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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
Startup sees avatars as less judgey alternative to therapists, useful way to improve adherence (video)

Startup sees avatars as less judgey alternative to therapists, useful way to improve adherence (video)

April 23, 2013 8:59 am by | 0 Comments

There has been a growing interest in using telemedicine for psychology as a way to make patients feel more comfortable speaking with a therapist by doing it from the privacy ... Read more
Tech entrepreneur is converting retired city buses into showers for the San Francisco homeless

Tech entrepreneur is converting retired city buses into showers for the San Francisco homeless

April 21, 2013 1:21 pm by | 6 Comments

San Francisco is teeming with tech entrepreneurs who want to save the world but who’ll pass by the homeless person on the street without a second glance. Doniece Sandoval, a ... Read more
Here’s what execs learned at our Mobile Summit boardroom sessions

Here’s what execs learned at our Mobile Summit boardroom sessions

April 20, 2013 11:58 am by | 0 Comments

One of the more unique offerings in VentureBeat’s Mobile Summit event are breakout sessions where executives can talk off the record about some of the most pressing problems in the ... Read more
Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Reducing ER overuse (video)

Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Reducing ER overuse (video)

April 20, 2013 9:02 am by | 0 Comments

CareLink.me uses a geo-location communication platform that connects people who overuse emergency services with their primary care providers. ... Read more
Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Taskrabbit for seniors (video)

Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Taskrabbit for seniors (video)

April 20, 2013 8:50 am by | 4 Comments

Senior Serve, founded by Evin Ollinger, offered a hacked version of Taskrabbit, a social media website that's a combination of Craigslist and eBay. Users bid on jobs. ... Read more
Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Care coordination through pin numbers (video)

Code-a-thon spurs ideas to close digital divide: Care coordination through pin numbers (video)

April 20, 2013 8:45 am by | 1 Comments

Moxe Health an alumnus of the Rock Health healthcare accelerator whose co-founders worked for Epic developed a simple tool to knock down data silos and improve care coordination with the ... Read more
Angel network director: Pitch a company (not a product) & choose a name wisely

Angel network director: Pitch a company (not a product) & choose a name wisely

April 18, 2013 5:49 pm by | 0 Comments

After two decades of clinical practice, a couple of healthcare startups and a handful of angel investing networks, Jose Bolanos noticed a few things about the process of medical innovation. ... 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
Academic entrepreneurs sense opportunity with Elsevier’s Mendeley acquisition

Academic entrepreneurs sense opportunity with Elsevier’s Mendeley acquisition

April 16, 2013 9:00 am by | 0 Comments

A startup that developed an app for iOS and Android systems to help users prioritize academic articles believes it can benefit from Elsevier’s acquisition of London startup Mendeley, which has ... Read more
Can you explain your ‘big data’ tech to a middle schooler? (video)

Can you explain your ‘big data’ tech to a middle schooler? (video)

April 13, 2013 9:30 am by | 0 Comments

VentureBeat has hatched a crazy plan to banish buzzwords and marketing speak, at least for an afternoon. At our San Francisco office, VentureBeat invited four CEO’s from various cloud and ... Read more