Primary care startup One Medical files for IPO
The concierge-like primary care startup is valued at more than $1 billion, with backers including Google Ventures.
The concierge-like primary care startup is valued at more than $1 billion, with backers including Google Ventures.
Health care for billionaires comes to the middle-class?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Concierge-style primary care and specialty physicians in Beverly Hills.
Silicon Valley-based Medicast is tapping into an emerging trend among healthcare startups: concierge care with housecalls. Housecalls used to be common practice, but now it’s available if you can pay extra for it. Here’s how it works. Patients submit a request on its website or through a mobile app, or a call center. The system […]
Grand Rounds is one of many healthcare startups bringing on-demand, concierge-like services once reserved for the ultra-rich to the middle class - similar to what tech outfits like Google, Amazon, Uber, and Lyft have done for personal shopping and transportation. These budding companies offer basic access to medical advice, appointments and other assistance. Some operate regionally, others nationally. Their services and prices vary substantially—but all aim to fill gaps in the existing health care system, in part by using the Internet.
Concierge primary care practice One Medical Group has raised more than $117 million in capital with the addition of a new $40 million round announced today. That’s a lot of cash for the 7-year-old company, which now runs 27 primary care offices in six tech-savvy cities including San Francisco, Boston, New York and Chicago. The […]
When it comes to crowdfunding in healthcare, consumer-facing devices have generally had the most success in the way of raising a lot of money, often for prototypes and testing. But telemedicine startup PlushCare’s Indiegogo campaign illustrates another potential sweet spot for crowdfunding in digital health — as an early way to validate a business concept […]
Good stuff, cheap I have mixed views about concierge medicine. On the one hand I like the idea of higher service levels for patients and the ability for doctors to practice medicine the way they think is right without feeling like hamsters on a wheel. But overall I’m pretty skeptical. I’m worried that concierge medicine […]