It seems like physician finders are as common an add-on service for mobile health apps as medication reminders. It’s all part of the consumerization of healthcare trend. With such a big market in the U.S., entrepreneurs sense opportunity and an appetite for experimentation. BetterDoctor sees its invitation-only service as a way to ensure that users […]
Venture capital investment in medical devices pretty much fell off the cliff in the third quarter. The PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report found that medical device companies received a combined $434 million from 65 deals in the third quarter, which marks a 37 percent drop in dollar amount and a 27 percent decline in the number of deals […]
A medical technology startup has raised fresh capital after securing regulatory approval to expand its patient-monitoring device to monitor oxygen levels in patients following surgery. EarlySense raised $15 million in a series E financing round. The investment will be used in part to help market a new oxygen saturation component for its two-year-old patient-monitoring system. […]
