

Morgan Stanley poll: Fewer investors plan to invest in startups in the next 3 years

April 22, 2013 6:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Attracting attention from venture capitalists is often compared to dating. With investment, as with love, it is not always clear what the other party is thinking. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management ... Read more

Venture capital activity ‘sluggish’ and continuing to decline in Q1 2013

Venture capital activity ‘sluggish’ and continuing to decline in Q1 2013

April 19, 2013 2:40 pm by | 0 Comments

If the venture capital community’s New Year's Resolution was to be more active, it needs to try a little harder. A report issued by venture capital research firm Pitchbook found ... Read more

Lively’s new platform keeps aging adults active and their children from worry

Lively’s new platform keeps aging adults active and their children from worry

April 16, 2013 2:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Lively has created an ’activity-sharing platform’ that seeks to tighten the connection between senior citizens and their loved ones. The system works using a combination of hardware and software. Aging ... Read more

Cendana Capital funding the seed funders to the tune of $88 million

Cendana Capital funding the seed funders to the tune of $88 million

March 31, 2013 9:09 am by | 0 Comments

Cendana Capital has raised an additional $28 million to invest in startup seed funds, bringing its total pool to $88 million. Cendana Capital is a ’next generation funds-of-funds’ founded by ... Read more