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Patient engagement and technology: Is “success” based on usage or outcomes?

Patient engagement and technology: Is “success” based on usage or outcomes?

May 21, 2013 12:55 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ Online consumer engagement has been around since social media took off, allowing companies to form meaningful relationships with customers through ongoing interactions. Led by marketing and sales ... Read more

Practice Fusion has big plans for the masses of patient data they’ve gathered

Practice Fusion has big plans for the masses of patient data they’ve gathered

May 20, 2013 7:57 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. ’Practice Fusion is best known for its free web-based electronic medical record, but the startup’s goals are far more ambitious. Speaking at HealthBeat, VentureBeat’s conference, CEO Ryan ... Read more


Startup names don’t have to be terrible. Here’s the proof.

Startup names don’t have to be terrible. Here’s the proof.

May 10, 2013 1:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Here in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the rest of the Bay area, we’re home to plenty of brand names that sound nonsensical at first, but have since become household ... Read more

California weighs expanded role for nurse practitioners

California weighs expanded role for nurse practitioners

May 9, 2013 5:51 am by | 0 Comments

As state governments get ready for the Affordable Care Act coverage expansion, some are taking a close look at their networks of health care professionals to make sure they will ... Read more

Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

May 8, 2013 3:13 am by | 0 Comments

ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion should continue a late-stage study into a new heart and lung drug, independent monitors have recommended, with final results now expected by mid-2014, giving the biotech ... Read more

Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

May 6, 2013 1:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Fitbit began shipping its Flex wristband today, finding its place among established wearable (but expensive) fitness devices in the market. Flex is Fitbit’s answer to big-name companies like Nike and ... Read more

You’ve got the money – now what?

You’ve got the money – now what?

May 5, 2013 9:15 am by | 0 Comments

So you’ve selected your investors, negotiated the financing documents, closed the funding round and deposited the check. Now the real work begins. You’ve sold your vision to investors who now ... Read more


Square is tracking where you buy to predict what you’ll buy next

Square is tracking where you buy to predict what you’ll buy next

May 4, 2013 1:22 pm by | 0 Comments

The promise of social checkins has always been that they’ll make money by revealing to marketers where you are and when you want to buy stuff. Payments startup Square thinks ... Read more

This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

May 2, 2013 4:06 pm by | 0 Comments

What happens when you’ve got a degree in economics, a deep interest in wellness and a resume that includes EA Games, Gap Inc. and KFC Corp. as previous employers? If ... Read more

MedEvac cost effective with modest use improvements

MedEvac cost effective with modest use improvements

May 2, 2013 3:15 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emergency helicopter transport is expensive, but could become cost effective if it's used mainly for cases where it will make a measurable difference in trauma ... Read more

Gilead combo hepatitis C pill shown effective in small trial

Gilead combo hepatitis C pill shown effective in small trial

May 2, 2013 10:01 am by | 0 Comments

May 2 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc on Thursday said almost all patients taking a fixed-dose combination of two of its experimental hepatitis C drugs appeared to have eliminated the ... 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

Nurep takes medical device reps out of the OR and onto the iPad through live video

Nurep takes medical device reps out of the OR and onto the iPad through live video

April 29, 2013 10:24 am by | 0 Comments

Here’s an idea for Google Glass: Give them to surgeons to use to connect with a remotely stationed medical device representative during a procedure. That way, the reps could provide ... Read more

Startup building social network to support mental health community

Startup building social network to support mental health community

April 24, 2013 11:03 am by | 1 Comments

One of the problems people face when they suffer from a mental illness is the sense of isolation that comes with it. Although it started off as an entry for ... Read more

Nevada governor denies patient dumping amid probe by officials in California

Nevada governor denies patient dumping amid probe by officials in California

April 24, 2013 1:21 am by | 0 Comments

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Tuesday defended his state against a report that a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital improperly sent hundreds of discharged patients by bus to California and other ... Read more