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Grotech closes new $225M fund to support startups in Colorado and East Coast

Grotech closes new $225M fund to support startups in Colorado and East Coast

May 13, 2013 4:57 pm by | 0 Comments

Washington, D.C., has an emerging startup scene, but most of its entrepreneurs still struggle to raise investment from local firms.Grotech Ventures is one of the leading venture capital firms funneling ... Read more
Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

April 26, 2013 2:10 pm by | 0 Comments

Finding it hard to focus on work or counting the minutes until 5? Take a work-related Pinterest break. Paul Sonnier, the founder of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn, has ... Read more
Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst

Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst

April 19, 2013 9:47 am by | 0 Comments

I recently read an article that raised the question of who owns your health data. By ownership, I am referring to who has the power to either access or give ... Read more
Here’s the final TEDMED 2013 lineup – and 7 talks we’re excited to hear

Here’s the final TEDMED 2013 lineup – and 7 talks we’re excited to hear

March 28, 2013 4:56 pm by | 1 Comments

With less than a month to go until the annual rendezvous of creativity, medicine and technology that is TEDMED, the event’s organizers have revealed the final list of presenters, and ... Read more
EHR firm gains 50% of U.S. wound care market with first acquisition

EHR firm gains 50% of U.S. wound care market with first acquisition

September 4, 2012 11:17 am by | 0 Comments

An electronic health record company that provides clinical information systems for wound care clinics, Net Health Systems, has acquired a specialist electronic medical record firm that gives the combined companies ... Read more
Patient monitoring firm’s “aging in place” technology sees institutional interest

Patient monitoring firm’s “aging in place” technology sees institutional interest

August 28, 2012 9:54 pm by | 0 Comments

A company is working to replace the “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” image of aging in place technology with a more modern “e-mail alert: you’re mom’s been out ... Read more
Independence Blue Cross challenge picks telehealth and emergency room alternatives app (video)

Independence Blue Cross challenge picks telehealth and emergency room alternatives app (video)

August 15, 2012 1:31 pm by | 0 Comments

A competition from Philadelphia regional payer Independence Blue Cross seeking ways to improve health and wellness selected two companies that signify big trends in healthcare technology — telemedicine and ways ... Read more
For consumers uneasy about EHR adoption, security is primary concern

For consumers uneasy about EHR adoption, security is primary concern

August 3, 2012 9:08 am by | 0 Comments

It may be warmly embraced by healthcare professionals as a way to improve efficiencies to reduce medical errors and improve patient care, but a survey by Xerox (NYSE:XRX) claims only ... Read more
Pennsylvania uses free trial, $250 reward to coax smaller providers to go digital

Pennsylvania uses free trial, $250 reward to coax smaller providers to go digital

July 26, 2012 6:23 pm by | 0 Comments

Pennsylvania is hoping an offer of free software and a new customer reward will get smaller healthcare providers to turn off their fax machines and to switch to secure, encrypted ... Read more
Electronic medical record company inks deal with Blueprint Health accelerator graduate

Electronic medical record company inks deal with Blueprint Health accelerator graduate

July 25, 2012 6:29 pm by | 0 Comments

A healthcare IT business that works with primary care physician practices to provide patients access to electronic medical records has inked a deal with a Blueprint Health accelerator graduate to ... Read more
Clinical decision support acquisitions top healthcare IT M&A in Q2

Clinical decision support acquisitions top healthcare IT M&A in Q2

July 23, 2012 6:53 pm by | 1 Comments

 Clinical decision support acquisitions accounted for the most merger and acquisition deals in healthcare information management in the second quarter, beating out electronic health record and electronic medical record companies ... Read more
Telemedicine, reducing readmissions among Independence Blue Cross innovation finalists

Telemedicine, reducing readmissions among Independence Blue Cross innovation finalists

July 19, 2012 2:47 pm by | 0 Comments

Telemedicine for behavioral health, a service to give rides to cancer patients in treatment and a program to reduce readmissions are among the 15 finalists for payer Independence Blue Cross’s ... Read more
Early stage fundraising by venture firms doubles, health IT companies likely to benefit

Early stage fundraising by venture firms doubles, health IT companies likely to benefit

July 9, 2012 5:35 pm by | 0 Comments

Venture capital fundraising for early stage funds doubled in the first half of the year to $3 billion compared with the same period last year, according to a report by ... Read more
How to prioritize data security risks: 55 items, 8 categories, 3 teams

How to prioritize data security risks: 55 items, 8 categories, 3 teams

June 20, 2012 8:03 am by | 0 Comments

As part of the Summer of Compliance, we completed our first prioritization meeting.We reviewed more than 50 risks in detail and devised a process to prioritize them.After much discussion, we ... Read more
Pfizer’s social media clinical trial recruitment pilot marked important first step

Pfizer’s social media clinical trial recruitment pilot marked important first step

June 19, 2012 6:18 pm by | 0 Comments

Despite Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) decision to end its pilot social media recruitment initiative for a 10-state clinical trial for overactive bladder drug Detrol, the effort marks an important first step to ... Read more